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Quote from: YuginKadoya on July 17, 2023, 06:50:09 PM

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There is also a news that Teo Lopez is back and is looking for a 140 lbs clash with Devin Haney. We all know that Teo said that he has officially retired after beating Josh Taylor. Now, WBO has order a fight between Arnold Barboza and Jose Ramirez. But Lopez was given 24 hours to respond and block that fight and so he did. But he wanted Haney in his return as Devin says that he will move up in weight. So lots of interesting development here.

Not to boast but I expected this to happen, not to Devin Haney as a target specifically but I already thought that Teo Lopez might surprise us again as he now feel the urge to be somebody as he is now a champion at 140 lbs. because there is no sense at all in retirement at such an early age after winning a championship.

Shakur is trying to enforce his mandatory with the WBC against Haney at lightweight. There is some real animosity between Teo and Haney so that is also an interesting option. Lomachenko is the most deserving of an opportunity due to how close their fight was. It appears that Haney isn't interested in any of these options and will instead fight Regis Prograis. Eddie Hearn must have made a massive offer since that is probably the least interesting option for Haney. Regis Prograis looked awful in his last fight and couldn't even sell tickets in his hometown.

On a positive note, if Haney vacates his lightweight titles then we will probably see Shakur vs. Lomachenko which is one of the best matchups that can possibly be made.

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Quote from: Jawhead999 on July 17, 2023, 08:56:58 AM

What a joke 25 years old boy want to retire when GGG, a 41 years old boxer is still fighting in professional scene and always smiling even though his scorecard was robbed against Canelo. Although he was win against Josh Taylor, but I don't think he can beat Haney. Loma already tried his best and yet Haney still win, Lopez isn't in the same level like Haney and Loma. It's better for him to continue to get more belt in his current division.

I really think he had his reasons for doing such a thing, we can not judge his decision in doing this and maybe he would just do something differently or we can see him fight in an exhibition match while he is younger he can surely fight in an exhibition match more solid than Floyd Mayweather ever did it, and gain huge sums of money from it, he could also have a possibility in fighting the legends in one of those exhibition fights for the bigger opportunity of money as you could all know he has said on an interview that Boxing is his wife and this is the only thing I could think about why retire in a younger age,

Quote from: Ziskinberg on July 17, 2023, 12:24:20 PM

I think it will be a different situation if Haney will challenge Teo at 140 pounds and not the other way around, still it will be a tough fight for Teofimo Lopez knowing how good Haney when it comes to technicalities. Although it will be a boring fight, still I can say that Haney got the upper hand if in case a fight will happen at 140, but if it will be contested at 135, Haney will have that fight for sure.

I also think that Haney has some technicalities in his fight that Teofimo Lopez might struggle with a bit, I can also add that Devin Haney is a bit more complicated boxer than he could ever face so likely a match-up with this great will be a whole new playing field for him, as Devin Haney is not run in the mill and let's say I really don't think he will surely want to bite that fight for now because that will be a dirt in his career if he does,

I think everyone here didn't take Teo's supposedly retirement remark. I mean we all know that he is still very young, and maybe the reason why he wants to 'retire' is that he is frustrated with his career. Like he is not getting the money that he deserved.

Nevertheless since the WBO has attention, whether he wants to defend it or not otherwise they will have to declare it as vacated and then will have their own title elimination. But since he says that he will comeback, then as a champion he has the duty know to face his mandatory or even Haney.

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Quote from: Jawhead999 on July 17, 2023, 08:56:58 AM

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Well, we can say that Teofimo Lopez is just trying to make his name even bigger and to draw out more money in his future fights that is why he is saying that this kind of stuffs. I think that is already unusual for boxers that young to express their retirement after winning a big fight against a big name. Other than that, I don't see any reasons that he is that serious about his retirement.

What a joke 25 years old boy want to retire when GGG, a 41 years old boxer is still fighting in professional scene and always smiling even though his scorecard was robbed against Canelo. Although he was win against Josh Taylor, but I don't think he can beat Haney. Loma already tried his best and yet Haney still win, Lopez isn't in the same level like Haney and Loma. It's better for him to continue to get more belt in his current division.

