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Why not? if March Room can make this fight with their rich counterpart in Saudi then good for boxing in general, not just for the money that is being generated by this mega fight.

Saudi has slowly becoming the mecca in Middle East and if I'm not mistaken, it was Eddie Hearn's idea and to some extend Bob Arum as they have been staging fights in Middle East in the last couple of years. Just imagine if Floyd and Manny should have been in today's mega fight, for sure this two are going to get a ton of money staging that biggest fight in the Middle East.

Saudi Arabia and even the other super-rich Gulf countries keep on hosting many different events not just for profit but some kind of long-term investment. These desert kingdoms knew that oil becomes irrelevant in the future so they are investing themselves in many ways in order to sustain their rich economies with or without oil. Saudi Arabia has too many futuristic projects including a city and it needs to convince people and investors around the world that it can be a good place to live, invest and entertain.   

So I really believe that the fight is doable. They don't care about the profit of the specific event just like how many billions of dollars Qatar spent just to host the World Cup last year. The problem though is the Belly. Belly seems to lose his warrior spirit and instead inherited Wilder's duck spirit along with the WBC. Belly earlier denied this news as false which is crazy. Belly should just retire then rather than face Vaseline Chisora for the 4th time or Whyte for the 2nd time.

Hopefully, I won't be that busy so I can watch this fight. I already got Tank by stoppage but I honestly want Garcia to score an upset. It's really crazy how Showtime tries to mislead by calling Tank a 3-division champion. And Tank is starting to believe these lies when he said that he already belongs with the greats. 

They are talking about that kind of big amount of money will be handed over to sponsor the fight to happen this is really huge for the boxing industry, and a lot is saying that the sport of boxing is dying now, but there are still fans that witness a spectacular fight and this event will surely make the boxing industry skyrocket again for sure,

Yes, if the fight goes through Tyson Fury will sure be the favorite here, against Usyk for sure and Deontay Wilder will be the favorite against Anthony Joshua, in my opinion, for sure this will have a ton of pay-per-view but that is if Hearn will get the both yes of Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk for me Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua will surely say yes, I really don't know why but these two is surely ready to fight anyone,


Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov looks stunning and is ready to take on Joe Cordina, for sure Joe Cordina is pretty much well known and both fighters still have a perfect record, but looking at the paper Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov has a great record of 14 Knockouts to 3 decision won while Joe Cordina got 9 knockouts to 6 decision wins this will surely go with technique, speed and power and Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov is much younger 28 years old to Cordina's 31 years of age, but this fight will be the continuation of their canceled fight last 5 November 2022 Due to a hand injury, Cordina had to pull out of the fight and was stripped of the IBF belt so for Joe Cordina this is to retain his IBF World Super Featherweight Title back to him,

Correct, Cordina is the more recognizable name between the two and it seems that he has face tougher opponents in the past. But I wouldn't be surprised if Rakhimov might pull another upset. We've seen a lot of upset lately so who knows, at 3.30 that's a big and attractive odds already.

For the fight in Middle East, specifically in Saudi Arabia, it looks like Eddie Hearn has inside track of those rich and billionaires who are willing to stage the fight in their homecourt and willing to shell out that huge money. So no surprises as well but the 4 of them should really agree first specially with money split and other part of the negotiations, like network coverage.

Honestly I'm rooting for Rakhimov since he previously have defended his IBO title for 3 times before. Cordina seems to be favorited because he have won IBF title in his last fight. Both of them are undefeated, but Rakhimov has a better KO rate than Cordina.

The sports bookie list Rakhimov as an underdog in this fight, if you bet him to win in the moneyline option, the odds is 3.30.

That is one hell of a card and probably the biggest in heavyweight if Hearns can do that. And most likely everyone can be on-board if the money is really that big, it's almost half a billion on the line.

But the A-side is still Fury, so might be very difficult to negotiate that one against Usyk as we all know that the supposedly fight of this two has broken down. He might have a chance on the Joshua and Wilder though. This two hasn't face in the year and fans are waiting that this fight is going to be made although the two has losses already.

I really know this event is not really that much but this is the only available one for now that we are waiting for some mega big event boxing fight, but this one has many title fights to look for ward in seeing,

Rakhimov vs. Cordina



Saturday 04.22.2023 at 02:00 PM ET
Promotion: Matchroom Boxing
Venue: Motorpoint Arena
Location: Cardiff, Wales

MAIN EVENT
IBF World Super Featherweight Title
Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov VS Joe Cordina

MAIN CARD
British Lightweight Title
Gavin Gwynne VS Craig Woodruff
Jordan Thompson VS Luke Watkins
WBO World Female Welterweight Title
Sandy Ryan VS Marie-Pier Houle
WBA Continental Super Featherweight Title
Zelfa Barrett VS Jason Sanchez

PRELIMINARY CARD

Miles Gordon Darby VS Phil Williams
Skye Nicolson VS Linda Laura Lecca
Sammy Lee VS Juris Zundovskis
Brandon Scott VS Karan Gill
Nathan Howells VS Jahfibus Faure

