Boxing schedule for the month of July

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July 2

At Reading, Pa. (PBC on ESPN/ESPN Deportes):

Denis Shafikov vs. Jamel Herring, 10 rounds, lightweights

Patrick Szymanski vs. Wilky Campfort, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Stephen Fulton vs. Cristian Renteria, 6 rounds, featherweights
Frank De Alba vs. Jonathan Perez, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Kermit Cintron vs. Carlos Garcia, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Erik Spring vs. James Robinson, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Antonio Allen vs. Miguel Ramirez, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Christian Carto vs. Rahkeam Parker, 4 rounds, flyweights
Kashon Hutchinson vs. Robert Ramos, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Kevin Womack vs. Chordale Booker, 4 rounds, junior middleweights

At Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (beIN Sports Espanol):

Zulina Munoz vs. Lorena Taborda, 10 rounds, female junior bantamweights
Fernando Carcamo vs. Carlos Gorham, 10 rounds, junior welterweights

At Longmont, Colo.:

Inocente Fiz vs. Arturo Crispin, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Freddy Marquez vs. Marco Alcaraz, 5 rounds, junior featherweights
Misael Lopez vs. Jose Jacobo, 5 rounds, junior lightweights
Gregorio Perez vs. Chad Obermiller, 5 rounds, lightweights
Adrian Pinera vs. Erik Alvarez, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Guy Smith Jr. vs. Colbert Lozoya, 4 rounds, welterweights
Melik Elliston vs. Basyzbek Baratov, 4 rounds, flyweights
Baltazar Ramirez vs. Richard Baldo, 4 rounds, junior welterweights

At Mexico City, Mexico:

Ganigan Lopez vs. Jonathan Taconing, 12 rounds, for Lopez's WBC junior flyweight title

At Pittsburgh:

Gerald Sherrell vs. Marcus Maulding, 6 rounds, middleweights
Amir Imam vs. Wilfredo Acuna, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Trevor Bryan vs. Galen Brown, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Guillermo Jones vs. Garret Jones, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Justin Steve vs. Joel Guevara, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Sam Suska vs. Rick Morais, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Mark Daley vs. Donny Miller, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Eric Palmer vs. Prientkes Sander, 4 rounds, welterweigths


July 3

At Greifswald, Germany:

Erkan Teper vs. Derric Rossy, 10 rounds, heavyweights


July 8

At Mexico City (Telemundo):
Antonio Moran vs. Juan Pablo Sanchez, 10 rounds, lightweights
Martin Castill vs. Eduardo Garcia, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Jerson Aguilar vs. Omar Solano Herrera, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Luis Olivares vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Said Flores vs. Edgar Hernandez, 6 rounds, flyweights
Adrian Curiel vs. Mauricio Cruz Valladares, 4 rounds, flyweights
Omar Flores Moreno vs. Mauricio Lara, 4 rounds, bantamweights


July 9

At Trenton, N.J. (PBC on ESPN/ESPN Deportes):

Mario Barrios vs. Devis Boschiero, 12 rounds, IBF junior lightweight eliminator
Eddie Ramirez vs. Jessie Roman, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Joshua Okine vs. Tyrone Brunson, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Zhankosh Turarov vs. Daniel Souza Santos, 8 rounds, welterweights
Titus Williams vs. Jovany Fuentes, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
Jordan White vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Christopher Brooker vs. Gabriel Pham, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Darryl Bunting vs. Hakeem Atkinson, 4 rounds, middleweights
Kiernan Hooks vs. Zarief Brand, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Alexander Charneco vs. Tyrone Crawley, 6 rounds, junior welterweights

At Lemoore, Calif. (UniMas):

Jose Ramirez vs. Tomas Mendez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Andy Vences vs. Moises Delgadillo, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Joe Louie Lopez vs. Ernesto Martinez, 6 rounds, middleweights
Eric Altamirano vs. Daniel Tran, 6 rounds, lightweights
Quilisto Madera vs. Rafael Valencia, 4 rounds, middleweights
Hector Madera vs. Kevin Davila, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Efren Lopez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights

At San Mateo, California (beIN Sports Espanol):

