God this will a popcorn laughing evening. Bigger joke of a fight than McGregor/Mayweather Still baffles me people on this board thought McGregor would win
I don’t remember many thought that but someone thought Ronda Rousey would beat Mayweather so am not shocked.
Tyson in his prime and motivated would have killed anyone not named Ali. I’ll meet you at my nearest Publix if you disagree.
So my buddy actually talked with Stiverne today at the cigar shop. He said he’s going to be training and sparring with Roy Jones
On DAZN now July 24: Indio, California Vergil Ortiz vs. Samuel Vargas, 10 rounds, welterweights Shane Mosley Jr. vs. Jeremy Ramos, 8 rounds, middleweights Seniesa Estrada vs. Jacky Calvo, 8 rounds, female junior flyweights Hector Valdez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights Evan Sanchez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
July 25: London (Watch on ESPN+, 2 p.m. ET) Joe Joyce vs. Michael Wallisch, 10 rounds, heavyweights Chris Bourke vs. Ramez Mahmood, 10 rounds, junior featherweights Henry Turner vs. Chris Adaway, 4 rounds, junior welterweights Denzel Bentley vs. Mick Hall, 10 rounds, middleweights Louie Lynn vs. Monty Ogilvie, 6 rounds, featherweights
Not much there in terms of quality, but Joyce need to win (he's a healthy favorite) to set up his October fight.
Lots of options, almost all of them entertaining fights. I'm sure the winner would be interested in the winner of Whyte/Povetkin. Could you get Andy Ruiz in the ring with the winner? Joe Parker? Michael Hunter? Possibly. Joyce is going to push for the biggest fights now, given his age. If you're Dubois, I'm very intrigued in how they match him if he were to win. He's still developing and so young. You can make some good developmental fights like Charles Martin, Kownacki, Dereck Chisora, Robert Helenius, etc. Or they too could try and push him into a big fight. Frank Warren has talked about being willing to throw him in with Wilder. Ruiz would be fun.
I really like Dubois and if he were to beat Joyce I feel like he'd smoke several of those guys. He's not tested obviously so I guess we'll see. Joshua made Martin look like about the worst fighter on earth so my opinion isn't high of him atm. I like Whyte but he's been really close to getting knocked out in a few fights he's won. Ruiz is a big question mark depending on how he's prepared. I also like Parker but I think he's just never going to be able to beat the upper echelon. I rewatched that Kownacki/Helenius fight a number of times and man Kownacki really trusted his chin way too much. Walked right into a stoppage. Lots to sort out
That’s a good fight. Spence is better, but we still haven’t seen him in the ring post-car crash. Danny will be a strong test.
Showtime card starting right now. SHO, 9:00 pm ET, Angelo Leo vs Tramaine Williams, Ra’eese Aleem vs Marcus Bates 2, Joe George vs Marcos Escudero 2. A readjusted card, as Leo was originally supposed to face Stephen Fulton Jr, but Williams — meant to fight Aleem — is bumped to the main, for the vacant WBO 122-pound title, and Aleem-Bates is an eliminator, a short notice rematch of a 2018 fight that Aleem won handily on the cards. George-Escudero is a rematch of a controversial and very competitive ShoBox fight from last year.
George seems to be blocking most of the punches. Escudero is more active but honestly doesn’t seem to be getting around/ through the gloves.