Comments Thread For: Akhmadaliev-Rios: WBA Orders May 24 Purse Bid Hearing For Mandatory Title Fight

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As the rest of the division's titlists pursue unification bouts, Murodjon Akhmadaliev is saddled with his second straight mandatory challenge. A purse bid has been called for by the World Boxing Association for an ordered fight between Uzbekistan's Akhamdaliev--the unified WBA "Super" and IBF junior featherweight titlist--and California's Ronny Rios (33-3, 16KOs), the sanctioning body's "Gold" titlist and mandatory challenger. The 30-day period for negotiations between camps expired on May 6, resulting in the ordered purse bid hearing.
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[VashDBasher]

Not sure how I feel about this one. Rios looked pretty sharp in his last outing, but MJ is a different beast. I can’t see Rios winning this fight at all.

[LA_2_Vegas]

Not sure how I feel about this one. Rios looked pretty sharp in his last outing, but MJ is a different beast. I can’t see Rios winning this fight at all.

Yeah he did look better, I lost track of him for a couple of fights and was surprised to see him looking so sharp like that.... it looked like he worked on his body/conditioning etc. and really transformed himself. IDK about the MJ guy, seems like most think he will win...still interested again in seeing how far Rios gets, ill be watching this one

[VashDBasher]

Yeah he did look better, I lost track of him for a couple of fights and was surprised to see him looking so sharp like that.... it looked like he worked on his body/conditioning etc. and really transformed himself. IDK about the MJ guy, seems like most think he will win...still interested again in seeing how far Rios gets, ill be watching this one

Definitely. I hope Rios can maintain the form from his last fight and make it competitive. I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do against MJ.

[_Rexy_]

Fun fight, but MJ is just beastly and looks better each outing. The fact that he only has nine pro fights should concern anyone in 122-126

[VashDBasher]

Fun fight, but MJ is just beastly and looks better each outing. The fact that he only has nine pro fights should concern anyone in 122-126

MJ vs Fulton for undisputed is what I’m looking forward to the most. It’ll be a chess match.

[_Rexy_]

MJ vs Fulton for undisputed is what I’m looking forward to the most. It’ll be a chess match.

Same. That will be fantastic.

[BigZ44]

This is a solid fight, things looking good at 122 right now

[GodfatherIV]

If PBC was smart they'd go ahead and win the bid for this and add it to the September 11 show as a co-main to Fulton vs Nery-Figueroa winner. This could set up undisputed a couple months later

[landotter]

Look, this is not a slam at either fighter, I just wish in general more boxers told these garbage sanctioning bodies to go pound sand. Could anyone really follow all that Gold, Super, Regular, and Double-Secret-Probation champs stuff?

Boxers train, spar, focus, give up time with their families and friends, sacrifice, and then put their bodies on the line so sanctioning bodies can make coin off their efforts for the "privilege" of wearing one of any 20 belts in any division. Along the way, really great fights get sacrificed for another layer of politics.

Sorry. Just venting. I need to every few months about these organizations. Then I feel better and go back to realizing boxers love to say they are champs and it will never end.