A good keep busy but a step down from Fountain. Ahio should get a ranking in a body soon, especially seeing guys like Fujimoto and the like are top 10 wbo. Good fight coming up in nz is David Light vs ex title challenger Mark Flanagan. Light is ranked 35 on boxrec. A real crossroads fight. Kika Toa Letele is apparently one of th more gifted hw's in NZ. He takes on ancient Colin wilson March 29th
Didn't notice this before but Eric Molina was back February 15th and won by UD against Nick Guivas. Two cards were 60-50 so I guess good old Molina was bouncing Nick's head off the canvas like a basketball. Good to see Molina back, hopefully he gets Szpilka this year.
Good to see him keeping busy at least after about 3 years of virtual inactivity. Long isn't a bad oppoent tbh despite his age.
Yeah definitely - a win vs Long is no given. He hurt Browne pretty bad before getting blasted out. Hemi's defense looked pretty improved against fountain so I rekon he's pretty safe vs Long, but a good workout nonetheless.
Ahio had serious knuckle injury and his both hands was injured. But he actually went away from boxing a bit and lost by quick KO in kickboxing.
Whyte will make his Top Rank debut on an undetermined date. That fight likely will be streamed by ESPN+ from an unchosen venue in the United States. He will sign longterm deal soon.
“I can say that at the moment there is no exact information about whether this fight will take place,” said Povetkin in an interview with RIA Kursk today about the fight with Usik. “As for preparation, I had a period of recovery and now I am beginning to train hard.”
NZ /Australia upcoming, notable C/w H/W fights: 18 May : Silver medalist David Light vs Mark Flanagan Auckland - WBO Oriental CW title (Auckland) Should be a cracker. 30 March : Hemi Ahio vs Julius Long (Auckland) 29 March : Kika Toa Leutele vs Colin Wilson (Auckland). Kika has a bit of talent. 03 May : Panuve Helu vs Navosa Ioata - NZ Cruiserweight Title (Auckland). Helu a big hitter. 13 July Ene Purcell vs Bill Nasio rematch - Aus HW title. First encounter was a war. Aussie Olympian Jason Whateley back on March 23rd.
I for one dont think that their encounter was boring .Kabayel did a pretty good job IMO.He almodt knocked Rudenko out and had him taste ring dust.Kabayel was the first fighter who was able to knock down Rudenko.Neither Fury nor Povetkin nor Browne were able to do the same.