Australian Boxing/SM Memorial thread

i was almost right.
de mori should have gotten a standing 8 count after the touching of gloves, lol.
he was unsteady on his feet after that.

Wilder took too much valium before his bout. He just didn't care to be there by the looks of it.

 

Beterbiev vs Smith Jan 14 PPV at 6 pm AEST with Maloney and Murdock co - main events . Maloney if defends plans to make another defence April Gold Coast .

 

"Maloney if defends plans to make another defence April Gold Coast"
Sounds very interesting

 

Hope they announce the ****en Tszyu fight soon. Then again not sure I really care.

Lubin fiasco will be just that. A fiasco. He'll get decimated within 6 rounds. Mauled.

 

THE BOXING SCOREBOARD - FINAL RESULT FOR 2023 - AUSTRALIA 45, THE WORLD 17

In my time as a boxing fan, I don't think I've ever seen a year this good for Australian boxing. We finish the year with three world champions in men's boxing, Jai Opetaia, King Timmy & Jason Moloney with Skye Nicholson holding an interim world title in the women's. We have high quality fighters in every weight division of the sport from Minimumweight to Heavyweight. We also qualified 12 fighters out of 13 divisions in the Olympics so there's plenty more good talent on its way to the professional ranks. Doubtful we've ever had a positive balance sheet against American fighters but without counting, we have this year & by a big margin. Things to look forward to next year? I've only ever seen us win a couple of Olympic medals which tells you how hard they are to get. And both of those were in Asian Olympics. Hoping to see at least another one next year. We'll need some luck with the draw & the close decisions. In the pro ranks, I think we've got two of the best fighters in the sport in King Timmy & Jai Opetaia. Long may they reign. I'm also looking forward to us staking a claim in the Heavyweight division either through Justis Huni or Jai Opetaia moving up. Olympic gold & the Lineal H/W Championship of the World are the ultimate prizes for Australian boxing. Hoping to see us make progress towards both next year.

Final results:

AUSTRALIA 45
Alex Winwood KO 4 Tibo Monabesa (Indonesia)
Brock Jarvis KO 4 Marlon Paniamogan (Philippines)
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

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Dana Coolwell UD8 Hasibullah Ahmadi (UAE / Afghanistan)
Vegas Larfield TKO 6 Sunan Agung Amoragam (Indonesia)
Rebecca Hawker TKO 2 Carisse Brown (United States) Retains WIBA Featherweight title
Floyd Masson UD12 Fabio Turchi (Italy) Wins

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Teremoana Teremoana WPTS3 (5-0) Djamili Aboudou Moindze (France)
Stevie Sparkola L(SD)10 Gabrielle Gollaz Valenzuela (Mexico) Clear win by Stevie against a very tough opponent. Great respect for the Mexican, but he didn't win that fight. The Boxing Scoreboard OFFICIALLY recognizes STEVIE SPARK as the LEGITIMATE winner of the fight & The Boxing Scoreboard NEVER lies.
Jason Moloney MD12 Vicent Astrolabio (Philippines) Wins

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Clay Waterman UD8 Kenmon Evans (United States)
Alex Winwood UD10 Reyneris Gutierrez (Nicaragua)
Vegas Larfield UD6 Jhunrille Castino (Philippines)
Sam Goodman SD12 Ra'eese Aleem (United States) Wins

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Tim Tszyu KO 1 Carlos Ocampo (Mexico) Retains Interim

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TJ Doheny TKO 4 Kazuki Nakajima (Japan)
Joe Goodall TKO 6 Stephan Shaw (United States)
George Kambosos Jr MD12 Maxi Hughes (United Kingdom) Wins

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& IBF world title eliminator
Tim Tszyu W (forfeit) Jermell Charlo (United States) Wins

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Issac Hardman TKO 6 Kazuki Kyohara (Japan)
Liam Wilson UD10 Carlos Maria Alanis (Argentina)
Skye Nicholson UD10 Sabrina Perez (Argentina) Wins

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Jai Opetaia TKO 4 Jordan Thompson (United Kingdom) Retains

