Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

Williams was a right chinny *******, though.

 

Yeah Fa nailed him as they were coming out of the clinch early in round 1.

 

Wardley probably didn't want it after Gorman didn't agree to take a dive early in the fight.

Gorman wins this if it goes ahead imo. He's nothing amazing but he can box at the same time and I think Wardley is waiting to get exposed.

 

So...the explanation from Ouatah is that he was informed shortly before the fight that the unit of the Federation Francaise de Boxe (FFB) that provides fight-related health insurance for its members...would be unable to honor any new claims filed after close-of-business on September 9th. Since the FFB operates in France....the cut-off would have come mere hours before his fight was scheduled to take place.

If that's the case, then he will not be the only boxer affected by this development and we should soon know whether or not his excuse is legit.

 

Footage of the fight is here:

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Neely looked OK...but nothing special and the footage confirms he lacks big power.

Neely was busiier, overall. He went to Woods' body a lot and sometimes varied things with body-head combos, but nothing he landed seemed particularly hurtful. Woods alternated between applying a plodding sort of pressure and trying to counter to Neely's head when Norman threw to the body. Neither fighter looked much like stopping his opponent. The shutout on the cards seemed kind of harsh - I gave Woods Round 5 (he landed the only truly heavy shots of the fight during that stanza) and he made Round 3 very close, too.

 

Gorman seems to be a very skillful sort of boxer. I was surprised that DuBois disposed of him in the manner that he did - though I have only read accounts of their fight and have never gotten around to viewing the actual footage.

It does seem that Wardley is destined to get caught big-time when he's facing somebody with a bit more left in his tank than Eric Molina. Or at least he needs some development work to avoid that fate. Gorman can probably outbox Wardley, but I don't think he's the most overpoweing guy. And I don't know if he could get a fair shake on the cards now that he has left Frank Warren and (AFAIK) isn't be represented by A-list managers or promoters.

 

Brandon Glanton moves to 17-0-0 with a 2nd round KO (1:-09) of opponent Mario Aguilar (now 21-8-0). Glanton dropped Aguilar with a heavy liver shot from which the latter did not rise.

Aguilar camed out very aggressive and his wildness apparently contributed to his easy defeat. At one point, Glanton pinned Aguilar on the ropes and unloaded several shots to his head. A punch-drunk Aguilar responded with a desperate, wild left hook that Glanton easily ducked under...but that caught the ref flush in the head! Though stumbling backwards, the ref kept his footing thereby exhibiting the sort of chin that Eric Molina can only dream of...

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With this victory, Glanton secures the WBO Global Jr. Heavyweight (Cruiserweight) belt. After the fight, Glanton said this should guarantee him a shot against Lawrence Oklolie.

 

Dubois just walked through Gorman's lack of power and couldn't handle anything that was being thrown back from Dubois. His career has stalled massively since then too. I still think Gorman can win a few regional belts if managed well.

 

Yes Luis Ortiz is old, but he's still a much better opponent for Fury than Charr.

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Good news. I hope they find a decent opponent for him.

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Let's hope its not against a total can, or Kingpin Johnson.

 

Yeah, looking over Gorman's pre-DuBois resume - there weren't any obvious heavy-hitters there (I suppose Cojanu is border-line). I'll have to give that bout a watch.

 

Ortiz might be old, but at least he's still on his original factory-installed hips. More than you can say for Charr...

My fear would be that the WBA owes Charr and/or his backers something after the Trevor Bryan fight fiasco.

 

It would be great to see Jalolov back in action.

I'm a bit skeptical about this card, though. Have you noticed that they haven't even specified the specific date in October that this will take place? October is only three weeks away. I'm worried that even if the card does happen - the A-siders will just be fighting cans.

 

If this card does happen, then I suspect Gerald Washington could be Jalolov's opponent.

Malik Scott gave an interview just after the Usyk-Joshua 2 fight (he trains Usyk, btw) where he went on record that Gerald Washington was another top HW priority of his and that Washington would be back in the ring.

If Washington does face Jalolov - he's a huge underdog. When Washington fought Demirezen, he finally showed that he could tailor his style to his opponent's. I never thought he would learn that lesson - but it did him no real good because he's too old and his gas tank was never the best. At age 40 I can't see him as any sort of real upgrade over Mulowayi, except in name recognition...which I suppose is all-important.

 

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