Albert Pagara vs. Cesar Juarez, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
Pedro Duran vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Jason Pagara vs. Abraham Alvarez, 10 rounds, welterweights
Mauricio Zabaleta vs. Darren Mallard Jr., 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Hector Valdez vs. Vincent Jennings, 6 rounds, featherweights
Israel Hernandez vs. Michael Flores, 4 rounds, flyweights
Lennard Davis IV vs. David Figueroa, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Rudy Macedo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights

At Brooks, Calif.:

Manuel "Tino" Avila vs. Prosper Ankrah, 10 rounds, featherweights
Manuel Roman vs. Javier Gallo, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Alberto Torres vs. Jesus Sandoval, rematch, 6 rounds, featherweights
Ryan Bourland vs. Gilberto Rubio, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Pedro Moreno vs. Derick Bartlemay, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Blake McKernan vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights

At Monterrey, Mexico:

Miguel Roman vs. Jerope Mercado, 10 runds, junior lightweights
Jairo Lopez vs. Sergio Puente, 10 rounds, lightweights

At Rio Rancho, N.M.:

Fidel Maldonado Jr. vs. Pipino Cuevas Jr., 8 rounds, lightweights
Matthew Griego vs. TBA, 4 rounds, flyweights
Brian Mendoza vs. Daniel Calzada, 4 or 6 rounds, welterweights
Alex Holguin vs. George Roybal, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Jaron "Boots" Ennis vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Carlos Sanchez vs. Christopher Russell, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Donovan Cameron vs. Oscar Espinoza, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Ronald Baca vs. Randy McCarty, 4 rounds, heavyweights

Eliju Sena vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights


July 11

At Ekaterinburg, Russia (HBO):

Sergey Kovalev vs. Isaac Chilemba, 12 rounds, for Kovalev's WBO/IBF/WBA light heavyweight title
Magomed Kurbanov vs. Davi Eliasquevici, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Pavel Malikov vs. Leonardo Doronio. 12 rounds, lightweights
Alexander Kotov vs. Denys Lazarev, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
Nikolay Buzolin vs. Denis Lashin, 6 rounds, lightweights
Alexey Evchenko vs. Viskhan Murzabekov, 8 rounds, wlterweights
Bakhram Murtazaliev vs. Magomedkamil Musaev, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Madiyar Ashkeyev vs. Ismat Eynullayev, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Ramzan Baysarov vs. Murad Dalkhaev, 6 rounds, junior middleweights


July 12

At Nice, California (PBC on Fox Sports 1/Fox Deportes):

Levan Ghvamichava vs. Domonique Dolton, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Malcolm McAllister vs. Gilberto Pereira, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Thomas Hill vs. Marcos Hernandez, 8 rounds, junior middleweights


July 15

At Tunica, Miss. (PBC on ESPN/ESPN Deportes):

Sergey Lipinets vs. Walter Castillo, 12 rounds, junior welterweights
Tugstsogt Nyambayar vs. Rafael Vazquez, 10 rounds, featherweights

At Indio, Calif. (Estrella TV):

Pablo Cesar Cano vs. Alfonso Gomez, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Jayson Velez vs. Rene Alvarado, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Cesar Diaz vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Rigoberto Hermosillo vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
Azat Hovanissyan vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Marco Magdaleno vs. Hugo Padilla, 4 rounds, lightweights
Jhon Leon vs. Steward Flores, 4 rounds, welterweights

At Kissimmee, Fla. (Telemundo):

Orlando Cruz vs. Alex Valdez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights

At Lincoln, R.I.:

Angel Camacho Jr. vs. Kevin Cobbs, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Thomas Falowo vs. Chris Chatman, rematch, 8 rounds, middleweights
Kali Reis vs. Althea Saunders, 8 rounds, female middleweights
Nick DeLomba vs. Oscar Bonilla, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Ray Oliviera Jr. vs. Andy Gonzalez, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Jamaine Ortiz vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
Kendrick Ball Jr. vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights
Cristobal Marrero vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights

At Saarbruecken, Germany:

Juergen Doberstein vs. Robin Krasniqi, 12 rounds, super middleweights


July 16

At Birmingham, Ala. (PBC on Fox/Fox Deportes/FS1):

