Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

Too late

By the way, the Swiss also have a young talent called Haxhi Duraj who improved to 4-0 (4 KO's) last night.

All 3 Swiss HW fighters (Gjergjaj/Mersin & Duraj) are still undefeated. Maybe match them up :bbb

 

Trey Lippe KO's Richard Dawson in round 1, moves to 7-0.

 

At least Schwarz seems to have improved some but still not against a legitimate threatening opponent.

 

It didn't look like Dawson was making a huge effort. Lippe didn't go off script though. Very destructive right hands to stop the fight but I suspect Lippe's lack of experience is going to keep his opposition to a very low level for a while. His defense and chin are probably going to remain questionmarks for a while yet.

 

don't care how far he goes... he's already a blast to watch, just like his father was. Hope he can make it though.

 

His other son kenzie Witt won by ko also. He's a bit taller and leaner than Trey. Seems a little quicker too.

 

Really?

It makes sense to be honest, but it's the question whether is WBO willing to allow that or not. I guess they would, considering that Klitschko-Jennings is happening in April.

 

Boytsov to face Brazilian guy Costa Junior on 31st March.

Casta Junior has a score of 16(14)-3.

Notable fights:

defeated Hector Avila via KO1 in 2013 (same guy Joshua stopped in R1 last year).
lost to Christian Hammer via UD12 last year.
lost to Joseph Parker via KO4 last year.
lost to David Price via TKO6 in Feb this year.

 

Robert Helenius' comeback opponent will be Ukrainian Oleksiy Mazikin.

This guy is 40 years old and has a record of 14-11 (won 1 out of his last 11 fights, has 5 losses in a row).

Notable fights:

TKO3 loss vs Manuel Charr in 2013
RTD6 loss vs Christian Hammer in 2013
KO3 loss vs Juan Carlos Gomez in 2010
KO1 loss vs Odlanier Solis in 2007 (Solis' second fight) - Ironically, I'm not sure if the present Solis would be able to do the job inside a round.

There have been a couple of other known or semi-known guys he lost to, so I guess this guy is just brought as a cannon fodder to Helenius for his comeback. Still could have been a better opponent though.

 

Very nice footwork for somebody so inexperienced. Ironic how both Tommy Morrison's sons seem very commited to training whereas the Duke himself wasn't always in the gym with a Spartan attitude.

 

Not too bad for a comeback fight.. Not a great pro by any means, but a seasoned journeyman nonetheless.

 

10 years and 36 fight as a pro after a top class amateur/underage career, and hes still fighting journeymen.

He must have either terrible promoters or zero ambition himself.

Hes still 29, so you cant rule out a good career, but so much time has been wasted

 

Better than a kick up the arsssse.