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This begs the question, does someone like Joshua need to salvage boxing's prestige again? Although this Verhoeven does look rough and ready so who knows.

Right now Usyk needs to absolutely crush his next fight or crush a rematch.
 
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This begs the question, does someone like Joshua need to salvage boxing's prestige again? Although this Verhoeven does look rough and ready so who knows.

Right now Usyk needs to absolutely crush his next fight or crush a rematch.
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Quick stoppage.

Is it me, or did that ref looked a bit ashamed of himself?
 
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To be honest my heart can't take these boxers taking these freak show fights and laying an egg due to subpar conditioning.

Usyk dropped Rico badly in the 11th but Rico beat the count, Usyk landed some more and maybe one more punch would have dropped Rico again but it looks like the referee basically saved Usyk even if a KO was likely in the 12th.

Usyk looked slow, caught by punches, throwing looping shots that missed and had worse conditioning, seemed to have lost most rounds.

I would like to see Rico against another top heavyweight if this is not just Usyk fighting way below his level.
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Lennox Lewis was crushed by a Rahman right hand after bouncing off the ropes because he was trying to be fancy while saving his legs. I remember Larry Merchant had the line of Lewis "drowning in Ocean's 11" as Lewis took a week off of training and shot a scene in the caper movie while due to Usyk taking his foot off of the pedal with his training and mental motivation he nearly drowned in the Caspian sea.

I think team Verhoeven will only take a rematch or another big money fight against an A list opponent like Fury or Joshua or a big money title shot against either an elevated Kabayel or Dubois. There is no need to get his bubble burst by an "easy opponent" as nobody is easy for a novice pro who scripted his game plan for the champion for 6 months, there is tape on the Dutch fighter now so people know his floor skills wise in the boxing ring.

Concerning the under card and it was poor day for most White fighters on the card as the PPV started with Daniel Lapin getting stopped by an opponent who really isn't much more than a gritty gatekeeper type club fighter. As long as Lapin doesn't protect his chin he will be vulnerable to knock outs with his very lean and long dimensions for a light heavyweight boxer.

In the next cross roads bout Richard Torrez was shockingly ko'd with essentially one punch in the second round of his IBF eliminator with Frank Sanchez. He crashed hard and stumbled up similar to Trevor Berbick in his title losing bout against Mike Tyson. If Torrez has a glass jaw his career could be in a death spiral as stocky pressure fighters need iron chins to compete with the elite of the division as you will get tagged when you are in your opponents punching range due to your short reach.

I saw a video of Torrez getting a one punch knock out loss to Jalolov at the AIBA world championships this could be a sign of having chin issues. Until this happens again I will give him a pass on this issue but it's a worrying sign if you are involved in Team Torrez.

Jack Catteral pulled off a minor upset by busting up and dropping Wonder Boy Giyasov who had no defensive answers for the lead right power hand of the English fighter. Catteral won the regular WBA title but he is expected to be upgraded to a full champion in the coming months as Rolly Romero seems to be angling for a big money bout and off of this tape will want nothing to do with the tricky southpaw.

And in the semifinal bout White but non ethnic German Alem Begic was battered around for 2 rounds until he was dropped by a body shot. He was never in this fight and if you let the long armed Sheeraz punch without fear of incoming punches he will walk through most opponents.

This was the only major bout on the card that went to betting form as either favorites were beaten soundly on points or battered in a shocking manner and as we discussed in previous posts Usyk was lucky to escape with his title.
 
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Well, Usyk got the world's first post-round stoppage.

Some are calling it the world stoppage ever!

I forgot to steal it because of the time zones.

Good thing the cards would have also aligned with the betting books!
 
After 10 rounds, the scorecards were 96-94 for Rico on one card and 95-95 on the other 2.

Usyk would have been ahead by two points 105-103 on 2 of the 3 scorecards and even 104-104 on the third after the knockdown (10-8 round) in the 11th round if the ref hadn't stopped the fight.

So even if Rico had won the 12th 10-9 on all three scorecards, Usyk would have won by SD 114-113, 114-113 for Usyk and 114-113 for Rico.


 
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After 10 rounds, the scorecards were 96-94 for Rico on one card and 95-95 on the other 2.

Usyk would have been ahead by two points 105-103 on 2 of the 3 scorecards and even 104-104 on the third after the knockdown (10-8 round) in the 11th round if the ref hadn't stopped the fight.