All information was from TAPOLOGY

Yup! 1 judge was in favor of Joyce by a round and was branded disgraceful by boxing fans, it was surely a robbery if Zhilei Zhang didn't win by a stoppage, and I can imagine the fury of many that have witnessed the fight but maybe there will be a lot of fans for Joyce that might not get a negative reaction about Joyce winning but what about the other, and if the camp of Joe Joyce would file something against Zhang I think it will immediately get dumped by officials, seeing how dominant Zhang was on top of the ring is really incredible,


A lot of reps in the middle east got their pocket very full which is why there is no hesitation for them in making this fight happen those people are pretty much curious about a fight like that and I think many boxing fans would want to see a spectacle like that aswell,

Most Likely Eddie Hearn will not hesitate to make it happen that is a lot of money for this kind of event and if it's going to be in the middle east it is going to be a blast, I think Fury and Usyk will be the Main Event for sure and Wilder and Joshua will be the Co-Main Event,

That's certainly going to be a big one. But, I have my doubts it could materialize. Imagine how much the tickets will be? I think only the rich could afford that fight. Then pay-per-view, which is the only option for an average boxing fan. How much will it be? I bet it will be higher than the recent fights that will happen like Tank Davis versus Ryan Garcia that price ranges at $65 for DAZN subscribers and $85 for non-subscribers. Ouch!
I think that is the reason why they only go for one big fight per event. They want to maximize the profits they could collect so they divide them at different dates.

Saturday night event! A big one. The fight that we had been waiting for. The expensive one that I just mentioned above. 

https://www.premierboxingchampions.com/gervonta-davis-vs-ryan-garcia
April 22, 2023 Saturday, 8 PM Eastern Time.
The undercards:
Sena Agbeko versus David Morrell Jr. WBA Super-Middleweight Belt (Regular)
Gabriel Rosado versus Bektemir Melikuziev - Super Middleweight Fight

Place your bets!

That was his ticket to get the attention of the best boxers in their weight division and I'm sure right now, there are already lots of offers for him because he is not that guy who can give them hard times when it comes to his skills but when it comes to his luck, no one knows what gonna happen to his next opponent. so they need to be careful and not make underestimating when it comes to fighting this guy or else they will gonna be just like the other guy who end up his career in boxing due to unforeseen serious injury.

Biggest paycheck a good money fight after winning the fight, I'm pretty sure that promoters will use these opportunities to deal Zhang with known names in this division, they will hype his name more to make sure that fans will be there to buy tickets and assure them a good revenue after making the fight happen.

Let's see if what will be his next assignment after beating Joyce. He can now challenge known names and try his luck to move forward.

What can say about this potential staging of fight in Saudi Arabia involving the top heavyweights?

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Do you think that Eddie Hearn can make this happen?

Who's going to be the main card? the undercard card?

Who's going to win between Fury and Usyk? Wilder vs Joshua?

Gonna be interesting if this can really happen in the future, and if that money is on the table, then I don't think that anyone can refuse it unless their ego flare up and wanted more slice on the pie.

I don't know about it, but we all know that boxing is brutal, and I don't think it's intentional though, I mean you are going to punch your opponent in the head or the body, so not sure what people are mad at Zhang.

It's that Joyce cannot against to him and so he takes the advantage of that, targeting his eye.

What's controversial is that one judge who thinks that Joyce is winning because at the top of the stoppage, Joyce is ahead on his scorecard. And maybe if this fight goes to their scorecard, Joyce could be the winner despite the punishment he got from Zhang.

It really bites hard at them how from the start of the fight when Zhilei Zhang aggressively attacked Joyce, and Joe Joyce doesn't have an answer to what Zhilei Zhang was doing, and yeah that left from Zhang Joyce doesn't have an answer to that, and this fight will surely go to history and a big upset, Tyson Fury has said before the fight that Joe Joyce is the 2nd best heavyweight next to him, and this upset happen Sheesh! talk about excluding well deserve heavyweight boxers out there but Tyson Fury is just saying what he wants and maybe hyping the fight so many would bet for Joe Joyce and he could sneak a bet for Zhilei Zhang, well just my speculation and I never said it was,


For that article that tells that it was intentional, I really think that he is a fan of Joe Joyce and doesn't believe that Zhang really won, it was a clear upset Zhilei Zhang was dominating the fight from the 1st round until the referee stopped the fight Zhilei Zhang was everywhere Joe Joyce doesn't do much, and just only worsen the injury he has, well, many said that this was ready a win for Zhang, Joyce doesn't expect Zhilei Zhang would do such thing, I feel like they are underestimating Zhilei Zhang, But Zhilei Zhang have proven many wrong,

