Miscellaneous Boxing News

[Booth]

Sunday's card saved what had been a disappointing weekend of boxing. Inoue vs Cardenas was a good fight. Cardenas had the Monster on the canvas in the second from a left hook, but Inoue survived, and he eventually stopped Cardenas in the 8th. An excellent action fight.

 

[white is right]

Sunday's card saved what had been a disappointing weekend of boxing. Inoue vs Cardenas was a good fight. Cardenas had the Monster on the canvas in the second from a left hook, but Inoue survived, and he eventually stopped Cardenas in the 8th. An excellent action fight.

Yes the main event and the semi final bout saved the weekend as pretty much every other fight on the weekend failed to launch. White Mexican Rafael “Divino” Espinoza essentially destroyed and broke down ethnic Mexican Edward Vasquez and battered him and forced a 7th round referee's stoppage. I missed this one so I am just summarizing the wire reports.

The Monster showed his fighting heart which hadn't been tested until this fight, his gallant Mestizo opponent was on the verge of submitting but he was rolling with the punches when he was stopped in a slightly premature stoppage IMO.

Storm clouds are brewing on the horizon as Inoue probably can't rise much further and not have a similar situation as his opponent as his opponent seemed a natural size larger than Inoue and when he moves up to 126 the opponents will be a shade larger than him. I'm not too sure that he can survive a fire fight with a big punching 126 pound fighter.

Also Kevin Lerena made bridgerweight history as he made his first defense of his title against a true paper contender. Hopefully he can entice a smaller star fighter like a Wilder to fight him for that title or he may have to fight similar "street sweeper" type challengers as similar to the early days of the cruiserweight division the talent is thread bare in the division at the moment.

 

[NWsoccerfan]

Is the bridgerweight division still not being recognized by the federations? I checked boxrec and it just shows Lerena’s bought as a normal non title fight, although it was scheduled for 12 rounds. Also, boxrec shows Benavidez as the champ at 175. I thought Bivol had all the major belts now. Sometime boxrec makes me scratch my head!

 

[white is right]

Is the bridgerweight division still not being recognized by the federations? I checked boxrec and it just shows Lerena’s bought as a normal non title fight, although it was scheduled for 12 rounds. Also, boxrec shows Benavidez as the champ at 175. I thought Bivol had all the major belts now. Sometime boxrec makes me scratch my head!

The WBC was the first to adopt the division and now that the division has lasted 2 years+ the WBA adopted the division too. The WBO and IBF at the moment don't recognize the division.

If you look at boxing history the adoption of the 168 and 200 pound division have a similar history and eventually when star fighters fought for the belts then all of the greedy and corrupt organization adopted them. I recall Leonard vs Hearns II boosting the profile of the 168 pound division which had an image of this division with Scot Murray Sutherland being the first champion of the division a few years earlier.

I can't see this division be regarded as anything but a spurious division until a younger Wilder type plants a flag in the division and wins multiple defenses of his title.

At the moment Lerena is too low a profile fighter to cross over for that but if he knocked out the shot Wilder on a Saudi card this could raise his profile to that point but it looks like Wilder is going in another direction with his new comeback attempt.

PS It came back to me during the promotion of Leonard vs Lalonde the WBC sneakily made the 168 pound title and the 175 pound up for grabs as Lalonde was forced to sweat down do to 168 pounds on a crazy vegetarian diet. So that fight introduced the title that Leonard won by tko over the weight drained Lalonde.

This makes more sense as Leonard vs Hearns II was a draw and the title would have stayed vacant but Leonard that fall defended the title against Duran that he later vacated after he beat Duran.

 

[Booth]

A full day of boxing on Saturday. Two championship fights, Navarrete vs Suarez for Navarrete's WBO junior lightweight title and Muratalla vs Abdullaev for the vacant IBF lightweight interim title. Hopefully, better fights than last week's.

