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February 10, 2023, 06:28:03 PM
Indeed, if he mange to win his upcoming fight, automatically the winner of Magsayo and Figueroa's fight will be declared as new title holder from that said division,

It's not automatic given there's another scenario.

The winner between Mark Magsayo and Brandon Figueroa will only be elevated from interim to regular champion if Vargas decides to move up if he wins against Foster. If Vargas loses, he will need to mandatory defend his 126 titles against the winner between Magsayo and Figueroa.

But for me, I'd rather see Vargas wins this match and move forward on achieving multiple titles per division.

If I'm not mistaken, it will be Vargas' 4th title division champion if he wins against Foster.

so either magsayo or figueroa, they may be wishing right now for vargas to win because that will favour their career. vargas is the favourite over foster, so let's see if he can get the belt of WBC World Super Featherweight Champion. if upset happens, then yeah, the winner of magsayo vs figueroa may face vargas later on.
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February 10, 2023, 06:17:09 PM
Congrats mate. The spread was very small for Artur, but it's still good because you won the game. It was not an easy win for him, good thing he was able to connect with a solid punch that put Yarde down and that was the end of the fight as Yarde could not respond anymore.

Just watch the highlights but I heard the news that he won the fight, he is still undefeated now and with a perfect KO win in all of his fights.
Beterbiev is really a monster, no one can survive from his punch. I think if there's a fight where he can't knock out his opponent, anyone will think the boxer is capable and has a power to compete with Beterbiev. The odds for Beterbiev to win via decision is high too since everyone know Beterbive always knock out every opponents including the strong boxer like Yarde, Smith Jr, Gvozdyk and Browne.

Could Bivol survive for the complete 12 rounds or he will pull an upset against Beterbiev?

Really hard to see how the Beterbiev vs Bivol will turn out. Obviously, Beterbiev has the power, but Bivol has the footprint and the volume punching.

Yes, I do think that Yarde did very good in this fight and judges awarded him as he was ahead in the 2 cards. But it's just a matter on time before he will be caught by Beterbiev's power and that happen. Just very unfortunately that he was doing good until the 8th, and the right hand had a lot of power as you can see in his eyes that he felt that power.

Well to put it mildly and without seeing statistics or predictions of any kind, much less without seeing any article alluding to this, I think this fight would be very interesting, but between the two I think the strongest is Bivol, he can make the difference, but Bivol has something very clear and it is his objective, I know he wants to be famous, he admits it himself and that is something that no one can take away from him, and seeing the discipline he has, he could do it, I don't know, but I do believe in the boxer's skills, hopefully they don't keep bothering him with the Russian stuff and he finally manages to be famous without being bothered by the country he comes from, hopefully they see the meaning of the sport and nothing else.

Here is something very interesting:

Why Tommy Fury wasn't at Jake Paul press conference in Saudi Arabia



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Tommy Fury has explained his reason for not attending a press conference with Jake Paul on Thursday.

The fight between the pair of celebrity boxing rivals will take place in Saudi Arabia at the Diriyah Arena on February 26.
Why wasn't Fury at the press conference?

Paul, 25, has accused Fury, 23, of being 'scared' after he failed to show up for media duties earlier this week.

However the latter has insisted that isn't the case as he claimed that he had no reason for being there.

“I can clear that up in two seconds,” Fury told MMA Fighting.

“Basically, Jake Paul signed up into the world of professional boxing and I am a professional athlete, a professional boxer.

Source: https://www.givemesport.com/tommy-fury-jake-paul-fight-press-conference-boxing-news/
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February 10, 2023, 05:57:42 PM
Indeed, if he mange to win his upcoming fight, automatically the winner of Magsayo and Figueroa's fight will be declared as new title holder from that said division,

It's not automatic given there's another scenario.

The winner between Mark Magsayo and Brandon Figueroa will only be elevated from interim to regular champion if Vargas decides to move up if he wins against Foster. If Vargas loses, he will need to mandatory defend his 126 titles against the winner between Magsayo and Figueroa.

