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I don't think boxing fans will also be happy seeing Paul getting his fight in the kingdom as this is just exhibition fights. And it's obvious that Alalshikh is a big fan of boxing, the way he shoulder everything and allowing big fights going into Saudi as they have a lot of money.

For Rolly Romero, he was just gifted with that belt, and so we can say that he could be one boxer that is very lucky to get a championship when he should have lost that fight. For Ryan, it seems that GBP wanted him to be tested against former champion Jose Ramirez. But not sure if Ryan is interested though and everyone is leaving as to who Ryan wanted to fight. And so this is another tug of war between him and Oscar and it might turn out ugly again.

Saudi Arabia transformed boxing to a different level. Big boxing matches that typically require time to arrange and are politically difficult were accelerated. Thanks to Turki Alalshikh and the leaders of the kingdom. Turki Alalshikh wanted to keep on pushing the large matches to occur. Fury versus Usyk and Joshua versus Ngannou in February and March. And there is more to come, Alalshikh referred to Beterbiev versus Bivol and recently, Haney versus Davis.

There was another buzz when Alalshikh showed no interest in carrying YouTubers into the kingdom any longer. This is sad news for the fans of Jake Paul and other YouTubers who like to box.

Rolando "Rolly" Romero is an easy fight for Ryan Garcia that is for sure, all of his fights except Gervonta Davis were all cherry-picked, but you can say that I am Bias because I really don't like the way he talks, and the way he thinks he though he is a great boxer all he has was the WBA super lightweight belt, on the Super lightweight he will surely have a hardtime unifying the belt the WBC Champ was Devin Haney, the IBF champ was Subriel Matías, and the WBO was Teofimo Lopez which he already got a hard time against Devin Haney, for sure Teofimo Lopez will also be a hard fight for him aswell,


I recently watched this fight and for sure even though on paper it is not unfair Ed Matthews has a chance to win, because he is still an amateur he is easily gassed out in this fight while Luiz Alcaraz Pineda even though Matthews catches him with his punch he recovered easily and he can surely go for almost 10 rounds for sure, that is the level of condition this two have for sure while Ed Matthews surely have that slick move and skills but the condition of Luiz Alcaraz Pineda as a professional boxer is still there,


These two surely have some skills maybe it is the way they train that they have such movement, but for sure all Fox Townley's advantage was his reach and height and that was it, for sure this two needs to be in a separate division these are really unfair, but because this is an exhibition match it is not prohibited the referee should monitor the fight even more and the rounds were just 4 to 5 rounds, it is still unfair for him to fight a opponent bigger and heavier, but for sure Jonah Joseph Chris accepted this fight and got a consent to fight a bigger and heavier opponent,

It is unbelievable what happens with every fight in Misfits Boxing there are canceled fights, and I know this is just amateur fighting but it was still entertaining because we are watching non-boxers fight in this exhibition match,

Ed Matthews VS Luis Alcaraz Pineda


This is the Mystery fight for Ed Matthews well even though his opponent has many losses he is still a professional boxer while Ed Matthews is just an amateur, this is really not fair for Matthews, this is a skilled fighter even though Matthews had the early knockout from Pineda he stood up and you can clearly see that Ed Matthews is breathing heavily then Luiz Alcaraz Pineda just busted the Knockdown to Matthews then he was saved by the bell,  but when round 2 comes Ed Matthews has come with a blitz against Pineda but for sure Luis Alcaraz Pineda evade it and retaliated with his own punches that Knock Matthews out of the ring that let a win for Luiz Alcaraz Pineda, clearly not a great fight but it was entertaining just a sense of watching different boxing.

Elle Brooke VS Andrea-Jane Bunker


For sure it is not a great idea for Bunker to seek to avenge his loss to Brooke back in their 1st fight in 2022, but you can clearly see the difference in this fight right now with their 1st fight you can clearly see they already trained a lot, from their movements but we can clearly see that they are still amateurs, you can see that they want to clinch more often then punch each other which the referee keeps on breaking, and in the 3rd round you can clearly see that Elle Brooke have knockdown Bunker in that round, but he referee didn't see it and keeps the fight back up, and that big right hand did land on Bunker that causes her to fall down.

Tristan Hamm VS Rodney Petersen Jr.


Clearly, you can see the difference in boxing between these two, Not Logan Paul was an MMA fighter back then but his boxing was clearly for amateurs, Tristan Hamm needed just one punch to finish the fight, and clearly Not Logan Paul is the aggressor for this fight but it was not effective for him to be the aggressor in this fight, and from that 2nd knockdown he recovered late so the winner is Hamm.

Fox Townley VS Jonah Joseph Chris


I thought that the Filipino would win this he had the footwork and the style but seeing the two fighters inside the ring you can clearly see the advantage of Fox, he has the reach, and the height, and surely his boxing is also there and so you can see both have training but because of that reach advantage that punch was getting into Jonah Joseph Chris so he got dominated in this fight.

