Australian Boxing/SM Memorial thread

The Stifler's Mum thread has taken Australian boxing to the world. More people know about it than ever before. And for a small country population-wise, we've got plenty of talent in all weight divisions. We don't have the breadth or depth of talent as places like America, Europe or Britain, but frankly, we don't need it. Our blokes (& women) are capable of scaling the heights & regularly do. We dropped six women's world championships on the weekend but no biggie. That just means it's time for others to step up. Starting on Wednesday night.

As to why people like Slow Eddie are coming out here, money is obviously key. Slow Eddie's mate in England owns DAZN. That's presumably how he got a contract with Foxtel. Foxtel alone won't increase Slow Eddie's viewership down here though. He needs to start putting on some decent fights. If every contest on the show features a short-priced favourite (like Wednesday night), the show isn't likely to sell (or attract significant viewership, if it's a freebee). He's got a guy in Teremoana who could be the most high profile fighter in the country when the Tszyu boys are done, so let's hope he's successful. Needs to find a way to ramp up the quality of Teremoana's opposition without necessarily increasing the risk of him taking an L. That in turn will take skill & sound judgement on the part of Slow Eddie & Matchroom.

As for the $8 on offer for Micky Z's opponent on Wednesday night, I hadn't sniffed the bait when you posted but given the guy has a decent kayo percentage, it could be worthy of further investigation. I might add it to my list of jobs to do today. Right below "complete census".

 

I can’t see anything other than a very early stoppage for Teremoana tomorrow night. Savage was stopped inside a round by Nagy Aguilera back in May.

 

Jasmine Parr's fighting. The next big thing in women's boxing according to the Aussie media. All she has is the name of a kickboxer.

 

It seems to be a habit of the big fella's, he doesn't like going past the 2nd. Teremoana - Itauma will be a cracker & feels inevitable.