Deontay Wilder vs. Chris Arreola, 12 rounds, for Wilder's WBC heavyweight title
Sammy Vasquez vs. Felix Diaz, 10 rounds, welterweights
Gerald Washington vs. Amir Mansour, rematch, 10 rounds heavyweights
Jamal James vs. Wale Omotoso, 10 rounds, welterweights
Erickson Lubin vs. Ivan Montero, 8 or 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Vic Darchinyan vs. Ramiro Robles, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Michael Seals vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Ryan Martin vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, lightweights
Layla McCarter vs. TBA, 8 rounds, female welterweights
Kenneth McNeil vs. Robert Burwell, 6 rounds, middleweights
Robert Alfonso-Acea vs. Larry Knight, 6 rounds, heavyweights
KeAndre Leatherwood vs. Joey Dunmoodie, 6 rounds, middleweights

 

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At TBA, Mexico (beIN Sports Espanol):

Miguel Berchelt vs Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo, 12 rounds, for Berchelt's WBO interim junior lightweight title

At Lancaster, Calif. (UniMas):

Casey Ramos vs. Hardy Paredes, 8 rounds, lightweights
Arnold Barboza Jr. vs. John David Charles, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs. Robert Berridge, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Egidijus Kavaliauskas vs. Jeremy Bryant, 8 rounds, welterweights
Maxim Dadashev vs. Jason Gavino, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
Oscar Mendoza vs. Francisco Muro, 4 rounds, featherweights
Ulises Sierra vs. Jose Hernandez, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Brian Gallegos vs. John Black, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Paola Ortiz vs. Poula Estrada, 6 rounds, flyweights

At Berlin:

Giovanni De Carolis vs. Tyron Zeuge, 12 rounds, for De Carolis' WBA "regular" super middleweight title
Arthur Abraham vs. Tim-Robin Lihaug, 10 rounds, super middleweights

At Cardiff, Wales:

Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. James "Jazza" Dickens, 12 rounds, for Rigondeaux's WBA junior featherweight title
Terry Flanagan vs. Mzonke Fana, 12 rounds, for Flanagan's WBO lightweight title
Liam Williams vs. Gary Corcoran, 12 rounds, for Williams British and Commonwealth junior middleweight titles
Tommy Langford vs. Ronny Gabel, 12 rounds, middleweights
Bradley Skeete vs. Alex Lepelley, 12 rounds, welterweights
Joe Pigford vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights
Craig Evans vs. TBA, 10 rounds, lightweights
Alex Hughes vs. TBA, 8 rounds, super middleweights
Jay Harris vs. Ramash Ahmadi, 6, bantamweights
Jamie Conlan vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights
Gary Sweeney vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights
Tyrone McKenna vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights

At Sequals, Italy:

Orlando Fiordigiglio vs. Carmelito De Jesus, 12 rounds, junior middleweights

At New Delhi, India:

Vijender Singh vs. Kerry Hope, 10 rounds, super middleweights

At Detroit:

Andy Ruiz vs. Josh Gormley, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Bakhtiyer Eubov vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Giorgi Gelashvili vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Serdar Hadurbadyev vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Gheith Karim vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Demetrius Banks vs. TBA, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Dorell Van Horn Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Jarico O'Quinn vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights
Zach Shamoun vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
Clarence Dubose vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights

July 20

At Osaka, Japan:

Shingo Wake vs. Jonahan Guzman, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF junior featherweight title
Kazuto Ioka vs. Kyvin Lara, 12 rounds, for Ioka's WBA "regular" flyweight title

July 21

At Mashantucket, Conn. (PBC on ESPN/ESPN Deportes):

Sergiy Derevyanchenko vs. Sam Soliman, 12 rounds, IBF middleweight eliminator
Ievgen Khytrov vs. Paul Mendez, 10 rounds, middleweights

At Christchurch, New Zealand:

Joseph Parker vs. Solomon Haumono, 12 rounds, heavyweights
Kris George vs. Bowyn Morgan, 8 rounds, welterweights

At Mashantucket, Conn.:

"Broadway Boxing"

July 22

At Mashantucket, Conn. (Showtime):

