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A couple of cards this weekend. ESPN and Paramount+ are carrying them. DAZN has a card with Callum Simpson vs Troy Williamson.

Aug. 8: Orlando, Florida (ESPN)​

  • Title fight: Cherneka Johnson vs. Dina Thorslund, 10 rounds, for Johnson's undisputed women's bantamweight championship
  • Title fight: Desley Robinson vs. Tamm Thibeault, 10 rounds, for Robinson's WBO and IBF women's middleweight titles
  • Dainier Pero vs. Aleem Whitfield, 10 rounds, heavyweights
  • Shurretta Metcalf vs. Amanda Galle, 8 rounds, women's junior bantamweights
  • Krystal Rosado vs. Alondra Hernandez, 8 rounds, women's bantamweights
  • Sebastian Juarez vs. Rance Ward, 6 rounds, middleweights
  • Pedro Da Silva Conceicao vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
  • Angelo Hernandez vs. Jose Fernandez, 4 rounds, featherweights
  • Jadden Addison vs. Diondre Hill, 4 rounds, lightweights

Aug. 8: Dublin, Ireland (Paramount+)​

  • Title fight: Aaron McKenna vs. Etinosa Oliha, 12 rounds, for the vacant IBF middleweight title
  • Callum Walsh vs. Tyler Denny, 10 rounds, middleweights
  • Joseph Ward vs. Artjom Kasparian, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
  • Connor Coyle vs. Mark Beuke, 10 rounds, middleweights
  • Sam Hickey vs. Brad Axe, 8 rounds, middleweights
  • Stephen McKenna vs. Owen O'Neill, 8 rounds, middleweights
  • Dylan Eagleson vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
 
The Irish card seems to be a sequel to the card last week McKenna is fighting a bit of a mystery in the African based out of Italy. In the past African's based out of Italy were decent fighters but back then Italian promoters were more of a force in world boxing. Walsh should have an easy time with the fading Tyler Denny the rest of the card has Irish prospects who I assume are all White.

Outside of the ring Itauma vs Hrgovic is now for the IBF heavyweight title as I speculated it was too big of a bout for it to not be for at least an interim title if not a full vacant belt. From what I have seen of the betting line the Slovak born Mulatto is a 9 to 1 betting favorite it seems too wide for me for a fighter who has never been truly tested with a chin check or a tiring fight that goes deep into a bout.
 
white is right said:
The Irish card seems to be a sequel to the card last week McKenna is fighting a bit of a mystery in the African based out of Italy. In the past African's based out of Italy were decent fighters but back then Italian promoters were more of a force in world boxing. Walsh should have an easy time with the fading Tyler Denny the rest of the card has Irish prospects who I assume are all White.

Outside of the ring Itauma vs Hrgovic is now for the IBF heavyweight title as I speculated it was too big of a bout for it to not be for at least an interim title if not a full vacant belt. From what I have seen of the betting line the Slovak born Mulatto is a 9 to 1 betting favorite it seems too wide for me for a fighter who has never been truly tested with a chin check or a tiring fight that goes deep into a bout.
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I hope Hrgovic wins, and I believe he would have a very good chance with honest officiating.

But the deck will be stacked against him. There will very likely be a dishonest referee to help Itauma in any way he can. If Hrgovic is a bit stunned like he was against Adeleye, the referee will wave it off, and if Itauma wants to use illegal tactics like Dubois did against Hrgovic (cutting his forehead with multiple headbutts), the referee will permit it. If it goes to the scorecards, Hrgovic has zero chance of winning a decision even if he deserves to win every round.
 
I agree with your point the referees in GB are wildly inconsistent in big bouts when a fighter is in trouble. We saw Parker get stopped by a debatable TKO but Wardley could have been stopped a good 2 rounds earlier in his title bout with Dubois.

I could see a scenario where Hrgovic is relatively fresh and getting battered similar to the Zhang or Adeleye bouts and one of the A Star referees having a quick hook. Also I agree he will need to batter around Itauma for him to win a points decision any close round should go to the British prospect/contender.
 
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I completely missed the Zuffa card and instead watched the British card with the two British level Mulatto's headlining the card. Kraus stole the show with his power and precision punching. He is ready for a stiff test of a former champion or a former challenger to either of the two dominant light heavyweights of this era(Beterbiev and Bivol),

It seemed that Walsh had a shoot out early with veteran Denny and then the bout turned into a boxing match that Walsh won going away but this is just off the wire reports I read.

McKenna won a wide decision over the African based out of Italy and had the opponent ready to go late but never found the combination to put him away. I thought the Irishman was the first Irishman to win a middleweight title since the Toy Bulldog but I forgot Andy Lee won the WBO title a decade plus ago.
 
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This is the only card I could find this weekend. If anyone knows about another one, please post it. I am not crazy about the Claressa Shields vs Kaye Scott card.

Aug. 15: Atlanta, Georgia (DAZN)​

  • Title fight: Claressa Shields vs. Kaye Scott, 10 rounds, for Scott's WBA and WBC middleweight titles
  • Title fight: Danielle Perkins vs. Olivia Curry, 10 rounds, for Perkins' WBA women's light heavyweight title
  • Ernesto Mercado vs. Emmanuel Tagoe, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
  • Troy Isley vs. Joseph Hicks, 10 rounds, middleweights
  • Hakim Lopez Da'Velle Smith, 8 rounds, super middleweights
  • Jaquan McElroy vs. Alexander Thiel, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
  • Casey Dixon vs. Michael Nelson, 6 rounds, super middleweights
  • Daniel Mercado vs. Rahmel McKinley, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
 
Booth said:
This is the only card I could find this weekend. If anyone knows about another one, please post it. I am not crazy about the Claressa Shields vs Kaye Scott card.

Aug. 15: Atlanta, Georgia (DAZN)​

  • Title fight: Claressa Shields vs. Kaye Scott, 10 rounds, for Scott's WBA and WBC middleweight titles
  • Title fight: Danielle Perkins vs. Olivia Curry, 10 rounds, for Perkins' WBA women's light heavyweight title
  • Ernesto Mercado vs. Emmanuel Tagoe, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
  • Troy Isley vs. Joseph Hicks, 10 rounds, middleweights
  • Hakim Lopez Da'Velle Smith, 8 rounds, super middleweights
  • Jaquan McElroy vs. Alexander Thiel, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
  • Casey Dixon vs. Michael Nelson, 6 rounds, super middleweights
  • Daniel Mercado vs. Rahmel McKinley, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
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This looks like the only card as I used an AI search and this was the only card that popped up so other cards seem to be just dark cards or at least dark cards for North American viewers.

Probably the biggest news of the week was the contractual/promotional tug of war over who Noel Mikaelian will fight in his next bout. The Armenian wants to fight Jai Opetaia in the chief support of Garcia vs Benn but Don King is trying to block the bout and have him fight David Benavidez in a unification bout.

This sticky situation doesn't look like it can be resolved in 4 weeks time and the Armenian champion will probably be blocked by a court order from King and the promoter of the Mexican-American star. King has had situations in the past where he blocked his fighters from bigger fights because he could make more with another bout, this could be the situation again.

https://www.boxingscene.com/article...nd-david-benavidez-jostle-over-noel-mikaelianFor posters and lurkers don't be fooled by the kindly aging uncle image of King these days he is a ruthless businessman who is on the record for killing a man in a gambling debt dispute and has shortchanged, blocked and scuttled bouts for decades because it wasn't in his professional interest to make bouts regardless if it benefitted the fighter he represented.
 
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