This was really a big risk to place a bet on, the thing is I really am not familiar with Zhilei Zhang, and looking even further if I would pick who's going to win for sure I am going for Joe Joyce, looking it by paper most of Joyce win is by KO/TKO and only has 1 decision win with no losses while Zhang does have many KO/TKO but he got 5 decision win and with a lost, but right now Zhilei Zhang have dented Joe Joyce untainted record, and looking at the fight Zhang recent lost to Filip Hrgović doesn't get to his head and have recovered quite well he is more agile and aggressive than Joyce 1st round and Joe Joyce is slightly wobble by Zhang jabs and punches,


Looking at the fight well, this is what I see about the fight Zhang doesn't really make it intentional inside the ring in the heat of the battle do you still think he would think to hit the eye simultaneously like that, in the heat of the fight anything can happen and Zhang just enter the ring and do what he does best, I really think people that are upset because of the result of the fight are really protesting about this, to make the fight a no contest, Zhilei Zhang is ready for a rematch and willing to wait for Joe Joyce, for it I think the result of the fight was really good so we don't need to blame the eye injury was intentional, I really think it was really a good shot and Zhilei Zhang could punch where ever he wants in Joyce face whenever he sees fit to do,

Man, that's really unexpected result how Zhang can win via TKO against Joyce, I think this fight is one of biggest upset in this year.

I read on few articles if many people are mad against Zhang since he hurt Joyce's eyes with an intention and Joyce asking for a rematch because due to his eye injury, he can't fight anymore.

It's quite controversial if someone punch on opponent's eyes, so let's see if there's a further investigation and that's could change the result of this fight, maybe No contest bout?

Yes, everyone consider this as big upset, no one knows that the Chinese will give Joyce all he can handle. And I guess the hype of Joyce is not broken, probably just another boxer in the shadow of Fury and Joshua as far as British boxing is concern.

Of course, slow and plodded Heavyweight fighters will have a hard time in the likes of Usyk and Fury who can box and move and is very technical. All Zhang can offer is his tough chin and a southpaw. But it can be offset by fighters who are really good boxing IQ.

Zhilei Zhang is an Olympic medalist and his name made waves when he turned pro which is unusual for Chinese boxers. But when he continued to face bum after bum, wasting the prime years of his body, I thought he is just another prospect that did not even try to face top-ranked fighters for a chance to become a world champion. Things changed when he gave Filip Hrgovic all he could handle last year in a very close fight. Although I believe Hrgovic just had an off-night performance, it was his first fight since the death of his father. I always believe that Filip is above all these fighters (except Usyk and Fury) for years and his title shot is long overdue, thanks to his promoter Eddie Hearn (the same promoter of former WBA, IBF, and WBO champ Anthony Joshua) who continued giving him nonsense fights probably to stay him away from becoming mandatory to AJ.

So with that previous solid performance by Zhang, I doubt the Juggernaut cherry-picked him. I always have doubts about Joyce, he is too slow. But Joyce did pass with flying colors when he annihilated the arrogant Daniel Dubois and that unexpected stoppage over former champion Joseph Parker. Joyce picking Zhang was like measuring himself about how good he is compared to Filip Hrgovic (IBF mandatory) and his readiness for the possible WBO mandatory against Usyk.   

Still, it was a big upset after Joyce's previous solid wins over Dubois (WBA mandatory) and Parker. As for Zhang, he is heavy-handed with quick hands and a very tough chin but mobile fighters like Usyk and Fury should be able to box him in circles and maybe stop him in the late rounds.

^^ I agree, it was a cherry pick fight for Joyce obviously by this team. But it did bite them in the ass later, as Joyce has no answer to the left and he even admit that he has problems with that in that fight. But he was graceful in defeat, he had to smile at the camera even with his eyes almost closing. For sure big lessons for him and his camp. But he can still go back to the mix, maybe late this year they will pick an easy fight for him.

Zhang on the other hand can go after the big names and see how it goes for him. Yes, biggest paycheck incoming, I'm thinking maybe him and Andy Ruiz will be a good fight.

I may be late replying to this but yeah Zhilei Zhang doesn't look very weak, and surely he was intimidating Joe Joyce even more, I even think Zhilei Zhang is more compose than Joe Joyce, well this is a great opportunity for bettors of Zhilei Zhang because the odds is not with him so congrats to all,


Yup! I have a gut feeling that this is what is about to happen, actually, this is the 1st time seeing a boxer dominantly unifying the Bantamweight Division title belt, and right now his goal is to unify the Super Bantamweight and in doing so he is doing it in a perfect fashion, without a single dent on his record and that is really an impressive and superb feat to do,


I truly believe that Zhilei Zhang would have a chance to beat Joe Joyce but not in a dominating manner, many have said that Zhang is just cherry-picked by Joe Joyce but this Cherry-picked fighter can surely bite, and it really bites Joe Joyce hard enough to make The Juggernaut Joe Joyce record to be break by a Zhilei Zhang watching the fight again, it was a dominating fight by Zhilei Zhang, the 1st round Joe Joyce was already wobbled by Zhilei Zhang brutal and aggressive pursuit,