Comments Thread For: Light at the end of the tunnel: Bakhram Murtazaliev's ready to return in the UK

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As I said, beggars can’t be choosers. A fight with Ortiz would be good money for Bakhram.

Instead he hasn’t fought in almost a year coming off his highest profile win ever against Tim Tszyu. His promoter is wasting any momentum he had.

there was NO FIGHT with ortiz lol no fight as he cryed off with his crap silly clown excuses, his tail between his legs, i doubt u could drag him into the ring, so was ortiz willing to fight for NO BELT lol get a grip people like u fall for his crap lol hard to believe but true

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if the orgs had proper rules in place people like ortiz would be fighting at super middle weight most likely

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You are right. Kathy Duva has done business with Al Haymon, the PBC and Amazon Prime in the past when another Al Haymon fighter was involved Tim Tszyu.

Had Erickson Lubin decided to fight Bakhram Murtazaliev it would have streamed on Amazon Prime. However, I don’t know who Josh Kelly is affiliated with.

Perhaps, it’s Matchroom or Queensberry. If that is indeed the case. Then I cannot see a reason why this fight doesn’t stream on DAZN.

I just looked it up and Josh Kelly is promoted by Wasserman, which does work with DAZN. Maybe they're having a hard time getting on a card? Not enough dates? It's crazy.

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It’s right here in the very same article that you just posted in the comments section of.

“But it is frustrating – during that period of inactivity Ortiz Jnr was offered a fight with Bakhram twice and he turned it down. The second time he accepted it, and the next day came to the conclusion that he wasn’t going to be able to handle a second-day weigh-in”

If Vergil still has health problems making 154, why doesn't he just go to 160? Even at 160, I could never see Fishnets putting him in with Lara, Alimkhanuly or Adames.

[Bronx2245]

Lather, rinse, repeat with this "avoiding Bakhram" B.S. The reasons for not fighting him are totally legit. And the most telling thing about this article is Duva confirming what Lubin said was a concern of his about the fight happening at all: no broadcaster interest. So, if there's blame to go around, blame the broadcasters, not the fighters. That's a totally legitimate concern for a fighter. The broadcasters need to get their act together because Murtazaliev, being a legit champion, should have someplace with good exposure to defend his title. It's not like he's a minimumweight champion. He's in the hottest/deepest division in all of boxing. Of course, the broadcasting landscape is pretty dismal overall right now - it's not just a Murtazaliev thing - with Top Rank not even having a home along with PBC putting on only 3-4 cards a year. It's basically DAZN or nothing right now. Maybe Main Events can get Bakhram on a Boxxer show now that they just finalized a deal with the BBC, especially since Josh Kelly is the targeted fighter.

The whole sport needs to get their act together! Why is Jake Paul raking in millions? Lubin went to Ortiz because Ortiz sells, and Ortiz hasn't even owned a title! That says a lot about the sport, and the state of affairs!

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The whole sport needs to get their act together! Why is Jake Paul raking in millions? Lubin went to Ortiz because Ortiz sells, and Ortiz hasn't even owned a title! That says a lot about the sport, and the state of affairs!

Indeed, there's a WHOLE LOT to fix in this sport we love.