Comments Thread For: Barboza: I Want Alex Saucedo Next - If He's Ready, I'll Be Ready

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MGM Grand Conference Center, Las Vegas - Junior welterweight contender Arnold Barboza Jr. (24-0, 10 KOs), the fighting pride of South El Monte, Calif., remained unbeaten with a workmanlike unanimous decision (99-90 3x) over Tony "The Lightning" Luis (29-4, 10 KOs), a former interim world title challenger who entered the fight on a 10-bout winning streak.
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[Tbone27]

I don't think either of these guys is a legitimate contender but it should be a very entertaining fight. If ESPN has these 2 open up the main card then a lower weight title fight like Inoue vs Maloney, I'll be even more excited for Lomachenko vs Lopez

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I don't think either of these guys is a legitimate contender but it should be a very entertaining fight. If ESPN has these 2 open up the main card then a lower weight title fight like Inoue vs Maloney, I'll be even more excited for Lomachenko vs Lopez

No way they put all that on a regular ESPN for the Loma-Lopez card, but that’d be nice 👍

[Tbone27]

No way they put all that on a regular ESPN for the Loma-Lopez card, but that’d be nice 👍

I don't think they'll actually put Inoue on the same card as Lomachenko but Barboza vs Saucedo is basically a done deal according to the ESPN commentators and, I could see them putting the rematch between Franco and Maloney, or a similar caliber fight, as the co-main event.

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I don't think they'll actually put Inoue on the same card as Lomachenko but Barboza vs Saucedo is basically a done deal according to the ESPN commentators and, I could see them putting the rematch between Franco and Maloney, or a similar caliber fight, as the co-main event.

That would be a helluva card and probably wouldn't cost too much. It's all about matchmaking to get the most for the least. Saucedo and Barbosa would be a nice matchup between two contenders with a combined 54-1 record.

Franco and Maloney have already established they can deliver a barnburner fight and I wouldn't be surprised if the rematch gives you a late rounds stoppage.

All of that to lead you up to Teo and Loma in regular ESPN.

Off topic, but I remember the buzz among my friends and coworkers when they put Pacquiao's fight with Horn on ESPN. Most of them were just sports fans and didn't follow boxing but they all tuned into that fight. I can't remember the ratings but I remember they were pretty damn impressive.