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Thurman rematch! PBC PPV!!!!

I forgot that Albright was the opponent he failed the drug test against. Keyshawn fighting him again after their backstage scuffle might be a bad decision. I don't think Keyshawn is crazy enough to get himself disqualified, but I guess we'll see. I expect Keyshawn to be focused. He seems to have gotten himself together. I bet he'll still want to put a hurtin' on Albright, though. And I think he will.

Not sure if I care about this rematch. I think Martin would have been more interesting. It has a good backstory.

Albright beat Kelvin Davis (older brother), not Keyshawn. "Keyshawn Davis originally defeated Albright by majority decision in 2023, but the outcome in Texas was changed to a no-contest when Davis returned a sample positive for marijuana use."

Though unlikely, I'd like to see The Bronze Bomber get his mojo back.

Regarding Wilder vs Chisora: Watch this with my standard subscription? Yes. Buy a PPV to see this? No. Buy their "Ultimate" package so I can pay extra for PPVs like this? No.

Keith looked shot power is the last to go and his wasn't there Fundora has been stopped in the past by an opponent who went SUGAR LEONARD on his ass right, HOOK, right, hook I'd like to see Keith against a top tier opponent with a normal physique. I don't think he looked shot, he just looked lost. And Fundora has improved since the Mendoza fight, which he was winning basically every round in before he got clipped.

I have to say all of your post i saw so far make absolute sense.Its refreshing to see. Seems like the majority of the guys here are not boxing fans but rather fans of certain individuals which makes them blind for the truth. Thanks, man. I appreciate it. You make a good point about the "fans" on here. I pull for certain fighters - like Thurman for instance - but I try to call it fair and square. We all have opinions, but disagreements should be respectful. And funny, if possible. Too many trolls on here.

Zayas and his team have some serious balls here. First he was willing to fight Ortiz and now Ennis. Gotta give credit to him because that is a murderers row right there! And he wanted to fight Fundora for the belt he has now, but Sebastian fought Tszyu for a 2nd time instead (I think that was a right decision by Fundora because he made $ and gave Tszyu a rematch he deserved based on how the first fight turned out and giving Fundora the chance in the first place). So, Xander obviously believes in himself.

My boy Keith was getting beaten up, but I do think the stoppage was premature. I think Taylor is one of the best in the game, but I disagree with the stoppage as Keith wasn't defenseless, didn't go down, and was still making defensive moves and throwing punches. Would the final outcome have been different? Probably not. Sebastian was having his way with him. And maybe a further beat down would have prevented Keith from having another fight. I'm genuinely surprised at how poorly Keith did. Fundora was impressive. I think the only way to beat Fundora is going at it like Hagler and Hearns did.

Props to Zayas for signing for this one. He has two belts to defend and he's taking on one of the 3 toughest in the division, in my opinion. And props to Boots for signing as well and getting on with things since Vergil's management fumbled the ball.

Start with the picture from the story when he docked Morell a point on some BS call, how’s that “fan boy”?? QUOTE=Southpawology;n32590740] List the questionable calls… That was a legit point deduction for hitting well after the bell and after Taylor separated them and had a hold of Benavidez who, because of that, was not in a position to defend himself. Total sucker punch.

Taylor is an awesome referee. I have no complaints about him. Always happy to see him officiating a fight. Him slowly bringing his hands in to a sort of clap right after the fighters touch gloves and head to their corners is his signature move. I love that he always tells the fighters to "work out of it" and "hands are free". Such a great departure from refs who constantly step in to separate the fighters and let one or both get away with zero inside fighting.

My grandmother's resume at cryiserwe6us better than Opetaia's. He's still a nightmare style for Benavidez aka Pear Man. Hahaha. I don't know if Opetaia's style is a nightmare for Benavidez, but his all-around talent will be tough to overcome. Benavidez certainly isn't body beautiful, but neither is Tyson Fury. A lot of great fighters don't have fantastic physiques.