May 10: San Diego (ESPN/ESPN+)​

• Title fight: Emanuel Navarrete vs. Charly Suarez, 12 rounds, for Navarrete's WBO junior lightweight title
• Title fight: Raymond Muratalla vs. Zaur Abdullaev, 12 rounds, for the vacant IBF lightweight interim title
• Sammy Contreras vs. Dyllon Cervantes, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
• Andres Cortes vs. Salvador Jimenez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
• Giovanni Santillan vs. Angel Beltran, 10 rounds, welterweights
• Perla Bazaldua vs. Mona Ward, 4 rounds, women's junior bantamweights
• Albert Gonzalez vs. Jose Guardado, 10 rounds, featherweights
• Alan Garcia vs. Cristian Medina Garcia, 8 rounds, lightweights
• Sebastian Hernandez vs. Azat Hovhannisyan, 8 rounds, junior featherweights

May 10: Malabo, Equatorial Guinea​

• Souleymane Cissokho vs. Egidijus Kavaliauskas, 12 rounds, welterweights
• Nico Ali Walsh vs. Ebenezer Sowah, 6 rounds, middleweights

May 10: Nottingham, England (DAZN)​

• Anthony Cacace vs. Leigh Wood, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
• Liam Davies vs. Kurt Walker, 12 rounds, featherweights
• Ezra Taylor vs. Troy Jones, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
• Owen Cooper vs. Chris Kongo, 10 rounds, welterweights
• Sam Noakes vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
• Lewis Williams vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Nico Leivars vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights

May 10: Kissimmee, Florida​

• Erickson Lubin vs. Ardreal Holmes Jr., 12 rounds, junior middleweights
• Nazarena Romero vs. Mayelli Flores Rosquero, 10 rounds, women's junior featherweights

 

[white is right]

A full day of boxing on Saturday. Two championship fights, Navarrete vs Suarez for Navarrete's WBO junior lightweight title and Muratalla vs Abdullaev for the vacant IBF lightweight interim title. Hopefully, better fights than last week's.

May 10: San Diego (ESPN/ESPN+)​

• Title fight: Emanuel Navarrete vs. Charly Suarez, 12 rounds, for Navarrete's WBO junior lightweight title
• Title fight: Raymond Muratalla vs. Zaur Abdullaev, 12 rounds, for the vacant IBF lightweight interim title
• Sammy Contreras vs. Dyllon Cervantes, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
• Andres Cortes vs. Salvador Jimenez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
• Giovanni Santillan vs. Angel Beltran, 10 rounds, welterweights
• Perla Bazaldua vs. Mona Ward, 4 rounds, women's junior bantamweights
• Albert Gonzalez vs. Jose Guardado, 10 rounds, featherweights
• Alan Garcia vs. Cristian Medina Garcia, 8 rounds, lightweights
• Sebastian Hernandez vs. Azat Hovhannisyan, 8 rounds, junior featherweights

May 10: Malabo, Equatorial Guinea​

• Souleymane Cissokho vs. Egidijus Kavaliauskas, 12 rounds, welterweights
• Nico Ali Walsh vs. Ebenezer Sowah, 6 rounds, middleweights

May 10: Nottingham, England (DAZN)​

• Anthony Cacace vs. Leigh Wood, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
• Liam Davies vs. Kurt Walker, 12 rounds, featherweights
• Ezra Taylor vs. Troy Jones, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
• Owen Cooper vs. Chris Kongo, 10 rounds, welterweights
• Sam Noakes vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
• Lewis Williams vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Nico Leivars vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights

May 10: Kissimmee, Florida​

• Erickson Lubin vs. Ardreal Holmes Jr., 12 rounds, junior middleweights
• Nazarena Romero vs. Mayelli Flores Rosquero, 10 rounds, women's junior featherweights

Yes anything would be better than the first two cards the Sunday title fights were damn good. Navarette has never been in a boring fight as he only knows how to attack with his chin available to be struck if you can time his aggression.

In England Cacae vs Wood could be an all action fight if Wood still can bring the energy he had before he lost his title. This card has many White prospect fights too.