So even if Rico had won the 12th 10-9 on all three scorecards, Usyk would have won by SD 114-113, 114-113 for Usyk and 114-113 for Rico.


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I saw the WBC still has open scoring so team Usyk knew that he needed to win the last few rounds and with a knock down and the Dutch challenger wobbling around the ring it looks like he would have needed a miracle to make it to the end let alone have a dominant last round to eke out a win.

I question how the scoring was even and the Dutch challenger only up by a point on another card. Rico seemed to be well ahead at the point of the stoppage as he stymied the attack of Usyk for the most part through out the fight.
 
First time I've seen Usyk have a bad performance ever!, pro, WSB or amateur. It was a really off night for him. Yet still he got the win in the end. And Rico was WAY better in Boxing than everyone suspected.

It was early stoppage (and after the bell) but Usyk would've probably have stopped him anyway in the 12th.

Scorecards were corrupt, Rico was clearly ahead. It's the first time I've seen corrupt scorecards for a Ukrainian! A Dutch White Kickboxer must hold less power than even a Ukrainian!

Peter Fury his trainer even admitted Rico probably wouldn't have been ready to start the 12th round.
 
The stoppage against Rico was initiated before the bell but finished after the bell. That is not so unusual. I have been at live bouts ringside and seen the same thing before. Referees have to protect fighters as that is their first responsibility. It was plainly evident that the referee had to get between the fighters to stop Rico from getting hit so the bell sound was not relevent. Rico staggered like a drunk to his corner and he was done for anyway. No need for Rico to get executed in the ring.

Usyk looked slow and ineffective at times. Where was Usyk's swinging footwork? It looked like Usyk was wading in knee-deep water. Without his spectacular footwork Usyk is not the same man. Usyk could have dry gulched Rico but instead he got into a Saloon fight. While he has achieved some truly great feats in his incredible career, at 39 it is time to ride out of box canyon.
 
Also before the fight Usyk's found out his daughter was in a Bomb-shelter back in Ukraine; that had to be on his mind some. Usyk looked a bit heavy and sluggish trying to figure out the impressive Rico..
Getting late with scorecards close knew Usyk had to step it up. Some brutal upper cuts landed on the tired Kick Boxing Champ fell foward on his knees against the ropes. The ending of the fight may not have had all the controversy ; had the Ref given a wobbly Rico all the "extra time"to put in the "mouthpiece".
Much respect to BOTH fighters!

Poor Richard Torrez (only Top 10 ranked Heavyweight from the U.S.) suffered his 1st loss....he got flat-lined in a 2nd Round KO by bigger Cuban Frank Sanchez...was not ready for step up in competition.
At 14 - 0 - 12 KOs...Torrez really had not fought anybody yet ; building his resume on lesser fighters on ESPN Friday Top Rank Boxing. The former Olympic Silver Medalist ; was also KOd by the taller 6'-7" Jalolov at the 2019 World Games.
Don't really see Torrez as anything more than a good club fighter
 
The most disappointing fighter last week was undefeated light heavyweight Daniel Lapin from Ukraine. He looked like a novice against the black Frenchman. A very bad performance. He was stopped in the 4th round. This weekend is loaded with some good cards from LONDON TO Russia to California. Bivol finally returns to action Saturday. O'Shaquie Foster vs Ray Ford should be good. ESPN has an all female card from Texas featuring Stephanie Han vs Holly Holm.

May 29: London (DAZN)​

  • Charlie Edwards vs. Sikho Nqothole, 12 rounds, junior bantamweights
  • Dan Toward vs. Jak Corrie, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
  • James Osborne vs. Ollie Cooper, 10 rounds, super middleweights
  • Tom Welland vs. Saleh Kassim, 10 rounds, featherweights
  • Lucas Roehrig vs. Faton Tolaj, 8 rounds, cruiserweights
  • Sultan Babakhanov vs. Marco Simmonds, 6 rounds, middleweights
  • Jonathan Kumuteo vs. Jose Aguirre, 4 rounds, middleweights
  • Eugene McKeever vs. Artem Liashevych, 4 rounds, super middleweights

