Analysis
Terence Crawford at 154, heavyweight, more: Boxing rankings
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3 weeks agoon
The next update will appear on Monday, August 19.
Ranked fights during this period:
- Super middleweight: (3) Christian Mbilli vs. (4) Sergiy Derevyanchenko, August. 17
- Super middleweight: (10) Oselys Iglesias vs. TBA, August. 17
- Super welterweight: (7) Serhii Bohachuk vs (8) Vergil Ortiz Jr, August. 10
- featherweight: (1) Luis Alberto Lopez vs. (8) Angelo Leo, August. 10
- Flyweight: (4) Angel Ayala vs. (8) Dave Apolinario, August. 9
Comments: Right now, there are simply not 10 heavyweights who are both good AND evidence. Jared Anderson was eliminated after being crushed by Martin Bakole, and the returning Andy Ruiz Jr failed to impress in a draw with Jarrell Miller, so we have an open spot.
In fact, Anderson may deserve it as much as anyone. He doesn’t have any spectacular victories, but his victories are as good as the victories of anyone else in the conversation, at least in terms of things that have happened in the last, say, three to five years, so what is currently crucial. But this seems stupid.
So I’m betting on Jałołow, who seems ready to win his second Olympic gold medal in a row. I hope to inspire him with this decision and end the six-year masturbation session that has been his professional career thus far, with his obvious and clear focus much more on representing his country against the losers in amateur tournaments. This is quite a preliminary conclusion, if someone does something worthwhile, they will be dropped.
If you think this is just a bad way to decide who gets a fraudulent position in the rankings, hey, I wish there was some clearly better choice too, but there isn’t. What do you want here? Michael Hunter, who hasn’t looked good in a fight since 2018 or 2019? If that floats your boat then go with the Lord, but I do.
Upcoming Fights: (3) Anthony Joshua vs. (6) Daniel Dubois, September 21 … (1) Oleksandr Usyk vs. (2) Tyson Fury, December. 21
Upcoming Fights: TBA
Comments: Sometimes I feel like everyone understands that “style makes the fight” until they see that style makes a fighter look a little worse than he expected on one night. David Morrell made his debut at 175 pounds, and no, he didn’t knock anyone down with his win over Radivoje Kalajdzic, but he deserved the win. It looks like Kalajdzic remains a tough challenge for anyone not on Artur Beterbiev’s level, and don’t discount the heat these guys felt fighting outdoors on an August afternoon in Los Angeles – the “Sizzling Rod” fog in that same heat, yes , so it’s not meant to be an “excuse”, I just think I’ll at least consider it for Morrell’s next, likely air-conditioned fight.
Kalajdzic looked good enough to stay in his place, and my fresh take on the division comes from Lyndon Arthur, who was unsettled after a split decision victory over Liam Cameron on June 21. Morrell has a much bigger advantage than the No. 1 player in the standings. 7th – I would pick him to beat the trio of Brits in front of him, and in terms of style, I think Yarde would be the biggest threat of this group – but he needs to show it next time and in the future.
Upcoming Fights: (4) Joshua Buatsi vs. Willy Hutchinson, September 21
Upcoming Fights: (3) Christian Mbilli vs. (4) Sergiy Derevyanchenko, August. 17 … (10) Oselys Iglesias vs. TBA, August. 17 … (5) Diego Pacheco vs. Maciej Sulecki, August. 31 … (1) Canelo Alvarez vs. (9) Edgar Berlanga, September. 14 … (2) Jaime Munguia vs. Erik Bazinyan, September. 20
Upcoming Fights: (3) Erislandy Lara vs. Danny Garcia, September. 14 … (4) Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Tyler Denny, September. 21 … (7) Liam Smith v. Josh Kelly, September. 21
Comments: Bud Crawford didn’t do it dominate Israil Madrimov, but he beat a really good fighter without any real questions, unless you try to rely on made-up “rules” that don’t get past sniffing basic logic at any level.
Madrimov isn’t really in the dock, he fought a really great fighter and was very competitive. But Bud is not a super powerful number 1. 1 yet either; gets this spot because there was no clear no. place earlier, and his career achievements and quality victory in his debut at the age of 154 earned him the respect that allowed him to be called number 1 in the ranking list. 1 when you look at this box.