Rolly's last fight was on  May 13, 2023, so he hasn't fought for almost a year already but this guy is a champion although not as popular as Ryan Garcia. I think he would be a good match for Ryan Garcia but so if it's a championship fight there's a chance Ryan will become a champion, so why not get him instead of pursuing Isaac Cruz which is not a champion.

I don't know if Ryan is looking for an easy opponent here but Isaac Cruz I think is better than Rolly as Isaac Cruz almost beat Tank Davis in a controversial fight.

For not having accomplished much in the sport besides winning secondary titles and losing to Tank Davis these guys sure act like huge divas. It's an interesting fight but it ain't that interesting. This should have been an easy fight to make. We know who the A-side is and both guys say they want to fight each other. The bickering on social media is getting tiresome.

Romero isn't some superstar and has been inactive a long time. He is reaching the point where people are fed up with him and any interest in seeing his fights is almost completely gone. Ryan might be able to milk his popularity a while longer but he needs to start fighting big names inside the ring rather than on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/ESPNRingside/status/1748819171008237669

Lol, Rolly Romero mad at Ryan Garcia and Oscar Dela Hoya. He thought that they have negotiations with him and Ryan fighting next. But as he claim, Oscar is also negotiating for Ryan to fight Isaac "Pitbull" Cruz.

Ryan has responded to Romero, so it's going to be interesting as to who Ryan will fight next. But obviously, it's not as what we wanted like Teo Lopez or Devin Haney.

I don't think it was a very bad decision, to be honest. A controversial one for sure but not a bad one. He has been very dominating and maybe if we say that it is the boxer of the year and this year other fighters had better performances, that can definitely be argued. But to be honest I think the decision is probably not the best, but not bad at all.

I also agree that we all want to see our favourite fighter be the BOTY. but it is also true that most of the time our favourite fighters actually don't deserve that. That is the hard truth.

If Naoya Inoue is finished with most boxers in the Super Bantamweight for sure he will move up to the Featherweight Division in 126 lbs, maybe after his title defense on 1 of his belts the WBC against Luis Nery then after that he needs to tune up his body before going up the division maybe a fight on 1 of the fighters in the Featherweight, of course, Terence Crawford is more dangerous that Naoya Inoue and because he is in a much heavier division that is the Welterweight right now and Terence Crawford is doing fine right now getting WBC and WBO belt he might have a unification match against Eimantas Stannionis, then getting the IBF belt on Jaron Ennis, if he can get all of that then he is a Unified champion for the Welterweight while Naoya Inoue still has a long way to go,

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We are now having a crazy Misfits boxing today, and as we all know most fighters are Content creators who become boxers, but this is just an Exhibition matches and right now they have Logan Paul look-alike the one who got involved in the altercation with Nate Diaz,

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Saturday 01.20.2024 at 02:00 PM ET
Promotion: Misfits Boxing
Venue: First Direct Arena
Location: Leeds, England

MAIN CARD

Andrea-Jane Bunker VS Elle Brooke
Ashley Tebi VS Okemka Jibunor
Tristan Hamm VS Rodney Petersen Jr.
Myles Stephenson VS Ayodeji Araoye
Jonah Joseph Chris VS Fox Townley
Ben Williams VS Mohammed Faisal
Joey Knight VS Zuriel Rudi Ayo
Chase DeMoor VS Malcolm Minikon

All information was from Tapology: https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/108700-mf-dazn-x-series-12-hstikkytokky-vs-tayo-ricci

I agree with that, Inoue might be seeking more achievements, possibly that after this fight he might be moving up again and will try to achieve another level and added it to his resume. Nery's upcoming change may be a good challenge for Inoue and, hopefully, Nery will bring that competitiveness against the monster.

Crawford, on the other hand, might accept another good challenge that may also add up to his resume and who knows this year he will earn
the fighter of the year award.

It's really up to the fans to decide, we all have our own boxers who we wants to be the Boxer of the Year, so it's hard to go against the decision of the Ring magazine. Although I think this is not the first time that they made controversial fighters becoming their BOTY, or fighters not deserving.

But in this case, it depends on how they look, but according to them, Inoue beating the best super bantamweight and Inoue becoming the second boxer to become unified champion in two weight decision is good enough for them to declare him as their BOTY.

That can be done by Inoue since he is very dominant. I don't even get why he still chooses to stay at super bantamweight despite getting all the belts already. Maybe he isn't ready yet? If the answer is yes, then we can't compare him to Pacman, or would replace Crawford in the list if he'll stay at his comfort zone.

By the way, what happen to a possible Crawford vs Canelo fight? I think that one died down already.


They have basis on their ranking and most of us aren't aware of that basis, so let's respect their own ranking. If we argue and we have our own, there's no problem with that, but how reputable  we are so people would believe on us?

