white is right
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Yes the ppv snuck up on me and is probably a sign that it should have been a network fight. I saw the fight week press conference photo and figured that Figueroa vs Morrell was having an opening press conference as the "Mexican Monster" looks huge and was probably 190 pounds at the press conference. If he cuts weight properly he should have a huge size advantage as the Afro-Cuban looked only about 10 pounds or so above 168 pounds.
White Mexican Brandon Figueroa fights Stephen Fulton in a rematch, he was last seen getting screwed by an iffy decision favoring Fulton. He will need to decisively beat Fulton to earn the rematch win or he could get the short end of the stick again.
As you noted Lipinets fights tomorrow but he has looked washed in his recent outings I think BOXXER promotions is banking on that to not challenge the green Azim too much.
I just looked up Liddard and it came back to me and he is prospect with some potential. If he does make it to the top he could draw women to his fights as he is quite handsome. Hopefully he isn't the randy bachelor type as many fighters have their careers ruined by chasing down women or having a relationship with a crazy woman or a string of them...
PS I looked up the main event of the PPV and the fight is at 175 pounds so the Mexican Monster was 200 pounds at the press conference. I figured he was going back down to 168 after his flat performance against the "Nail" but if he is that hulking before a weigh in he would be "dead" at 168 or not make weight.
Updating the bouts from Friday and George Liddard easily handled his Afro-Brit club level opponent. As I speculated this was a showcase bout for the British prospect.
Also about an hour ago Sergey Lipinets was stopped by Adam Azim. This is the first stoppage loss in the natural division for Lipinets and judging from the wire reports he was never in this one and the referee showed mercy on the fading veteran by waving an end to the one sided bout.
Hopefully Lipinets sees the sign to retire but I have no idea if he has much of a nest egg to walk off into the sunset so he may fight on as a B side trial horse for prospects.
On Saturday night Brandon Figueroa lost his WBC featherweight title to Stephen Fulton and this loss had no ambiguity about it as he just didn't throw enough punches to overcome the better quality work of Fulton. Even Fulton stated that was the reason why the White Mexican-American lost this one.
Figueroa may need to move up as he looked like a POW at the weigh in and the volume punching that made him a fan friendly fighter wasn't there last night. One problem I see for him is he will be fighting larger men at 130 pounds and his height and reach advantage will diminish.
In passing the Mexican Monster won going away against Morell but he still didn't look like a true PPV threat to whomever emerges from the light heavyweight showdown later this month. Both Beterbiev and Bivol would have to age out for Benavidez to be anything more than a live dog against the previous two fighters.
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