8-rounder, headlining a Hard-Hitting Promotions card @ 2300 Arena in Philly on February 10th. Both desperately need a W here to delay a permanent slide from relevance. For the younger Hammerin' Hank, it will be his most important step up in class since he put up a game but ultimately outmatched effort and got beaten up by Terence Crawford nearly two full years ago. This will likely be his last opportunity to climb his way towards a world title shot, with a stumble meaning he will go down in history relegated to 'nearly-man' status. Chop-Chop, nine years Lundy's senior, has already experienced the feel of championship gold buckled around his waist, but that was long ago. He swapped knockdowns with Vivian Harris in May and held on to scrape by with a UD over 10, but this is easily his biggest assignment since 2013 when he fought Selçuk Aydın - or even Viktor Postol eleven months earlier. No word on whether this will be streamed online by the promoter. There is no television outlet in place, but this is one that will be in demand among fans, as both Lundy & Corley are sympathetic figures with sizable fan bases (for having long been typecast as having a "FNF ceiling" and being "years removed from his best days, when he was still considered an overachieving journeyman", respectively). Their styles will also complement each other, and both have enough dynamite in their fists and holes in their defense/cracks in their jaws to make this a wild ride. I hope this isn't a treat restricted to just the paying audience members inside 2300.
Imo corley is just the better fighter even at this point and it would be good if he got the win this guy has fought almost everyone
I'll be rooting for him, but he's 43 - and has lost to lesser fighters than Lundy in the last several years. (although some have been robberies).
Hank Lundy by UD. It will be competitive until round 6 when Corley blows his load and his legs give out. His style is for young men and he's kicking 40s door down.
Rooting for Corley... It's cowardly and safe to pick a Draw and fence it, but I'm going to do it either way; if not a draw then a razor close SD/MD one way or the other.
Undercard features 3-0 (3) Hasim Rahman, Jr. in a heavyweight 4-rounder vs. TBA, plus 6'4" 24-1 (13) southpaw Derrick Webster (last seen on the national scene losing his zero to Arif Magomedov on ShoBox three years ago) in a super middleweight 8-rounder.
I can't find any footage of Lundy's last two wins (over John Farías Delperdang and Daniel Evangelista, Jr.) anywhere, nor of Corley's last one (against Ramel Lewis), but here is Corley vs. Harris: This content is protected ...and here's Crawford vs. Lundy: This content is protected So there's a glance at the most recent available form we can study for both. Not the most flattering night of their lives, in either case - but neither are their performances anything to scoff at. Respectable considering the circumstances (age for Corley, and being in with an elite for Lundy)