The winner of Saturday’s match Bohachuk vs. Ortiz can also make a gigantic jump. It’s a great matchup and a chance for these guys to really prove something. If the winner looks really good, they will finish at least in the top five, and maybe even in the top three.
Upcoming Fights: (7) Serhii Bohachuk vs (8) Vergil Ortiz Jr, August. 10
Upcoming Fights: TBA
Comments: Weird division right now, man. Not tedious, not talentless, just weird.
Jose Valenzuela steps in after winning over Pitbull Cruz. It’s a 135-pound beatdown of a 140-pound belt, and it was won by Rolly Romero, who never really deserved it. Good fight, competitive, I wouldn’t mind an immediate rematch unless Valenzuela puts up something better, which is doubtful – although Tank Davis needs an opponent and could rather fight Valenzuela, who would probably be willing to go back to 135 rather than want a rematch with Cruz, the guy they kept in their back pocket in case of an emergency.
I thought this fight was close, so I won’t cut Cruz too much so Valenzuela can prove he’s in good shape. If more people were regularly involved in good fights, we wouldn’t have situations like this so often, but I have real respect for fighters who at least fight decent opponents.
Upcoming Fights: (4) Jack Catterall v. Regis Prograis, October
Comments: Andy Cruz didn’t blow away Antonio Moran, at least not until he did. Moran is a solid veteran gatekeeper, and Cruz handled the job, but not in a TKO-2 fashion. I think everyone here has some issues with him now, let alone in two years when he’s even more acclimated to the professional game. He’s a guy who’s just going to get better over time and deal with the type of opponents he likes. should beat, yes, but these are guys who will continue to prepare him for bigger professional fights.
Upcoming Fights: TBA
Upcoming Fights: (6) Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington, September. 21 … (1) Emanuel Navarrete vs. (2) Oscar Valdez, TBA
Upcoming Fights: (1) Luis Alberto Lopez vs. (8) Angelo Leo, August. 10 … (9) Bruce Carrington vs. Sulaiman Segawa, September. 27
Comments: Stephen Fulton is out of the fight as he officially moves up to featherweight to face Carlos Castro in September, which is a really good fight. Enter Elijah Pierce. This guy has done a really good job of consistently fighting and trying to earn his spot in the competition. Yes, he had some early failures. Likewise O’Shaquie Foster and Jose Valenzuela. Pierce dropped to 122 from 126/130. He’s not flawless, he’s not unbeatable, but he fights and wins against the best opponents he can find in his promotional situation.
Upcoming Fights: (10) Elijah Pierce vs. Jose Sanmartin, August. 30… (1) Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny, September 3
Upcoming Fights: (3) Yoshiki Takei vs. (10) Daigo Higa, September 3
Upcoming Fights: TBA
Upcoming Fights: (4) Angel Ayala vs. (8) Dave Apolinario, August. 9
Comments: Kenshiro Teraji will move up to flyweight, but we’ll let this fight happen because there’s always a chance he could come back down if he loses. I have a feeling he wouldn’t do it, much like Kosei Tanaka moving up to 115 pounds, losing and staying to make a name for himself, but we’ll see.
Upcoming Fights: TBA
Comments: Another shock in the Wild West, i.e. in the 105-pound category, where Ginjiro Shigeoka is stopped by Pedro Taduran.
Upcoming Fights: (4) Yudai Shigeoka vs. Samuel Salva, August. 24
Comments: Claressa Shields won a gimmick fight against someone who had absolutely no hope and had no interest in being in the ring with her. Once again, we wonder who else she has left in the box. The answer is really no one, and this marketing stunt may have been the last card to be played. It’s not her fault, she’s just better than everyone else at a reasonable weight and she beat them all.
Upcoming Fights: (6) Alycia Baumgardner vs. Delfine Person, September. 27 … (2) Katie Taylor vs. (5) Amanda Serrano, November. 15
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Eddie Hearn talks about the rift between Turki Alalshikh and Canelo Alvarez
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6 hours agoon
January 5, 2025In this video interview, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn talks about his position between Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh, who is basically financing the biggest fights in boxing lately, and Mexican star Canelo Alvarez, who is not interested in continuing negotiations with Alalshikh at the moment.