But for me, I'd rather see Vargas wins this match and move forward on achieving multiple titles per division.

If I'm not mistaken, it will be Vargas' 4th title division champion if he wins against Foster.
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February 10, 2023, 05:34:32 PM
Official weigh-in for Vargas vs Foster:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr0jwCbT5P0

Some pushing and jousting for position in front of the camera hehehe.

This is going to be a good fight for the championship belt, Foster has something to prove in this fight. He will be fighting Vargas who is moving up in weight so we might say that Foster has the advantage since he has been campaigning here already. But Vargas wanted to become the next great champion to become Mexico's another 3x world champ.
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February 10, 2023, 05:18:45 PM
That is the thing right there, Vargas is not open to give opportunities to the boxer he once defeated or if he can't gain anything from fighting them. Although, let's still hope that if Magsayo will prevail on this fight successfully, Vargas will give him a chance to redeem his belt that was once on his possession and make a rematch. This speculated bout will be a good fight soon because Magsayo managed to knock down Vargas, right? And this time, I'm sure Magsayo will train much harder in-order to commit a different outcome.

It looks like Magsayo will have a hard time regaining his title since Vargas isn't open for a rematch and does not want a fight that he can gain nothing.  So for Magsayo to have a chance for a title fight needs the governing bodies to order Vargas to a mandatory defense against Magsayo.  So this time, Magsayo must win convincingly against Figueroa and climb his way to rank 1 contender.

Vargas can say what he wanted but we all know that the odds doesn't belong to him this time because the winner of the Magsayo vs Figueroa fight has the complete edge to be the WBC champion or at least be the title challenger if ever Vargas will get defeated against Foster in his fight later this day. But if things will go in his favor and the opposite thing will happen then that means that the winner of Magsayo-Figuroa fight will automatically become the WBC champion of 126 pounds.

Indeed, if he mange to win his upcoming fight, automatically the winner of Magsayo and Figueroa's fight will be declared as new title holder from that said division, unless he will be upset and he will go back to his original weight and defend his title, we will know whatever it will be after his fight.

Hopefully, he will manage to take another level to his career and win that chase, it will be more money to come if he will win.

But knowing this sport, a lot of upsets can take place, it will be depends on how a fighter will stand tall and make his way to keep winning.
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February 10, 2023, 05:18:01 PM
All we need to do is to wait for Magsayo to win and have that opporntunity to call for a rematch, if he will manage to bring Vargas to the ring for the second time, I'm pretty sure that that the camp already have the adjustments and proper trainings to prapare for this anticipate rematch, Magsayo needs to work out on his stamina and not just the early powerful combinations but a long lasting stamina to stay on the fight once his opponents manages to take his punches and stay standing up to the last round.

It looks like a rematch against Vargas is difficult since there is no clause of a rematch in their previous fight contract.  Besides it was stated that Vargas isn't interested to fight any boxer that will not bring any benefit from him.  What I am seeing on this action of Vargas is that he is aiming for a unification fight and will disregard any match that won't give him another title.  So I think if Magsayo really wanted to take back his title, he must get another title to make the rematch against Vargas much easier.

That is the thing right there, Vargas is not open to give opportunities to the boxer he once defeated or if he can't gain anything from fighting them. Although, let's still hope that if Magsayo will prevail on this fight successfully, Vargas will give him a chance to redeem his belt that was once on his possession and make a rematch. This speculated bout will be a good fight soon because Magsayo managed to knock down Vargas, right? And this time, I'm sure Magsayo will train much harder in-order to commit a different outcome.

It looks like Magsayo will have a hard time regaining his title since Vargas isn't open for a rematch and does not want a fight that he can gain nothing.  So for Magsayo to have a chance for a title fight needs the governing bodies to order Vargas to a mandatory defense against Magsayo.  So this time, Magsayo must win convincingly against Figueroa and climb his way to rank 1 contender.