PS somebody with sense needs to get the ear of Ali's grandson as he is now fighting in Equatorial Guinea. The only thing I ever heard from that country is a new outbreak of a tropical disease or a military coup. His grandson will be punchy without a pot to piss in if he keeps up fighting in these locals with the quality of opponents he is fighting.

PS2 I looked it up and Zaur Abduellev is an ethnic Armenian so that's another White fighter in action. I assumed he was one of the endless conveyer belt of lower weight class Eurasian Muslims. His family must have Russified their surname X generations ago. He will need to win this one convincingly as I guess he is the B side opponent as this is promoted in San Diego against an ethnic Mexican or possible Mexican national.

On Saturday during the late afternoon Cacae vs Wood had the potential to be a barn burner if Wood still could bring the heat that he had when the he was the WBA featherweight champion but too many wars have sapped his punch resistance and ability to deliver fast and powerful counterpunches. In the end Cacae brought too much power and a stout chin to the fight and aside from solo punches it was largely one way traffic with the Wood corner throwing the towel in the final round with Woods wobbling around the ring trying to survive to the bell.

Cacae similar to Wood is 36 years old but is surprisingly spry and at his peak abilities. While only his off brand title was on the line he should be in the mix for mainstream title fight at some point this year as time is of the essence for a boxer in this age range.

I missed the prospect fights less the end of a bout that was the semifinal of the main event.

In the semifinal bout of the ESPN card Zaur Abdulalev just never got into 2nd gear let alone 3rd or 4th gear less one brief moment where he wobbled Muratalla and he lost a wide and fairly obvious decision. He was too measured and seemed to be looking for the perfect counterpunch. The hand speed difference could have been a factor, this will be a hard road back to this point as this was his second bite of the apple.

As a I speculated Emanuel Navarrete survived another war with a bad cut stopping the fight but similar to a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western hero he gave more lead than he took and largely had the better of the exchanges against his Filipino opponent.

He could have a rematch with the Filipino challenger as the video review was inconclusive whether he was cut with a headbutt or a punch and after the cut the action was wild similar to any of the westerns from the Spaghetti Western era.

https://ringmagazine.com/en/news/fernando-martinez-beats-kazuto-ioka-result-tokyoPS 3 White Argentine Fernando Martinez defended his 115 pound title in Japan early this morning with a tight bruising decision where he got off the canvas to outbox his challenger who is a former champion himself. I didn't know about this bout and just read the results off the wire reports.

 

[Truthman]

PS2 I looked it up and Zaur Abduellev is an ethnic Armenian so that's another White fighter in action. I assumed he was one of the endless conveyer belt of lower weight class Eurasian Muslims. His family must have Russified their surname X generations ago.

Abdullaev is from Dagestan, Russia and is a muslim. You can see this on his instagram. His birth name is Zaur Magomedalievich Abdullaev. Magomedalievich is a muslim name and Abdullaev is a common name in Dagestan (and Uzbekistan).Many fighters have changed their nationality since the war and blacklisting of Russia for better opportunities. I'd say he's white, just about. Very swarthy though..

 

[Booth]

A small boxing card this weekend, but it is better than none at all.

May 17: Commerce, California (UFC Fight Pass)​

• Serhii Bohachuk vs. Mykal Fox, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
• Title fight: Mizuki Hiruta vs. Carla Ayelen Merino, 10 rounds, for Hiruta's WBO women's junior bantamweight title
• Omar Cande Trinidad vs. Alexander Espinoza, 10 rounds, featherweights
• Guadalupe Medina vs. Maria Micheo Santizo, 8 rounds, women's atomweights
• Elijah Flores vs. Eduardo Diaz, 6 rounds, welterweights
• Abel Mejia vs. Antonio Dunton El Jr., 6 rounds, junior lightweights
• Pablo Rubio Jr. vs. Alfredo Cruz, 6 rounds, featherweights
• Alejandro Alvarado vs. Tyre Travon Reed, 4 rounds, lightweights

 

[white is right]

Abdullaev is from Dagestan, Russia and is a muslim. You can see this on his instagram. His birth name is Zaur Magomedalievich Abdullaev. Magomedalievich is a muslim name and Abdullaev is a common name in Dagestan (and Uzbekistan).Many fighters have changed their nationality since the war and blacklisting of Russia for better opportunities. I'd say he's white, just about. Very swarthy though..