May 30: El Paso, Texas (ESPN)​

  • Title fight: Stephanie Han vs. Holly Holm, 10 rounds, for Han's WBA women's lightweight title
  • Title fight: Amanda Serrano vs. Cheyenne Hanson, 10 rounds, for Serrano's WBA and WBO women's featherweight titles
  • Title fight: Desley Robinson vs. Mary Spencer, 10 rounds, for Robinson's WBO and IBF women's middleweight titles
  • Title fight: Lourdes Juarez vs. Yokasta Valle, 10 rounds, for Juarez's WBC women's junior flyweight title
  • Yesica Nery Plata vs. Brook Sibrian, 8 rounds, women's junior flyweights
  • Miranda Reyes vs. Camilla Panatta, 8 rounds, women's junior lightweights
  • Alexis Chaparro vs. Edward Ulloa Diaz, 8 rounds, middleweights
  • Alexander James Gueche vs. Joshua Montoya, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
  • Jocelyn Camarillo vs. Yazmin Martinez Jimenez, 6 rounds, women's junior flyweights
  • Albina Moldazhanova vs. Claudia Fernanda Herrera Lopez, 6 rounds, women's junior welterweights

May 30: Ekaterinburg, Russia (DAZN)​

  • Title fight: Dmitry Bivol vs. Michael Eifert, 12 rounds, for Bivol's WBA and IBF light heavyweight titles
  • Mukhammad Shekhov vs. Yerny Betancourt, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
  • Vadim Tukov vs. Sebastian Horacio Papeschi, 12 rounds, middleweights
  • Sergey Lubkovich vs. Michael King, 10 rounds, welterweights
  • Vsevolod Shumkov vs. Christian Antonio Olivo Barreda, 10 rounds, featherweights
  • Nikita Zon vs. Nahuel Gonzalo Garcia, 10 rounds, super middleweights
  • Sharabutdin Ataev vs. Saipaier Rouzi, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
  • Gor Khachatryan vs. Valery Oganisyan, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
  • Konstantin Mishechkin vs. Oleg Misiura, 6 rounds, super middleweights
  • Matvey Dotsenko vs. Shugaib Nasrullaev, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
  • Sergey Manzhuev vs. German Skobenko, 6 rounds, heavyweights

May 30: Houston, Texas (DAZN)​

  • Title fight: O'Shaquie Foster vs. Raymond Ford, 12 rounds, for Foster's WBC junior lightweight title
  • Charlie Sheehy vs. Jaret Gonzalez Quiroz, 10 rounds, lightweights
  • Omari Jones vs. Alan Sanchez, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
  • Frank Espinoza vs. Bryce Blackwell, 6 rounds, middleweights
  • Julian Montalvo vs. Maximus Moya, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
  • Jahyden Franklin Britton vs. Najee West, 6 rounds, super middleweights
  • Miguel Flores vs. Javon Woodard Jr., 4 rounds, featherweights
  • Zaquin Moses vs. Travis Crawford, 6 rounds, junior lightweights

May 30: San Diego, California​

  • Francisco Rodriguez Jr. vs. Angelino Cordova, 12 rounds, flyweights
  • Adrian Torres Sigala vs. Christian Villalba Arriola, 8 rounds, lightweights
  • Adrian Vargas vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights
  • Brayan Leon Salgado vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
  • Diego Luna vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
  • Johnathan Carlos Torres vs. John Alonso Tijerina, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights

May 30: London, England (DAZN)​

  • Adam Azim vs. Steve Claggett, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
  • Juergen Uldedaj vs. Muhsin Cason, 12 rounds, cruiserweights
  • Fran Hennessy vs. Aurora De Persio, 10 rounds, women's bantamweights
  • Joel Kodua vs. Will Harrison, 10 rounds, welterweights
  • Ergal Elezaj vs. Dan Garber, 6 rounds, heavyweights
  • Abdul Khan vs. Liam Fitzmaurice, 4 rounds, featherweights
  • Vijayraj Karia vs. Juan Alberto Batista, 4 rounds, bantamweights
  • Saqib Mehmood vs. Simas Volosinas, 4 rounds, lightweights
  • Derrick Osadolor vs. Ryan Labourn, 4 rounds, heavyweights
  • Oscar McCracken vs. Steven Wallace, 4 rounds, welterweights
 
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Also before the fight Usyk's found out his daughter was in a Bomb-shelter back in Ukraine; that had to be on his mind some. Usyk looked a bit heavy and sluggish trying to figure out the impressive Rico..
Getting late with scorecards close knew Usyk had to step it up. Some brutal upper cuts landed on the tired Kick Boxing Champ fell foward on his knees against the ropes. The ending of the fight may not have had all the controversy ; had the Ref given a wobbly Rico all the "extra time"to put in the "mouthpiece".
Much respect to BOTH fighters!