Vargas can say what he wanted but we all know that the odds doesn't belong to him this time because the winner of the Magsayo vs Figueroa fight has the complete edge to be the WBC champion or at least be the title challenger if ever Vargas will get defeated against Foster in his fight later this day. But if things will go in his favor and the opposite thing will happen then that means that the winner of Magsayo-Figuroa fight will automatically become the WBC champion of 126 pounds.

The fight between Magsayo and Figuroa is later than Vargas fight, so it is very interesting to see how the event will develop.  
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February 10, 2023, 04:27:32 PM
That is the thing right there, Vargas is not open to give opportunities to the boxer he once defeated or if he can't gain anything from fighting them. Although, let's still hope that if Magsayo will prevail on this fight successfully, Vargas will give him a chance to redeem his belt that was once on his possession and make a rematch. This speculated bout will be a good fight soon because Magsayo managed to knock down Vargas, right? And this time, I'm sure Magsayo will train much harder in-order to commit a different outcome.

It looks like Magsayo will have a hard time regaining his title since Vargas isn't open for a rematch and does not want a fight that he can gain nothing.  So for Magsayo to have a chance for a title fight needs the governing bodies to order Vargas to a mandatory defense against Magsayo.  So this time, Magsayo must win convincingly against Figueroa and climb his way to rank 1 contender.

Vargas can say what he wanted but we all know that the odds doesn't belong to him this time because the winner of the Magsayo vs Figueroa fight has the complete edge to be the WBC champion or at least be the title challenger if ever Vargas will get defeated against Foster in his fight later this day. But if things will go in his favor and the opposite thing will happen then that means that the winner of Magsayo-Figuroa fight will automatically become the WBC champion of 126 pounds.
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February 10, 2023, 07:58:12 AM
Vargas vs Foster final press conference and face-off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjZ0mlTRGjI

Of course the regular exchange for this boxer in the press conference, Vargas says that Foster hasn't gotten a good sleep, while Foster said he will send Rey Vargas back to 126 lbs after he lost this fight. It also includes Mario Barrios and Puerto Rico’s Jovanie Santiago,10-round welterweight co-main event As well as unbeaten heavyweights Lenier Peró and Viktor Faust.

What a heated exchange of words between these two and I hope it's not just about trash talk but they will really eager to do it for real.

I'm looking forward to Rey Vargas winning the fight so he can settle now with the Super Featherweight.

Vargas is unable to secure his target fights at 126 so instead, he considers moving up to face new challenges. It's a wise decision as even if he loses this match against Foster, he's still a champion at 126.

Yes, but for me, it's just the trash talk, what's important is how they are going to perform inside the ring. Vargas still a slight favorite to win this fight, 1.7x against 2.0x for Foster.

Same here, I think with Vargas height and reach advantage, he will put Foster at bay here and then win in the cards of the judge and then settle here at this weight as he is looking for bigger fights maybe against another Mexican warrior in Leo Santa Cruz.

If only Vargas continued to work on knocking out his opponents like he did when was still a prospect, he could move up as much as he can. But I guess fighters with less power have limits when moving up since their bigger opponents might not get scared of getting hit for a chance to unleash their own power punches. But I also think that Vargas can overcome Foster.

If Vargas wins, he might be mandated to face former 2 division champion, Oscar Valdez. Both Vargas and Valdez already said they want the fight. This fight is bigger than Vargas-LSC but with Vargas being handled by PBC, it might not allow Vargas-Valdez to happen. Maybe Vargas-LSC is possible but it also depends if the latter is still interested in another risky fight with a lesser named opponent.
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February 09, 2023, 07:13:03 PM
Vargas vs Foster final press conference and face-off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjZ0mlTRGjI

Of course the regular exchange for this boxer in the press conference, Vargas says that Foster hasn't gotten a good sleep, while Foster said he will send Rey Vargas back to 126 lbs after he lost this fight. It also includes Mario Barrios and Puerto Rico’s Jovanie Santiago,10-round welterweight co-main event As well as unbeaten heavyweights Lenier Peró and Viktor Faust.