Yes many Russian athletes have scattered into the wind and took out citizenship of neighboring countries to avoid bans for participating at the international level. I found it rather strange that he had a Russified surname as Armenians generally never changed their surnames.

PS Booth during the day Fisher and Allen are having their domestic level rematch, this is a fight that Fisher needs to win to be viewed as a credible prospect and not a manufactured one. We know what Dave Allen is and that's just a domestic level B side foil as every time he stepped up to world level opponents he has been blown out or lost a wide decision less the Lucas Browne win which probably will be the high water mark of his career.

Also Nando Jr fights in the evening on a US card with probably no White fighters less B side cannon fodder opponents as Vargas Jr headlines a prospect card.

 

[Booth]

Yes many Russian athletes have scattered into the wind and took out citizenship of neighboring countries to avoid bans for participating at the international level. I found it rather strange that he had a Russified surname as Armenians generally never changed their surnames.

PS Booth during the day Fisher and Allen are having their domestic level rematch, this is fight that Fisher needs to win to be viewed as a credible prospect and not a manufactured one. We know what Dave Allen is and that's just a domestic level B side foil as every time he stepped up to world level opponents he has been blown out or lost a wide decision less the Lucas Browne win which probably will be the high water mark of his career.

Also Nando Jr fights in the evening on a US card with probably no White fighters less B side cannon fodder opponents as Vargas Jr headlines a prospect card.

Thanks, white is right for information on the Fisher vs Allen fight. It won't be pretty, but I believe someone will get KOed.

 

[white is right]

Thanks, white is right for information on the Fisher vs Allen fight. It won't be pretty, but I believe someone will get KOed.

This time in the rematch Dave Allen didn't need to go to the judges as Allen put Fisher down in the 5th round again where Fisher tumbled similar to a stunt man in an action film but with 10 seconds to go Fisher was too out of it to be anything more than cigar store Indian and was felled by a violent combination and the towel was thrown in by the Fisher corner before he hit the mat.

A comeback could be a bridge too far for Fisher because to get beyond this level as you can't lose to Dave Allen and be taken seriously as a potential player in the division. What's worse is he fell apart similar to a Saturday morning cartoon robot and if he has chin issues against Allen he will have them against all top fighters too.

Allen will fight on and Hearn talked about working on with Allen headlining a club fight show but eventually if Allen wants to make better money he will need to fight an elite British level fighter or a world level fighter on the comeback trail.

 

[Booth]

This week's boxing starts today. There could be some outstanding fights, looking at them on paper. At least I hope so. The Jones vs Gallagher is off due to Jones being overweight. The Josh Taylor vs Essuman welterweight fight should be a good one, and Moses Itauma vs ex-NFL player Mike Bologun at heavyweight should highlight Itauma's tremendous ability for a 20-year-old.

May​

May 23: Yorkshire, England (DAZN)​

• Maxi Hughes vs. Archie Sharp, 10 rounds, lightweights
• Title fight: Terri Harper vs. Natalie Zimmermann, 10 rounds, for Harper's WBO women's lightweight title
• Tysie Gallagher vs. Ebonie Jones, 10 rounds, for Gallagher's British women's junior featherweight title
• Ellie Hellewell vs. Stevi Levy, 10 rounds, women's featherweights
• Reece Mould vs. Lewis Sylvester, 10 rounds, lightweights
• James Flint vs. Haithem Laamouz, 10 rounds, junior welterweights

