19 minutes into the film below, two very good former world champions, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Amnat Ruenroeng clash in a decent fight. Rungvisai is using the bout as a stepping stone to a possible clash with the winner of the monster Super Flyweight clash between WBA Champion Roman Gonzalez and WBC Champion Juan Franscisco Estrada. In the fight below, Rungvisai will drop from the 120 pounds of this bout to the 115 pounds of the Super Flyweights. He needs to win though. It turns out to be a tasty fight. If the fight gets pulled, just go to the MatchRoom Boxing site on YouTube. Nice job by Matchroom. I'm a fan.
A WBC announcement .... for what it's worth. The heavyweight title fight between Fury and Wilder is to held on December 19. No venue has yet been selected. And news on the WBC Interim World Champion, Dillian Whyte's full title challenge. If Whyte, can get over the top of Alexander Povetkin on the 22nd of this month in Brentwood, he's to fight the winner of the Fury - Wilder clash. Just a thought. If both Fury and Whyte win, would Fury consider dumping the belt and the Whyte bout in order to fight Joshua for a mega purse?
I don't know if anyone is aware of the legal **** fight GGG is involved in with a couple of German brothers named Oleg and Maximillian Hermann, but if so, the link below sort of lays it all out. It looks like an very interesting court case is in the offing. https://www.boxingscene.com/look-golovkin-legal-fight-against-his-former-managers--150791
23-3-1985. Mike Tyson's first fight. His opponent was the 0-3 Hector Mercedes. He hadn't developed his peek a boo defence and was raw. The brutal power was yet to be fully harnessed, but was there for all to see.
There is a contract Ron, but sometimes things just get in the way. It seems that Wilder isn't all that keen to fight this year, and the same goes for Fury's US manager Bob Arum. Arum wants a crowd to boost the takings. Wilder is recovering from an injury and I don't think his head is in the right place. On the other hand though, it's said that Tyson Fury is rearing to go and doesn't want to wait until 2021 to fight again. So if he fights this year it could be against Joshua, for the mega cash the fight would generate. This could shove Whyte further away from a title shot if Joshua beats Fury. It appears the way the WBC seemed to protect Wilder, that they want that belt on western side of the pond. So if Joshua beats Fury and for some reason won't fight Whyte, there's a chance AJ could be stripped of the belt and a vacant title be up for grabs. And to make things more interesting, Fury has said that a fight with Whyte in 2021 isn't happening as far as he's concerned. If he beats a possible fight with AJ and then refuses to face Whyte, what then?
If Fury is as good as he says he should box Whyte all around the ring with his size speed and reach advantage so he shouldn’t go running from him. Wilder could end up looking like a really poor fighter when history is reviewed down the line so if Fury isn’t careful he won’t have much of a record to be quite honest. For all the **** Joshua gets, he’s got Whyte, Klitchsko, Povetkin, Parker, Ruiz all on his resume as top ranked fighters, whereas Fury has Klitschko and Wilder, the latter someone who is such a poor boxer that Fury’s win might have been made to look way better than it was, given how hittable the man is. So for me, get in the ring with Whyte and then taken on Joshua - that would be two great steps on the Fury resume. I just hope he doesn’t fizzle out again before we get the big unification fights.
Sort of reading between the lines, I don't think Fury cares too much about having anyone other than Klitschko, Wilder and Joshua on his record. I suppose if one day Whyte takes a full belt, Fury might think about fighting him, but for now, he's just not interested. I think Joshua is the one man he'd like to fight.
With what looks to be little chance of a Fury - Wilder clash this year, Fury has seemingly "demanded" a fight before the year is out. According to Frank Warren, Fury has been in lock down since February and want's some action. The WBC has approved a Fury fight. No date, place or opponent have yet been mentioned.
Big news on the Lightweight front. WBA & WBO Champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and IBF Champion Teofimo Lopez have finally agreed to terms for their clash on October 17 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The ESPN fight will be free to air. Lomachenko will receive an expected $3,200,000 while Lopez' take will be around $1,700,000. In the US, Lopez is huge news, he's considered a future super star. He'll go into the bout the bigger man as he's a natural Lightweight at 135 pounds. Lomachenko on the other hand won his first title at 125. He'll also have a slight height and reach disadvantage, but has a better skill set. I can't wait for this one.
More news, this time on the heavyweight front. Former WBA, IBF, WBO & IBO World Champion Andy Ruiz Jr and two time challenger, the 39 year old, Chris Arreola will clash before the year is out. We hear all kinds of bullshit about weights so it's hard to know whether the 2 stone loss of weight by Ruiz is for real. But I suppose if he's training with Canelo's coach Eddy Reynoso, maybe it's for real.
Untapped potential vs the best boxer on the planet. Been waiting for this one for a while. Glad it's finally been arranged.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if Fury fights Joshua then walks away from the game. Win or lose. If he were to lose to Joshua I think he'd consider himself a failure and if he were to beat Joshua I think he'd consider it job done. Nothing else to prove. I don't think Fury would fight Whyte as I don't think it would benefit him. It wouldn't enhance his reputation and its not for different title so he'd only view it as a warm up for a big fight at best.
This weekend sees the clash of two ranked heavies, one with a lot to lose, the other with a chance to again chase the dream of heavyweight glory. Brixton's Dillian Whyte risks it all for the umteenth time as he once more puts his WBC mandatory shot on the line. His opponent, the 40 year old, former WBA champion Alexander Povetkin. There's been quite a bit of chat about how well Whyte has been training in Portugal. But as we all know, a lot of that kind of stuff has to be taken with a pinch of salt. However, film has emerged of the Body Snatcher looking a million dollars. At his last fight against Mariusz, Wach, he tipped the scales at a massive 271 pounds and didn't look all that impressive in winning a 10 rounder on points. In the clip below he seems to be well below that hefty weight. The weigh in will be interesting. The reason for what appears to be the huge weight loss, is the much slighter frame of the WBC 9 ranked Povetkin, who in his last fight came in at 229. So it look like. "Come on custard guts, it's time to extract ya' finger."