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Paulo Aokuso MD10 Gabriel Omar Diaz (Argentina)
Dana Coolwell TKO 7 Angelo Beltran (Philippines)
Toese Vousiutu TKO 4 Julius Long (New Zealand)
Wade Ryan UD10 Sergei Vorobev (Russia)
Sam Goodman UD12 Miguel Flores (United States)
Tim Tszyu UD12 Brian Mendoza (United States) Retains

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Cesar Mateo Tapia TKO 5 Eric Robles (Mexico)
TJ Doheny TKO 1 Japhethlee Llamido (United States)
Justis Huni UD10 Andrew Tabiti (United States)
Jackson Murray UD6 Steven Torres (United States)
Issac Hardman TKO5 Troy Coleman (United Kingdom)
Skye Nicholson TKO9 Lucy Wildheart (Sweden) Retains

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Alex Winwood UD10 Cris Ganoza (Philippines)
Andrew Moloney UD10 Judy Flores (Philippines)
Liam Paro KO6 Montana Love (United States)
Toese Vousiutu MD4 Nathaneal Tuteru (New Zealand)
Sam Goodman UD12 Zhung Liu (China)
Conor Wallace TKO6 Mose Auimatagi (New Zealand)
Jai Opetaia KO1 Ellis Zorro (United Kingdom) Retains

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THE WORLD 17
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

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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. Courageous effort from Lucas).
Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) RSC 2 Teremoana Teremoana (Strong first round from Teremoana prompted Jalolov to bring out the big guns in the second).
James Metcalf (United Kingdom) UD12 Dennis Hogan (Lack of 27 second delay for mouthpiece coming out proves costly). Loses

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Junto Nakatani (Japan) KO 12 Andrew Moloney (Gave it his all, but the other guy was a class above). For

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Joseph Parker (New Zealand) TKO 1 Django Opelu (You read that right. It wasn't a typo. New Zealand posted a win on The Boxing Scoreboard). For

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Jack Catterall (United Kingdom) UD10 Darragh Foley
Ellie Scotney (United Kingdom) UD10 Cherneka Johnson Loses

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Filip Hrgovic (Croatia) TKO 12 Demsey McKean (Better than expected showing against a guy who should have won Olympic gold in 2016).
Kiki Toa Leutele (New Zealand) SD8 Toese Vousiutu (Gritty win by the Kiwi against a guy who is naturally very strong & punches hard).
Yves Ngabu (Belgium) TKO 6 Floyd Masson (Started well, with good hand speed & movement, but didn't have the power to discourage the other guy who packed plenty). Loses

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Kareem Hackett (Canada) UD10 Clay Waterman
Efe Ajagba (Nigeria) TKO 4 Joe Goodall ("Emu down!" was the call from a rogue Kiwi element. Only problem with that is he didn't go down. Looked more like a premature stoppage from the ref to me).
Miyo Yoshida (Japan) UD10 Ebanie Bridges Loses

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Mark Petrovsky (Russia) TKO 4 Lucas Browne
Filip Hrgovic (Croatia) TKO 1 Mark DeMori

 

Is it any wonder that Showtime & HBO have pulled out of the sport of professional boxing in America? The numbers don't lie.

We might need a high-level Heavyweight matchup next year to settle beef with New Zealand.

Australia 12, Team America 1
Tim Tszyu TKO 9 Tony Harrison (United States) Wins

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Rebecca Hawker TKO 2 Carisse Brown (United States) Retains WIBA Featherweight title
Clay Waterman UD8 Kenmon Evans (United States)
Sam Goodman SD12 Ra'eese Aleem (United States) Wins IBF world title eliminator
Joe Goodall TKO 6 Stephan Shaw (United States)
Tim Tszyu W (forfeit) Jermell Charlo (United States) Wins

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Sam Goodman UD12 Miguel Flores (United States)
Tim Tszyu UD12 Brian Mendoza (United States) Retains

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TJ Doheny TKO 1 Japhethlee Llamido (United States)
Justis Huni UD10 Andrew Tabiti (United States)
Jackson Murray UD6 Steven Torres (United States)
Liam Paro KO6 Montana Love (United States)
Jarrell Miller (United States) TKO 6 Lucas Browne

Emus 3, Kiwis 2*
Toese Vousiutu TKO 4 Julius Long (New Zealand)
Toese Vousiutu MD4 Nathaneal Tuteru (New Zealand)
Conor Wallace TKO6 Mose Auimatagi (New Zealand)
Joseph Parker (New Zealand) TKO 1 Django Opelu
Kiki Toa Leutele (New Zealand) SD8 Toese Vousiutu

*No-one mention the Pacific Games or the Olympics.