I mean Teo is very different breed of boxer, GGG is an old school as we get, he could even fight in era wherein in was the toughest, in the 80's. Now this boxers look for pay check after pay check, looking for millions for every fight to the point wherein sometimes they really went overboard when they promote their fight. However, Teo now has the belt, so he may have to dictate all the terms he want if ever he will face Haney.

But I do agree that Haney might win this fight if he uses his superior technical skills and not engage Lopez as Teo has the power.

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What a joke 25 years old boy want to retire when GGG, a 41 years old boxer is still fighting in professional scene and always smiling even though his scorecard was robbed against Canelo. Although he was win against Josh Taylor, but I don't think he can beat Haney. Loma already tried his best and yet Haney still win, Lopez isn't in the same level like Haney and Loma. It's better for him to continue to get more belt in his current division.

I really think he had his reasons for doing such a thing, we can not judge his decision in doing this and maybe he would just do something differently or we can see him fight in an exhibition match while he is younger he can surely fight in an exhibition match more solid than Floyd Mayweather ever did it, and gain huge sums of money from it, he could also have a possibility in fighting the legends in one of those exhibition fights for the bigger opportunity of money as you could all know he has said on an interview that Boxing is his wife and this is the only thing I could think about why retire in a younger age,

Quote from: Ziskinberg on July 17, 2023, 12:24:20 PM

I think it will be a different situation if Haney will challenge Teo at 140 pounds and not the other way around, still it will be a tough fight for Teofimo Lopez knowing how good Haney when it comes to technicalities. Although it will be a boring fight, still I can say that Haney got the upper hand if in case a fight will happen at 140, but if it will be contested at 135, Haney will have that fight for sure.

I also think that Haney has some technicalities in his fight that Teofimo Lopez might struggle with a bit, I can also add that Devin Haney is a bit more complicated boxer than he could ever face so likely a match-up with this great will be a whole new playing field for him, as Devin Haney is not run in the mill and let's say I really don't think he will surely want to bite that fight for now because that will be a dirt in his career if he does,

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Quote from: Jawhead999 on July 17, 2023, 08:56:58 AM

Well, we can say that Teofimo Lopez is just trying to make his name even bigger and to draw out more money in his future fights that is why he is saying that this kind of stuffs. I think that is already unusual for boxers that young to express their retirement after winning a big fight against a big name. Other than that, I don't see any reasons that he is that serious about his retirement.

What a joke 25 years old boy want to retire when GGG, a 41 years old boxer is still fighting in professional scene and always smiling even though his scorecard was robbed against Canelo. Although he was win against Josh Taylor, but I don't think he can beat Haney. Loma already tried his best and yet Haney still win, Lopez isn't in the same level like Haney and Loma. It's better for him to continue to get more belt in his current division.

I think it will be a different situation if Haney will challenge Teo at 140 pounds and not the other way around, still it will be a tough fight for Teofimo Lopez knowing how good Haney when it comes to technicalities. Although it will be a boring fight, still I can say that Haney got the upper hand if in case a fight will happen at 140, but if it will be contested at 135, Haney will have that fight for sure.

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Well, we can say that Teofimo Lopez is just trying to make his name even bigger and to draw out more money in his future fights that is why he is saying that this kind of stuffs. I think that is already unusual for boxers that young to express their retirement after winning a big fight against a big name. Other than that, I don't see any reasons that he is that serious about his retirement.

What a joke 25 years old boy want to retire when GGG, a 41 years old boxer is still fighting in professional scene and always smiling even though his scorecard was robbed against Canelo. Although he was win against Josh Taylor, but I don't think he can beat Haney. Loma already tried his best and yet Haney still win, Lopez isn't in the same level like Haney and Loma. It's better for him to continue to get more belt in his current division.

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Quote from: bittraffic on July 14, 2023, 02:32:10 PM

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So much for his image?

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According to a report on TMZ, undisputed lightweight world champion Devin Haney was arrested on Thursday morning following a night out in Hollywood, California.