May 23: Melrose, Massachusetts​

• Andrii Novytskyi vs. David Zegarra, 10 rounds, heavyweights
• Jarrid Digangi vs. Leonardo Ladeira, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
• Brian Urday vs. Alfred Raymond, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
• Sione Tu'Ukofe Finau vs. Cleverton Rodrigues, 4 rounds heavyweights
• Chris Jay vs. Bruce Richards, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
• Alexander Nineve vs. Erick Matheus Alves, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
• Bernie McDonagh vs. Matheus Pereira, 4 rounds, super middleweights
• ndrew Paltinavich vs. Igor Santos, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
• Josh Popper vs. Oswaldo Ortega, 4 rounds, heavyweights

May 24: Osaka, Japan​

• Title fight: Angelo Leo vs. Tomoki Kameda, 12 rounds, for Leo's IBF featherweight title
• Title fight: Pedro Taduran vs. Ginjiro Shigeoka, 12 rounds, for Taduran's IBF strawweight title
• Vencent Lacar vs. Ryo Mandokoro, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights
• Hiroki Hanabusa vs. Matcha Nakagawa, 8 rounds, featherweights
• Raymond Poon KaiChing vs. Shuri Oka, 8 rounds, flyweights
• Herbert Matovu vs. Mitsuro Brandon Tajima, 8 rounds, heavyweights
• Sukrit Nakpreecha vs. Daigoro Marumoto, 6 rounds, lightweights

May 24: Glasgow, Scotland (DAZN)​

• Josh Taylor vs. Ekow Essuman, 12 rounds, welterweights
• Moses Itauma vs. Mike Balogun, 10 rounds, heavyweights
• Nathaniel Collins vs. Lee McGregor, 10 rounds, featherweights
• Aloys Youmbi vs. David Jamieson, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
• Aston Brown vs. Reece Porter, 10 rounds, middleweights
• Luke McCormack vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
• Luke Bibby vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
• Marcus Sutherland vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
• Drew Limond vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
• A

 

[white is right]

This week's boxing starts today. There could be some outstanding fights, looking at them on paper. At least I hope so. The Jones vs Gallagher is off due to Jones being overweight. The Josh Taylor vs Essuman welterweight fight should be a good one, and Moses Itauma vs ex-NFL player Mike Bologun at heavyweight should highlight Itauma's tremendous ability for a 20-year-old.

May​

May 23: Yorkshire, England (DAZN)​

• Maxi Hughes vs. Archie Sharp, 10 rounds, lightweights
• Title fight: Terri Harper vs. Natalie Zimmermann, 10 rounds, for Harper's WBO women's lightweight title
• Tysie Gallagher vs. Ebonie Jones, 10 rounds, for Gallagher's British women's junior featherweight title
• Ellie Hellewell vs. Stevi Levy, 10 rounds, women's featherweights
• Reece Mould vs. Lewis Sylvester, 10 rounds, lightweights
• James Flint vs. Haithem Laamouz, 10 rounds, junior welterweights

May 23: Melrose, Massachusetts​

• Andrii Novytskyi vs. David Zegarra, 10 rounds, heavyweights
• Jarrid Digangi vs. Leonardo Ladeira, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
• Brian Urday vs. Alfred Raymond, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
• Sione Tu'Ukofe Finau vs. Cleverton Rodrigues, 4 rounds heavyweights
• Chris Jay vs. Bruce Richards, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
• Alexander Nineve vs. Erick Matheus Alves, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
• Bernie McDonagh vs. Matheus Pereira, 4 rounds, super middleweights
• ndrew Paltinavich vs. Igor Santos, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
• Josh Popper vs. Oswaldo Ortega, 4 rounds, heavyweights

May 24: Osaka, Japan​

• Title fight: Angelo Leo vs. Tomoki Kameda, 12 rounds, for Leo's IBF featherweight title
• Title fight: Pedro Taduran vs. Ginjiro Shigeoka, 12 rounds, for Taduran's IBF strawweight title
• Vencent Lacar vs. Ryo Mandokoro, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights
• Hiroki Hanabusa vs. Matcha Nakagawa, 8 rounds, featherweights
• Raymond Poon KaiChing vs. Shuri Oka, 8 rounds, flyweights
• Herbert Matovu vs. Mitsuro Brandon Tajima, 8 rounds, heavyweights
• Sukrit Nakpreecha vs. Daigoro Marumoto, 6 rounds, lightweights