What a heated exchange of words between these two and I hope it's not just about trash talk but they will really eager to do it for real.

I'm looking forward to Rey Vargas winning the fight so he can settle now with the Super Featherweight.

Vargas is unable to secure his target fights at 126 so instead, he considers moving up to face new challenges. It's a wise decision as even if he loses this match against Foster, he's still a champion at 126.

Yes, but for me, it's just the trash talk, what's important is how they are going to perform inside the ring. Vargas still a slight favorite to win this fight, 1.7x against 2.0x for Foster.

Same here, I think with Vargas height and reach advantage, he will put Foster at bay here and then win in the cards of the judge and then settle here at this weight as he is looking for bigger fights maybe against another Mexican warrior in Leo Santa Cruz.
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February 09, 2023, 06:58:58 PM
Vargas vs Foster final press conference and face-off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjZ0mlTRGjI

Of course the regular exchange for this boxer in the press conference, Vargas says that Foster hasn't gotten a good sleep, while Foster said he will send Rey Vargas back to 126 lbs after he lost this fight. It also includes Mario Barrios and Puerto Rico’s Jovanie Santiago,10-round welterweight co-main event As well as unbeaten heavyweights Lenier Peró and Viktor Faust.

What a heated exchange of words between these two and I hope it's not just about trash talk but they will really eager to do it for real.

I'm looking forward to Rey Vargas winning the fight so he can settle now with the Super Featherweight.

Vargas is unable to secure his target fights at 126 so instead, he considers moving up to face new challenges. It's a wise decision as even if he loses this match against Foster, he's still a champion at 126.
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February 09, 2023, 06:26:28 PM
Vargas vs Foster final press conference and face-off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjZ0mlTRGjI

Of course the regular exchange for this boxer in the press conference, Vargas says that Foster hasn't gotten a good sleep, while Foster said he will send Rey Vargas back to 126 lbs after he lost this fight. It also includes Mario Barrios and Puerto Rico’s Jovanie Santiago,10-round welterweight co-main event As well as unbeaten heavyweights Lenier Peró and Viktor Faust.
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February 09, 2023, 01:10:57 PM
Good thing with Magsayo if he will win his fight against Figueroa and Vargas will step down again and face Magsayo for possible title match, money wise it will give Magsayo decent amount of profits, but first he needs to take care of Figueroa and make sure that he will be ready for Vargas if he decided to go back and negotiate for the possible fight.

Future will be much better for them as they've got that chance to make money with the fans who wanted to see how those fighters will perform.

I love to see that Magsayo will be taking his revenge to a fighter that had beaten him. This fight is his best chance though, he is fighting a good fighter so if he wins this, it only imply that he had learn from his mistakes and have made adjustments to make himself a better fighter.

Vargas vs Magsayo II, that's a good title, and everyone will be interested watching to know if Magsayo will successfully take his revenge, who knows? we might see a trilogy if he wins.
A promising title indeed.
Magsayo had that belt in the first place, he should be able to get a rematch and both promoters' sides should love the idea because it can hoard more money for both camps.
After this fight against Figueroa, he should pursue taking back the WBC title. I just wish it will be a different result when that fight comes.
Figueroa has the same goal as he did challenge Vargas for that title match last July (after he took it from Magsayo) but ended up being denied to get the opportunity because Vargas said he has nothing to gain from it.
This may end up as a great fight as both boxers are aiming to get the title match that they badly want.

That is the thing right there, Vargas is not open to give opportunities to the boxer he once defeated or if he can't gain anything from fighting them. Although, let's still hope that if Magsayo will prevail on this fight successfully, Vargas will give him a chance to redeem his belt that was once on his possession and make a rematch. This speculated bout will be a good fight soon because Magsayo managed to knock down Vargas, right? And this time, I'm sure Magsayo will train much harder in-order to commit a different outcome.

