Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk vs. Ricardo Verhoeven & Frank Sanchez vs. Richard Torrez Jr. RBR.

Tony Bellew is looking at Alistair like that female Dutch reporter back in the day.

 

It was Begic's swan song/last payday, it seems. I guess they felt he at least earned the purse with his overall career numbers. And, let's face it, Sheeraz fighting in Egypt? We know what that was all about. Begic was the sacrificial lamb. Made the locals feel good.

 

When they do these combat sports crossovers, the fighter really should have a couple of lower level opponents to test the waters and build up to making a headline ppv event much more competitive than it otherwise turns out. Then again you lose that mystery factor for casuals to lap it up and the boxer has more tape to dissect within the actual boxing ring and they could fail miserably against weaker opposition so it's like a catch 22.

 

I will not accept this, because this implies that Wilder had a more successful reign than Marciano.

Second consecutive lineal title defense for Usyk tho. This would put him one short of Lewis, who I think successfully defended his lineal championship three times on two separate runs.
And this puts Wilder at zero, lol.

For reference, during the 4 belt era:
Canelo - 4 defenses
Hopkins - 6
Josh Taylor - 1
Haney - 2
Inoue - 7

Turns out that its extremely difficult to keep all 4 belts and defend them at the same time.
Hopkins feels extremely underrated in this regard, while Inoue´s recent run seems underappreciated at the same time.

 

Usyk mid-late rounds stoppage.

 

Horse pushing time.

 

Sorry Statham but Rico has no chance in hell.

 

It's ridiculous. Wealthy connected people with no idea can make these circus shows happen.

 

I’m telling you lads right now Usyk is going to win this fight.

 

No matter what he achieved in kickboxing, it is still kickboxing. It is not boxing. This is on par with an Ngannou fight.

 

Well not really because Wilder's defenses are all fictional.

 

Why is Malik Scott considered an expert

 

That could never happen, because the non-boxer would get found out against said lower level opponents, and it would ruin the big payday he otherwise would've got against the big A-side boxer

 

Hot take!

 

Oladipo: "And that wasn't a big upset (when Buster beat Tyson in Tokyo)." Say what? Try 40-1 odds.