Topic: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions - page 235. (Read 31605 times)

I have seen a lot of Munguia's fights and he is very ripe for a championship fight, he is very popular in Mexico and he has the making of a superstar and FYI he is being managed by hall of Famer Eric Morales, its unfortunate that the fight against Charlo did not push through, I'm sure Munguia will get a knock out against Kelly I like his style he is a combination of power and grace inside the ring, he loves to go to the body and his left hook is his best weapon.

^^ Yeah, I heard his name and there are reports that he is being avoided by boxer from 160 lbs. Damn, a fight with Charlo will be a classic war, both at their prime.

Unfortunately, network wars as boxing is a billion dollar business, no one want's to move at inch. Greedy executives. Anyhow, as we look at the odds, he seems to be the outright winner already. So the question is, who is he going to fight next again?

Not much is heard about this fight,

Munguia vs Kelly

If you not familiar with Munguia, this kid is one of the future of Mexican boxing,

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/659924

He is supposed to fight and take a shot at at WBC middleweight titlist Jermall Charlo, but the negotiations fall apart as what network is going to cover the match.

Now is is fighting Kelly at a catchweight of 165 lbs and this is the heaviest that he has been in his career. And as per sport bookies he is like 1.02-1.03 odds favorites. Maybe this is just one of those get busy fight for him and testing if he can go as high as 168 lbs in the future.

Yes, this could be a good route for Casimero and this is the only chance he can go to Inoue. Hopefully Richard Schaefer will match him with Butler first as they are in the same roof. And then when Casimero wins this fight, go taunt Inoue more and let Arum match them up. There is no blood bath between Schaefer and Arum so this match can easily be made and this could be the biggest fight in bantamweight as this is another unification fight, all belts + lineal championship.

There's a possibility that it can happen and it will pave the way for an Inoue - Casimero match, its a much better match-up than the Inoue Butler match, it will be an easy win for Inoue, Casimero is again taunting Inoue to fight him claiming that he will take revenge to what happened to Donaire and he also claims to be the strongest fighter in that division which is, of course, doubtful, everybody knows Inoue is the strongest.

Yeah, before I forgot, Casimero and Butler is under one promotional banner, Probellum. So maybe John Riel might be given the first option to crack Butler, after all they've schedule to fight but we all know what happens to Casimero in the last minute.

So in that scenario, Casimero vs Butler, winner gets Inoue for unification.

And I do agree, that Inoue is too good for this division and Casimero might not last 6 rounds against the Monster. But let's see what the future brings for Casimero first. He need to build his name again in the division.

Yup! I also think the same too, the Light Heavyweight division is full of tank boxers, and Artur Beterbiev is the most feared the boxer in the Light Heavyweight division with his current record of 17 wins all Knockouts, with no losses I really think this is a pretty much remarkable feat, but we can not underestimate Joe Smith Jr. I really think he's got the craft in beating anyone in the division but if we're talking about power Artur Beterbiev is the man and likely a 1 punch from him and end the fight, while Joe Smith Jr. is on a more technical approach he really want to calculate and pressure his opponent more,  for now I will be looking at the odds first before engaging with my picks,


It is a tragic passing for Simiso Buthelezi and in that clip, he somehow loses track of his opponent while punching in the wrong direction, other people and his opponent seem to wonder why he's acting like this, but it revealed that Simiso Buthelezi had a brain bleed that caused his to disfunction inside the ring, and Simiso Buthelezi might already have this condition before entering the ring because I think a slight jab can not cause this, but surely if you have a condition or already have an illness, then a slight punch to the head may have caused those bleeding, Rest In Peace Simiso Buthelezi.



Joe Smith Jr. after he TKO Steve Geffrard announce that if he won against Beterbiev his next opponent will be Dmitry Bivol or he will settle the score against Bovol then Canelo Álvarez is his main target, but yeah Artur Beterbiev is a beast he will surely have a hard time with those devastating punches, so good luck to that, but still Joe Smith Jr. surely have a fighting chance, because he is more technical than Beterbiev,

Casimero should go ahead and try his luck in the next division where he will not have a hard time reducing his weight but the problem is that he might not be flexible and powerful in featherweight. And if he chooses to stay in bantam then the weight issues will again surface to him.

Inoue will not move up now because he didn't unified all the belts yet, he still lack 1 belt and Butler have that in his possession. If Inoue will be the undisputed champion then maybe he will start to consider moving to another weight class.

This fight will indeed be interesting, especially since the two boxers will have to fight for the unification of the title later, Beterviev, who came with 2 titles (WBC and IBF) will certainly try to prove if he is a boxer who deserves to defending his sixth IBF title since 2011 , as well as Smith, who has just won the WBO title, certainly won't just let go of the title after being hard-earned in 2021, I think the battle at stake for these 3 titles will be very fierce and full blood, for me personally I really want to see if Beterviev has a chance to face Bivol and become the undisputed champion in light heavyweight.

Rest In Peace to the 24 years old South African Simiso Buthelezi. Another casualty in this brutal sport of boxing. Boxing is one of my favorite sport since I was 13 years old and it really breaks my heart every time accidents happen. Here is a link video on youtube  showing the last seconds when the fight was waved off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qFmtFjqjAU


This should be the biggest remaining fight this month. Hats off to WBO champion Joe Smith for always wanting to fight the best. As expected, the lineal IBF and WBC champion Beterbiev is a heavy favorite at 1.12 compared Smith's 5.60. Beterbiev is a very good fighter with a 100% KO rate. The only downside I can see on Beterbiev is his age. At 37 years old, that is already physically past at prime in boxing. He fights with brute strength which means he needs a lot of energy. Time is his real enemy. I wonder how long he remain undefeated. I don't think Joe is the one to beat him though. I believe Bivol is the one to beat him. 

