Miscellaneous Boxing News

[Booth]

The other guy just had Tszyu's number. He took advantage of Tszyu's lack of footwork and head movement and Tim was a sucker for that left hook.

I've seen a lot of guys start dropping off after a loss like this.

Hock, I agree with you. A beatdown like this sometimes ends a boxer's career. I read this week that Murtazaliev had broken the knuckle on his pinky finger on his right hand two weeks before the fight. That's why he was throwing so many left hooks.

 

[white is right]

A light boxing schedule this weekend, starting tonight. It looks like the Catterall vs Prograis is the main event this week.

October 25: Massachusetts (DAZN)​

• Rashidi Ellis vs. Brian Chaves; Super welterweight
• Francis Hogan vs. Elvina Ayala; Middleweight
• Tommy Hyde vs. Aro Schwartz; Super middleweight
• Mike Fontanez vs. Bruno Leonard Romay; Super welterweight
• Joe Bush vs. Keenan Raymond; Welterweight
• Matt Doherty vs. Eric Palmer; Lightweight
• Tevin Regis vs. Yeison Berdugo; Lightweight

October 26: Manchester (DAZN)​

• Jack Catterall vs. Regis Prograis; Super lightweight
• Reece Bellotti vs. Michael Gomez Jr; Super featherweight
• Campbell Hatton vs. James Flint; Super lightweight
• Pat McCormack vs. William Andres Herrera; Welterweight
• Junaid Bostan vs. Maico Sommariva; Super welterweight
• William Crolla vs. Lorenzo Grasso; Super welterweight
• Ste Clarke vs. Mateusz Pawlowski; Middleweight
• Joe McGrail vs. Lewis Morris; Featherweight
• Emily Whitworth vs. Sara Orszagi; Bantamweight

Yes a slow weekend the American card seems to be a prospect card with a few White prospects on it but I will probably pass on watching it over the World Series. If there is a violent knockout or a brilliant performance I could review the fight as I have DAZN(well worth the money for the boxing and NFL in Canada).

On Saturday the main event is essentially a semi final to a Saudi sweepstakes fight against a champion there. Previous to the recent form of Prograis I would say the fight is a near coin flip but Prograis has looked poor and is 35 and probably fading. So Catteral should win this one going away but that's only on the form sheet. The rest of the card is essentially a prospect card but has some interesting White prospects.

 

[Booth]

The boxing schedule starts tonight. I don't know much about most of these fighters, but I am interested in the Knyba vs Lartey HW fight.

Oct. 30: Humacao, Puerto RIco (ESPN+)​

• Juan Carlos Camacho vs. Jayson Mama, 10 rounds, flyweights
• Rene Santiago vs. Azael Villar, 10 rounds, junior flyweights
• Jaouad Belmehdi vs. Leonardo Padilla, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
• Alex Esponda vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
• Christian Barreto Gonzalez vs. Miguel Angel Marrero, 6 rounds, lightweights
• Yoandy Toirac vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Leonel Alejandro-Cruz vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
• Genesis Lopez vs. Magnanamay Delgado Baez, 4 rounds, women's junior flyweights

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NOVEMBER​

Nov. 2: Verona, New York (ESPN+)​

• Title fight: Robson Conceicao vs. O'Shaquie Foster, 12 rounds, for Conceicao's WBC junior lightweight title
• Raymond Muratalla vs. Jesus Perez, 10 rounds, lightweights
• Bryce Mills vs. Mike Ohan Jr., 8 rounds, junior welterweights
• Abraham Nova vs. Humberto Galindo, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
• Jahi Tucker vs. Quilisto Madera, 8 rounds, middleweights
• Ali Feliz vs. Orlando Rashad Coulter, 6 rounds, heavyweights
• Yan Santana vs. Eduardo Baez, 10 rounds, featherweights
• Damian Knyba vs. Richard Lartey, 8 rounds, heavyweights

Nov. 2: Las Vegas (DAZN)​

• Floyd Schofield vs. Rene Tellez Giron, 12 rounds, lightweights
• Bektemir Melikuziev vs. David Stevens, 10 rounds, super middleweights
• Title fight: Gabriela Fundora vs. Gabriela Celeste Alaniz for the undisputed women's flyweight championship
• Darius Fulghum vs. Christopher Pearson, 10 rounds, super middleweights
• Joel Iriarte vs. Xavier Madrid, 6 rounds, welterweights
• Eric Tudor vs. Harold Calderon, 10 rounds, welterweights
• Gael Cabrera vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
• Asa Stevens vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
• Dalis Kaleiopu vs. Manuel Lerma, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
• Jordan Fuentes vs. Roberto Pena, 4 rounds, bantamweights

Nov. 2: Birmingham, England​

• Liam Davies vs. Shabaz Masoud, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
• Chantelle Cameron vs. Patricia Berghult, 10 rounds, for Cameron's WBC women's interim junior welterweight title
• Ezra Taylor vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
• Ekow Essuman vs. Ben Vaughan, 10 rounds, welterweights
• Eithan James vs. Jermaine Osbourne-Edwards, 10 rounds, welterweights
• Eoghan Lavin vs. Remi Scholer, 4 rounds, middleweights
• Drew Limond vs. Paul Cummings, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
• Bradley Thompson vs. Sean Jackson, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
• Mykyle Ahmed vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights

 

[white is right]

I hope the Polish prospect has the fight on television as it looks like it's the opening bout of the card.

