Horn vs Mundine undercard update ( subject to change ). Former am star Liam Wilson is to fight opponent tba. It seems Liam is moving down to 130 lbs. Ipswich Kurtis Pegorara who last fight was smashed by Jai Opetia is fighting Kiwi David Aloua. Its seems Joe Goodall fight with Haumono is off. Fight Call Out has some fighting words for Goodall " We don't have many HW in Aust. Its too early in Joes career to start ducking fights. What's he going to hide from Willis his whole career ? Let them fight on big stage at Suncorp Stadium Joes hometown. We've been told there is a spot for them on the card. All that Joe has to do is to accept the fight. " This content is protected Looks like next Aust to fight for world title could be Kye Frenzy Mackenzie. Frenzy was stated to fight Billel Dib on Horn vs Mundine but Dib has withdrawn and Frenzy looking for new opponent. Frenzy is WBO no 3 and a win could make no 1 if Lomachenko beats WBO Champ Juan Pedraza in Dec. Sydney Promoter Matt Rose is negotiating to bring Loma to fight Frenzy at the new Parramatta Stadium ( 30000 ) in April. This content is protected
You are probably right one of the Maloney brothers could pick up a vacant title after the WBSS concludes. Kambosos looks good but realistically he is not winning a world title at lightweight anytime soon. Who is he going to beat Loma? Garcia? LOL. I would like to see him in with a top 10 guy or a veteran gatekeeper or someone like Ricky Burns who has fought at world level but is now past it. I don't think that he is ready for guys like Easter, Shafikov or Commey. Even Beltran might be a step too far at this stage but he needs a good win.
Just took a look at the junior bantam world rankings. Andrew Moloney is at #4 with both the WBC & WBA, at #9 with the WBO (whose title is vacant) & #11 with the IBF. Can't say I'm any sort of authority on the junior bantam champs these days but they look beatable.
I said " the title will became vacant and Ferocious will hopefully be in line to fight for one of them ". I never said he could beat Loma and Garcia. Anyway Garcia is pursuing a fight with Spence Jr as predicted and vacated the title. You have a record of being wrong like you were with Jeff Horn and lets hope lightning streaks twice pal !!!
I want Kambosos to win a world title I like the kid I just said he needs to prove himself against a good opponent. You pick one example which was controversial to say I have a record of being wrong LOL give it a rest pal.
George Kambosos Jr is taking the hard route to a world title and basing himself in the States. Yes its not good for local boxing but TJ Doheny realised this and so has Bilal Akkawy and Cheeky May. Ferocious " Its easy for certain fighters to build up records. Win Regional Titles that fees pay for ( bought titles ) and fraud the world ratings to manoeuvre them up. But in the end they get caught out. Kambosos Aust real no 1 LW. We do it the real way. The hard road , battle tested , proven and ready. " Ferocious sparred 110 rds with Pacquiao. He discusses the pressure and expectations from Pacquiao. This content is protected Press click to watch full screen. This content is protected Full doc will be released in Summer 2019. This content is protected
If you're good enough, you can reach the top as a professional boxer based in Australia. Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu & Vic Darchinyan proved that. Of course you need that international experience & sparring, but it's not necessary to relocate completely. For some it's the right path to take, but I'm not inclined to think the likes of the Moloney brothers are worse off for not having done so. The US sports machine chews up guys & spits them out at a rapid rate. That includes professional boxers. Those who spend a long time over there are often left in a very sad state. Personally, I don't think the guys who have based themselves overseas are any more likely to win world titles than the ones who are based here.
The WBO have made Dennis Hogan the mandatory for their Junior Middleweight title. He was already their no.1 contender. I think it's worth watching his upcoming fight with Jamie Weetch to assess his chances. His fight after that will likely be his title shot. We might get to add another world champion to our ranks who happens to be an Irishman!
