Comments Thread For: In a Season of Rematches, Browne Wants His Against Pascal or Jack

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By Mitch Abramson - Gervonta Davis's star power and ability to attract fans has dominated the storylines heading into Saturday's Showtime-televised card in Atlanta. But underneath his title fight with Yuriorkis Gamboa, beneath the deserved hype for one of the sport's top young talents, resides an intriguing matchup between Badou Jack and Jean...
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[Kiowhatta]

The 175-pound divisions considerable and dynamic intrigues keep slipping or getting buried under hype from other divisions, but IMO, this division is where it's at.

Beterbiev is the unheralded unified champion after taking out Gvozdyk, Canelo completed his cherry-pick of the weary and tired Kovalev, while the contender and prospect ranks continue to swell with the likes of Buatsi, Browne, Jack, Alvarez, Yarde, and many more journeymen to add.

There's no excuse for the visual and awareness apathy/complacency that descended soon after Canelo messed up the whole overdue undisputed campaign that would have been underway between Beterbiev and Bivol, with both now taking eerily quiet positions over the new year.

Bivol has not faced a meaningful opponent in some time, and how long can Beterbiev hang on to the IBF and WBC belts without a mandatory being shoved in his face by the IBF?

Let's get this interim rubbish out of the way and get back to the real creme of the LHW division which is Bivol v Beterbiev.

Yes, there's still Smith Jr, Eleider Alvarez, Mikhalin, Yarde, Buatsi, Monaghan, Chilemba, Kovalev, Ramirez, and a whole bunch of serious fringe fighters that give this division its depth.

However, no due respect or attention has been given to the 175 pounders since Joe Smith Jr knocked a 52-year-old Hopkins through the ropes some moons ago.

And the strange thing is, this division has had the requisite drama, tension, rivalry, depth, talent and intrigue possibly more than any other division, but perhaps because no significant North American was in the mix, the boxing media is apathetic - which is to say they are pathetic, and pathetically still invested in investing in North American stars to get the boxing public interested.

If they wanted to,- Bivol, Beterbiev and Buatsi consist of the tripartite of interest, with plenty of history, mystery and connivery to go round a 24-hour media cycle.

But no...we must deify the weight-challenged stocky precocious talent of 'Tank' Davis, a fighter who has blown whole cards out from the scales.

Is he rehabilitated now? Forgiven? have the pugilist scribes released him from his damnation?

[Boksfan]

Browne got his ass whooped by Pascal so badly he still can't sit down.

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Dont mention the Kalajdzic rematch, he had no interest in that.

[BlackHawk2017]

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY, BOXING is DEAD...

So many ROBBERIES, WHAT a SHAME...