While there is clearly some tension between the parties, Hearn doesn’t think it’s something that can’t be overcome in the end, and tries to explain the difference in the two people’s thinking.
About the beef between Canelo and Turki Alashikh
“It’s hard because obviously I really like both. I think, first of all, His Excellency has one thing in mind: to fight the biggest fights that can be fought in boxing. I think he probably shares the frustration of boxing fans over the last few years and I think what he brings to the sport is incredibly refreshing in that he’s not interested in delicate fights.
“He just wants to fight the biggest fights that can be fought. So, according to His Excellency, the fights he wants to see are Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez vs. David Benavidez.
“He contacted me, His Excellency, on the evening of the first press conference in Novel York and said, ‘I want to do the Canelo vs. Crawford fight, go and talk to Saul, let’s do the fight.’ I said, “Okay,” and I contacted Saul and said, “His Excellency wants to fight this fight. I think you should go see him in Los Angeles, he’s there,” and Saul just said, “Listen, I’m focused on this fight, I’m not talking about another fight until this fight is over.
“And I think His Excellency probably can’t understand… I think it’s a frustration of, ‘no, let’s have a fight, come on.’ You have to understand the way it works, and the way they do business is amazing. It’s “this is what we want to do, this is huge, let’s do it.” And for one reason or another, Canelo didn’t want to have those conversations, and then there was the frustration of “why not, we’re here, we can make a deal right now”… you come to the hotel now and we’ll make a deal tonight.
“It’s an amazing way to operate and extremely refreshing for boxing, but Canelo didn’t want to do the deal this way. He wanted to wait until the Berlanga fight, which, frustratingly for His Excellency, wipes out the February fight with Crawford because he wants to end the fight now.”
Analysis
Chris Eubank Jr believes he is in a good position to fight Canelo
Published
2 days agoon
January 3, 2025Chris Eubank Jr still claims his goal is to face Canelo Alvarez, who is currently scheduled to face Edgar Belanga on September 14. Eubank Jr tells Sky Sports that he believes he and Canelo could fight in May 2025, while he is seemingly still haggling with Canelo’s team over his share of the revenue.
However, Eubank Jr sees that Canelo is not very deep, so he believes he will still be in a good negotiating position.
“A lot of people are not ecstatic with the fight he chose. Canelo can only fight a certain group of fighters right now, so I’m not worried that this fight in September will end in failure. Because who else can he fight? There are only a few guys.
Eubank Jr is also considering a potential confrontation with Terence Crawford, with whom he shares a coach – Brian McIntyre. Even though Eubank Jr states that it’s not a good thought that McIntyre would obviously go with Crawford in such a situation, and gives inside information, he is still confident that he will win because he doesn’t think Crawford has enough strength to beat him.
“We have a trainer who trains both of us and if a fight happens, he will fight a guy he came up with, so he will share the information. It’s not worth thinking about. But I’m very confident. I think it’s too diminutive.”
While Eubank Jr tells the public about these huge plans and ideas, it is worth noting that he has often mentioned many huge names that he would like to fight, but for one reason or another, these fights never materialized.
Eddie Hearn sat down this morning to talk softball with his crew at Matchroom headquartersand although he contributed very little substance, he did give us one piece of intriguing information. While it’s not finalized yet, Hearn says he’s “working strenuous” to finalize the Bright Edwards vs. Galal Yafai fight and hopes to announce the decision “soon.”
Edwards (21-1, 4 KO) bounced back from last year’s loss to Jesse Rodriguez by technical decision over Adrian Curiel in June, putting him in prime position to return to title contention and establish a up-to-date reign over the… Bama Era. He will be the top-rated challenger to Angel Ayala Lardizabala when the IBF updates its rankings, and will also be near the top for the winner of Kenshiro Teraji vs. Cristofer Rosales.
That said, it is very understandable that he will face Yafai (7-0, 5 KO) first. The gold medalist from Tokyo is already 31 years venerable and has over ten years of professional and amateur experience; there’s no reason to let this continue to marinate, especially since (as Hearn notes) they have some bad blood in them. It’s an effortless sell, with Britain’s most skillful professional taking on one of its most accomplished amateurs.
Whether it will be good to watch is a completely different question. This is intriguing, at least on a conceptual level.
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