Law enforcement sources indicate to TMZ that they found a semi-automatic handgun in his car during a routine traffic stop.

https://www.boxingscene.com/devin-haney-arrested-hollywood-over-firearm-found-car--176113

But he is out because he posted a bail, but why does he has to carry a weapon?

For safety, I guess? Because apart from that, why would he carry a weapon inside his car and since he was arrested, then that gun was probably not registered to him because if that was registered then there should be no ruckus involving his name.

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There is also a news that Teo Lopez is back and is looking for a 140 lbs clash with Devin Haney. We all know that Teo said that he has officially retired after beating Josh Taylor. Now, WBO has order a fight between Arnold Barboza and Jose Ramirez. But Lopez was given 24 hours to respond and block that fight and so he did. But he wanted Haney in his return as Devin says that he will move up in weight. So lots of interesting development here.

Not to boast but I expected this to happen, not to Devin Haney as a target specifically but I already thought that Teo Lopez might surprise us again as he now feel the urge to be somebody as he is now a champion at 140 lbs. because there is no sense at all in retirement at such an early age after winning a championship.

Any boxer would not think Teo was serious about his retirement. He just did the best performance of his entire career to win against Taylor so it didn't make sense seeing him retire. Somehow a boxer who comes back after retirement will be talked for awhile. Now that he had achieved some greatness, he will need to aim higher and beat up the undisputed champs above him.

Would they get bigger pay if they once tried retiring? He isn't the first to have done this so it must be something for such gain.

Well, we can say that Teofimo Lopez is just trying to make his name even bigger and to draw out more money in his future fights that is why he is saying that this kind of stuffs. I think that is already unusual for boxers that young to express their retirement after winning a big fight against a big name. Other than that, I don't see any reasons that he is that serious about his retirement.

Teo Lopez is really trying to hype his name with such controversial statement, or maybe he just wanted to get out of the contract from Top Rank and that's why he just wanted to retire.

But for sure a Haney superfight at 140 lbs is very enticing to him that's why he unretire and make himself available for a fight. Remember that he has one of the belt at 140 lbs. So Haney should be interested on fighting Teo if he wanted to get another belt.

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Quote from: mirakal on July 16, 2023, 04:21:09 PM

So much for his image?

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According to a report on TMZ, undisputed lightweight world champion Devin Haney was arrested on Thursday morning following a night out in Hollywood, California.

Law enforcement sources indicate to TMZ that they found a semi-automatic handgun in his car during a routine traffic stop.

https://www.boxingscene.com/devin-haney-arrested-hollywood-over-firearm-found-car--176113

But he is out because he posted a bail, but why does he has to carry a weapon?

For safety, I guess? Because apart from that, why would he carry a weapon inside his car and since he was arrested, then that gun was probably not registered to him because if that was registered then there should be no ruckus involving his name.

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There is also a news that Teo Lopez is back and is looking for a 140 lbs clash with Devin Haney. We all know that Teo said that he has officially retired after beating Josh Taylor. Now, WBO has order a fight between Arnold Barboza and Jose Ramirez. But Lopez was given 24 hours to respond and block that fight and so he did. But he wanted Haney in his return as Devin says that he will move up in weight. So lots of interesting development here.

Not to boast but I expected this to happen, not to Devin Haney as a target specifically but I already thought that Teo Lopez might surprise us again as he now feel the urge to be somebody as he is now a champion at 140 lbs. because there is no sense at all in retirement at such an early age after winning a championship.

Any boxer would not think Teo was serious about his retirement. He just did the best performance of his entire career to win against Taylor so it didn't make sense seeing him retire. Somehow a boxer who comes back after retirement will be talked for awhile. Now that he had achieved some greatness, he will need to aim higher and beat up the undisputed champs above him.

Would they get bigger pay if they once tried retiring? He isn't the first to have done this so it must be something for such gain.

Well, we can say that Teofimo Lopez is just trying to make his name even bigger and to draw out more money in his future fights that is why he is saying that this kind of stuffs. I think that is already unusual for boxers that young to express their retirement after winning a big fight against a big name. Other than that, I don't see any reasons that he is that serious about his retirement.