 

Opetaia looking to have short turn around and fight on Fury vs Uysk undercard Feb 17 or possible March Day of Reckoning two .With Inoue saying he is staying put at 122 lbs in 2024 probably best for Goodman waits until 2025 for Title shot .

 

Was reading over on another thread that maybe Justis Huni is another possibility for the March 9 card in Saudi.

 

The Emu might be a flightless bird but we are sure flying high.

 

He should be. He has great skill.

 

I was getting the impression this place had matured beyond that. Little wonder another Aussie forum isn't even under consideration.

 

Sandman's Australian Boxing Awards 2023

I only do the big awards - Fighter of the Year, Fight of the Year & Event of the Year. I'll leave it to less prestigious publications to dispense awards in other categories.

Australian Boxing Fighter of the Year: King Timmy - First of his name, breaker of glass, kicker of arse. Four big wins:
TKO9 Tony Harrison (Wins Interim WBO Jr. Middleweight title)
KO1 Carlos Ocampo (Retains Interim WBO Jr. Middleweight title)
WO (Walkover) Jermell Charlo (Wins WBO Jr. Middleweight title)
UD12 Brian Mendoza (Retains WBO Jr. Middleweight title)

Runner up: Sam Goodman. Also four big wins to position himself for a shot at boxing's P4P #1:
UD10 TJ Doheny (a particularly good win in light of results Doheny would return later in the year)
SD12 Ra'eese Aleem
UD12 Miguel Flores
UD12 Zhung Liu

2nd runner up: Alex Winwood (three big wins to put himself in position to beat Jeff Fenech's record of winning a world title in the least number of pro fights):
KO4 Tibo Monabesa
UD10 Reyneris Gutierrez
UD10 Cris Ganoza

Honourable mentions: Jason Moloney & Jai Opetaia who won & successfully defended world titles respectively during the course of the year.

Australian Boxing Fight of the Year: Floyd Masson UD12 Fabio Turchi - Both guys sent to hospital afterwards. Ironically, this one was televised on Foxtel via the Bein Sports Network. The promotion on the night though was a little bit too good which resulted in them being booted off Bein Sports as a consequence of the No Limit monopoly agreement.

Runner up: Kiki Toa Leutele SD8 Toese Vousiutu - Good learning fight for Vousiutu who will be all the better for having been in it.

The best two Australian fights of the year won by Kiwis? Hmmm. Might need to look into that.

One more award - Event of the Year. For a long while, I would have said it was the Tim Tszyu v Tony Harrison fight earlier in the year. I think that one had a good buzz about it. Largely thanks to Tony Harrison having never seen a television camera he didn't like. But I've made that runner up. Event of the Year for me was the Australian amateur boxing team at the Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands qualifying 12 out of 13 fighters for the Olympics. When you consider the Kiwis sent a full compliment of 13 fighters to that tournament & didn't qualify anyone, it goes to show what a terrific achievement that was for Australian boxing.

 

Great post and top list…
Enjoyed the read
… I watched that Floyd Masson “fight of year” Was an absolute war n one of best fights I witnessed on these shores… Worth a watch if anyone got a spare 1/2 hour n its up online…

 

Just giving credit, what a list…
Thats real good work…
That must have taken some time n effort!!!
Particually enjoyed reading Tszyu by forfeit, that gave me a good laugh…
I didn’t realise Masson took a loss recently, missed that one…

 

my prediction of Willis Meehan being world champion last year would have been correct if Usyk didn't dodge him, lol.
He wanted no part of Australia's best fighter.
this year he'll get it i'm sure.