All we need to do is to wait for Magsayo to win and have that opporntunity to call for a rematch, if he will manage to bring Vargas to the ring for the second time, I'm pretty sure that that the camp already have the adjustments and proper trainings to prapare for this anticipate rematch, Magsayo needs to work out on his stamina and not just the early powerful combinations but a long lasting stamina to stay on the fight once his opponents manages to take his punches and stay standing up to the last round.
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February 09, 2023, 01:09:11 PM
Good thing with Magsayo if he will win his fight against Figueroa and Vargas will step down again and face Magsayo for possible title match, money wise it will give Magsayo decent amount of profits, but first he needs to take care of Figueroa and make sure that he will be ready for Vargas if he decided to go back and negotiate for the possible fight.

Future will be much better for them as they've got that chance to make money with the fans who wanted to see how those fighters will perform.

I love to see that Magsayo will be taking his revenge to a fighter that had beaten him. This fight is his best chance though, he is fighting a good fighter so if he wins this, it only imply that he had learn from his mistakes and have made adjustments to make himself a better fighter.

Vargas vs Magsayo II, that's a good title, and everyone will be interested watching to know if Magsayo will successfully take his revenge, who knows? we might see a trilogy if he wins.
A promising title indeed.
Magsayo had that belt in the first place, he should be able to get a rematch and both promoters' sides should love the idea because it can hoard more money for both camps.
After this fight against Figueroa, he should pursue taking back the WBC title. I just wish it will be a different result when that fight comes.
Figueroa has the same goal as he did challenge Vargas for that title match last July (after he took it from Magsayo) but ended up being denied to get the opportunity because Vargas said he has nothing to gain from it.
This may end up as a great fight as both boxers are aiming to get the title match that they badly want.

That is the thing right there, Vargas is not open to give opportunities to the boxer he once defeated or if he can't gain anything from fighting them. Although, let's still hope that if Magsayo will prevail on this fight successfully, Vargas will give him a chance to redeem his belt that was once on his possession and make a rematch. This speculated bout will be a good fight soon because Magsayo managed to knock down Vargas, right? And this time, I'm sure Magsayo will train much harder in-order to commit a different outcome.

Vargas though has move up in weight in his next fight, so if he is successful then he might not stay and give Magsayo a rematch even if Magsayo win this fight. Unless otherwise he also move up in weight and chase Vargas, but I doubt that will be the plan of Mark.

Maybe down the road they will have to clash again, but right now it's better that Magsayo focused first on his fight and get the belt and make his name relevant again. Let Vargas do his thing at 130 lbs vs Foster.
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February 09, 2023, 11:19:45 AM
Congrats mate. The spread was very small for Artur, but it's still good because you won the game. It was not an easy win for him, good thing he was able to connect with a solid punch that put Yarde down and that was the end of the fight as Yarde could not respond anymore.

Just watch the highlights but I heard the news that he won the fight, he is still undefeated now and with a perfect KO win in all of his fights.
Beterbiev is really a monster, no one can survive from his punch. I think if there's a fight where he can't knock out his opponent, anyone will think the boxer is capable and has a power to compete with Beterbiev. The odds for Beterbiev to win via decision is high too since everyone know Beterbive always knock out every opponents including the strong boxer like Yarde, Smith Jr, Gvozdyk and Browne.

Could Bivol survive for the complete 12 rounds or he will pull an upset against Beterbiev?

Really hard to see how the Beterbiev vs Bivol will turn out. Obviously, Beterbiev has the power, but Bivol has the footprint and the volume punching.

Yes, I do think that Yarde did very good in this fight and judges awarded him as he was ahead in the 2 cards. But it's just a matter on time before he will be caught by Beterbiev's power and that happen. Just very unfortunately that he was doing good until the 8th, and the right hand had a lot of power as you can see in his eyes that he felt that power.

The Beterbiev thing is something unique, but they have to take into consideration that they can do bigger things, if we see how the fight went, I at least expected much more from Yarde, I thought he had another guy in preparation, I really saw that his The training was normal, it didn't go further, and against one of the best like Beterbiev you have to leave everything in training, be as strong as possible and apart from everything you have to be much stronger when the day comes to Fighting, I don't know what Yarde's strategy was, but I saw him with a lack of creation, he fought well, but I really know that he lacked a lot.


