Yes it's strange but this week is slow without any major cards less the female headed card with Shields vs her non descript cannon fodder opponent, yet last week had 3 near simultaneous cards based out of Great Britain. You would think one promoter would have booked a venue this weekend.
Usyk has signed with the Saudi money burning promotional firm called Skills Challenge, the prince who runs this company looks like the typical casino lottery winner who is about to blow back his windfall win...
https://fightnews.com/usyk-signs-with-skill-challenge-promotions/148672
This weekend is busy beyond belief as Friday has three minor cards and Saturday has a British card and the MSG showdown between Taylor and Lopez.
Irish national Callum Walsh is the headliner on UFC Fight Pass against somebody named Carson Jones. I assume Jones is a club fighting journeyman as this is a showcase fight for the Irish prospect at 154 pounds.
The chief support of the bout has another Muslim Russian national Umar Dzambekov fighting a cannon fodder journeyman in his 5th pro bout.
Walsh is viewed as blue chip prospect as he is trained by Irish-American Freddie Roach I will probably pass on this fight as the NBA final is on at the same time but if the game is a blowout or the card is longer than I think it will broadcast until I will try and catch a stream and report on it.
Frank Warren has a card that is probably running as I type this and might have a White prospect on the card but prospect Tommy Fletcher who I thought was White appears to be a Mulatto so as far as I can tell is bereft of White prospects.
Also 90+year old former felon and mob associate Don King has Adrien Broner fighting a practicing lawyer who is the b side cannon fodder opponent for the obvious punchy Broner. The selling point of the fight is Broner stating" after he beats Bill Hutchinson he will use him to defend himself" against the various pending charges that have plagued Broner as his CTE gets worse with each passing fight.
I wish Hutchinson the best but Broner is exhibit A on the dangers of boxing on the human brain, when you have a law degree you have no need to risk your life for B side pay on professional grifter Don King's boxing cards.
Saturday during the afternoon Sunny Edwards defends his title at 112 pounds against mandatory White Latino Andre Campos. The Chilean national is unbeaten but hasn't faced anyone I can recall at the world level in this division but in these lower weight classes almost all fighters can box and steal rounds if Edwards isn't on point with his conditioning or is lazy with his work rate.
On the under card the Romford Bull is back and he fighting a PR journeyman who has fought a few prospects on the circuit. How Fisher looks is probably more important than getting a W as a win seems like a lock against Emilio Salas who sports a 7 and 4 record.
Later that night Taylor fights the boorish Lopez who is one loss away from becoming a fresher Adrien Broner without the obvious brain damage.
At one time Lopez looked like "the future of the lower weight classes" as he beat Commey violently and then seemed to outhustle an injured Loma. Since then his personal life has imploded and his professional life is tanking with his loss of the title at 135 pounds and his iffy win against Sandor Martin at 140 pounds.
This fight seems like a cash out by "Bub" as the obnoxious Lopez has been rude and borderline racist against the gallant Scot Taylor with the demeaning of his accent and his Scottish heritage. Skills wise it should be Taylor going away but Lopez is dangerous because he is twitchy and had power at 135 pounds but didn't show that much in the Martin fight.
I will probably watch this fight and give a report about the results.