Australian Boxing/SM Memorial thread

Dan Rafael claims Hrgovic and Huni have both accepted the fight. Assuming that is the case, I guess it's now down to who team Wardley and the promoters settle on.

 

Wardley is a powerful tough guy but he is still pretty crude if Huni stays switched on I can see him winning a decision.

 

Glad to hear Huni got the Wardley fight and l hope he boxes Wardley's ears off but DAZN now describing Huni as a massive puncher. Some pundits need to look a bit deeper than a fighter's last 3 fights against dubious level opposition before pidgeon holing them.

 

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Olympic bronze medalist Charlie Senior is set to make his pro debut.

 

Looks like Tszyu Fundora is going to be the co main for Pacquiao Barrios.

 

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Will be a big card

 

Charlie Senior won his pro debut on points.

 

Enormous card. We will be starting at midday at this rate Punters are going to get their money's worth.

 

Jazzy Parr makes her return after her first loss, at the hands of Shannon O'Connell, on Wednesday night. Parr is fighting a 50% winning record Thai.

 

And on the Prelims

 

it's a shame Huni is cashing out already.

 

Justis & his team are breaking a couple of rules I would apply to the development of a young fighter. Firstly, don't take fights with big punchers. Secondly, don't fight in the other guy's backyard. Justis is one of our very best talents. It's a little disappointing to see him throw caution to the wind this early in his career. Looking at it from Justis' perspective, the money available here isn't going to secure him any better quality opponents than the last three he's faced so if he wants to make forward progress in his career, he needs to take a chance & roll the dice. He's coming in off three quick kayo wins so let's see if he can keep it going on the other side of the world. A win for Huni will open up a pathway to the heavyweight championship of the world. A loss & he's back here facing the kind of opponents he would have been facing had he not taken this fight. In that respect, he's not so much as 'cashing out' as 'going for it'. Agree it's a tough one for him though & his team could have done a better job of making it more of a level playing field. Fast Eddie's comment that 'it's a great opportunity' rings a little hollow to me. I get the impression that Fast Eddie may himself have bailed out of developing Australian talent. More trouble than it's worth with any return on investment likely to be a long way down the track.

 

Agreed that Eddie is most likely losing money on Aussie boxing I attended the Opetaia and Kambosos fights this year and it was clear that the shows were nowhere near as big as Eddie thought they would be. I was at the Thurman Jarvis fight and it looked like No Limit did it right at a much smaller venue with a big crowd also Tim Tszyu v Spencer was a packed house in Newcastle. Even though they have their flaws No Limit are clearly the best promoters in this country.