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Quote from: bittraffic on July 14, 2023, 02:32:10 PM

Quote from: bittraffic on July 14, 2023, 02:32:10 PM

So much for his image?

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According to a report on TMZ, undisputed lightweight world champion Devin Haney was arrested on Thursday morning following a night out in Hollywood, California.

Law enforcement sources indicate to TMZ that they found a semi-automatic handgun in his car during a routine traffic stop.

https://www.boxingscene.com/devin-haney-arrested-hollywood-over-firearm-found-car--176113

But he is out because he posted a bail, but why does he has to carry a weapon?

For safety, I guess? Because apart from that, why would he carry a weapon inside his car and since he was arrested, then that gun was probably not registered to him because if that was registered then there should be no ruckus involving his name.

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There is also a news that Teo Lopez is back and is looking for a 140 lbs clash with Devin Haney. We all know that Teo said that he has officially retired after beating Josh Taylor. Now, WBO has order a fight between Arnold Barboza and Jose Ramirez. But Lopez was given 24 hours to respond and block that fight and so he did. But he wanted Haney in his return as Devin says that he will move up in weight. So lots of interesting development here.

Not to boast but I expected this to happen, not to Devin Haney as a target specifically but I already thought that Teo Lopez might surprise us again as he now feel the urge to be somebody as he is now a champion at 140 lbs. because there is no sense at all in retirement at such an early age after winning a championship.

Any boxer would not think Teo was serious about his retirement. He just did the best performance of his entire career to win against Taylor so it didn't make sense seeing him retire. Somehow a boxer who comes back after retirement will be talked for awhile. Now that he had achieved some greatness, he will need to aim higher and beat up the undisputed champs above him.

Would they get bigger pay if they once tried retiring? He isn't the first to have done this so it must be something for such gain.

For some boxers, that technique will work because the organizers will be forced to give more guaranteed money as a fight that got their name on it will be much more sellable to the public. But for Teofimo Lopez? I doubt he can use that technique effectively as he is not gaining much attention from the public which will follow him in his fights or at least got a massive fan bases. But since he doesn't have any of those, I don't know what he's up to or what he is trying to do with this act.

And we all know that it's more about business and if your name is not that much sellable then interest from the organizer will not be there for you, I follow you with your statement about Teo, not that much hypes if he's aiming for better compensation or larger compensation this kind of scenario or situation might not work.

He might need to fight a bigger name and beat them to create more hypes for his career and start demanding for much higher paycheck.

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Quote from: inthelongrun on July 14, 2023, 03:21:20 PM

So much for his image?

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According to a report on TMZ, undisputed lightweight world champion Devin Haney was arrested on Thursday morning following a night out in Hollywood, California.

Law enforcement sources indicate to TMZ that they found a semi-automatic handgun in his car during a routine traffic stop.

https://www.boxingscene.com/devin-haney-arrested-hollywood-over-firearm-found-car--176113

But he is out because he posted a bail, but why does he has to carry a weapon?

For safety, I guess? Because apart from that, why would he carry a weapon inside his car and since he was arrested, then that gun was probably not registered to him because if that was registered then there should be no ruckus involving his name.

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There is also a news that Teo Lopez is back and is looking for a 140 lbs clash with Devin Haney. We all know that Teo said that he has officially retired after beating Josh Taylor. Now, WBO has order a fight between Arnold Barboza and Jose Ramirez. But Lopez was given 24 hours to respond and block that fight and so he did. But he wanted Haney in his return as Devin says that he will move up in weight. So lots of interesting development here.

Not to boast but I expected this to happen, not to Devin Haney as a target specifically but I already thought that Teo Lopez might surprise us again as he now feel the urge to be somebody as he is now a champion at 140 lbs. because there is no sense at all in retirement at such an early age after winning a championship.

Any boxer would not think Teo was serious about his retirement. He just did the best performance of his entire career to win against Taylor so it didn't make sense seeing him retire. Somehow a boxer who comes back after retirement will be talked for awhile. Now that he had achieved some greatness, he will need to aim higher and beat up the undisputed champs above him.