Adam Lopez vs. Roman Reynoso, 10 rounds, bantamweights
Ronald Ellis vs. Julius Jackson, 8 rounds, super middleweights
O'Shaquie Foster vs. Rolando Chinea, 8 rounds, featherweights
Khiary Gray-Pitts vs. Ismael Garcia, 8 rounds, junior middleweights

At Atlantic City, N.J.:

Anthony Young vs. Ariel Vasquez, 8 rounds, welterweights
Thomas LaManna vs. Eduardo Flores, 6 rounds, welterweights
Dan Pasciolla vs. Dante Selby, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Marvin Johnson vs. Lamont White, 4 rounds, lightweights
Alvin Vermall Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, cruiserweights
Fanlong Meng vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Zhang Zhilei vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Donald Smith vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Christian Carto vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights
Kevin Asmat vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights

At Laganes, Spain:

Ruben Nieto vs. Nicolas Gonzalez, for Nieto's European junior welterweight title

At East London, South Africa

Makozole Tete vs. Raymond Tagubon, 12 rounds, junior bantamweights


July 23

At Las Vegas (HBO PPV):

Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol, 12 rounds, WBO/WBC junior welterweight title unification
Gilberto Ramirez vs. Dominik Britsch, 12 rounds, for Ramirez's WBO super middleweight title
Oscar Valdez vs. Matias Adrian Rueda, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO interim featherweight title
Jose Benavidez vs. Francisco Santana, 10 rounds, welerweights
Lenny Zappavigna vs. IK Yang, 12 rounds, IBF junior welterweight eliminator
Ryota Murata vs. "Comanche Boy" George Tahdooahnippah, 10 rounds, middleweights

At Uncasville, Conn.:

Delvin Rodriguez vs. Shawn Cameron, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Michael McGlaughlin vs. Shaka Moore, 8 rounds, welterweights
Joel De La Paz vs. Naim Terbunja, 6 rounds, light heavyweights

At Benidorm, Spain:

Kiko Martinez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Robert Santos vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights

July 24

At Kempton Park, South Africa:

Shaun Ness vs. Ayanda Mthembu, 12 rounds, welterweights
Deejay Kriel vs. Mthobisi Nkosi, 8 rounds, strawweights
Thulani Mbenge vs. Zenzile Mtanze, 6 rounds, welterweights
Joshua Studdard vs. Morapedi Khotle, 6 rounds, bantamweights
Laduma Lamati vs. Koos Matshiye, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
Lucky Mongebane vs. Caiphis Thomas, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
Chaz Wasserman vs. Fiston Kabamba, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
Sterling Shaw vs. John Bopape, 4 rounds, junior middleweights

July 27

At TBA, Thailand:

Pungluang Sor Singyu vs. Marlon Tapales, 12 rounds, for Sor Singyu's WBO bantamweight title

July 28[/color]

At Toronto:

Alex Dilmaghani vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Steven Wilcox vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
Tim Cronin vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Mayron Zeferino vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Mladen Mijas vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Augistino D'Aluisio vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights


July 29

At Quebec City (PBC on Spike):

Adonis Stevenson vs. Thomas Williams, 12 rounds, for Stevenson's WBC light heavyweight title
Eleider Alvarez vs. Chad Dawson, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Custio Clayton vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights
Eric Martel Bahoeli vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights
Junior Ulysse vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights
Marie Eve Dicaire vs. TBA, 6 rounds, female welterweights

At Johannesburg, South Africa
Jack Asis vs. Malcolm Klassen, 12 rounds, junior lightweights


July 30

At New York (Showtime/Showtime Extreme):

Leo Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton, 12 rounds, for Santa Cruz's WBA featherweight title
Mikey Garcia vs. Elio Rojas, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Sergey Rabchenko vs. Tony Harrison, 12 rounds, IBF junior middleweight eliminator
Paulie Malignaggi vs. Grabriel Bracero, 10 rounds, welterweights
Ivan Redkach vs. Tevin Farmer, 10 rounds, lightweights
Amanda Serrano vs. Calixta Silgado, 10 rounds, female featherweights
At Tijuana, Mexico (beIN Sports Espanol):
Luis Nery vs. David Sanchez, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights

At Indio, Calif. (HBO Latino):

Antonio Orozco vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Joseph Diaz vs. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights

At Leeds, England:

Josh Warrington vs. Patrick Hyland, 12 rounds, featherweights
Luke Campbell vs. Argenis Mendez, 12 rounds, lightweights
Tyrone Nurse vs. Tommy Coyle, 12 rounds, for Nurse's British junior welterweight title
Gamal Yafai vs. Josh Wale, 12 rounds, for Yafai's Commonwealth junior featherweight title
Ryan Burnett vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, bantamweights
Dillian Whyte vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, heavyweights
Sam Eggington vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Frankie Gavin vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Tommy Martin vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Darre Tetley vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights
Scott Fitzgerald vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Connor Seymour vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights

At Edison, N.J.:

Jorge Diaz vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights
Godson Noel vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights
Danny McDermott vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights

 

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Tuning in for Sammy Vasquez Jr., Erickson Lubin , Gilberto Ramirez ---even though all their opponents look pretty soft - not many ko's on their resume and 1 or 2 losses.

I'll catch the replay of Stevenson, and the Rigondeaux fights.

Return of Mikey Garcia -that' could be a big deal.

Frampton / Santa Cruz and Crawford / Postol are the big fights I see.

Wilder and Kovalev title defenses.

Not a bad month per se. Not bad at all to me.

 

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Tuning in for Sammy Vasquez Jr., Erickson Lubin , Gilberto Ramirez ---even though all their opponents look pretty soft - not many ko's on their resume and 1 or 2 losses.

I'll catch the replay of Stevenson, and the Rigondeaux fights.

Return of Mikey Garcia -that' could be a big deal.

Frampton / Santa Cruz and Crawford / Postol are the big fights I see.

Wilder and Kovalev title defenses.

Not a bad month per se. Not bad at all to me.

Felix Diaz is a legit opponent for Vazquez. Fought an extremely close fight with Lamont Peterson his last time out and is an Olympic gold medalist. That's a great fight IMO.

So many good fights this month..

Lipinets & Nyambayar (Olympic silver medalist in 2012) both in separate fights on ESPN. Both excellent amateurs that are getting fast tracked in the pros.

Vijender Singh an Indian Olympian (won bronze one year) is taking a huge step up against Kerry Hope. If Singh can make it as a pro he'll be crazy popular. Just what he did in the amateurs made him a star in India.

Wake Vs. Guzman for the vacant title should be real good and Ioka is on the same card - against soft comp though.

Derevyanchenko Vs. Soliman with Khytrov on the card on ESPN.

Not to mention the big fights + all the other dope prospects in action. And Arum again is burying Gvozdyk & Kavaliauskas on a random card that probably won't be aired anywhere.

 

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Sergey Kovalev vs. Isaac Chilemba on deck.

Chilemba is underrated, definitely no tune up. I think he's a good opponent to get ready for Ward. Kinda has a style somewhat similar to Hopkins and Ward, he can probably frustrate Kovalev and make him look bad in spots. I'll be very impressed if Kovalev knocks him out early.

A lot of people thought he should have got the decision against Eleider Alvarez, same goes for Tony Bellew in the UK, I mean anytime you get a draw in someone's backyard its usually a good indication.

Anyways, he doesn't have much power so that will likely be his downfall against Kovalev - if he can't get his respect it's going to be a big problem. Still, I reckon he'll go rounds and look good.

As for Ward's opponent, now that really is a tune up that is a complete waste of time. I'd imagine sparring partners in the gym will do better work than 40 year old Alexander Brand. But fuck it, as long as he fights Kovalev after as planned then I don't really care.

 

[naner12]

Sergey Kovalev vs. Isaac Chilemba on deck.

Chilemba is underrated, definitely no tune up. I think he's a good opponent to get ready for Ward. Kinda has a style somewhat similar to Hopkins and Ward, he can probably frustrate Kovalev and make him look bad in spots. I'll be very impressed if Kovalev knocks him out early.

A lot of people thought he should have got the decision against Eleider Alvarez, same goes for Tony Bellew in the UK, I mean anytime you get a draw in someone's backyard its usually a good indication.

Anyways, he doesn't have much power so that will likely be his downfall against Kovalev - if he can't get his respect it's going to be a big problem. Still, I reckon he'll go rounds and look good.

