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[famicommander]

The IBF has elevated Daniel DuBois to heavyweight champion.

What a sad joke. Abolish the IBF.

 

[famicommander]

Can't wait for tomorrow night.

Juan Francisco Estrada defending his lineal/TBRB, Ring, WBC world super flyweight championship against former WBC 115 and unified 112 world titilst Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez.

Potential fight of the year candidate.

Rodriguez is quickly amassing a very impressive resume. First Carlos Cuadras, then Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, then Sunny Edwards, now El Gallo up next. He won't fight his mentor Chocolatito so maybe he can unify with Ioka next. Ioka beat his brother once and got a draw with him once so there's an easy storyline there, provided Ioka comes through his own unification with Martinez next week.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Undercard post, but Nico Ali Walsh survived the last round with a blatantly dislocated shoulder that Akale somehow didn’t notice. Clearly showed the letters lack of awareness.

 

[famicommander]

Bam Rodriguez is truly a special fighter and we're watching him at the very beginning of his prime.

Carlos Cuadras.
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.
Sunny Edwards.
Juan Francisco Estrada.

Just slaughtering legends every time out. Go get Kazuto Ioka or Pedro Guevara next.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Teofimo Lopez won about as dominant of a decision as possible without scoring a knockdown, but clearly had not expected as much of a fight from Claggett as he got. Props to the Canadian vet, he was outclassed but made the most of his title shot.

But the highlight was Ramirez’s borderline perfect fight against Benitez, with a big uppercut knockout as an exclamation point.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Ryan Garcia has fully lost his mind

 

[famicommander]

Ryan Garcia has fully lost his mind

That has been the case for years.

People only act like they care now because he's suspended and they can't profit from associating with him for several months.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Holy shit, Foster absolutely robbed by a split decision where he basically won every round except one, maybe two, versus Conceicao.

That should disqualify all three judges from future title bouts.

 

[TheBeard]

Holy shit, Foster absolutely robbed by a split decision where he basically won every round except one, maybe two, versus Conceicao.

That should disqualify all three judges from future title bouts.

That may have been the worst decision I've ever seen in the sport.

 

[quickeyg]

Terence Crawford returning against Israil Madrimov at the BMO Stadium in LA, California August 3rd - the undercard is excellent. Tickets are still on sale and will be shown on the Espn plus ppv and/or Dazn ppv channels in America. Time to plan that fight party sports fans. (That reminds me I better hide those Jaffa Cakes) hehehe.

 

[famicommander]

Another excellent win for Crawford, but he didn't blow Madrimov out of the water. I had it 116-112 Crawford; official cards came back 116-112, 115-113, 115-113 Crawford. Madrimov had excellent footwork and he was quite awkward, which allowed him to land several straight rights on Crawford. But Crawford's skill and handspeed were the difference for me.

I don't think it would be wise for Crawford to jump up to 168 at this point, though. He should try to become undisputed at 154. Get the Fundora/Spence winner next, as that will be a WBA/WBC/WBO unification fight.

Terence Crawford's resume (TBRB rankings used, interim/regular titles ignored):
W vs #3 Ricky Burns UD 12 (fmr. WBO 130; reigning WBO 135; future WBA 140)
W vs #7 Yuriorkis Gamboa TKO 9 (fmr. WBA/IBF 126)
W vs #2 Raymundo Beltran UD 12 (future WBO 135)
W vs #9 Thomas Dulorme TKO 6
W vs #1 Viktor Postol UD 12 (reigning WBC 140)
W vs #3 John Molina TKO 8
W vs #9 Felix Diaz RTD 10 (Diaz ranked at 147, fight at 140)
W vs #1 Julius Indongo KO 3 (reigning WBA/IBF 140)
W vs #4 Jeff Horn TKO 9 (reigning WBO 147)
W vs Amir Khan TKO 6 (fmr. WBA/IBF 140)
W vs #10 Egidijus Kavaliauskas TKO 9
W vs Kell Brook TKO 4 (fmr. IBF 147)
W vs #4 Shawn Porter TKO 10 (fmr. IBF 147; WBC 147)
W vs #9 David Avanesyan KO 6
W vs #1 Errol Spence Jr. TKO 9 (reigning WBA/WBC/IBF 147)
W vs #3 Israil Madrimov UD 12 (reigning WBA 154)

Other notable victories: Breidis Prescott, Andrey Klimov, Dierry Jean, Hank Lundy, Jose Benavidez Jr

14-0 vs top 10
9-0 vs top 5
4-0 vs #1 (or #2 if Crawford was #1)
11-0 vs fighters that won a legitimate world title
6-0 vs reigning world titlists
3-0 in unification fights
19-0 in world title fights
6-0 in lineal world championship fights
41-0-0-0 overall record, 31 KOs

135: Lineal/TBRB, Ring, WBO
140: Lineal/TBRB, Ring, WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO undisputed
147: Lineal/TBRB, Ring, WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO undisputed
154: WBA

3 division lineal world champion
2 division undisputed world champion
4 division world titlist

Notable achievements:
-One of only nine men to be lineal champion in three weight classes (Fitzsimmons, Ross, Armstrong, Canzoneri, Leonard, De La Hoya, Mayweather, Pacquiao)
-One of only four men in the 3/4 belt eras to be undisputed in two weight classes (Holyfield [3 belt], Inoue, Usyk)

 

[John Price]

Tyson 'ready' to fight Paul following health scare

Coming off a health scare that forced the postponement of his return to the ring, Mike Tyson said Sunday he's ready to fight Jake Paul on Nov. 15.

www.espn.com

 

[John Price]

https://www.dazn.com/en-US/news/boxing/floyd-mayweather-vs-john-gotti-iii-live-updates-results-highlights/ean8cvctglxr1iskci8j4bl12

The Floyd Mayweather Jr.-John Gotti III exhibition rematch didn't have any excessive trash talk or a brawl like their original clash last year.


It was just a self-proclaimed "The Best Ever" in Mayweather serving up a boxing clinic over eight two-minute rounds to put this surprise rivalry to bed Saturday night and coast handily at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City, and live on DAZN.


The 47-year-old boxing legend did what he wanted in the ring from establishing the jab to piecing together combinations, touching the body and eluding Gotti III's shots, while flashing smiles along the way.


"We had to put on a show for the people. I want to thank Gotti for being a man of his word," Mayweather said live on DAZN, while the two men embraced, seemingly burying any lingering bad blood.

 

[famicommander]

Inoue beats Doheny by TKO. Doheny injured his sciatic nerve in the fight, but Inoue was starting to put it on him and a stoppage was imminent either way.

Bob Arum has indicated that the likely plan for Inoue is:
#4 Sam Goodman in Tokyo in December
#1 Murodjon Akhmadaliev in Las Vegas in April
#1 at 118 Junto Nakatani moving up to fight him back in Tokyo later in 2025

And if he wins those, featherweight is next.