Poor Richard Torrez (only Top 10 ranked Heavyweight from the U.S.) suffered his 1st loss....he got flat-lined in a 2nd Round KO by bigger Cuban Frank Sanchez...was not ready for step up in competition.
At 14 - 0 - 12 KOs...Torrez really had not fought anybody yet ; building his resume on lesser fighters on ESPN Friday Top Rank Boxing. The former Olympic Silver Medalist ; was also KOd by the taller 6'-7" Jalolov at the 2019 World Games.
Don't really see Torrez as anything more than a good club fighter
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There has been talk of moving Torrez down to bridgerweight(225 pound limit) or even cruiserweight(200 pound limit). I could see bridgerweight as he was only marginally more than that for this fight and he easily could cut that without being drained but cutting to 200 pounds could turn him into a zombie.

He could be a king without a country similar to a 210 pound heavyweight, the division might have moved on from the typical 225 pound slugger type. Sports evolve and over the last generation the division has transitioned to 250 pounders with skill less Usyk but his skill level allows him to compete at the same weight as Torrez.

I'm old enough to remember when Mike Tyson was considered a beast at 5'11" and 215 pounds now he would be viewed as undersized similar to a 275 pound nose tackle in the NFL.

Yes Booth this week is busy and the women's card is loaded with decent female fights which is much easier to do due to the poor pay of female fighters. Female boxing still has champions making semi-pro Arena League pay to defend world belts so MVP scooping up the majority of the talent isn't shocking if Paul is willing to bump up their compensation.

From a viewing perspective Bivol vs Eifert is probably the best fight but will be on in the middle of the afternoon which could cause me to forget about it. Foster vs Ford could produce the most action though.
 
The boxing schedule starts today in Canada. I believe the Paramount+ card has an entertaining fight between Chris Billam-Smith vs Ryan Rozicki, Andrew Moloney vs Willibaldo Garcia for Garcia's IBF junior bantamweight belt on DAZN from Japan.



June 4: Montreal, Canada (DAZN)​

  • Albert Ramirez vs. Lerrone Richards, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
  • Imam Khataev vs. Mickael Diallo, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
  • Dzmitry Asanau vs. Roger Gutierrez, 10 rounds, lightweights
  • Avery Martin Duval vs. Jose Rodolfo Macias Enriquez, 10 rounds, lightweights
  • Jhon Orobio vs. Jonathan Montrel, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
  • Wyatt Sanford vs. Juan Pablo Ilharregui, 8 rounds, lightweights
  • Keven Beausejour vs. Davorin Brajkovic, 4 rounds, super middleweights
  • Nickenson Denis vs. Lukasz Kucharski, 4 rounds, super middleweights

June 6: Tokoname, Japan​

  • Title fight: Willibaldo Garcia vs. Andrew Moloney, 12 rounds, for Garcia's IBF junior bantamweight title
  • Title fight: Masamichi Yabuki vs. Rene Calixto, 12 rounds, for Yabuki's IBF flyweight title
  • Kenneth Llover vs. Michael Angeletti, 12 rounds, bantamweights
  • Luis Nery vs. John Riel Casimero, 10 rounds, featherweights
  • Aoi Yokoyama vs. Vince Paras, 8 rounds, bantamweights
  • Seiya Meguro vs. Nurzhigit, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
  • Shuri Oka vs. Adilet Kachkynbekov, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights

June 6: Sheffield, England (DAZN)​

  • Josh Padley vs. Aqib Fiaz, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
  • Ibrahim Nadim vs. Ibraheem Sulaimaan, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
  • Aaron Bowen vs. Troy Coleman, 10 rounds, middleweights
  • Adam Maca vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
  • Edward Hardy vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
  • Leo Atang vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
  • Connor Mitchell vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights
  • Chris Mulunda vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights

