Miscellaneous Boxing News

[Booth]

Point taken on the subjective nature of scoring in tight fights.

Donovan vs Crocker is probably the most competitive of the headline bouts of the weekend. It certainly shouldn't be the Tank Davis fight as he once again is picking on a sub division fighter. The floaties or lane dividers are still being used for the "pound for pound candidate"....

White is Right, you might already read this, but I wanted to mention it to you. Greg Haugen has passed away at the age of 64 from cancer. He was one of my favorite fighters. Tough as nails and talk some trash too. Fought most of the top lightweights of the 80s. He won the belt 3 times. R.I.P. Greg, a true road warrior.

 

[white is right]

White is Right, you might already read this, but I wanted to mention it to you. Greg Haugen has passed away at the age of 64 from cancer. He was one of my favorite fighters. Tough as nails and talk some trash too. Fought most of the top lightweights of the 80s. He won the belt 3 times. R.I.P. Greg, a true road warrior.

Yes it slipped my mind, I didn't even know he was sick.

He was a very underrated boxer who beat a string of decent lightweight fighters and then beat Jimmy Paul for the IBF title. He got the short end of the stick in the Paz rivalry but his win over the undefeated Camacho in their first fight was probably his signature win. Without Carlos Padilla taking a point from Camacho for unsportsmanlike conduct Haugen would have only earned a draw.

His post ring life was marred with financial problems and domestic issues. May he find peace in the after life....

 

[NWsoccerfan]

Haugen is from Auburn, WA. The town I was born and raised in. Pretty cool. When I was a kid I want to say the population was only about 35k so I may have brushed shoulders with him without knowing. RIP

 

[white is right]

Haugen is from Auburn, WA. The town I was born and raised in. Pretty cool. When I was a kid I want to say the population was only about 35k so I may have brushed shoulders with him without knowing. RIP

I remember stories about Haugen fighting in open weight fights on the semi pro Toughman circuit in Alaska. He also was a decided underdog in many of his key bouts and received B side scoring treatment in the Paz trilogy and maybe the Camacho rematch even if he was the nominal champion as Camacho was primed to fight Chavez before he was upset by Haugen.

Yesterday had two debacles in the main events. in Northern Ireland Paddy Flood seemed to get the bum steer against Lewis Crocker and had two points deducted for questionable head butts and then was disqualified when he hit Crocker after the bell when Crocker was in real trouble and had already taken a count.

The disqualification was questionable as I have seen star fighters such as Mike Tyson hit fighters in a similar manner and the fight was ruled a no contest. The Irishman received no such benefit of the doubt in a bout he won every second of the bout until the bizarre end. '

In the PBC PPV main event Gervonta Davis clearly felt his hand picked opponent would fold the minute he landed power combinations on the chin of Lamont Roach. Things were so bizarre that at one point late in the fight that was about dead even Davis took a knee and retreated to his corner to get dabbed grease out of his eyes and the referee didn't give a count to Davis and bought his illegal excuse.

I have never seen that before in a boxing bout where the fighter who took a knee never was given a count. After the scorecards were read if Steve Willis did his job properly Roach would have received a split decision win and had more bargaining power in rematch negotiations.

I may report on prospects on the Northern Irish card and even the White fighters on the PBC card if I can make time over the next day or so.

https://www.boxingscene.com/the-ring-join-forces-with-tko-and-sela--205705PS updating the weekly news and it looks like the crown prince and Dana White have struck a promotional alliance to promote American based cards similar to his deals with the British promoters. The first card will be a Time Square card, details of the logistics of blocking off a public space for a live sporting event were not discussed but will have unique problems due to this fact.

https://www.boxingscene.com/wba-ord...ey-grants-oleksandr-usyk-an-exception--205711Also Kubrat Pulev has a mandatory defense of his junior world title against British Mulatto Fabio Wardley. He could be selling off his title, hopefully if it's the case he will be well compensated on a Saudi based card...

 

[Booth]

This week's boxing schedule is full of local cards and ladies bouts. I am unfamiliar with most of the fighters, but sometimes the most entertaining fights come from full B-level fighters. I hate putting labels on fighters for I have the utmost respect for anyone who steps inside those ropes.

MARCH​

March 7: London (Peacock)​

• Title fight: Natasha Jonas vs. Lauren Price, 10 rounds, for Jonas' WBC and IBF women's welterweight titles and Price's WBA welterweight women's title
• Title fight: Caroline Dubois vs. Bo Mi Re Shin, 10 rounds, for Dubois WBC women's lightweight title
• Karriss Artingstall vs. Raven Chapman, 10 rounds, women's featherweights
• Chloe Watson vs. Jasmina Zapotoczna, 10 rounds, women's flyweights
• Cindy Ngamba vs. Kirstie Bavington, 4 rounds, middleweights
• Francesca Hennessy vs. Carla Camila Campos Gonzales, 8 rounds, women's junior featherweights

March 7: Toronto, Canada (DAZN)​

• Lucas Bahdi vs. Ryan James Racaza, 10 rounds, lightweights
• Sara Bailey vs. Cristina Navarro, 10 rounds, women's junior flyweights
• Angel Barrientes vs. Alexander Castellano, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
• Ricardo Brown vs. Colby Madison, 8 rounds, heavyweights
• Mark Smither vs. Jaime Cuesta, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
• Alex Bray vs. Victoriano Antonio Santillan, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
• Tammara Thibeault vs. Sonya Dreiling, 6 rounds, women's middleweights
• Doni Foreman vs. Pavel Ourednik, 4 rounds, heavyweights

