Analysis
Chris Algieri says Teofimo Lopez should unify at 140, not move to 147
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1 day agoon
Following Teofimo Lopez’s unanimous decision victory over Steve Claggett over the weekend, Chris Algieri puts on his analyst hat, breaks down the performance and explains why Lopez should probably stay at 140 pounds instead of moving up to welterweight. Below are some of Algieri’s thoughts.
Algieri on his reaction to Lopez’s victory over Claggett
“Listen, Claggett had a lot of will, he was in great shape, he grew a huge beard and he took really good body photos. Teofimo impressed me with his work, he was obviously conditioned. He knew what he had in front of him – so did I, I actually predicted the decision, I know a lot of people predicted a knockout.
I think it was very critical for him to make a statement with the knockout, but it certainly wasn’t for lack of trying. Claggett had a tough game, but it just wasn’t an effective performance. (Claggett) imposed his will but was not effective.
About Lopez’s performance and his path forward
“He’s talking about moving up to 147 pounds, which I don’t really recommend. He didn’t show the same strength he had in 1935 at 140 pounds, so now he’s 5-0 at 140 pounds, with only one KO and that was against Pedro Campa early on. Still, it was more of an exhaustion than a single shot. So I think he has a chance to unite. I favor him over all the other champions in this weight class, so I think it would be a good idea for him to win some belts.”
About Claggett showing stamina in battle
“His chin was great and he didn’t really show much wear until the later rounds when his nose started bleeding and he wobbled a few times. I think he got injured more often than we were able to see because he hid it well, but he did really well, he has a lot of experience.
On whether Lopez will have to change his style if he wants to compete at 147 pounds
“Absolutely. Not only are the guys going to be bigger, but he’s going to have to go 12 rounds every time, and you don’t want those large guys beating you up. If you can find a guy who’s 147 years ancient and doing what Steve Claggett did, that’s going to be a very, very challenging evening for Teofimo Lopez.
“But we saw he has fitness, he landed almost a thousand punches tonight and he has a career high in punches thrown and punches landed. So there could potentially be a different style and he has shown that he has the fitness even though he is an explosive guy.”
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Bam Rodriguez takes 115, but where is Teofimo at 140?
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6 hours agoon
November 13, 2024The next update will appear on Monday, July 22. So this will be quite an extensive update, with many ranked fights taking place over the course of three weeks, but – well, you can see the list of these fights below.
Ranked fights during this period:
- average weight: (1) Janibek Alimkhanuly vs (9) Andrei Mikhailovich, July 13
- welterweight: (1) Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. (9) David Avanesyan, July 13
- Delicate: (3) Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan, July 6
- Delicate: (4) William Zepeda vs. Giovanni Cabrera, July 6
- Delicate: (8) Keyshawn Davis vs. Miguel Madueno, July 6
- Super Featherweight: (1) O’Shaquie Foster vs. (6) Robson Conceicao, July 6
- featherweight: (8) Ruben Villa vs. Sulaiman Segawa, July 13
- Super bantamweight: (6) Sam Goodman vs. Thachtana Luangphon, July 10
- Super bantamweight: (7) Liam Davies v Shabaz Masoud, 20 July
- bantam weight: (1) Junto Nakatani vs. (10) Vincent Astrolabio, July 20
- Super fly: (2) Kazuto Ioka vs (3) Fernando Martinez, July 7
- Super fly: (10) Suzumi Takayama vs. Isao Aoyama, July 18
- Super fly: (5) Kosei Tanaka vs. Jonathan Rodriguez, July 20
- Junior Flyweight: (9) Shokichi Iwata vs. Jahzeel Trinidad, July 6
- Junior Flyweight: (3) Carlos Canizales vs. Ivan Garcia, July 19
- P4P for women: (4) Chantelle Cameron vs. Elhem Mekhaled, July 20
- P4P for women: (5) Amanda Serrano vs. Stevie Morgan, July 20
- P4P for women: (1) Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, July 27
Upcoming Fights: (8) Jared Anderson vs. (10) Martin Bakole, August. 3 … (3) Anthony Joshua vs. (6) Daniel Dubois, September 21 … (1) Oleksandr Usyk vs. (2) Tyson Fury, December. 21
Upcoming Fights: TBA
Upcoming Fights: (10) Radivoje Kalajdzic vs. David Morrell, August. 3 … (4) Joshua Buatsi vs. Willy Hutchinson, September. 21
Comments: Caleb Plant is out due to inactivity, so in comes Oselys Iglesias.