Bek "The Bully" is fighting the semifinal bout on the DAZN card. His management team has eased up on the reigns since his shocking prospect loss in a cross roads bout against ethnic PR junkyard dog Rosado. He was streaking towards a title shot at Alvarez in under 10 bouts but has had developmental fights since the loss, less his rematch with the retired Philly veteran. I suspect his opponent isn't an elite opponent, the Uzbek needs to fight an eliminator as he was on the verge of fighting in one before the upset loss.

The British card has a White headliner in Davies but it is essentially another prospect card similar to the one last week. It's telling about the headline abilities of female fighters as Chantelle Cameron is defending her world belt and is the semifinal to the domestic clash with Davies and Masoud.

PS Bek is in a WBA eliminator but his opponent is a rather obscure opponent but Bek didn't make weight for the eliminator and only Stevens can earn the title shot opportunity if he wins the bout.

Updating the cards from last night it seemed like Kynba toyed with his opponent and then stepped on the gas in the 3rd round and forced a stoppage over his veteran opponent Richard Lartey. I did not watch this bout and read about this off the ringside reports but if Kynba can convincingly beat a Coffie then opponents like this are either resume padding or are marking time bouts.

The Polish prospect could use stiffer opponents than this, IMO.

Local boxer Bryce Mills battered around his club fight level opponent until his opponents corner pulled their fighter at the time of the stoppage Ohan was just absorbing punishment and not firing back for long stretches of the bout and the referee was looking at the Ohan closely so the corner pulling the plug on the beating was reasonable. Mills looks like he is a prospect worth watching.

On the DAZN card Bek "The Bully" should have earned an obvious decision but one judge was either mailing in his scorecard or on inebriating substances as he scored it for Bek's opponent but it was obvious that the Uzbek easily out boxed his opponent down the stretch of the bout as Stevens seemed to go into a defensive shell in the last 5 rounds of the bout and that made the difference in the fight as the fight until that point was roughly even on the scorecards.

Boxing politics might get Bek a mandatory title shot after this win but I don't understand how you win an eliminator for the 168 pound title and weigh in at 170 pounds.

 

[freedom1]

Knyba is 6'-7," with an 86" reach

 

[Bucky]

Knyba is 6'-7," with an 86" reach

Impressive!

 

[Booth]

The boxing schedule starts on Thursday night. Iglesias is a good-looking prospect.

November 7 (Thursday)​

Osleys Iglesias vs. Petro Ivanov (ESPN+)​

Super Middleweight | 12 rounds | Montreal, Canada

• Leila Beaudoin vs. Edith Matthysse | Junior Lightweight | 10 rounds
• Steven Butler vs. Diego Chaves | Middleweight | 10 rounds
• Dzmitry Asanau vs. Matias Carlos Adrian Rueda | Lightweight | 8 rounds
• Wilkens Mathieu vs. Marcos Nicolas Karalitzky | Super Middleweight | 8 rounds

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November 8 (Friday)​

Keyshawn Davis vs. Gustavo Lemos (ESPN+, Sky Sports)​

Lightweight | 10 rounds | Norfolk, Virginia

• Kelvin Davis vs. Yeis Solano | Junior Welterweight | 8 rounds
• Abdullah Mason vs. Yohan Vasquez | Lightweight | 8 rounds
• Troy Isley vs. Tyler Howard | Middleweight | 10 rounds
• Austin DeAnda vs. DeAundre Pettus | Middleweight | 8 rounds
• Ra’eese Aleem vs. Deryln Hernandez-Geraldo | Featherweight | 10 rounds

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Rikki Naito vs. John Mannu​

Junior Welterweight | 10 rounds | Toowoomba, Australia

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November 9 (Saturday)​

Jaron Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian II (DAZN)​

Ennis’ IBF Welterweight title | 12 rounds | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Jesse Rodriguez vs. Pedro Guevara | Rodriguez’s WBC, RING Junior Bantamweight title | 12 rounds
• Raymond Ford vs. Orlando Gonzalez | Junior Lightweight | 10 rounds
• Khalil Coe vs. Manuel Gallegos | Light Heavyweight | 10 rounds
• Ernesto Mercado vs. TBA | Junior Welterweight | 10 rounds
• Austin Williams vs. TBA | Middleweight | 8 rounds

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Lester Martinez vs. Joeshon James​

Super Middleweight | 10 rounds | Kissimmee, Florida

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Joseph Diaz vs. Nicolas Walters​

Lightweight | 10 rounds | Kissimmee, Florida

• Nicklaus Flaz vs. Christian Gomez | Welterweight | 10 rounds
• Darrelle Valsaint vs. Angel Ruiz | Junior Middleweight | 10 rounds

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Immanuwel Aleem vs. Juan Macias Montiel​

Super Middleweight | 10 rounds | Hanover, Maryland

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Subriel Matias vs. Roberto Ramirez (PPV.com)​

Junior Welterweight | 12 rounds | Bayamon, Puerto Rico

• Emmanuel Rodriguez vs. Jose Salas | Bantamweight | 12 rounds
• Alfredo Santiago vs. Pedro Campa | Junior Welterweight | 10 rounds
• Jeyvier Cintron vs. Rashib Martinez | Bantamweight | 10 rounds
• Abimael Ortiz vs. Kevin Gonzalez | TBA weight | TBA rounds