Beterviev vs Smith might be a good fight.

We've seen Bivol demolished the great Canelo, now it's time for the other half on the LHW Arthur Beterviev to do the same against Smith. But I think Beterviev is the outstanding favorite here so I wouldn't be surprised if he finishes Smith early. And who knows maybe we can see Beterviev vs Bivol for unification at 175 pounds.

Pretty much well-known boxers like Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao can surely voice out themselves when it comes to boxing, and sure enough, when it comes to events it will surely come to fruition, pretty much Gervonta Davis would have a lot of interesting fight with the Mayweather promotions, but if he really wants to separate himself to them it is his decision, and right now I think he just want to hold on to the fame that he has, looking forward in what he can do,

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But Right now I think I will be putting some events that are starting soon and you guys might want to discuss here,

>June 18: New York - Light Heavyweight

Title fight: Artur Beterbiev vs. Joe Smith Jr


>July 16: Los Angeles - Lightweights

Ryan Garcia vs. Javier Fortuna


>July 23: Saudi Arabia - Heavyweight

Title fight: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua


>July 30: Brooklyn, New York - Middleweights

Danny Garcia vs. Jose Benavidez Jr.


>Aug. 13: TBA, Florida - Junior Welterweights

Teofimo Lopez vs. Pedro Campa

Well for me this is very simple, in the case of the boxer I would not leave FLOYD promotions, we all know the great impact that Mayweather has in the world of entertainment and from what I see he is very well involved with everything that has to do with the events, also thinking about it, it is more feasible to have a promoter like him who has many contacts and who can also listen to him so that the events are held, because in this world it is not necessary to take into account that these events must have a lot of voice dwe I command, and FLOYD is widely listened to in the world of boxing, I think that is something that they do not take into account, I think that is to recognize, "to Caesar what is Caesar's".

Well, you are right without further investigation about those gloves it will always be just hearsay, and from the fight, I was really shocked when Nonito Donaire will go down because of their exchange, I think it was because Donaire is at the range on Naoya Inoue's range and we all know that Naoya Inoue doesn't only have the power but the speed aswell, Nonito Donaire isn't aware and ready that he was hit on the head temple that makes him go down, and he stands up in disbelief and in the 2nd round, Nonito Donaire has now felt the total damage from the 1st round knockout, he is really wobbly and I think if the referee can see that he could surely stop that fight, but the fight keeps on and in the 2nd knockout the referee has stopped the fight pretty much Nonito Donaire can not handle the punches of Inoue anymore, and I was really in disbelief watching the Filipino Flash can not withstand those headshots from the Monster, truly that nickname sure fits him well,

And yeah even though John Riel Casimero is challenging the Monster Naoya Inoue, he can not do a thing because of what happened during that incident and the Filipino fans would surely need to just wait for further announcement on what may happen,

However, before Inoue can consider Casimero's challenge, I reckon Casimero should first win his WBO bantamweight championship back by challenging Paul Butler. Inoue might be now on a different stage in his career where his next fight will be to challenge the champions of the super bantamweight division or become the undisputed champion in bantamweight.

Also, with what Inoue has shown, I speculate he can knockout Casimero within 6.5 rounds. Inoue might become the pound for pound best boxer within 3 years.

He will I'm sure of that until he wipes out all the crowns in the bantam division, there will be no excitement anymore if he stays in that division and it will not add to his legacy if he keeps on that division, he should move up and challenge himself, all champions are doing that, after conquering their own division they move up to challenge themselves, he can still move up to as high as lightweight if he wants to do so, his body can still add more muscles to gain weight.

True, it seems that everyone's goal right now is to be a unified champion so somewhat this is good for boxing. That is the last remaining that he hasn't got and unfortunately, Butler is standing his way. Just it might be better if that is Casimero who still has that belt, but whatever. Maybe in the future, when both moves up in a higher division, we will finally see this two finally getting into the ring. Although Casimero is not getting any younger as well and so I doubt that he can win against a prime Inoue.

but casimero's camp may find another way to chase again inoue. but casimero should fight butler first. a replacement for him was given to butler because of the weight issues again. but don't know if inoue's camp will be interested with casimero. they will be more interested with butler as he is holding the wbo belt over sultan (replacement of casimero). i don't think that inoue will go up now in terms of weight division, maybe not for his upcoming fight.

I definitely think that Inoue will start to consider moving to another weight class after he is done with Paul Butler, unfortunately for the latter, he is in the way and Inoue want that WBO belt that Butler is holding to unify all belts in this division to become an undisputed champion. Seriously speaking though, Butler will be just pulverized against Inoue.

No boxer will have enough titles they will try to win as many titles as possible, which will define their skill and their legacy, Butler already announced that he wants Inoue next
Naoya Inoue's next fight: Paul Butler calls for undisputed title showdown

So in the coming weeks or months, we'll have the news of the two meeting in the ring, this fight will heavily favor Inoue as he is the better fighter than Butler.