Australian Boxing/SM Memorial thread

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FWIW the WBA have sanctioned the bout for their regular title. Benavidez will have to face the winner or be stripped.

 

He'll be stripped.

 

It was nice to watch the fights for free on Paramount today no PPV BS

 

Great win by Jai against a good opponent. Yes, he was hurt in the 7th but apart from that, he dominated. He took some sneaky counter right hands but up against a reigning world champ, you can't expect to not get hit at all.

I like his chances against Benavidez but expect the Doodles to play dirty to get their guy the win. To that end, Jai's team need to make sure they limit the number of advantages the other guy gets.

Benavidez gets home country advantage, including an American ref, judges & supervising commission. He'll probably get his prefered date as well (May next year). Given Benavidez is likely to fight towards the end of this year one advantage Jai shouldn't give him is activity. By that I mean Jai shouldn't wait nine months to fight again while the other guy gets in work between now & then. Take another one before the year is out or early next year & come in razor sharp in May.

 

I laugh at the casuals who think taking a few shots is so bad. It’s boxing you are gonna get hit and Cruisers are big lads who can punch. The important thing is that Jai can recover well. Yep no doubt the deck will be stacked heavily in Benavidez favour.

 

Who wins that bout?

 

Nathaniel May vs Youseff Dib next month