This is the weekend boxing schedule. It looks like Martin vs Harutyunyan is the main event. Martin is the heavy favorite. I know very little about either fighter. If anyone has any knowledge about them please comment.
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I only know both fighters names nothing more. Josh Kelly headlines a British card but this time he has moved up to 154 pounds after seeming to tire and get violently ko'd at 147.
We also had the Fury vs Ngannou circus announced for October and Usyk vs Dubois signed and sealed for late August. Normally I would hope for the circus fight to bomb and to end these junk fights but even if the PPV buy rate is about the recent Mayweather buy rates it won't hurt Fury or the MMA champion as both have purses bank rolled by Saudi oil money.
PS I found that Harutyunyan is German based and is ethnic Armenian I'm guessing. Being based out the German boxing bubble isn't what it was when the Klitschko's were headlining world wide broadcast cards. These days the top German based fighters are really only on domestic television unless they leave the bubble for larger purses.
Updating the card from yesterday Kelly easily beat his Mestizo Argentine opponent as the scores were wide but he didn't impress according to ringside reports. It may have been his opponent who seemed like going the distance was a higher priority than going to war in the trenches.
Kelly was rated number 2 by the WBO heading into the fight so he may become a mandatory for Tszyu as he is about to be elevated to full champion as Charlo has punched a ticket in the Canelo sweep stakes. Kelly may need to get a stiffer test than this to have realistic shot of beating the peaking Tszyu.
The PBC card had Viktor Postol in a B side veteran test against an Afro-Dominican opponent and Postol looked decent until he was tagged by his opponent and then age and ring wars seemed to catch up to the veteran as he was dropped in the 6th and in trouble but riding out the storm when the referee saw enough and saved Postol in the 7th round.
Postol who is near 40 should call it day but the broadcasters mentioned he had his family in Ukraine and he is obviously the bread winner for his family. He may fight on for hard currency but he has nothing left to give at the world level and doesn't have any realistic shot to a big money fight at 140 pounds.
In the main event Harutyunyan seemed to build up an insurmountable lead before he slowly faded under the desperate attack Frank Martin but under the PBC promotional banner a PBC fighter has two rounds banked before the fight starts as a narrow win or at worst a draw was made into a narrow loss.
If PBC is protecting the brand in a lightweight eliminator look for more skullduggery when Alvarez is in a tight fight as he is the banner of the PBC while he fights through a three fight deal.
