"He is expected to defend this title in Melbourne next month." Looking forward to that one. Would suspect Jai would sign with Matchroom or maybe Boxxer, not No Limit Also, Liam Paro maybe on the Matchroom card on May 20, in Dublin, Ireland
Trying to work out when the show starts. Not that I want to see the main event...I want to see Dana Coolwell's fight. The show starts 1:00pm ET, which I think is 4:00am Sunday morning (Sydney) if you can find a stream for the below TV. TV: ProBoxTV.com @ 1pm ET (USA & Australia); ESPN Knockout (Latin America)
Im with you in spirit… Id be wrapped if he got up… Bit too much of a “gamble” for me and my money… I thought about somethn small but I’ll pass…. Not telling anyone to bet or not to bet however, Aussie at those odds in a fight like this is tempting… Taking into account no damage or age from this fight, Id give Lucas, even this age, a shot at winning 2 in 5…. ….. plus, for my money, A. side of promotion and any type of testing i have no idea about.. All things being equal, $5.30 odds good value on the aussie??
BOXING SCOREBOARD - AUSTRALIA v THE WORLD AUSTRALIA 7 Alex Winwood KO 4 Tibo Monabesa (Indonesia) Brock Jarvis KO 4 Marlon Paniamogan (Philippines) (Paniamogan appeared out-weighed by at least two weight divisions). Darragh Foley TKO 3 Robbie Davies Jr (United Kingdom) Sam Goodman UD10 TJ Doheny (Ireland) Paulo Aokuso UD10 Yunieski Gonzalez (Cuba) Tim Tszyu TKO 9 Tony Harrison (United States) Wins Interim WBO Jr Middleweight title Dana Coolwell UD8 Hasibullah Ahmadi (UAE / Afghanistan) THE WORLD 3 Emanuel Navarete (Mexico) TKO 9 Liam Wilson (27 second delay after Wilson scored KD. Wilson made to weigh-in nearly a full weight division below the house fighter). For WBO Jr Lightweight title Charly Suarez (Philippines) TKO 12 Paul Fleming (Fleming dropped & stopped in the last minute of a 12-round fight while ahead on the scorecards. Where are the American 27-second long-count referees when you need them?) Jarrell Miller (United States) TKO 6 Lucas Browne (Brutal fight. Lucas could knock out almost any human being on the planet. Not sure why they matched him with one he couldn't. Courageous effort, nonetheless.) UPCOMING Floyd Masson v Fabio Turchi (Italy) for the IBO Cruiserweight title on 1 April Jai Opetaia v Mateusz Masternak (Poland) for the IBF, The Ring & Lineal Cruiserweight championships Jason Moloney v Vincent Astrolabio (Philippines) for the WBO Bantamweight title on 13 May Cherneka Johnson v Ellie Scotney (United Kingdom) for the IBF Super Bantamweight title on 20 May Dennis Hogan v James Metcalf (United Kingdom) for the IBO Jr Middleweight title on 20 May Andrew Moloney v Junto Nakatani (Japan) for the WBO Jr Bantamweight title on 20 May George Kambosos v Maxi Hughes (United Kingdom) for the IBO Lightweight title in June Michael Zerafa v Erislandy Lara (Cuba) for the WBA Middleweight title Demsey McKean v Joseph Parker (New Zealand) for the Southern Hemisphere Heavyweight title Stevie Spark v Gabriel Valenzeula (Mexico) for the Montana Love Whoop-Arse title Tim Tszyu v Jermell Charlo (United States) for the Undisputed Light Middleweight Championship AUSTRALIAN BOXING BLING Jai Opetaia (IBF, The Ring & Lineal Cruiserweight championships) Dennis Hogan (IBO Jr Middleweight title) Tim Tszyu (Interim WBO Jr. Middleweight title) Ebanie Bridges (IBF Bantamweight title) Cherneka Johnson (IBF Super Bantamweight title)
Dean Lonergan's statement on Court decision. No knockout blow Friday's decision in the Supreme Court at Brisbane was no knockout blow for Opetaia. At best it was a Pyrrhic victory, a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. D & L Events sought an interlocutory injunction against Jai Opetaia to prevent him from terminating their promotion agreement. Although the Court found the balance of convenience sat with Opetaia the second and more important orders that D & L sought were made. They are to the effect that the dispute is to continue expeditiously with D & L Events to file their statement of claim by 24 March 2023. The decision yesterday was not final. The matter has a long way to go in the Court. Mr Tim Matthews MBE KC appearing for D & L said that his client will be proceeding with the litigation as ordered in an expeditious manner given the circumstances of urgency to minimise damage to Opetaia continuing to run foul of International Boxing Federation rules. Mr Lonergan of D & L described it as a Pyrrhic victory as included in the evidence before the Court was correspondence to both D & L and Michael Francis, the long-time manager and friend of Opetaia, from Daryl J Peoples, the president of the IBF, which confirmed that continuation of the dispute which the Court has ordered will render Jai Opetaia unavailable. The wording in the IBF correspondence was unambiguous. Whether Opetaia signs with another promoter or not, pursuant to IBF Rules, until his contractual dispute with D & L is resolved he will be considered unavailable to defend his title. He will be considered unavailable for the mandatory defence of his world title, and remains at risk under IBF Rule 5.D.1 (b) of having recognition of his title withdrawn.