Fat Dave as defender prefers blocks over making miss Combos that alternate between body head have bypassed his guard in the past Ronald Caleb Demetrius or counter Fat Dave which Gvozdyk and Cuban Dave did I consider blocking punches as well as avoiding punches as "making you miss." And a high volume fighter is going to get hit. The key is not to get hit cleanly and to give more than you get.

Buff Guy Jai's SKILLED SLUGGER style would beat Fat Dave's swarming too imo the style puts him right into the line of fire of Buff Guy Jai fight would be good while it lasts as Buff Guy Jai is open for rear uppers a punch Fat Dave can throw Buff Guy Jai is a task for Top Soviet Bivol who has the fighting feet and jab to outbox him Buff Guy Jai jab is alright but not great David's defense (head movement, blocking with arms, etc) is very good. He can be right in front of you and still make you miss. It would be a tough fight for both guys. Hard to say who would win. But, though I favor Benavidez to beat Zurdo, we won't know until they fight. Then we'll have a better idea of how Opetaia vs Benavidez might look.

20 years ago as an young amateur I was caught at 72-3kg weight between 69 and 75 divisions. I dried myself down to 69 and I've got knocked out ,next time I went at 75 and I got the KO. The point is I never will undertstand weight cutting ,it just take so much out of you. Btw just remind you that before the Bivol fight Canelo asked WBC to give him shot at the WBC cruiser champ Makabu. It's seems 25 pound are not the actual problem. Canelo picking up Khan and Charlo two division it's ok ... Great points.

Ugas was the last guy Barrios beat. That fact should be enough to keep him retired.

Briedis may have been on the slide but he was still best in the division at the time, his only loss to Usyk. And Ramirez got absolutely washed by Bivol a weight class down and got a competitive decision against Hart the first time around. Benavidez struggled against Gavril and looks good against smaller opponents or guys who've already been knocked out before. Plus, he's never fought at the weight class, his rightful weight class. Opetaia has been on a streak and has been avoided for a reason. I have to strongly disagree about the second part. UFC has competition but on this side of the ocean they've acquired the best talent pool and pit the top fighters against each other at or close to their primes. That's the whole reason for a ranking system in the first place. Their interim champs are only stand-ins until the actual champ comes back from a documented injury, as any other reason goes under review and usually leads to stripping, (unless you're Jon Jones). In the last decade or so alone, boxing has misses than wins in superfights. May-Pac was 5 years too late, Joshua still has never fought Wilder or Fury, none of which are in their prime anymore, Canelo-Benavidez a no-ski, Loma-Garcia never happened, Tank has never fought Teo, Haney, or Shakur, Kovalev never fought Stevenson, etc. Once Zuffa finds it's footing in the next year or two, we're going to have a boxing renaissance like the UFC did when they had Anderson Silva, George St. Pierre, Jon Jones, Ronda Rousey, etc. If most everyone fights under one roof, we have much to look forward to. I agree Briedis was the best at the time. The first fight anyway. I remember watching that fight live and was very impressed with Opetaia. I still am. But you can't crown somebody as the best when there are legit contenders to the throne. Opetaia has faced VERY underwhelming competition besides Breidis. And he struggled with Cinkara. David's fight with Gavril was back in 2017 (the first one, that was close) and Benavidez was only 21. His resume is so much better than Opetaia's. It's not even close. You cannot deny that. And please stop with the "rightful weight class" stuff. If you can make the weight, that weight is your rightful weight class. As for UFC, I stand by my comments, but I'll also concede I don't follow it. I followed it a bit years back when there were more promotional outfits and the champions of rival outfits didn't fight each other.

If he really wanted to fight the best, he'd be fighting Opetaia, not Turdo. The Mexican/Ecuadorian Monster is so FOS. Zurdo's resume at CW is better than Opetaia's. And there are two belts on the line. Plus, this fight is staking a claim at Cinco de Mayo, looking to take over the Mexican holiday's from Canelo. But, for the record, if Zurdo fought Opetaia, I'd pick Opetaia to win.