Would they get bigger pay if they once tried retiring? He isn't the first to have done this so it must be something for such gain.

For some boxers, that technique will work because the organizers will be forced to give more guaranteed money as a fight that got their name on it will be much more sellable to the public. But for Teofimo Lopez? I doubt he can use that technique effectively as he is not gaining much attention from the public which will follow him in his fights or at least got a massive fan bases. But since he doesn't have any of those, I don't know what he's up to or what he is trying to do with this act.

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Quote from: Vaculin on July 14, 2023, 06:46:46 AM

Quote from: cryptomaniac_xxx on July 13, 2023, 10:47:34 PM

^^ It's a different story though if you are going to ask Bud Crawford. But they both admit that they talk on the phone for at least 30 minutes just to be sure that they are both on the same page as far as fighting each other.

So that is good enough to know that at least they go old school, I mean they are the one who makes the fight and didn't go the route on "talk to my manager". And with that, everything is set now. We will finally see a unification fight at 147 lbs and this is going to be huge.

Let's just hope that all of that were true and that Spence is indeed genuine about what he is saying because it will not be the first time either if he will act like a fool again and make another circus in the following weeks to make the fight in vain. Anyway, there's two more weeks to go and it seems that this fight is already unstoppable because judging from the All Access, both boxers are already looking forward to dance inside the ring.

Props to Bud Crawford for doing his best to finally make this fight. He made a lot of sacrifices for this fight to happen. I believe Spence was finally persuaded by Bud after learning about the mouth-watering 1.2 million PPV buys of the Tank-Kingry fight which generated over a hundred million dollars in revenue. Although there is indeed a chance for Spence to make a fool of himself by making excuses like an injury. But I believe that this fight is really going to happen. Spence is not getting younger too and those sanctioning bodies cannot protect him forever from facing these young high-risk and low-reward mandatory contenders.

I mean if that is what Spence done in the first negotiation, called him and talk over the phone, then they could have fought already. But there are a lot of people behind Spence and maybe he block it away and just simply over the phone line and this two explain what's the impact of the fight not just for them, but for boxing themselves without talking about the numbers and who's getting the A-side, then I will really commend Spence for during that. And perhaps that's why they don't believed that they need to disrespect each other to promote the fight but mutual respect between the two.

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Although there is indeed a chance for Spence to make a fool of himself by making excuses like an injury.

If I remember before, during the rumored (or supposed?) fight between Spence Jr. and Keith Thurman at 152, the former's camp claimed that their boxer is not that fit anymore or in good shape to fight at 147 and consider it as one of the reason why Spence will moved up weight and won't fight Crawford. Regardless if that's true or not, still props to him for finally accepting the fight with Crawford and now finally settle the deal that takes several years in the process.

I can't say that both boxers are still at their respective peak, like the way they performed during their prime, but referring to being in "good shape", I think Terence Crawford do have much of that characteristic. Not spoiling the fun or being negative but as I previously said before, not until the day of the fight, there's still a chance that this fight might lead into unexpected scenario "knowing how Spence's camp drama and behaves" since then.

I like to add on that, just how Spence failed the fans during the schedule fight against Pacquiao, and same with you, until we are
not seeing them both inside the ring, there's still a chance that it won't happen.

Yes, and it could be a different outcome? But we all know that Spence suffered a eye injury or at least it was found on the pre-medical before they fight. So it's kinda disappointing not to him with the legend and it won't happen again. So it's a big lost for Spence more than for any boxer.

Quote from: carlisle1 on July 15, 2023, 01:25:41 AM

Though in terms of giving credits for both camps for signing and making these to happen, I would say they should bring this much earlier.
But, on the other hand, it's better than never, right?

True, at least both camps have settled down and talk about the fight and all agreed about the split and who will get the most money and then they included a rematch clause just in case. And now we are just weeks from this fight happening.

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Quote from: inthelongrun on July 14, 2023, 03:21:20 PM

Although there is indeed a chance for Spence to make a fool of himself by making excuses like an injury.

