Gurgen Hovhannisyan vs. Colby Kenyard Madison

Thursday at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. Ten rounds scheduled at heavyweight.

Possibly to be streamed by Hovhannisyan's countryman and promoter Azat Torosyan on Toro Promotions' social media channels.

Big Gug (that is the lesser of two evils from amongst his current pair of ring monikers, trust me - see the alternate listed in the poll ) is generating some buzz, with Joe Goossen last week calling him a "top five heavyweight prospect in the world today". Madison is a reliable acid test, stopped a few times but also toughed out two consecutive distance losses to Joey Dawejko.

 

I can't get over "The Armenian Tyson Fury". How can anybody possibly consider that a wise marketing strategy? Hell, there's another heavyweight that shares blood relation and the last name Fury but is a less talented version of his cousin whom the world regards as boring and not the least bit of a draw. In fact, seeing Hughie's name on a card lessens my desire to watch it.

Likening yourself to Gypsy King aesthetically or stylistically is no way to sell tickets.

Fury's whole thing is that he's implausibly effective despite well, literally everything about him.

 

Big Gug is maybe a 5.5 of ten, on the cringe scale. Armenian Tyson Fury is an 11.

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He gave Jalolov a heck of a fight in the amateurs in 2021 (Strandja tourney 91+kg semifinals)

I'd pick him already to defeat big dumb lump Makhmudov.

 

Broadcast on BXNG TV starts at 7pm EST on Thursday, with the bill topped by a HW triple-header. Dante Darnell Stone vs. Alexander Flores and Tsotne Rogava vs. Dante Williams (in a battle of unbeatens, both with perfect KO records) support this main event.

 

I know you're a big heavyweight fan so this card seems up your alley. The six guys in the main HW tripleheader all have power (or records that hunt at power), too.

You've probably seen Flores before and just don't recognize the name. He fought Charles Martin, Joseph Parker and Luis Ortíz (all early stoppage losses).

 

A small hall show like this isn't going to be prohibitively expensive. Some of the best value I've gotten attending live boxing events have been all or mostly local unknowns.

This mentality that you can't have fun watching anyone that isn't destined to become championship material is weird. People who think in that manner end up missing out when there's a barnburner four-rounder on early PPV card prelims, etc.