Benavidez said in a recent video he cuts about 25 lbs before the fight is announced and then another 25 lbs by weigh-ins. He's a natural HW. Giving a guy a 40-50 lb weight advantage over a guy whose 5'8? I mean, should Inoue fight Ennis next, or what? Lol Bivol's a natural career-long LHW and Canelo looked way smaller on fighter night. Plus, Canelo just came off clearing out an entire division of previously undefeated champions, give the legend a break. Canelo sees Benavidez for the weight bully he is. No rehydration clause on a HW? Fight him with an unfair weight advantage? That's hilarious. You love giving Canelo excuses to DUCK. Basically ALL boxers walk around at a lot higher weight than what they fight at. Then they go into training camp and reduce that weight. Then they cut weight. Then they rehydrate. But the rehydration weight isn't their walk around weight. Even if Benavidez is walking around at 225, which I don't believe he his, he's not rehydrating to 225. At 175 he is probably rehydrating to 200. At 168 probably 190. And that's probably only 5 or 8 lbs more than Canelo. If you have to cut too much weight to make weight you're going to have all sorts of problems. That's why a lot of fights get cancelled. Guys passing out, being dehydrated, etc. Vergil Ortiz suffered from rhabdomyolysis, likely at least partially caused by trying to make 147. So, it's actually a detriment to be too far off of weight, not an advantage. But all of that doesn't matter. Simply put, if you can make weight in division, that's LEGIT. And, as Champion, you need to face your mandatories. If you don't want to, drop the belts. Btw, and this isn't the first time I've said it, Canelo had a GREAT run to become undisputed champion at 168. Very impressive. And if Benavidez didn't blow weight and lose his belt on the scale then Canelo couldn't have avoided him to become undisputed.

cocavidez first fight at his natural weight, it's kind of like a pro debut----let' see if he can fight "The only thing I'd have to gain by fighting David Benavidez is 25 pounds" - Canelo DUCKNELO Alvarez.

They wanted Canelo, who rehydrates to around 180, to fight this 225+ lb heavyweight. Which one knocked out Plant? They (and us real boxing fans) wanted Canelo to fight his multi-year mandatory at 168 and have everybody weigh in at 168 with no rehydration clause. Who cares what weight he rehydrates to? If you make the weight, it's legit. Plus, Benavidez said he's at 205 right now, preparing for his next fight at CW. Where do you get your 225 lb figure? And how much did Bivol rehydrate to? Canelo wishes he could have put a rehydration clause on that fight. Notice Canelo also didn't dare to take the Bivol rematch at 168. Canelo straight ducked Benavidez and EVERYBODY knows it.

Briedis. The p4p's toughest opponent and previous #1 at the weight class. Twice, at that. Zuffa's moving a lot faster than expected and just got a huge win today. Let's give them a chance. Briedis was great. But let's be real, he was past it. That's why he's retired now. I think Opetaia was right to get the decision both times, but both fights were close. He needs to beat the current best guys in his division in order to be the best in his division. Same with the rest of them. Zurdo has a better resume at CW than Opetaia. As for Zuffa, a recent post of mine seems relevant to paste here: Dana tries to make it like MMA has one champion per weight class. That isn't the case now nor has it ever been the case as there have always been competing promotional outfits, each with their own champions. Certainly, UFC is the #1 promotional outfit, but they've also acquired others along the way (Pride, Strikeforce, etc) and there are still competitors such as PFL (who acquired Bellator), ONE, Rizin, etc. I'm not an MMA guy. I'll watch something rarely, as I have over the years, but what I do know is it is RARE for the champions in other promotional companies to fight each other. I know it's happened on occasion, but I'm pretty sure UFC doesn't participate in these events. In boxing, however, the best champions (and contenders) from the different sanctioning bodies and promotional outfits DO fight each other. Often. Not as often as we'd like, sure, but it happens. WAY WAY WAY WAY more than it does in MMA. Not even close. So, what is this "one belt, one champion" BS about? Zuffa isn't going to fix anything. It's just going to make things even more convoluted. I'm open to them being in the boxing game, but this BS about "You’d have one champion in every weight class" & "We want to make the biggest fights that you can possibly make in the sport." needs to stop. The history and track record is there. Don't try to gaslight me.