If Inoue goes up in weight and will become an undisputed champion again, then we can expect that he'll replace Crawford in the ranking. Inoue probably has more achievements as a champion but maybe Crawford is more deserving since he has fought more dangerous fighter than Inoue.

it's hard to make a debate on who is the number 1 or not because as a fan we are too bias, so let's just based the ranking on the publishers report and we can all agree with it. After this fight with Nery which I'm sure Inoue will be victorious, maybe moving up should be next, forget about other challengers lining up, Inoue has to chase making a history again.

However, for Mauricio Sulaimán it might not only be because of the money. He has expressed his disapproval on Russia's invasion on Ukraine as the reason for not sanctioning the fight. I reckon Bivol vs. Beterbiev would have have occured last year already if the WBC did not threaten to remove Beterbiev from his WBC championship.



Sulaiman says that Beterbiev vs. Bivol fight can happen, but it won’t have the WBC title at stake due to the Russia-Ukrainian war. Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs) was born in Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan, and lives in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Unless the war ends soon, boxing fans might not ever get the chance to see the undisputed 175-lb championship fight between IBF, WBC & WBO champion Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KOs) and Bivol.

Source https://www.boxingnews24.com/2023/04/beterbiev-bivol-wont-be-sanctioned-by-wbc-says-mauricio-sulaiman/

There have been big fights in Canada, but it's more on the Quebec area, during Jean Pascal reign as a LHW championship, majority of his fight or at least defending it against a great opponent, it's been held in Canada. He is a Haitian born, so like Beterbiev, he moves to Canada to pursue his dream.

But the money right now is in Saudi, bitter rivals Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing and Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions has shake hands recently to make a 5 of 5 fight in Saudi, thanks to H.E. Advisor Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA). So if Beterbiev wanted to get more money before he retires, him and Bob Arum should make the fight with Bivol in Saudi Arabia.

I agree but I hope all negotiations will eventually be OK as you have said this is a great retirement for Artur Beterbiev and this is a great chance for him to fight Bivol if he wins this he will be remembered as a true legend who didn't back down from anything, while Dmitry Bivol this will surely challenge what he can truly do inside the ring, we can see that in their fight, for sure if this fight would progress it will be one of the epic fights, and for sure many will likely watch this one, as I am one of the excited dude that want to witness this,


If you watch his every Vlog he surely has the confidence in his eyes that he can beat Naoya Inoue, but even if I am Filipino and for sure I will be supporting my fellow Filipino boxer, I am still doubting Casimero if he can do the job that Nonito Donaire and Marlon Tapales couldn't achieve for sure he will talk that he can beat Naoya Inoue so many will be curious if he really can challenging Naoya Inoue is one point that he is really brave in what he really wants but for sure that bravery can sometimes led to maybe victory or defeat, but yeah he is a persistent one that is why sometimes Naoya Inoue cannot keep his cool and would lead for him to accept the challenge without the concern of his corner,


If this is the UFC he can request a 1 fight every month or maybe he can do it but the thing is some doctors will not allow such a thing in boxing but maybe he can Tyson Fury once thought he would not have some serious hits against Francis Ngannou and decided he can have a fight with Oleksandr Usyk at December but because Ngannou have devastated him in some rounds the fight with Oleksandr Usyk was canceled and move, Artur Beterbiev can surely request something like that but the toll in his body could be outrageous, but I wish he can do something like that so he can catch up and get his target,

I agree with what you said, if Arthur still have more upcoming fight he can climb from the rankings but due to his age and it might be limited fight that he can have chances to get the first or seond place is no longer possible as per a fan base credentials, with both Crawford and Inoue who made their runs that place suits them from 1 and 2 spot, unless both figthers suffered from a surprise lost and the young blood will contnue dominating the weight divsion that will change the positioning.

So far, I also going to put Crawford at the top and next is Inoue as he again unifies all the belts from his current division.

It is easier to decide to clash when there is a Saudi prince right in front with a pile of cash. Ngannou has become their favorite as of now, whoever fights with him, I think will have to happen in Saudi as long as they are as big as Ngannou.

Beterbiev is a Canadian though and he will likely be inviting fighters to be in his country as they can host a big crowd. Unlike Ngannou who is from Cameroon, a poor country that probably has no arena capable of making rich men sit comfortably to watch him fight.

Beterbiev could climb faster on that rank if only he was young but considering his age, he no longer can do that and only has a few fights left. He needs to defeat his remaining opponents before he retires but he should do it with Bivol first, the guy is a massive wall against his opponents and it could be hard for him to find someone who would willing to face him considering his destructive powers and skills. right now, It's between Crawford and Inoue because this is their era unless someone will gonna shock them and defeat them in a unique way. After all, everything is possible especially when they have the right skills and destructive power to defeat their opponent.

I would not really put Canelo as high as #2. His record looks impressive but a lot of his opponents have been past their prime. When he's been in the same weight class as dangerous knockout artists like Golovkin, Beterbiev, or Benavidez he will completely avoid them for as long as possible. Inoue and Crawford have not had any losses or controversial decisions so to me they deserve to be considered the two best fighters in the world.