Friday in Québec. After this, that has really got to be it, for Zewski, with this caliber of opposition. He is piddling away his career, and at this rate will fall well short of his original projected ceiling based on his hype from the amateurs (against which expectations I think he was always doomed to underachieve anyhow, given his somewhat disinterested manner since turning over, treating every match like a light sparring session and not showing any of the intensity that netted him a 138-29 record, a Pan-Am Games silver medal, four Canadian national championships, and the distinction of having bested Jack Culcay-Keth at 69kg a few weeks before Culcay won the AIBA world championships. López - coming off a respectable draw versus Pedro Campa - has sprung the odd upset here and there but never at this level. He is somebody that Zewski - snatched up by Golden Boy Promotions nearly a decade ago but yet to deliver on that promise - really ought to be steamrolling, but I'm not holding my breath. In all likelihood it'll be a full ten-round affair, unless somebody has finally lit a motivating fire under the Polish-Canadian's ass. Both the vacant IBF North American welterweight title and vacant WBO NABO titles will be on the line. I'm not sure if either of those prizes will be sufficient to inspire Zewski to be his best self.
Quick explanation of his nickname... As a youth Zewski showed an aptitude for every athletic endeavor but couldn't ever settle on a team sport to commit to. All he really wanted to do was ride his skateboard...although he was a little bit in awe of his father, retired amateur boxer Jean Zewski. Jean apparently brought him to a pickup basketball game and said "if you score x number of points I'll take you to a boxing gym" and...well, here we are. I guess Mikaël got game, because he met his quota. No more time for kick-flips after that. Could've been the next Tony Hawk. Instead he's ...uh, barely become even the next Tony Ayala. Yeah, idk, maybe he should have stuck with skating after all.
Strategic move by Zewski, paying the sanctioning fees to grab these low-hanging fruit vacant belts... he's currently only ranked by the WBC (#15) and this will put him on both the IBF's and WBO's radar as well.
I remember seeing Zewski a few years ago and thinking he looked decent. Not a world champion but a contender type. Haven't been able to see much of him since then being the UK; how bad was the Ponomarev loss in terms of competitiveness? That loss hasn't aged particularly well.
Here's the RBR: https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/raymundo-beltran-vs-takahiro-aoh-rbr.536172/page-3 I only gave Zewski a single round; @CST80 gave him two (but also had three level 10-10 rounds). He also had a very dodgy early career fright against MMA crossover Clint Coronel, on the Maidana vs. Morales undercard. Coronel, who wasn't even very good in MMA (2-5 pro record in that sport) was vocal about having been robbed - and it was a split decision with two judge scoring it opposite, as 60-54 shutouts for Zewski and Coronel respectively. My memory of an insignificant non-PPV fight doesn't actually stretch back that far, but luckily we have the RBR threads for posterity: https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...ales-action-heroes-full-undercard-rbr.302385/ I scored it 58-56 Coronel.
This content is protected (card airs on Canal Indigo from 7pm local Québécois time - basically EDT, same as NY/Boston/FL - and Zewski ring walk ~9pm EST)
Canada makes our PPV situation seem tolerable. Who in the right ****ing mind would pay $40 for this card lol
Hey man, the IBF World Female super welterweight title is a... big... dea- nope, sorry, can't finish the sentence with a straight face.
