Australian Boxing/SM Memorial thread

Sports journalism in general has gone down the shitter ( like news journalism ) the last decade or so. Australia has always relied too heavily on who you know not what you know. Thus the dregs rise to the top.

 

Sir Jackson England has been my chaperone around Sydney during fight week. Took me to George Kambosos's gym for photos and out on their boat. They make a mean steak.

 

This Nikita Tszyu vs Ben Mahoney IBF 154 pound 'eliminator' is listed in Boxrec for August 26th.

 

ffs

American superstar Stephen Fulton is understood to be out of Sunday’s co-main event after weighing in six pounds heavy for his anticipated showdown with Liam Wilson.
Foxsports.com.au can reveal the former world champion hit the scales for the official morning weigh-ins at the fighter hotel weighing 139 pounds.
That is well over the agreed catchweight of 133 pounds.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/boxing...s/news-story/89f091b32a9a2f7401f8f12e88f16a95

Still the greatest card in Australian boxing history??
Yeah nah.

 

What a disaster.

Not a lot No Limit could do about this one I guess. They gave him the 3 pound grace to save the fight and he comes in another sixer on top of that.

The Charlo debacle could have mitigated if they had done their due diligence. If he was a risk of not being allowed in the country, have a swing bout or something in the works to keep the card together.

Even with Fulton, he has a history of this sort of thing but I don’t think anyone would have predicted he didn’t even attempt to cut down on weight. Disgraceful.