If I remember before, during the rumored (or supposed?) fight between Spence Jr. and Keith Thurman at 152, the former's camp claimed that their boxer is not that fit anymore or in good shape to fight at 147 and consider it as one of the reason why Spence will moved up weight and won't fight Crawford. Regardless if that's true or not, still props to him for finally accepting the fight with Crawford and now finally settle the deal that takes several years in the process.

I can't say that both boxers are still at their respective peak, like the way they performed during their prime, but referring to being in "good shape", I think Terence Crawford do have much of that characteristic. Not spoiling the fun or being negative but as I previously said before, not until the day of the fight, there's still a chance that this fight might lead into unexpected scenario "knowing how Spence's camp drama and behaves" since then.

I like to add on that, just how Spence failed the fans during the schedule fight against Pacquiao, and same with you, until we are
not seeing them both inside the ring, there's still a chance that it won't happen.

Though in terms of giving credits for both camps for signing and making these to happen, I would say they should bring this much earlier.
But, on the other hand, it's better than never, right?

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Quote from: inthelongrun on July 14, 2023, 03:21:20 PM

Although there is indeed a chance for Spence to make a fool of himself by making excuses like an injury.

If I remember before, during the rumored (or supposed?) fight between Spence Jr. and Keith Thurman at 152, the former's camp claimed that their boxer is not that fit anymore or in good shape to fight at 147 and consider it as one of the reason why Spence will moved up weight and won't fight Crawford. Regardless if that's true or not, still props to him for finally accepting the fight with Crawford and now finally settle the deal that takes several years in the process.

I think this is maybe the back up plan fight for Spence, to go up to 154 and fight Thurman if he can't secure a fight with Crawford. And that's what really happens though, as the first negotiation bog down.

Quote from: inthelongrun on July 14, 2023, 03:21:20 PM

I can't say that both boxers are still at their respective peak, like the way they performed during their prime, but referring to being in "good shape", I think Terence Crawford do have much of that characteristic. Not spoiling the fun or being negative but as I previously said before, not until the day of the fight, there's still a chance that this fight might lead into unexpected scenario "knowing how Spence's camp drama and behaves" since then.

I think they are still in the best shape of their career. They are just about the right age to be on top of their game mid's 30. We have seen Manny fighting bigger guys at this age and beating them hard.

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Although there is indeed a chance for Spence to make a fool of himself by making excuses like an injury.

If I remember before, during the rumored (or supposed?) fight between Spence Jr. and Keith Thurman at 152, the former's camp claimed that their boxer is not that fit anymore or in good shape to fight at 147 and consider it as one of the reason why Spence will moved up weight and won't fight Crawford. Regardless if that's true or not, still props to him for finally accepting the fight with Crawford and now finally settle the deal that takes several years in the process.

I can't say that both boxers are still at their respective peak, like the way they performed during their prime, but referring to being in "good shape", I think Terence Crawford do have much of that characteristic. Not spoiling the fun or being negative but as I previously said before, not until the day of the fight, there's still a chance that this fight might lead into unexpected scenario "knowing how Spence's camp drama and behaves" since then.

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Quote from: inthelongrun on July 14, 2023, 03:21:20 PM

Quote from: Vaculin on July 14, 2023, 06:46:46 AM

Quote from: cryptomaniac_xxx on July 13, 2023, 10:47:34 PM

^^ It's a different story though if you are going to ask Bud Crawford. But they both admit that they talk on the phone for at least 30 minutes just to be sure that they are both on the same page as far as fighting each other.

So that is good enough to know that at least they go old school, I mean they are the one who makes the fight and didn't go the route on "talk to my manager". And with that, everything is set now. We will finally see a unification fight at 147 lbs and this is going to be huge.

Let's just hope that all of that were true and that Spence is indeed genuine about what he is saying because it will not be the first time either if he will act like a fool again and make another circus in the following weeks to make the fight in vain. Anyway, there's two more weeks to go and it seems that this fight is already unstoppable because judging from the All Access, both boxers are already looking forward to dance inside the ring.

