Australian Boxing/SM Memorial thread

* Jai Opetia now ranked in top 15 by WBA , IBF and WBO.
Tim Tszyu now ranked 15 by IBF and WBA.
* Daniel Lewis by all reports had a great training camp with Daniel Jacobs and
they rate him very highly in the states.
* Demsey Mckean new opponent American Curtis Harper 13 - 6 9 ko.
* Looks Jason Maloney WBA no 3 closer to his second world title shot. With Inoe fighting Rodriguez for the IBF Title the WBA may allow Jason to fight for the regular Title against no 1 37 yr old Venezuela Liborio Solis 29 - 5 -1 13 ko. No 2 is Gullermo Rigondeaux but he can no longer make 118 lbs.
* To watch the Bilal Akkawy Title fight live please go to Akkway facebook page and follow the link 9.00 am AEST Sun.
https://www.facebook.com/bakkawy/

 

Looking forward to seeing Fly Guy Jai do his thing on 15 May.

Tremendous effort from Daniel Lewis to be one of Daniel Jacobs principal sparring partners for the Canelo fight. That they kept him on for the full camp speaks volumes for his talent.

Sounds like a great opportunity for Jason Moloney coming up. He could beat his brother to a world title yet.

Hopefully Akkawy beats them all to one on Sunday.

 

Same guy. I saw his pro debut & was impressed. I wasn't the only one b/c Daniel Jacobs' camp brought him in as a sparring partner for the Canelo fight shortly thereafter. He's built like Canelo & I think was a smart pick-up by whoever in Jacobs' camp made that decision.

He can become a world class middleweight or junior middle if they feed him the right development fights. He's worth following.

 

I don't have any problem with your pick for this fight, but one thing I would disagree with is that the De Carolis fight defines Akkawy's level.

At the time, that fight was a massive step up for Akkawy. He was pushed hard in it & the scorecards didn't reflect how close the fight was.

The fight showed us where Akkawy was at the time in that he got hit far too much & didn't fight at a world class pace. His fight tempo wasn't high enough.

I think that was the kind of development fight though that would have benefited Akkawy enormously. With that one under his belt, he was well placed to take a few steps forward in his career.

Enough steps forward to win a world title? I'm not sure. We'll see tomorrow.

He's also had a few fights since & has been working with Canelo's team since then so I think there's every reason to be optimistic about Akkawy's chances tomorrow.

We lost our last tenuous claim to a world boxing title last weekend when TJ Doheny was beaten so it's a great opportunity for Akkawy to win & get some mainstream media coverage for boxing in this country. A world boxing champion from Western Sydney would be good for Australian boxing. Doesn't matter if it's a second-tier version of a WBA title. We'll take it.

Plus Golden Boy owe us one from the Mexican Mungo v Dennis Hogan debacle. They get Akkawy over the line in this one & we're square.

 

*Sandgroper MW Wes Capper who was ranked top 15 in world but lost it because of inactivity returned on Fri win on pts against Filipino Arnel Tinampay. Lets hope he can return to top 15 now.
* Floyd Masson ko 1 Roger Izonritei. Izonritei now being ko in 1st rd in 3 of his last 4 fights.
* Daniel Lewis has signed with Top Rank and makes his USA debut June 28.

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Danny Jacobs speaks highly of Daniel Lewis and talks fondly of his time in Sydney and training with Garth Woods.

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A new link to watch Bilal Akkawy become Aust next world champ. It starts now 9.30 AEST.
https://www.facebook.com/maineventtv

 

A couple of great interviews there. Daniel Jacobs is very well spoken & gave high praise to Daniel Lewis. As I said above, I think bringing young Daniel in as a sparring partner for World Champ Daniel was a smart move.

Interesting that Daniel Lewis has signed with Top Rank after one pro fight. That's another group of decent judges who obviously think he's got some talent. Fighting on undercards in America & plenty of heavy sparring sessions behind closed doors will be his path up the ranks.

Just needs to be wary that they are looking after him and not using him up for the benefit of their other fighters. It's a tough road to the top over there & if you're not American, you're unlikely to be done too many favours.

 

Damn another Aussie exposed when he steps up. That’s what happens when you pad your record against weak opposition. Akkaway looked clueless in there with Ryder who is hardly world class.

 

Fair enough, but there were some Aussie media outlets making out that Akkaway was a future world champion and that he would KO Ryder. They were going on about Akkaway being a big puncher but his high KO ratio is deceiving against total cans.

 

Don't think too many on here had Akkawy up near the top of any Australian boxing P4P lists.

Happy to see him get the opportunity to take a quantum leap forward in his career but getting stopped inside 3 is a disappointing result.

Haven't seen the fight so can't comment beyond that.

 

Yeah it was sink or swim and he sunk big time he looked well out of his depth. Looks like its back to fighting bums at club Punchbowl.

 

Akkaway would probably lose to fellow Aussies like Rohan Murdoch

 

Hi Pal
What do you think of the latest development ?
Tim Tszyu is in discussion to meet Zab Judah ?
Tsyzu hopes the fight will be in Sydney and Judah returns to the ring in June.