June 6: Bournemouth, England (Paramount+)​

  • Chris Billam-Smith vs. Ryan Rozicki, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
  • Jack Massey vs. Cheavon Clarke, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
  • Lee Cutler vs. Aaron Sutton, 10 rounds, middleweights
  • Stephen McKenna vs. Casey Streeter, 8 rounds, middleweights
  • Sam Hickey vs. Todd Tompkins, 6 rounds, middleweights
  • Harvey Dykes vs. Ivan Dychko, 10 rounds, heavyweights
  • Leon Hughes vs. Mario Vergiev, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
  • Alex Macmillan vs. Tyler Rivers, 6 rounds, welterweights

June 6: Tokyo​

  • Shori Umezu vs. Keita Kurihara, 10 rounds, bantamweights
  • Kuntae Lee vs. Izuki Tomioka, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
  • Seigo Yuri Akui vs. Lourinz Biasong, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights
  • Ryu Hayama vs. Toi Kuga, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
  • Kenjiro Konishi vs. Shunta Kijimoto, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
  • Yuki Endo vs. Masato Yokoyama, 4 rounds, lightweights
 
Booth said:
The boxing schedule starts today in Canada. I believe the Paramount+ card has an entertaining fight between Chris Billam-Smith vs Ryan Rozicki, Andrew Moloney vs Willibaldo Garcia for Garcia's IBF junior bantamweight belt on DAZN from Japan.



June 4: Montreal, Canada (DAZN)​

  • Albert Ramirez vs. Lerrone Richards, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
  • Imam Khataev vs. Mickael Diallo, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
  • Dzmitry Asanau vs. Roger Gutierrez, 10 rounds, lightweights
  • Avery Martin Duval vs. Jose Rodolfo Macias Enriquez, 10 rounds, lightweights
  • Jhon Orobio vs. Jonathan Montrel, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
  • Wyatt Sanford vs. Juan Pablo Ilharregui, 8 rounds, lightweights
  • Keven Beausejour vs. Davorin Brajkovic, 4 rounds, super middleweights
  • Nickenson Denis vs. Lukasz Kucharski, 4 rounds, super middleweights

June 6: Tokoname, Japan​

  • Title fight: Willibaldo Garcia vs. Andrew Moloney, 12 rounds, for Garcia's IBF junior bantamweight title
  • Title fight: Masamichi Yabuki vs. Rene Calixto, 12 rounds, for Yabuki's IBF flyweight title
  • Kenneth Llover vs. Michael Angeletti, 12 rounds, bantamweights
  • Luis Nery vs. John Riel Casimero, 10 rounds, featherweights
  • Aoi Yokoyama vs. Vince Paras, 8 rounds, bantamweights
  • Seiya Meguro vs. Nurzhigit, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
  • Shuri Oka vs. Adilet Kachkynbekov, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights

June 6: Sheffield, England (DAZN)​

  • Josh Padley vs. Aqib Fiaz, 12 rounds, junior lightweights
  • Ibrahim Nadim vs. Ibraheem Sulaimaan, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
  • Aaron Bowen vs. Troy Coleman, 10 rounds, middleweights
  • Adam Maca vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
  • Edward Hardy vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
  • Leo Atang vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
  • Connor Mitchell vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights
  • Chris Mulunda vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights

June 6: Bournemouth, England (Paramount+)​

  • Chris Billam-Smith vs. Ryan Rozicki, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
  • Jack Massey vs. Cheavon Clarke, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
  • Lee Cutler vs. Aaron Sutton, 10 rounds, middleweights
  • Stephen McKenna vs. Casey Streeter, 8 rounds, middleweights
  • Sam Hickey vs. Todd Tompkins, 6 rounds, middleweights
  • Harvey Dykes vs. Ivan Dychko, 10 rounds, heavyweights
  • Leon Hughes vs. Mario Vergiev, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
  • Alex Macmillan vs. Tyler Rivers, 6 rounds, welterweights

June 6: Tokyo​

  • Shori Umezu vs. Keita Kurihara, 10 rounds, bantamweights
  • Kuntae Lee vs. Izuki Tomioka, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
  • Seigo Yuri Akui vs. Lourinz Biasong, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights
  • Ryu Hayama vs. Toi Kuga, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights
  • Kenjiro Konishi vs. Shunta Kijimoto, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
  • Yuki Endo vs. Masato Yokoyama, 4 rounds, lightweights
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Yes a busy weekend but the Japanese cards could be hard to find a working stream and will probably start in the middle of the night EST on Saturday morning.