Opetaia is the best cruiserweight in the world. That's as legitimate as it gets. And part of his deal was getting an immediate chance to become champ. The LW division isn't deep enough for a tournament worth watching. Opetaia might be the best. Zurdo might be. Benavidez might be. Mikaelian might be. Even if Opetaia was the best, he proves it by beating the #15 ranked CW (by IBF - #10 ranking gifted by Zuffa aligned Ring)? Who has Opetaia beaten to be considered the best CW in the world? I'd say taking the top 8 (ranked by TBRB or even the Ring) CW's and putting them in a tournament would be plenty worth watching.

Opetaia is the best cruiserweight in the world. That's as legitimate as it gets. And part of his deal was getting an immediate chance to become champ. The LW division isn't deep enough for a tournament worth watching. No he isn't. Zurdo might be. Benavidez might be. Mikaelian might be. Even if Opetaia was the best, he proves it by beating the #15 ranked CW (by IBF - #10 ranking gifted by Zuffa aligned Ring)? Who has Opetaia beaten to be considered the best CW in the world? I'd say taking the top 8 (ranked by TBRB or even the Ring) CW's and putting them in a tournament would be plenty worth watching.

Wilder was a bit of a fraud with a bad chin. Agan he did not beat anyone good. It was bad for his business to fight AJ. IMO, that is the main reason AJ fought Povetkin. He ducked Wlad too. Wilder's manager deserved a medal for bringing a fighter like him along as far as he did, cashing in on his hype being the only good USA heavyweight of the time , and carefully selecting older not so good opponents until he reached the top. You're wrong about Wilder having a bad chin. Who, before the 2nd fight with Fury, put him down? And Wilder beat plenty of good fighters, just not any great ones. So, you think Wilder avoided AJ? Maybe I read it incorrectly, but if that's what you're saying you're flat wrong. AJ always had the suspect chin, not Deontay. Wilder would have knocked AJ the f out. After the Klitschko fight, AJ fought timid because he knew his chin betrayed him. Who ducked Wlad? Shelly Finkel did do a brilliant job. Took a L O N G time before he was ready to fight for a belt. But, once Wilder had the belt, he fought everybody who would fight him. He never ducked any smoke. Let's be real, aside from Fury and Usyk, there weren't any great heavyweights in this era. Lots of good ones, including AJ, but nothing great. It's been picking up lately, though.

they are just trying to make some noise and a lot of money like all the other Promoters and Platforms. No dif really. Will it fly who cares i do not i just want more fights better match ups and more access to fight cards. They're trying to legitimize their new brand and new belt. And doing a horrible job of it. They should have built up to a title fight by having a tournament, which we boxing fans love.

as long as you can win the zuffa title without having to be signed to zuffa Good point. I find that Zuffa already gave out it's "championship" belt after only one fight in the division absolutely ridiculous.

So the IBF "recognises" the IBO but doesn't count it as a "unification". Why couldn't they simply "recognise" the Zuffa trinket? A nonsensical and contradictory decision and reminder of why we need to get rid of the sanctioning bodies. Imagine stripping the #1 guy in the division - twice - simply because he wanted to be active. No, it's not nonsensical and contradictory. They specifically said, regarding the IBO "(it) like the other sanctioning organizations operating in U.S. professional boxing, it is subject to the same federal regulatory framework governing sanctioning bodies." Zuffa is NOT following the federal framework - aka the Ali Act. Simple. I'm with the IBF on this one. Jai could have said "no" to the Zuffa belt. Had he done that he would still be IBF Champion.