Australian Boxing/SM Memorial thread

Melb Storm winger Josh Aldo Carr is going to make his State of Origin debut for the Blues. Josh is the grandson of Hall of Fame Aust boxer Wally Carr. DDP bigs card on Jun 29 with Jai Opetia headling undercard is starting to take shape. HW Joe Goodall will be having his 3rd pro fight opponent tba. Matt Casboult is making a comeback at 140 lbs against Pino Geracitano . Matt last fight was a unsuccessful challenge for Aust 130 title at Nov 2016 . Am star Liam Wilson is making his eagerly awaited debut.
Am star and Commonwealth Games silver medalist at HW 6 '6 Jason Whateley is turning pro.
Last word on Troy Waters who funeral was held Wed. 2 x LHW WBC champion Jeff Hitman Harding who said '' Troy worked with me as sparring partner when i defended the WBC title against David Vedder in France. Troy also won his fight by ko on the undercard. He got me in great shape for my fight. Troy was a champion in and outside the ring. God bless Troy. "

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Blake Caparello vs. Trent Broadhurst is headlining a card on EpiCentre beginning in about 10 hours, if that interests anyone.

 

Il Capo by UD

 

Didn't know Wally was Ado Carr's uncle...he was one of my uncles favorites.

 

Michael Zerafa UD10 Wade Ryan (99-91, 100-90, 98-92). Entertaining fight & a good win by Zerafa. Wade Ryan kept him honest all the way. Great respect for his performance. Zerafa is talking about defending his Cth title in England. I suggest he consider keeping it in Australia. Don't like seeing our blokes keep going over there to drop it to the highest bidder. Put some prestige back in the belt & use it to headline fights out here. Turning it into a second-tier British title devalues the belt.

 

Main event up next?

 

Fighters in the ring being introduced.

 

Broadhurst dropped 3 times in the first.

No punch resistance whatsoever.

Il Capo TKO 1 Trent Broadhurst.

 

Are you doing a RBR for the fight?

 

LMAO okay forget about the RBR

 

Just did, mate.

You're welcome.

 

Faster than Bivol even??

 

Caparello came out smokin'.

Broadhurst was down & badly hurt after 30 seconds.

Down again not long after.

Ref gave him a chance to steady the ship but had to call it after the third knockdown.

 

I'd like to see Michael Zerafa defending his Cth Jr Middleweight title in Australia against Tim Tszyu. Terrific fight that would be. I favour Tim the Toolman. I think his physical strength & punching power could prove the difference.

I'd like to see Blake Caparello against Damien Hooper. Hooper has terrific skills but Caparello would go after his chin the same way he did with Broadhurst. If his chin holds up, Hooper gets it done.

 

I was just about to remark, after glancing at the 4 major org rankings (https://fightnews.com/rankings-2) that Il Capo has disappeared from all but the WBO's (he was in the WBC and I believe WBA top 15 but no longer after the loss to Chilemba - who is now at #5 & #12 in each org respectively) and even that he's only barely hanging onto by a thread. His blitz of Broadhurst might help tread water but probably won't push him up too far...but a pretty easy fight to make, that could be a fair moneymaker domestically, is Caparello vs. current WBO #7 light heavyweight Damien Hooper.

Then, however, I noticed this:
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/police-search-damien-hooper-after-assault/3428218/

So perhaps we oughtn't hold our breath just now for any fights involving Hooper to be made, until his legal troubles clear up.