May 24: Glasgow, Scotland (DAZN)​

• Josh Taylor vs. Ekow Essuman, 12 rounds, welterweights
• Moses Itauma vs. Mike Balogun, 10 rounds, heavyweights
• Nathaniel Collins vs. Lee McGregor, 10 rounds, featherweights
• Aloys Youmbi vs. David Jamieson, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
• Aston Brown vs. Reece Porter, 10 rounds, middleweights
• Luke McCormack vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
• Luke Bibby vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
• Marcus Sutherland vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
• Drew Limond vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
• A

This could be the last stand for Taylor as headline A side fighter if he doesn't win this bout and maybe if he doesn't win in style as he has looked past it in his last few fights. He has an opponent who is made to order for a prime Taylor but that fighter might be just a memory.

Yes Itauma is being moved similar to Tyson or Morrison very swiftly for a young prospect. You could argue McKean was a tougher opponent than Balogun but Balogun did essentially end the career of Trey Lippe-Morrison so he is a live dog to a point. I saw that one of the sons of Warren talked to the press of putting Itauma in the ring with Bakole which on the surface seems crazy but he is probably starching guys in sparring so the Warren brain trust must feel the time is now.

Back in the time of Tyson and Morrison part of the reason why both were moved quickly is both had self destruct buttons due to personal life issues with women and bar fighting outside the ring. I haven't heard any issues with Itauma on that front.

Also Andrii Novytskyi is having a non televised bout against somebody named David Zeggera. I don't get this one as he is 29 and had a showcase bout on a Saudi card and looked decent why waste your time with this obscure Afro-Peruvian opponent who is as old as dirt and is a blown up light heavyweight.

There is a pattern with many Eastern European heavyweight prospects that seem to sign with non relevant promoters and seem to rot on the vine waiting for opportunities.

Updating the Saturday afternoon card as I speculated Taylor's prime is just a memory as he lost a fairly close decision but non controversial one as I didn't see him winning the fight and maybe you could have scored a draw for Taylor but that was the kindest score he deserved IMO.

In the first 6 rounds of the fight Taylor looked like a reasonable copy of his prime but he seemed troubled by the power of his opponent. Once the 7th round started the Scot seemed to fade and his Afro-Brit opponent started to win rounds by out working the tiring Taylor. If you gave the 12th round to Taylor he might have earned a draw but aside from the last round it was obvious his opponent swept the last 6 rounds due to superior strength at 147 pounds and a better engine.

Hopefully Taylor sees the writing on the wall and retires but this is boxing and if Taylor doesn't feel he has enough pound sterlings in his bank ledger or refuses to see the obvious he could fight on as a B side attraction for prospects.

As for Itauma he was too much for Balogun and blew him out in 2 rounds. He dropped the veteran every time he landed clean on Balogun's chin. Warren and sons have a bit of a dilemma on their hands as a step up from this level of opponent would be a truly live opponent who could beat the still green prospect.

The Warren clan could choose a Charles Martin type who would be a step up but very beatable for a prospect with his potential.

PS I missed this obituary as the original "Italian Stallion" passed away at a very old age of 87 years and Nino Benvenuti is probably the GOAT Italian national boxer as he beat a fellow legend in Emile Griffith in 2 of 3 middleweight title bouts. He also beat Luis Rodriguez and the only elite boxer he couldn't handle was Carlos Monzon who was the GOAT middleweight until Marvin Hagler or you could argue GGG.

Buon riposo meritato Nino.

https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/the-legendary-nino-benvenuti-passes-away-at-the-age-of-87

 

[Booth]

A full weekend of boxing. I am interested in the Plant fight to see if he has anything left. It is available on Prime Video, and you can get it for free for a month before dropping it. Watching Nascar that way this month.