Upcoming Fights: (3) Christian Mbilli vs. (4) Sergiy Derevyanchenko, August. 17 … (10) Oselys Iglesias vs. TBA, August. 17 … (5) Diego Pacheco vs. (8) Kevin Lele Sadjo, TBA
Upcoming Fights: (1) Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. (9) Andrei Mikhailovich, July 13 … (7) Liam Smith vs. Josh Kelly, September 2013 21
Comments: Josh Kelly moves up to 160 pounds ahead of his September fight with Liam Smith. Bakhram Murtazaliev, who won the vacant IBF belt in April, is in second place. 8 scoffs as it was some neat up but only a miniature amount. The division is in a strange place right now, but it’s not monotonous.
Upcoming Fights: (3) Israil Madrimov vs. Terence “Bud” Crawford, August. 3 … (6) Serhii Bohachuk vs. (7) Vergil Ortiz Jr, August. 10
Comments: A change in defense as Crocker didn’t blow the door down against Conah Walker, but it was a win and the division is uncertain at the moment.
Upcoming Fights: (1) Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. (9) David Avanesyan, July 13
Comments: I don’t think I would pick Teofimo Lopez to beat Jack Catterall, Jose Ramirez or Alberto Puello right now, but he could do it. I also don’t know if he would do well against Subriel Matias. In fact, there are plenty of people who are closer to 50/50 on paper if you eliminate the ESPN hype and evaluate actual performances.
But he beat Steve Claggett, he beat him convincingly, he basically did what he needed to do other than being a “showman”, which is a witty bit of marketing because the man is not a particularly fun fighter to watch.
Teofimo is weird, but he wins fights, and no one has done better lately either. He has arguments for “no”. 1st place, at least you can create it, but you can also easily argue with him outside the top 5.
Upcoming Fights: (7) Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz vs. Jose Valenzuela, August. 3
Upcoming Fights: (3) Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan, July 6… (4) William Zepeda vs. Giovanni Cabrera, July 6… (8) Keyshawn Davis vs. Miguel Madueno, July 6… (6) Andy Cruz vs. Antonio Moran, August. 3
Comments: Bringing Emanuel Navarrete back to his ancient spot as he actually intends to get back to 130 pounds. That knocks out Andres Cortes, which is good enough because Cortes didn’t set the world on fire in his June 21 fight against Abraham Nova.
Upcoming Fights: (1) O’Shaquie Foster vs. (6) Robson Conceicao, July 6… (5) Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington, September 21… (3) Emanuel Navarrete vs. (4) Oscar Valdez, TBA
Comments: Both Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez have won since the last update and appear to be heading towards a rematch. Maybe. Josh Warrington is out of the fight as he approaches 130 pounds and will have a fight with Anthony Cacace in September.
Upcoming Fights: (8) Ruben Villa vs. Sulaiman Segawa, July 13… (1) Luis Alberto Lopez vs. (10) Angelo Leo, August. 10
Upcoming Fights: (6) Sam Goodman vs. Thachtana Luangphon, July 10… (7) Liam Davies vs. Shabaz Masoud, July 20
Upcoming Fights: (1) Junto Nakatani vs. (10) Vincent Astrolabio, July 20
Comments: Bam Rodriguez takes over as no. 1st place after the break and victory over Juan Francisco Estrada, who basically led this fight. Estrada drops to 1st 4, with no guarantee that he will fight again or that he will fight in this division. But he’s not retired or anything. Bam is a fantastic juvenile fighter, a legitimate rising star in the P4P discussion and he continues to prove it.
Upcoming Fights: (2) Kazuto Ioka vs. (3) Fernando Martinez, July 7… (10) Suzumi Takayama vs. Isao Aoyama, July 18… (5) Kosei Tanaka vs. Jonathan Rodriguez, July 20
Upcoming Fights: (4) Angel Ayala vs. (8) Dave Apolinario, TBA
Comments: Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez vacated his belt to move up, so he’s out, and Adrian Curiel moved up to 112 pounds, so he’s out. It appears that Kenshiro Teraji is also planning on moving up to 112 pounds, so he will likely leave the field soon.
Upcoming Fights: (9) Shokichi Iwata vs. Jahzeel Trinidad, July 6… (3) Carlos Canizales vs. Ivan Garcia, July 19
Upcoming Fights: (2) Ginjiro Shigeoka vs. (9) Pedro Taduran, July 28
Upcoming Fights: (4) Chantelle Cameron vs. Elhem Mekhaled, July 20… (5) Amanda Serrano vs. Stevie Morgan, July 20… (1) Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, July 27… (2) Katie Taylor vs. (5) Amanda Serrano, November 2013 15
Analysis
Ryan Garcia admits he used tainted supplements in his fight with Devin Haney
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2 days agoon
November 11, 2024During today’s Instagram Live, Devin Haney’s trainer and father, Bill, had the opportunity to confront Ryan Garcia regarding his positive drug test in a fight that was recently declared a no-contest. When he had the opportunity, Bill Haney pressed Ryan Garcia on the matter and explained why he would cheat in a fight with his son.