As for Ward's opponent, now that really is a tune up that is a complete waste of time. I'd imagine sparring partners in the gym will do better work than 40 year old Alexander Brand. But fuck it, as long as he fights Kovalev after as planned then I don't really care.

I like Chilemba and appreciate the road he traveled to get where he's at. You have to have talent to make it to an American stage being from South Africa and fight here consistently on a high level. That being said, I'm not a huge fan of a guy coming off a loss getting a shot at unified 3 belt champion.

I did think he beat Bellew the first time around but Bellew beat him clean the second go around and for what it's worth I thought Alvarez edged him too which is probably why I'm not a fan of him getting the fight. If it would've been an outright robbery it'd be different.

 

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10 minute documentary released by Yahoo today called Life after Death, centers around the Kovalev fight where he killed his opponent . Good watch:

https://sports.yahoo.com/video/life-death-toughest-fight-sergey-190324616.html

 

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SPOILERS



Reading Kovalev didn't look too good against Chilemba. Got a wide decision win but lots of people had it very close. Doesn't make me confident he'll beat Ward but I'll have to watch this fight later and see for myself.

 

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Like I said Ward will school this dude and win a wide decision. Got Em!!

 

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Like I said Ward will school this dude and win a wide decision. Got Em!!

50/50 fight I think. Maybe 60/40 Ward.

 

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Good guy Kovalev: donates his entire purse for today to the family of the fighter that died after fighting him, Roman Simakov.


UkraineAtamansBoxing @UkraineAtamans
Kovalev give his fee for the battle with Chilemba to the family of the deceased boxer Roman Simakov. #RESPECT

 

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Dope card starting on ESPN. Nyambayar Vs. Vazquez is about to go down.

 

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Well if you didn't turn it on immediately you missed Nyambayar blowing out Vazquez in one.

He was hit a little too much trying to go for the finish but it was his first TV fight.

I also think Teddy was wrong about Vazquez being down a bunch of times. This is the description I found of the fight that he lost to the 3-6 fighter Teddy kept talking about where he said Vazquez hit the deck in that fight

"Extremely close bout, somewhat difficult to score, but the 3-6 Collado came into the ring in top condition and fought a rough war from start to finish on the inside, just barely managing to outwork Vazquez on the inside to score a hard fought split decision upset. Noted New York judge Julie Lederman thought Rafael Vazquez won the bout. Neither fighter hurt or in trouble, clean bout throughout, refereed by Eddie Claudio."

I didn't see the fight with Collado so maybe he did go down. I don't remember Kielczewski putting him down his last fight either.

 

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Missed today's action, I'll have to catch a replay.

Big Nipple vs Deontay Wilder tomorrow, not even close to the fight we wanted but could be entertaining while it lasts:

 

[VERSACERO]

What's up with arreolas boobies lol dude 1-2 months of bench press would tone that up!!

 

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Rigondeaux UK card started if anyone is interested.

 

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What's up with arreolas boobies lol dude 1-2 months of bench press would tone that up!!

Dude just refuses to get in better shape, I see his Twitter/Facebook always posting pictures of tacos lol

 

[T-Rip]

lol he treats it like a normal job. Maybe he doesnt feel he can reach the top at the point who knows

 

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lol he treats it like a normal job. Maybe he doesnt feel he can reach the top at the point who knows

Yeah you would of thought that when he got the Klitschko fight he would have worked his ass off, which he said he did but he still weighed in at 251, much higher than his 239 a couple years prior. He weighed in at 246 yesterday so maybe that's baby steps in the right direction haha but in all likelihood this will be his last title shot.

I didn't realize this but Big Nipples last fight in December was changed to a No Contest:

Arreola's Majority decision win was overturned to ND No-Decision, as Arreola tested positive for marijuana use and failed the post fight drug test. Arreola was subsequently suspended by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for 90 days, through March 18, 2016, and fined $750 of his $125,000 purse. It was the second time Arreola tested positive for marijuana, the other time being after his July 2011 points win over Friday Ahunanya.​

I think Diaz in MMA needs to fight exclusively in Texas, Arreola got a slap on the wrist for weed. lol @ $750 fine for his second failed test that's nothing in comparison