Dennis Hogan WBO no 1 JMW and Kye Mackenzie WBO no 3 LW and soon to be WBO no 1 have virtually taken the route Kambosos talked about. Had they taken the K route i doubt they would have found themselves mandatory contenders for the WBO Titles. But there is so many politic in ratings and remember GK complaining how his rating has gone backwards. For all fighters its not possible to relocate overseas and i think its always great when local fighters support the local scene. For the fighters who stay at home maybe the best as Sandman said is spending training camps overseas and importing sparring partners. Like Mundine in Pensacola , TJ Doherty and Darragh Foley in Boston , Bam Bam in Philadelphia , Lucas Browne in Phuket and Brock Jarvis in Bangkok or Maloney twins importing Filipino sparring partners. Bilal Akkawy is make his New York debut Dec 15 in what will be his second fight in the states. Opponent tba. Luke Jackson is slated to make his comeback fight 21/ 12 / 18 in card yet to be determined and opponent the same. Interesting so close to Christmas. Jai Opetia is back in serious training for Belgium Dec 15 fight. Jai has said i just done a " a 5 km run , 3rd shadow boxing and 30 laps swimming . "
JW Steven Sparks goes to 7 - 1 7 ko with a 6rd tko over late replacement Japan 38 yr old Tashio Ozawa. HW Willie Nasio now 11 ko in 12 wins with a 4rd tko over Herman Ene Purchell. HW Bowie Tapou making a comeback against Randall Rayment. Rayment is the last fighter to go distance with Opetia. * Fight Call Out says this fight Nov 23 on a JNI Promotion. I cannot verify this. HW Wiilie Meehan next fight Nov 17 against Richard Nemeth. Looks like Joe Goodall challenge not accepted. Sparring at North Sydney PCYC. . Many a year ago i trained here under former Bernie Hall trained fighter Mark Barnett who fought unsuccessfully for the Aust WW Title against Neil Pattell. Mark was a good bloke. This content is protected Jeff Fenech now training out of City Gym. Brock Jarvis will train here too . Fenech is in the ring with entrepreneur Mark Bouris. This content is protected Mark Schleibs Aust 118 Champ 10 - 0 6 ko eyes potential all domestic clashes with Brock Jarvis , Luke Boyd and Jason Maloney. This content is protected
Can't really blame Joe Goodall for knocking back the Willis Meehan fight. He's yet to go past a round as a pro. If Jason Whateley is going to campaign as a cruiser, you would have to say those two are our best current professional heavyweight prospects. A fight between them down the track when Goodall has some rounds under his belt is something to look forward to. Kind of disappointed Goodall's fight with Solomon Haumono has fallen through. He likely would have got some rounds & been tested for the first time. Presumably he's still on the Horn v Mundine card. We'll have to wait & see who he's matched with. Hopefully not another anonymous tow-truck driver. Top Australian heavies: C - Demsey McKean 12-0 (6) (Australian champ) 1. Lucas Browne 26-1 (23) 2. Alex Leapai 32-7-4 (26) 3. Joe Goodall 4-0 (4) 4. Willis Meehan 6-0 (5) 5. Solomon Haumono 24-4 (21) 6. Willie Nasio 12-3 (11)
Talking of heavies what's the latest on the proposed bout between Alex & Lucas ? Solid domestic Aussie bust up for sure , gotta happen .
Lucas Browne should be fighting some of these guys, not wasting time coming to NZ to fight guys like Junior Pati.
Haven't heard anything substantive about a fight between Lucas Browne v Alex Leapai. I suspect there's just not enough money in it domestically to make it worthwhile for either of them. They can make more fighting overseas as opponents for other recognisable heavyweights. Lucas Browne is probably fighting in NZ to endeavour to drum up some support for a fight with Joseph Parker. It would seem pretty open as to who Parker's next opponent will be after the one he's got coming up.
Alex Leapai camp offered and met Browne's demand of 60 k but nothing came of it. Not sure what weight is here as Browne is training in Phuket . But he does look quite slim ? This content is protected Tim Tszyu here looks like his old man even though its just sparring. This content is protected * The Bowie Tapou comeback fight i mentioned before is the wrong date. I checked its Nov 25. Let's hope its official. Stuart Duncan matchmaker has predicted Horn will end Mundine boxing career through sheer volume of punches . Duncan said he offered Andre Berto and Adrian Broner more than $ 1m but both rejected his approaches. Horn promoter Dean Lonegran was reluctant to take the fight but Duncan saw a chance for Horn to fight at 154lbs with a view to permanently moving up a weight division. Paul Fleming is the co main event fight night Dec 21 with Luke Jackson. This will be showtime first fight in a yr. Come on. Stop wasting you career. Its time you will thrown in the deep end like Kris George and Luke Jackson were. You are not a youngster any more . This content is protected