March 7: Brighton, England​

• Harlem Eubank vs. Tyrone McKenna, 12 rounds, welterweights
• Michael Conlan vs. Asad Asif Khan, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
• Dan Toward vs. Muzamiru Kakande, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
• Tom Welland vs. Ally B Lubanja, 6 rounds, featherweights
• Tommy Welch vs. Vaclav Pejsar, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Harvey Dykes vs. Stefano Capone, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Matty Harris vs. Volodymyr Katsuk, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Codie Smith vs. Jose Manuel Perez, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
• Ben Andrews vs. Navid Iran, 6 rounds, light heavyweights

March 8: Santa Fe, Argentina​

• Title fight: Evelin Nazarena Bermudez vs. Tenkai Tsunami, 10 rounds, for Bermudez's IBF and WBO women's junior flyweight titles
• Agustin Marini vs. Hugo David Quiroz, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
• Gabriela Celeste Alaniz vs. Graciela Cortes Aguilar, 10 rounds, junior flyweights
• Marco Ezequiel Garcia Ovejero vs. Dario Domingo Soto, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
• Joaquin Esteban Diaz vs. Alexis Gabriel Camejo, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
• Tiago Dylan Gonzalez vs. Carlos Gabriel Perez, 4 rounds, junior flyweights

March 12: Sydney, Australia​

 

[white is right]

This week's boxing schedule is full of local cards and ladies bouts. I am unfamiliar with most of the fighters, but sometimes the most entertaining fights come from full B-level fighters. I hate putting labels on fighters for I have the utmost respect for anyone who steps inside those ropes.

MARCH​

March 7: London (Peacock)​

• Title fight: Natasha Jonas vs. Lauren Price, 10 rounds, for Jonas' WBC and IBF women's welterweight titles and Price's WBA welterweight women's title
• Title fight: Caroline Dubois vs. Bo Mi Re Shin, 10 rounds, for Dubois WBC women's lightweight title
• Karriss Artingstall vs. Raven Chapman, 10 rounds, women's featherweights
• Chloe Watson vs. Jasmina Zapotoczna, 10 rounds, women's flyweights
• Cindy Ngamba vs. Kirstie Bavington, 4 rounds, middleweights
• Francesca Hennessy vs. Carla Camila Campos Gonzales, 8 rounds, women's junior featherweights

March 7: Toronto, Canada (DAZN)​

• Lucas Bahdi vs. Ryan James Racaza, 10 rounds, lightweights
• Sara Bailey vs. Cristina Navarro, 10 rounds, women's junior flyweights
• Angel Barrientes vs. Alexander Castellano, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
• Ricardo Brown vs. Colby Madison, 8 rounds, heavyweights
• Mark Smither vs. Jaime Cuesta, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
• Alex Bray vs. Victoriano Antonio Santillan, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
• Tammara Thibeault vs. Sonya Dreiling, 6 rounds, women's middleweights
• Doni Foreman vs. Pavel Ourednik, 4 rounds, heavyweights

March 7: Brighton, England​

• Harlem Eubank vs. Tyrone McKenna, 12 rounds, welterweights
• Michael Conlan vs. Asad Asif Khan, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
• Dan Toward vs. Muzamiru Kakande, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
• Tom Welland vs. Ally B Lubanja, 6 rounds, featherweights
• Tommy Welch vs. Vaclav Pejsar, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Harvey Dykes vs. Stefano Capone, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Matty Harris vs. Volodymyr Katsuk, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Codie Smith vs. Jose Manuel Perez, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
• Ben Andrews vs. Navid Iran, 6 rounds, light heavyweights

March 8: Santa Fe, Argentina​

• Title fight: Evelin Nazarena Bermudez vs. Tenkai Tsunami, 10 rounds, for Bermudez's IBF and WBO women's junior flyweight titles
• Agustin Marini vs. Hugo David Quiroz, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
• Gabriela Celeste Alaniz vs. Graciela Cortes Aguilar, 10 rounds, junior flyweights
• Marco Ezequiel Garcia Ovejero vs. Dario Domingo Soto, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
• Joaquin Esteban Diaz vs. Alexis Gabriel Camejo, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
• Tiago Dylan Gonzalez vs. Carlos Gabriel Perez, 4 rounds, junior flyweights

March 12: Sydney, Australia​

Yes it's a slow weekend with the all female card in GB being probably the weekend headliner. The DAZN card in Toronto only has one fighter I recognize and he was a B side foil who exposed a prospect on a PPV last year. I could watch the main event to see if this was a one off fluke or he was an overlooked prospect.

Note Lucas Bahdi is an Arab not a White Canadian prospect but he bares watching just off this ko...

I watched the main event of essentially a prospect card and the Arab Canadian won as he was matched tough against a durable but crude Filipino opponent. At one point Bahdi bowled over his opponent with a power punch with just the force of the blow but in general he wasn't active enough and barely used a jab.

There is a saying in boxing that you can have bombs for punches but you need a delivery system against an upgrade of opponents he will probably have delivery system issues similar to surface to air missile systems operated by the Iraqi Army under Saddam in the two wars against two American led coalitions.