January 31st - final of the month, and the first major date in the calender year. Plethora of different fights: an unification bout in Puerto Rico, p4p level clash in MSG and other fights sprinkled in-between. But perhaps the most incredible fight of the week - the return of William Scull! Which fight are you most looking forward to?
Even though I don’t really like either guy Lopez Stevenson because it is two elite fighters in their prime.
Stevenson-Lopez is certainly the highest quality fight but it is hard for me to get excited about Shakur Stevenson bouts. The Zayas-Baraou fight is the one I am most looking forward to. Zayas' handlers have done a great job bringing him along from the age of 17. Baraou is his best opponent to date and the fight will give us a better idea as to Zayas' true quality level.
I hate going with the casual option, but... I have to, Lopez-Stevenson. Although I have Zayas-Baraou as a close second.
The obvious one is Teo vs Shakur since that’s a big event fight between two top level young fighters in their primes. But I’m also looking forward to seeing Murtazaliev back in action.
Got to go for Teo-Shakur, but I can almost guarantee it'll be the least entertaining one on that list.
Teo vs Shakur. Obvious choice but it’s the highest calibre fight. Interested to see Miller vs Ibeh battle of the porkers. Hopefully the total scales for the night exceed 600 lbs.
Teo vs Shakur with the Miller vs Ibeh fight in second. Ibeh was one of my favorite COVID fighters and he was very active on ESPN and had some good KOs including one over Waldo Cortez Acosta who is on a UFC KO tear since going back to MMA. I thought Ibeh was done when Anderson flattened him but he has quietly come back I am going to MSG Saturday and really like this card top to bottom and expect some good boxing