Eddie Hearn: "Canelo vs. Beterbiev Is A Helluva Fight"

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Artur Beterbiev thoroughly enjoyed soaking his gloves in the blood of Anthony Yarde this past weekend. Although he fought courageously, the 31-year-old contender succumbed to the pernicious knockout power of the unified champion.

As Beterbiev stopped and posed for pictures while holding onto his three light heavyweight straps, promoter Eddie Hearn stood motionless in awe. Impressive, amongst a bevy of words in Hearn’s view, first came to mind.

Presently, the current head honcho of Matchroom Boxing has no promotional ties to the newly turned 38-year-old. Nevertheless, that didn't stop him from fantasizing about a certain high-stakes showdown that would deliver in the most violent of ways. 

“Canelo vs. Beterbiev is a helluva fight,” said Hearn to BoxingScene.com. “That’s a bloodbath.”


Source: https://www.boxingscene.com/eddie-hearn-canelo-vs-beterbiev-helluva-fight--172365
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February 08, 2023, 05:06:48 PM
That is the thing right there, Vargas is not open to give opportunities to the boxer he once defeated or if he can't gain anything from fighting them. Although, let's still hope that if Magsayo will prevail on this fight successfully, Vargas will give him a chance to redeem his belt that was once on his possession and make a rematch. This speculated bout will be a good fight soon because Magsayo managed to knock down Vargas, right? And this time, I'm sure Magsayo will train much harder in-order to commit a different outcome.

It looks like Magsayo will have a hard time regaining his title since Vargas isn't open for a rematch and does not want a fight that he can gain nothing.  So for Magsayo to have a chance for a title fight needs the governing bodies to order Vargas to a mandatory defense against Magsayo.  So this time, Magsayo must win convincingly against Figueroa and climb his way to rank 1 contender.

Today it came out that Jamal Ben Sadik has turned in a positive doping test during his match last year against a Romanian fighter. And he is now suspended for more than 1 year. That also means that there will be no rematch in the match against Rico Verhoeven. He would have different opponents, but otherwise there was a possibility that Verhoeven and Saddik might face each other in December. A line can now finally be drawn through that. I'm always amazed that fighters can get away with it for so long. The fight was in August 2022 and it has only now emerged that Sadik has used doping. It is noteworthy to mention.

It takes some time for an investigation to finish.  They need some legal proceedings in order to test everything and that may take months before it can be approved and another months for the sample to be analyzed.  So yeah, it will really take time before the decision and investigation to release if there is any issue against a boxer or a fight.
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February 08, 2023, 04:24:51 PM
Today it came out that Jamal Ben Sadik has turned in a positive doping test during his match last year against a Romanian fighter. And he is now suspended for more than 1 year. That also means that there will be no rematch in the match against Rico Verhoeven. He would have different opponents, but otherwise there was a possibility that Verhoeven and Saddik might face each other in December. A line can now finally be drawn through that. I'm always amazed that fighters can get away with it for so long. The fight was in August 2022 and it has only now emerged that Sadik has used doping. It is noteworthy to mention.
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February 08, 2023, 03:46:14 PM
Good thing with Magsayo if he will win his fight against Figueroa and Vargas will step down again and face Magsayo for possible title match, money wise it will give Magsayo decent amount of profits, but first he needs to take care of Figueroa and make sure that he will be ready for Vargas if he decided to go back and negotiate for the possible fight.

Future will be much better for them as they've got that chance to make money with the fans who wanted to see how those fighters will perform.

I love to see that Magsayo will be taking his revenge to a fighter that had beaten him. This fight is his best chance though, he is fighting a good fighter so if he wins this, it only imply that he had learn from his mistakes and have made adjustments to make himself a better fighter.

