Don't know why I'm still watching the broadcast but they just gave away a 5 day vacation to Saudi Arabia to 4 winners. Plus tickets to Fury/Usyk 2. Uhhhh no thanks
Soon Saturday, October 12 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ESPN+) Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol, light heavyweights, 12 rounds, for undisputed championship (Beterbiev’s WBC, IBF, and WBO titles and Bivol’s WBA title) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PPV) Chris Eubank Jr vs Kamil Szeremeta, middleweights, 12 rounds Fabio Wardley vs Frazer Clarke, rematch, heavyweights, 12 rounds, for Wardley’s British title Jai Opetaia vs Jack Massey, cruiserweights, 12 rounds, for Opetaia’s IBF title Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron, light heavyweights, 10 rounds Skye Nicolson vs Raven Chapman, featherweights, 10 rounds, for Nicolson’s WBC title
Correct was just talking about the Gulf Region in general. Riyadh is a nice city and I did enjoy my time there.
The ladies are fighting this weekend Friday, September 27 The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (ESPN+/ESPN) Sandy Ryan vs Mikaela Mayer, welterweights, 10 rounds, for Ryan’s WBO title Xander Zayas vs Damian Sosa, super welterweights, 10 rounds Bruce Carrington vs Sulaiman Segawa, featherweights, 10 rounds Top Rank show from the Madison Square Garden basement. Ryan brings the WBO welterweight belt. Mayer fights for the first time since a January loss to Natasha Jonas. Xander Zayas and Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington support. The main card will start on ESPN at 10:30 pm ET. *********************************************************************** Trilith Studios, Atlanta, GA (Brinx.TV) Alycia Baumgardner vs Delfine Persoon, super featherweights, 10 rounds, for Baumgardner’s WBC title Baumgardner defends her WBC 130 lb title against Persoon, who fights in the U.S. for the first time since her 2019 majority decision loss to Katie Taylor at Madison Square Garden. This one is happening in Fayetteville, GA, a perfectly adequate place to spend your first two years of high school, if you have to. Once upon a time, the only thing to do late on a Friday night in Fayetteville (assuming there wasn’t a Round Ear Spock concert) was go to the Waffle House, or hang out in the parking lot by Movies 10 and the big shoe store. Kids today have it much better. They can catch a nine-fight card of all women’s matchups instead. Much more exciting than watching to see if Kevin Entrekin would once again scrape his modified “Dragon Da Ground” minitruck over a speed bump! ************************************************************************ Park Community Arena, Sheffield, England (DAZN) Shakiel Thompson vs River Wilson-Bent, middleweights, 10 rounds Reece Mould vs Ryan Walsh, lightweights, 10 rounds Tysie Gallagher vs Tori-Ellis Willetts, super bantamweights, 10 rounds, for Gallagher’s British and Commonwealth titles A GBM show out of Sheffield. Thompson is a 6’3” middleweight nicknamed “Dr. Steel.” Wilson-Bent lost to Hamzah Sheeraz, another 6’3” middleweight, by second round TKO about two years ago. Maxi Hughes and Hughie Fury are listed on the undercard! ********************************************************************** Saturday, September 28 Park Community Arena, Sheffield, England (DAZN) Rhiannon Dixon vs Terri Harper, lightweights, 10 rounds, for Dixon’s WBO title Peter McGrail vs Brad Foster, super bantamweights, 10 rounds Another Sheffield show, at the same venue as the GBM card the night before, but this one is a Matchroom promotion. That welterweight belt Ryan will bring to her fight against Mayer on Friday was won from Harper earlier this year. This is Harper’s first fight since, and she challenges Dixon for a lightweight belt. Matchmaking is tough on the women’s side, and weight divisions can get wild. Just ask current heavyweight (and former super welterweight) champion Claressa Shields! Anyway, Harper is a former super featherweight champ, so the weight cut likely won’t be an issue. BoxRec shows Galal Yafai, Jimmy Sains, and Peter McGrail in supporting bouts.
My eldest son made his amateur debut today, came away with a 3rd round stoppage Edit: A friend caught this Great hand-raise shot:
Oct. 4: Sydney, Australia (ESPN+) Time: 10 a.m. UK / 5 a.m. ET Main event ringwalks (approx): 10 a.m. UK / 5 a.m. ET Andrei Mikhailovich +480 Zhanibek Alimkhanuly -700 Title fight: Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Andrei Mikhailovich, 12 rounds, for Alimkhanuly's IBF middleweight title Mea Motu vs. Shannon O'Connell, 8 rounds, women's featherweights Charlie Kazzi vs. Lui Magaiva, 8 rounds, lightweights Wayne Telepe vs. Bashir Nassir, 4 rounds, lightweights *************************************************************************************************** Oct. 5: Liverpool, England (ESPN+) Time: 7 p.m. UK / 2 p.m. ET Main event ringwalks (approx): 11 p.m. UK / 6 p.m. ET Nick Ball -1600 Ronny Rios +920 Title fight: Nick Ball vs. Ronny Rios, 12 rounds, for Ball's WBA featherweight title Jack Rafferty vs. Henry Turner, 12 rounds, for the British junior welterweight title Jack Turner vs. Gonzalo Corinaldesi, 6 rounds, bantamweights Jadier Herrera vs. Oliver Flores, 10 rounds, lightweights Walter Fury vs. Dale Arrowsmith, 4 rounds, junior middleweights Andrew Cain vs. Lazaro Casseres, 12 rounds, bantamweights Joe Cooper vs. Lukasz Barabasz, 4 rounds, middleweights Brad Strand vs. Marvin Solano, 10 rounds, junior featherweights James McGivern vs. Reuquen Arce, 8 rounds, lightweights Nelson Birchall vs. Mark Butler, 6 rounds, junior lightweights Boma Brown vs. Amine Boucetta, 6 rounds, heavyweights Lucas Biswana vs, Jakub Laskowski, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Sam Goodman (19-0, 8 KOs) is ESPN's No. 4 junior featherweight and has proved his mettle in wins over fellow contenders Ra'eese Aleem and Doheny.