May 30: Guadalajara, Mexico (DAZN)​

• Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs. Luis Castillo, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
• Manuel Gallegos vs. Khalil Coe, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
• Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
• Christian Medina Jimenez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, bantamweights

May 30: Las Vegas (DAZN)​

• Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Darius Fulghum, 12 rounds, super middleweights
• Eric Priest vs. Luis Arias, 10 rounds, middleweights
• Santiago Dominguez vs. John Vincent Moralde, 10 rounds, welterweights
• Daniel Garcia vs. George Camilo Rodriguez Pardo, 8 rounds, lightweights
• Grant Flores vs. Jeovanis Barraza, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
• Joshua Edwards vs. Alexander Rhodes, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Federico Pacheco Jr. vs. Calvin Barnett, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Cayden Griffiths vs. Edgar Gutierrez, 6 rounds, welterweights

May 31: Las Vegas (Prime Video)​

• Caleb Plant vs. Jose Armando Resendiz, 12 rounds, super middleweights
• Jermall Charlo vs. Thomas LaManna, 12 rounds, super middleweights
• Yoenli Hernandez vs. Kyrone Davis, 10 rounds, middleweights
• Isaac Lucero vs. Luis Valenzuela, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
• Curmel Moton vs. Renny Viamonte Mastrapa, 8 rounds, lightweights
• Carl Martin vs. Francisco Pedroza Portillo, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
• Justin Cardona vs. Elijah Williams, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
• Cristian Cangelosi vs. Samuel Figueroa, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
• Daniel Blancas vs. Kwame Ritter, 8 rounds, super middleweights
• John Easter vs. Andres Martinez, 6 rounds, super middleweights
• Brayan Gonzalez vs. Osiel Flores, 4 rounds, junior featherweights

 

[white is right]

A full weekend of boxing. I am interested in the Plant fight to see if he has anything left. It is available on Prime Video, and you can get it for free for a month before dropping it. Watching Nascar that way this month.

May 30: Guadalajara, Mexico (DAZN)​

• Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs. Luis Castillo, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
• Manuel Gallegos vs. Khalil Coe, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
• Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
• Christian Medina Jimenez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, bantamweights

May 30: Las Vegas (DAZN)​

• Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Darius Fulghum, 12 rounds, super middleweights
• Eric Priest vs. Luis Arias, 10 rounds, middleweights
• Santiago Dominguez vs. John Vincent Moralde, 10 rounds, welterweights
• Daniel Garcia vs. George Camilo Rodriguez Pardo, 8 rounds, lightweights
• Grant Flores vs. Jeovanis Barraza, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
• Joshua Edwards vs. Alexander Rhodes, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Federico Pacheco Jr. vs. Calvin Barnett, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Cayden Griffiths vs. Edgar Gutierrez, 6 rounds, welterweights

May 31: Las Vegas (Prime Video)​

• Caleb Plant vs. Jose Armando Resendiz, 12 rounds, super middleweights
• Jermall Charlo vs. Thomas LaManna, 12 rounds, super middleweights
• Yoenli Hernandez vs. Kyrone Davis, 10 rounds, middleweights
• Isaac Lucero vs. Luis Valenzuela, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
• Curmel Moton vs. Renny Viamonte Mastrapa, 8 rounds, lightweights
• Carl Martin vs. Francisco Pedroza Portillo, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
• Justin Cardona vs. Elijah Williams, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
• Cristian Cangelosi vs. Samuel Figueroa, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
• Daniel Blancas vs. Kwame Ritter, 8 rounds, super middleweights
• John Easter vs. Andres Martinez, 6 rounds, super middleweights
• Brayan Gonzalez vs. Osiel Flores, 4 rounds, junior featherweights

All of these cards snuck up on me. Two Friday cards is rather unusual and Eurasian Bek the "Bully" is headlining a card but he really hasn't been a bully since he was taken to school by retired veteran Rosado. Since that loss he has been a rather vanilla boxer. Prime cards are strictly streamed cards for me but if I can find a stream that is stable I could watch the Plant card.