Props to Bud Crawford for doing his best to finally make this fight. He made a lot of sacrifices for this fight to happen. I believe Spence was finally persuaded by Bud after learning about the mouth-watering 1.2 million PPV buys of the Tank-Kingry fight which generated over a hundred million dollars in revenue. Although there is indeed a chance for Spence to make a fool of himself by making excuses like an injury. But I believe that this fight is really going to happen. Spence is not getting younger too and those sanctioning bodies cannot protect him forever from facing these young high-risk and low-reward mandatory contenders.

Props to both, I mean Bud is pursuing Spence but Errol might have some other plans, but then again, this is just a great opportunity that Spence and his team can't passed. They really have to do it before it's too late, like the Manny vs Floyd wherein Manny has shoulder injuries already.

So this has to happen while they are still at the peak of their career and no excuses for the loser because there will be a rematch clause.

And I think since the hype is building, who knows, maybe they can reach at least 1 million PPV or even more than that the Garcia vs Davis fight.

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Quote from: Vaculin on July 14, 2023, 06:46:46 AM

Quote from: cryptomaniac_xxx on July 13, 2023, 10:47:34 PM

^^ It's a different story though if you are going to ask Bud Crawford. But they both admit that they talk on the phone for at least 30 minutes just to be sure that they are both on the same page as far as fighting each other.

So that is good enough to know that at least they go old school, I mean they are the one who makes the fight and didn't go the route on "talk to my manager". And with that, everything is set now. We will finally see a unification fight at 147 lbs and this is going to be huge.

Let's just hope that all of that were true and that Spence is indeed genuine about what he is saying because it will not be the first time either if he will act like a fool again and make another circus in the following weeks to make the fight in vain. Anyway, there's two more weeks to go and it seems that this fight is already unstoppable because judging from the All Access, both boxers are already looking forward to dance inside the ring.

Props to Bud Crawford for doing his best to finally make this fight. He made a lot of sacrifices for this fight to happen. I believe Spence was finally persuaded by Bud after learning about the mouth-watering 1.2 million PPV buys of the Tank-Kingry fight which generated over a hundred million dollars in revenue. Although there is indeed a chance for Spence to make a fool of himself by making excuses like an injury. But I believe that this fight is really going to happen. Spence is not getting younger too and those sanctioning bodies cannot protect him forever from facing these young high-risk and low-reward mandatory contenders.

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So much for his image?

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According to a report on TMZ, undisputed lightweight world champion Devin Haney was arrested on Thursday morning following a night out in Hollywood, California.

Law enforcement sources indicate to TMZ that they found a semi-automatic handgun in his car during a routine traffic stop.

https://www.boxingscene.com/devin-haney-arrested-hollywood-over-firearm-found-car--176113

But he is out because he posted a bail, but why does he has to carry a weapon?

For safety, I guess? Because apart from that, why would he carry a weapon inside his car and since he was arrested, then that gun was probably not registered to him because if that was registered then there should be no ruckus involving his name.

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There is also a news that Teo Lopez is back and is looking for a 140 lbs clash with Devin Haney. We all know that Teo said that he has officially retired after beating Josh Taylor. Now, WBO has order a fight between Arnold Barboza and Jose Ramirez. But Lopez was given 24 hours to respond and block that fight and so he did. But he wanted Haney in his return as Devin says that he will move up in weight. So lots of interesting development here.

Not to boast but I expected this to happen, not to Devin Haney as a target specifically but I already thought that Teo Lopez might surprise us again as he now feel the urge to be somebody as he is now a champion at 140 lbs. because there is no sense at all in retirement at such an early age after winning a championship.

Any boxer would not think Teo was serious about his retirement. He just did the best performance of his entire career to win against Taylor so it didn't make sense seeing him retire. Somehow a boxer who comes back after retirement will be talked for awhile. Now that he had achieved some greatness, he will need to aim higher and beat up the undisputed champs above him.

Would they get bigger pay if they once tried retiring? He isn't the first to have done this so it must be something for such gain.

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