Looks like it's official -- straight from the WBC's mouth (aka Don King's mouthpiece...): https://wbcboxing.com/en/badou-jack-faces-noel-mikaelian/
And indeed it never happened. Hard to learn exactly who (or who's people) backed out.... but neither is getting any younger....
Just got around to watching the replay on DAZN and... boy... that 421 lbs. tub Callahan definitely has been hitting the refrigerator more than the...
So what's the consensus? Is Big Baby just the world's most convincing salesman/hype artist.... or is he genuinely pissed off at Wardley...?
Before long I was having flashbacks to Foreman-Lyle! Five knockdowns between the two of them within three rounds. Fun fight.
Jimmy Smith. [MEDIA]
I was gonna say Mercer vs. Morrison. Not that Mercer was a slouch but it was a shocker.
I don't see anyone at 175 or below stopping Benavidez other than Bivol (by close decision) or maybe Beterbiev. Smith would be just a keep-busy...
Excellent post, NullaLexInk. And a reminder of just what a good thing Turki Alalshikh has been for boxing... and what a bad thing Don King has...
Not that he was clearly a heavier hitter, but Davey Moore racked up an impressive series of KOs at a heavier weight class and was bruited about to...
It was mentioned (albeit buried) in the Cruiserweights & Heavyweights thread (talk about a catch-all...) that Ryan Rozicki tore his bicep in...
Heavier, doughier, slower yet smarter and apparently harder-hitting. The very apt Foreman analogy (to name just one example) has already been...
I've gotta believe $$ will win the day. If IBF strips the trilogy winner, so be it. The trilogy winner vs. Benavidez is easily the biggest fight...
Well, this is how the alphabet soup rolls. I'm not the least surprised WBC would hand the belt to Benavidez. As others have noted here, folks...
Going somewhat off-topic, I was happy to have this as the first fight I watched on my Amazon Prime account. Streaming and sports remain an...