Similar to you I would like to know what Plant has left I suspect we won't find out with this level of opponent as I have never heard of him.

PS Jaime Munguia was popped for PED's and his rematch win over Frenchman Brun Surace will be turned into a no contest. It could be coincidence but he is trained by Eddie Reynoso who's top fighter failed a PED test before his rematch with GGG and looked like he was on gear for years before the failed test and after. Munguia while not looking like he was on gear didn't have gas tank issues in the fight and the fight looked like a sparring session.

https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/45377240/jaime-munguia-tested-positive-banned-substance-winI listened to boxing personality Ade Oladipo and he suggested that fighters who fail PED tests should forfeit their entire purses to the losing fighter and I agree with a punitive punishment in this range. He also suggest track and field bans in the 4 to 8 year range while this would be fair I can't see this happening as there are too many jurisdictions that would stage a big fight for the gate that it will generate and for the local economy with multiple ways money churns for big events. The history of boxing is full of stories of fights being banned in one jurisdiction and then being staged in another because of the money the fight would generate going back to the days of Jack Johnson who had fights in Australia and Cuba for this reason.

 

[Arerequired]

Taylor is not having a good couple past years, I cannot see this changing. Hope Plant shows he still has something and gets a big fight, maybe with one of the Charlo brothers.

 

[white is right]

Taylor is not having a good couple past years, I cannot see this changing. Hope Plant shows he still has something and gets a big fight, maybe with one of the Charlo brothers.

Last night a prospect I have never seen before Cayden Griffiths looks like he has some potential to get beyond the human target level. He won in style and showed the possible skills to become a contender but we will need to seem him against a tough veteran even if the veteran is on the slide to see if he can make it to that level at welterweight or most likely at 154 pounds or even 160 pounds.

Bek the Bully eventually broke down his game opponent but in the middle rounds it looked like the fight was slipping away. He probably swept the last 4 rounds of the fight and punctuated the victory with a last round knockdown. The fight was a WBA eliminator but the WBA is probably the worst of the sanctioning bodies for stringing along mandatory contenders so we shall if he gets a title shot off of this win.

If Bek is bouncing on his feet he has the ability to beat anybody but when he stands in front of his opponent then his flaws of being short for a 168 pound fighter and having a short wingspan probably due to his Asiatic ancestry come out and he is vulnerable for being out boxed. This was when Fulingham won rounds and the referee took a point for holding. I felt it was too intrusive as Fulinghman was repeatedly warned for pushing down the head of the shorter Uzbek and putting his head in a head lock but no points were taken from him.

Supposedly if Plant wins and Charlo wins tonight they will meet in a main event in the fall. Hopefully for the fans it is on Amazon not a PPV.

 

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This opponent is either unheralded or Plant fell off hard, did not catch the fight but the general consensus is that he lost convincingly. The other side of the potential fight, Charlo, did not seem to have a good performance either, though he won.

 

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This opponent is either unheralded or Plant fell off hard, did not catch the fight but the general consensus is that he lost convincingly. The other side of the potential fight, Charlo, did not seem to have a good performance either, though he won.

Prime Plant either would have swept the fight or stopped his game but limited Mexican opponent. I saw the first few rounds of the fight without sound as I watched the NBA game with the sound on. Once the game got out of hand I did the reverse and this was when Plant struggled to win rounds and fatigued.

It's obvious to me he has badly slipped as the ultra fast hands are now just quick and the volume of punches slipped. Plant's defense always was his offense but now that his offense is in spurts he is vulnerable to being walked down.

I missed the Charlo fight less highlights of the wobbly Italian-American Lamanna wobbling around the ring and pleading for the referee to let the fight continue. Charlo looked "fat" but Lamanna was brought in to make him look good as Lamanna is just a local hero type who packs people in similar to what Peter Manfredo did a good decade ago as every time he has stepped up to world level opponents he has been flattened.