Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

ye well hopefully doesnt effect his stamina 2 much

 

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Whyte vs Fury is a more lucrative fight for all concerned. No, it isn't fair to Wallin and I do feel bad for the young man, but if Wallin were to beat Whyte - a Fury/Wallin rematch would not be a big grosser. Been there/done that/no reason to expect a different outcome...

I don't think that Jalolov's situation is too bad. He's being promoted by Di Bella and Lou needs to start jettisoning old fighers like Arreola, Washington, Breazeale, Kownacki etc. Maybe Wallin, too - given that Oscar's style doesn't seem to inflame the passions of many fans. Of course, this requires that at least some of these fighters are willing to fight Jalolov.

 

On December 11, Andrew Tabiti made his comeback after 2 1/2 years of inactivity following his TKO loss to Dorticos by stopping Mitch Williams via KO in Rd 5. Williams managed to hug his way to going the distance with Tervel Pulev a couple years ago. From the little I've read about the fight, Tabiti didn't seem overly-sharp...but he did get the KO. The fight took place on the Donaire v. Gaballo undercard.

 

This was on the Beterbiev-Browne undercard...though (understandably) pretty far down on it.

I look forward to Brandon moving on from Mexican opponents who are taller when lying down than standing up.

 

On December 11th, USA prospect Timothy Hatfield raised his record to 2-0 with a 1st round KO win over Jimmie Levins.. The winless Mr. Levins was last seen serving up Sonny Conto's debut victory...also by 1st round KO.

Hatfield is 27 years-old, sports a 6' 7" frame and had a reasonable amateur career, which included a win over fellow US prospect Jeremiah Milton. He is currently managed and trained by Jason Estrada and Roland Estrada in Providence, RI.

Sounds pretty good so far but there are catches...

Hatfield is a graduate of Brown University and hopes one day to go to Medical School. So he is "working with a net" as they used to say...not exactly the sort of circumstances known to breed elite prizefighters.

It's been an awfully-long time since New England had a real Heavyweight Prospect (Steve Vukosa and Jason Estrada were skilled enough...but couldn't punch their way through wet paper bags), though, so I will be keeping a close eye on Hatfield.

 

Well, Sirenko became the first fighter to stop Rudenko. The ref waved off the fight in the 6th round when Sirenko was tagging Rudenko repeatedly from a distance...but it didn't seem like Rudenko was in deep trouble. So the stoppage seemed a bit shady.

The writeup I read suggested that Rudenko was doing quite a lot of shoving and holding...but not much punching.

 

I didn't see the fight and am not trying to justify it, but it is the ref's right to waive it if one fighter is not fighting. That is why they tell them "protect yourself at all times."

 

Agreed. Always better to stop a fight too early than too late and risk tragedy.

 

Cheers. I've started to look into some of the under the radar (internationally) U.S. HWs.

 

Dychko wins with an early stoppage.

He (hopefully) seems to be looking to gear up with a local promoter who has Matchroom connections.

 

It definitely seems to be a case of not having the funds to find suitable opponents for Dychko - I'm sure Ivan would welcome tougher opposition.

 

Another US prospect from New England (Danbury, CT) made his debut last month.

Fernely Feliz Jr (aged 24) - who recently became the USA Superheavyweight amateur champ - scored a 2nd round KO victory over his opponent. If his name seems familiar - it's because his father fought John Ruiz Jr some years ago (losing by a mid-round TKO IIRC).

His opponent was Stephen Kirnon - who was also an early victim of both Ivan Dychko and Jared Anderson. I say "early" not only because they fought him early in their careers - but also because he was dispatched rather quickly by both.

His family seems to have set up a YouTube channel and one of the clips includes footage from the fight.

 

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The ref warned him about 30 seconds before the stoppage that he would stop it if Rudenko held one more time and he kept doing it. Should have been a DQ instead of a TKO.