“I’ll say it to your face,” Garcia began. “I have never cheated, I have never cheated, I have never cheated in my career. Whatever I got kicked out for had to be tainted and I don’t care what you say, I don’t care what anyone says, I know I’ve never cheated in my life. And I blame it on my mother, who has cancer.”
At this point, Haney asked Ryan why he would plead guilty at NYSAC when he maintains his innocence.
“It’s either this or I go to court or go to trial, and even if I win the trial, they said they can suspend me no matter what. So I just took a year and said whatever. I know I didn’t cheat, I don’t have to cheat.”
Haney continued to ask how the ostarine got into his system, prompting a response from Garcia that certainly didn’t seem suspicious.
“The guy who came to facilitate me lose weight, his name was Scooter, he bought me supplements and I took them and it was the day before the fight and it just so happened that I tested (positive) the day before and the day before. later,” Garcia said. “So a guy came in to facilitate me lose weight, I took the supplements he prescribed and sure enough these are the ones…
“You know the bathtub technique,” Garcia continued. “Where you buy Epsom salts, it’s fucking heated, they wrap you in a towel and you do it over and over again. So that’s what I did all night trying to lose weight and my body stopped at 53 pounds. I couldn’t continue, I was hurting myself.”
Haney asked Garcia to name the specific supplement that was contaminated in order to raise public awareness. But Garcia insisted he didn’t know the name of the specific supplement, which made Haney skeptical.
“Ryan, that sounds like a lie, doesn’t it?” said Bill Haney. “Since you were so good at keeping people informed, would you let us know: OK, is it Scooter who messed you up, or is it the company?”
Ryan Garcia stood his ground.
“Scooter gave me supplements, I took them, and then I tested positive,” Garcia replied. “I don’t know what he gave me. I’m forthright with you, I can’t even be there live. I am real.
At this point, Haney made perhaps his most pertinent remarks, asking Garcia why he was spreading all these conspiracy theories that he was being framed by Victor Conte and himself when he knew he was taking supplements at the last minute to supposedly facilitate him lose weight (although Garcia denied that these supplements were intended for this purpose).
“Because I’m very skeptical,” Garcia replied in a stern tone. “I am still skeptical to this day. You are helped by a man who was kicked out of another sport. The Devin Haney in Your Son can lose so much weight, but then gain weight and still fight for 12 rounds. This screams fraud.”
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Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry card: Chavez Jr and Sylve make novel enemies
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4 days agoon
November 10, 2024The undercard for the Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry fight on July 20 has been announced. One fight from the original card on the day remains, but the others have been replaced.
Here’s the card summary at this point:
- As we previously informed, Amanda Serrano (46-2-1, 30 KO) will face a rematch at 140 pounds Stevie Morgan (14-1, 13 KO), 35-year-old resident of Tampa. This will keep Serrano, 35, busy and in good shape as she prepares for her November 11 rematch with Katie Taylor. 15, this time for Taylor’s undisputed super lightweight championship. In a way, all this could have turned to Serrano’s advantage. She will have extra time to make sure she fights at 140 pounds to the best of her ability.
- Ashton “H2O” Sylve (11-0, 9 KO) will fight Lucas Bahdi (16-0, 14 KO) in a 10-round lightweight fight. The 20-year-old Sylve, who is a top MVP candidate, was originally scheduled to face leading Golden Boy candidate Floyd Schofield that day. It’s not that good. Bahdi (30) is a Canadian fighter who basically fought at the club level.
- Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (53-6-1, 34 KO) is also still on the list, but we will fight another former MMA opponent. He was originally supposed to face Darren Till, now Chavez will be his opponent Hall of Uriah (1-0 in boxing) in a six-round cruiserweight fight. Chavez (38) hasn’t fought since the end of 2021 and his prime is long behind him. Hall, 39, made his professional boxing debut in October. 2022, defeating former NFL star Le’Veon Bell when it was revealed that Bell was not good at boxing.
- Shadasia Green (13-1, 11 KO) will want to recover from her first defeat Natasha Spence (8-4-2, 6 KO) in an eight-round super middleweight fight. Last December, Franchon Crews-Dezurn revealed her very circumscribed skills to Green, 34. Spence, 38, is 0-2-1 in her last three fights and has only had one fight since 2017.
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