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RE: Pro Fights in other Divisions - diehard - 12-29-2019
Pascal retains WBA light heavy title by split decision
WBA light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (35-6-1, 20 KOs) barely retained his title by twelve round split decision against WBA #11 Badou Jack “The Ripper” (22-3-3, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. It was an exciting fight that featured fast and furious exchanges. Pascal started fast and dropped Jack with a big overhand right hand in round four. The frantic pace gradually slowed over the second half of the fight until Jack came to life dropping Pascal with a series of rights in the final round. Scores were 114-112 for Jack, 114-112, 114-112 for Pascal.
RE: Pro Fights in other Divisions - diehard - 12-29-2019
Tank KOs Gamboa in 12 for WBA lightweight title
In a clash for the vacant WBA lightweight belt, WBA #1 rated Gervonta “Tank” Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) scored a twelfth round KO over #2 Yuriorkis “El Ciclon de Guantanamo” Gamboa (30-3, 18 KOs) on Saturday night at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Davis started fast, dropping Gamboa in round two. Between rounds, Gamboa complained about a problem with his shoe, which broke during the knockdown. He continued to fight with his mobility impaired. Davis landed some big shots in round five, but the 38-year-old Gamboa took them well. Davis dropped Gamboa again in round eight during a good exchange. They went two-to-toe in the final round and Davis dropped Gamboa again to end it. Time was 1:17.
RE: Pro Fights in other Divisions - nullanulla - 12-30-2019
(12-29-2019, 07:48 PM)diehard Wrote: Tank KOs Gamboa in 12 for WBA lightweight title
In a clash for the vacant WBA lightweight belt, WBA #1 rated Gervonta “Tank” Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) scored a twelfth round KO over #2 Yuriorkis “El Ciclon de Guantanamo” Gamboa (30-3, 18 KOs) on Saturday night at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Davis started fast, dropping Gamboa in round two. Between rounds, Gamboa complained about a problem with his shoe, which broke during the knockdown. He continued to fight with his mobility impaired. Davis landed some big shots in round five, but the 38-year-old Gamboa took them well. Davis dropped Gamboa again in round eight during a good exchange. They went two-to-toe in the final round and Davis dropped Gamboa again to end it. Time was 1:17.
Haven't seen this fight yet but word is that Gamboa suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in the second round.
RE: Pro Fights in other Divisions - diehard - 12-30-2019
Here's the fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7S3J54uqQY
RE: Pro Fights in other Divisions - diehard - 12-31-2019
Don't think this one will be much of a fight. Still, Farlong is the #1 challenger, so that's good:
Beterbiev-Fanlong Purse Bid Results
The purse bid for the IBF light heavyweight mandatory title defense between champion Artur Beterbiev and challenger Meng Fanlong took place today, December 30, 2019, at 12:00 PM at the IBF headquarters in Springfield, NJ. Rejoy Group, China’s biggest boxing promoter, won with a bid of $1,900,000 for the bout against Top Rank’s bid of $1,315,000.
The boxing event must be scheduled to take place not less than 28 days and not more than 90 days from the date of the bid award, unless a different date is agreed to in writing by the boxers and/or approved by the Championships Committee.
RE: Pro Fights in other Divisions - nullanulla - 12-31-2019
(12-31-2019, 11:32 AM)diehard Wrote: Don't think this one will be much of a fight. Still, Farlong is the #1 challenger, so that's good:
Beterbiev-Fanlong Purse Bid Results
The purse bid for the IBF light heavyweight mandatory title defense between champion Artur Beterbiev and challenger Meng Fanlong took place today, December 30, 2019, at 12:00 PM at the IBF headquarters in Springfield, NJ. Rejoy Group, China’s biggest boxing promoter, won with a bid of $1,900,000 for the bout against Top Rank’s bid of $1,315,000.
The boxing event must be scheduled to take place not less than 28 days and not more than 90 days from the date of the bid award, unless a different date is agreed to in writing by the boxers and/or approved by the Championships Committee.
So it looks like the bout will be held in China...or possibly not? More to come on this, by the sound of things.
https://www.badlefthook.com/2019/12/30/21043277/roc-nation-wins-purse-bid-beterbiev-meng-likely-stage-bout-china-boxing-news
Roc Nation wins purse bid for Beterbiev-Meng, “likely” to stage bout in China
The fight will be Beterbiev’s first defense as unified champion
By Patrick L. Stumberg Dec 30, 2019, 3:01pm EST
It looks as though Artur Beterbiev’s first defense as unified IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion will be an away game. Roc Nation, which represents mandatory challenger Meng Fanlong, has reportedly won today’s purse bid with a massive $1.9 million offer, outstripping Top Rank’s $1.35 million bid. According to Mike Coppinger, the fight “will likely be staged in China in the spring.”
There is, however, a complication.
According to veteran boxing scribe Gabe Oppenheim, Beterbiev (15-0, 15 KO), a Dagestani Muslim, refuses to fight in China due to the nation’s ongoing mass internment and reported human rights abuses of the Uighurs. He was originally supposed to feature on the February 1st card now headlined by Jose Ramirez vs. Viktor Postol.
Beterbiev wouldn’t agree to appear in China -- as a Muslim, he takes great offense to China’s mistreatment of coreligionist Uighurs (an ethnic group related to the Turks) in the country’s west, one million of whom are said to be detained in concentration camps (it didn’t help China’s lying about this when documents about official Uighur brainwashing were recently leaked).
So Beterbiev was replaced as the card’s headliner with undefeated 140-lb. champ Jose Carlos Ramirez, who usually fights in Fresno, California, where he fills up a 14,000-seat arena. It was a strange substitution, but Top Rank was scrambling, understandably -- this was too much to forgo.
There are now three ways this can proceed. The ideal situation sees the two sides compromise on another location. The morally questionable situation sees Beterbiev fight Meng (16-0, 10 KO) there anyway. The most likely situation, if this reporting is accurate, likely sees Beterbiev vacate the IBF belt and campaign solely as the WBC champion.
Should that last one happen, the IBF would presumably order Meng to face the next-highest ranked contender, Britain’s Joshua Buatsi, for the vacant belt.
We’ll keep you appraised as this develops.
RE: Pro Fights in other Divisions - diehard - 12-31-2019
Great find, nulla. Since a Chinese outfit won the bid, you'd think it would be there. Meng fought a lot of his fights in Macao, but I doubt it would happen there as it's so close to Hong Kong. How about Saudi Arabia?
RE: Pro Fights in other Divisions - nullanulla - 12-31-2019
Hopefully the fight does go ahead somewhere and Beterbiev doesn't vacate the IBF belt. I think he is capable of unifying the division given the opportunity. Would love to see him v Bivol, now that would be some fight!
RE: Pro Fights in other Divisions - diehard - 01-07-2020
Spence to Crawford: Don’t act like a boss now
WBC, IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. has responded to the call out by WBO champion Terence Crawford earlier today.
Spence tweeted, “Fight not going get made on here … it sound good, [but the] only time I hear yo shit is social media…don’t act like a boss now, like he don’t handle yo shit. We told yo handler Bob what it take to make it happen … I don’t choke off smoke dude.”
* Punctuation added for clarity.
RE: Pro Fights in other Divisions - diehard - 01-09-2020
https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/joe-smith-vs-jesse-hart-quotes-or-this-saturday-on-espn/139557