Vargas vs Magsayo II, that's a good title, and everyone will be interested watching to know if Magsayo will successfully take his revenge, who knows? we might see a trilogy if he wins.
A promising title indeed.
Magsayo had that belt in the first place, he should be able to get a rematch and both promoters' sides should love the idea because it can hoard more money for both camps.
After this fight against Figueroa, he should pursue taking back the WBC title. I just wish it will be a different result when that fight comes.
Figueroa has the same goal as he did challenge Vargas for that title match last July (after he took it from Magsayo) but ended up being denied to get the opportunity because Vargas said he has nothing to gain from it.
This may end up as a great fight as both boxers are aiming to get the title match that they badly want.

That is the thing right there, Vargas is not open to give opportunities to the boxer he once defeated or if he can't gain anything from fighting them. Although, let's still hope that if Magsayo will prevail on this fight successfully, Vargas will give him a chance to redeem his belt that was once on his possession and make a rematch. This speculated bout will be a good fight soon because Magsayo managed to knock down Vargas, right? And this time, I'm sure Magsayo will train much harder in-order to commit a different outcome.
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February 08, 2023, 06:39:17 AM
To simply explain this:

- if Rey Vargas will win against Foster, likely he will continue his journey at 130lbs and will give up his 126lbs title
- if Rey Vargas will lose against Foster, he will return to 126lbs as a champion and will mandatory face the winner between Mark Magsayo and Brandon Figueroa for his title defense match
- if Rey Vargas will finally move up to 130lbs as a champion, the winner between Magsayo and Figueroa will be elevated as a full champion

Someone can correct me on this if I missed something. Smiley
Yeah, I think that's the summary of it.
He is playing safe so that he will stay a champion even if he loses against Foster. Or, he will just test the waters of how much the difference is between the two weight classes and maybe he would prepare one more time (if he loses) while defending the other title. It's a good strategy if boxers are not decided if they want to climb the ladder.
Unlike what Inoue did giving everything up so he could focus more on his new class rather than being dragged back by the old as many will try to steal the belt from him.

@danherbias07 - I'm looking at this fight going to full 12 rounds and Vargas by decision.

Still good @2.04 odds, hehehehe.

Yes, there are backers of Foster as well that's why the odds keeps on moving.
I will take it now before it changes again.  Cheesy
legendary
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February 08, 2023, 06:32:41 AM
Anthony Joshua will be looking to make his return back to boxing after his loosing streak that made him go private for a while and away from any further fight. This will be an important fight for him on the 1st of April and I cannot imagine how bad it will be for his career and him if he looses again to a fighter like Jermaine Franklin. Jermaine Franklin may look like an easy opponent for Anthony Joshua, but anything is still possible and maybe Franklin intends to use this opportunity to impress as well and show that he can fight high profiled boxers.

If he losses this one, this it might be over for Joshua's career as it's hard to pick up the pieces with his 2 loses with Usyk and then against a relatively unknown in Franklin. So he need to win this one very badly and he should by a big statement win so that his name could still be in the discussion for a mega fight with Tyson Fury, all British showdown.

Who is your favorite for this fight? If you will bet, who will you bet on?

Joshua will indeed be the favorite here, but I wouldn't bet on the ML for him. It's better to skip this fight as least for me.


legendary
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February 07, 2023, 06:01:00 PM
Anybody else think it’s a little strange that Jake Paul already has his next fight lined up and he hasn’t even fought Tommy Fury yet? Is that normal in boxing? It seems strange to me that it doesn’t really matter who wins or loses this Paul/Fury fight if the next event with KSI is already lined up. This will probably fuel the fire of a conspiracy that all of Jake Paul’s fights are rigged. I don’t believe that for whatever it’s worth.

No, it's not normal in boxing, but Jake Paul is on a whole league of his own, which is exhibition matches, and he has become a manager as well, so he can dictate the terms as to who will be his next fight after Tom Fury (if this fight is going to happen).

@danherbias07 - I'm looking at this fight going to full 12 rounds and Vargas by decision.

Still good @2.04 odds, hehehehe.

Yes, there are backers of Foster as well that's why the odds keeps on moving.
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