CBS vs Rozicki could be the crown jewel fight in terms of entertainment as the Canadian of probably distant Slavic ancestry is there in front of fighters and CBS has a very similar style. Rozicki was positioned to fight for the WBC strap but it looks like fatter purses from Zuffa at the end of the day influenced the Canadians decision making and he signed with Zuffa.

In out of the ring news it seems like Zuffa is about to sign Haney so that is another star fighter that will probably drop his alphabet strap. Normally I would be for dropping organizational belts as they have been a plague on boxing but Zuffa seems to be bent of returning North American boxing back to the days of Blinky Palermo and Frankie Carbo running boxing with front men handling the day to day operations. The only difference will be with the adjustment to the Ali act this control will be legal.
 
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Aaron Mckenna fights Etinosa Oliha for the vacant IBF middleweight world title on August 9th in Dublin

I've been following Mckenna since he turned pro, and it's shocking how little profile/exposure he's had in comparison to fighters that are less talented than him like Sheeraz. Even after his dominant top performance against Liam Smith, he's been out of the ring for over a year, with no promoters backing him despite him being really good.

It should change though after he beats Oliha :)
 
I like Chris Billam-Smith, but Ryan Rozicki needed a KO to win before the fight started. The referee, judges, and commentators were all against him. Judge Reece Carter gave him only one round.



On the same card, the referee seemed to favor Cheavon Clarke. Jack Massey knocked him down twice in round 4, but the referee didn't stop the fight. Massey went down once in round 7, and the ref stopped it.



Ivan Dychko won virtually every round against Harvey Dykes yesterday, but judge Reece Carter scored it for Dykes.


In a fight on DAZN which I subscribe to, Josh Padley defeated Aqib Fiaz by SD to retain his EBU European Super Featherweight title. I scored it 115-112 for Padley.

 
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I like Chris Billam-Smith, but Ryan Rozicki needed a KO to win before the fight started. The referee, judges, and commentators were all against him. Judge Reece Carter gave him only one round.



On the same card, the referee seemed to favor Cheavon Clarke. Jack Massey knocked him down twice in round 4, but the referee didn't stop the fight. Massey went down once in round 7, and the ref stopped it.



Ivan Dychko won virtually every round against Harvey Dykes yesterday, but judge Reece Carter scored it for Dykes.


In a fight on DAZN which I subscribe to, Josh Padley defeated Aqib Fiaz by SD to retain his EBU European Super Featherweight title. I scored it 115-112 for Padley.

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The Canadian was brought in to England to highlight the best attributes of CBS to a point it happened but Rozicki wobbled the former champion and had him trapped on the ropes a few times and did bag drills on his upper torso.

I will say this the Rozicki corner should have pulled out their fighter earlier than they did as he took unnecessary punches in the last few rounds as his strength was sapping and his hand speed was gone for a few rounds and only heart got him to the bell for at least a round before the stoppage.

Massey had bad luck as the referee was within his rights to stop Clarke in the in the 4th round but gave Clarke the benefit of the doubt to make it to the bell. It seemed like Massey gassed out after going for the knock out and Clarke was able to get his bearings and stop the fringe contender after a violent knockdown and bad follow up barrage.

A rematch would be the only fair solution for this fight but I suspect Clarke and his management team will angle for a bigger bout with CBS or somebody of that stature. A consolation prize for Massey could be Rozicki who with rest could make a perfect foil for another actions bout.

Yes Padley defeated his Arab opponent but I only saw the last few rounds as I was watching the Paramount+ card as it was obvious that the card had the better main event.

In results from Japan Andrew Moloney out boxed game but crude Afro-Mexican Willibaldo Garcia for about 9 rounds and then hung on and survived the crude volume punches of Garcia for the rest of the bout and won a tight decision and is the new IBF 115 pound champion.


PS I forgot to comment on Dychko who was buried in the mid card of the CBS vs Rozicki main event. From what I read on wire reports he clearly won the bout but it appeared similar to a sparring session.

It's obvious to me that the Central Asian fighter is going to be a b side foil for a comeback of a star fighter on a future Zuffa card he has never achieved the star power of a former Olympic medalist with his record. His fight against Franklin was an obvious case of that as it looked like he clearly out boxed Franklin but the powers that be wanted Franklin as a foil for Itauma as Franklin is a more conventional opponent with his normal dimensions with height and reach.
 
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