krackdagawd
Inspire.
so they breaking Floyd/Pac/Canelo/Oscar/Mcgregor?
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ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
TR = Fox News
Bigblackted4
Superstar
I’ll bet anybody it does over 700k
Roc Nation Outbids Top Rank For Rights To Beterbiev-Meng Title Fight
By Jake Donovan
Published On Mon Dec 30, 2019, 02:21 PM EST
Fanlong Meng’s first career title fight could come in front a partisan crowd.
With a bid of $1.9 million, Roc Nation Sports—on behalf of Rejoy Group /Longjoy Sports in China—secured promotional rights to Meng’s mandatory challenge of unbeaten World light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev through a purse bid hearing held Monday at International Boxing Federation (IBF) headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey. News
The hefty winning bid far exceeded the generous offer of $1.315 million submitted by Top Rank Inc., Beterbiev’s promoter and the next highest bidder.
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In accordance with IBF-standard purse splits for mandatory title fights, Beterbiev will be entitled to 65%—$1.235 million—of the winning bid, with the remaining 35% ($665,000) going to Meng as the challenger.
Representatives from both sides confirmed the news to BoxingScene.com, with the result first mentioned on social media by The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger.
Heavy rumors have the bout taking place in Meng’s native China in early spring, although there are necessary steps to be taken in order to secure the location. As per the purse bid requirements, a non-refundable deposit of 10% of the final amount must be submitted to the IBF, along with another 10% payment to be submitted by no later than five (5) business days following the hearing.
The mandatory title fight was ordered in November, with both sides given a 30-day free negotiation period to come to terms and avoid a purse bid hearing. The deadline came and went without a deal in place, prompting the IBF to formally order the purse bid on December 18—though still leaving a window of opportunity for the two sides to work out a deal at the 11th hour.
Beterbiev (15-0, 15KOs) will attempt the fourth overall defense of his IBF title, and first as a unified titlist and lineal 175-pound champion—the latter two achieved in a 10th round stoppage of previously unbeaten World Boxing Council (WBC) titlist and World champ Oleksandr Gvozdyk (17-1, 14KOs) this past October.
The hope on the Top Rank side was to stage this defense in Canada, to where Beterbiev relocated upon turning pro in 2013, one year after the second of two Olympic tours for his native Russia at the amateur heavyweight limit in 2012 London.
Those same games saw Meng (16-0, 10KOs) compete in the light heavyweight division for his native China, where his handlers hope to bring this particular fight.
Meng dropped a decision to eventual Bronze medalist Yamaguchi Falcao in the 2012 London Olympics, though not turning pro for another three years. It’s been a rapid race to the top for the 31-year old southpaw, who worked his way to the mandatory position by his 15th pro fight following a 12-round win over fellow unbeaten contender Adam Deines this past June in Macao.
The title eliminator took place as part of the annual IBF convention, with the promise of a title fight taking place no later than the 1st quarter of 2020. With the patience of allowing Betetbiev an interim bout now comes the opportunity to challenge for two major titles.
Beterbiev won the IBF title in a 12th round knockout of Enrico Koelling in Nov. 2017, marking the only time in his pro career in which he’s been taking that far in a prizefight. Wedged in between his two title-claiming wins were knockout victories over Callum Johnson and Radivoje Kalajdzic, the latter serving as an ESPN-televised headliner this past May five months prior to laying claim as the best light heavyweight on the planet following his stoppage win over Gvozdyk in October, also on ESPN.
Neither a televised platform nor precise location has yet been specified. The financial backing for Roc Nation’s winning bid suggests a trip to the Far East, with the fight to take place in early spring assuming all purse bid requirements are met within the next five business days.
Rumors have swirled of Beterbiev—a devout Muslim—opposed to fighting in China in protest of its government’s accused ethnic cleansing of Uighur Muslims, roughly one million of whom are currently being held in mass detention in the Xinjiang province.
Efforts to reach Beterbiev’s team for clarification went unreturned as this goes to publish.
so its a good chance ESPN might not air it lolRoc Nation??
krackdagawd
Inspire.
My son been seeing Scooter Danny s & c coach since the summer and he been terrorizing the 120lb weight class ima post some gifs later. Dude has dropped so many gems on me s & c has gone so far the last few years 
they have test to find out your slow twitch vs fast twitch balance
Breh was breaking down why a guy like Wilder has more punching power than a guy like Joshua it has to do w where the muscle attaches to the bone shyt works kind of like a crane in dummy terms.
Wilder is a freak of nature because his fast twitch wastes less gas due to genes so he is strong and super dangerous all 12.
ima post some gifs later. Dude has dropped so many gems on me s & c has gone so far the last few years they have test to find out your slow twitch vs fast twitch balance Breh was breaking down why a guy like Wilder has more punching power than a guy like Joshua
it has to do w where the muscle attaches to the bone shyt works kind of like a crane in dummy terms. Wilder is a freak of nature because his fast twitch wastes less gas due to genes so he is strong and super dangerous all 12.
chunky_mcdaniels
All Star
Beterbiev had Usyk on stilts
I remember this. Breakout fight for Usyk. @6:35 Beterbiev shows him the portal to the pearly gates though.
Damn that man can punch.
Gotta see Ward's reaction, because he's very logical and knows when it's some bullshyt. Dude can never really hide it.Exactly
They might have been on to something if the fight happened in May/June 2019 when the whole world was ready for it to happen, but....
they killed their own momentum with all of the weak bouts that happened instead. Not every rematch needs to be run right back immediately, but this was one of them.
We should talking about the 3rd fight now.
That hype is important, because I honestly don't think the first fight was that great imo. All you're doing is allowing time for the rest of the world to realize that.
Bigblackted4
Superstar
Guess what Pascal KO percentage is, and y’all tell me he’s not a puncher, KO percentage is misleading af.
he hasnt really stopped anyone of note or dropped somebody with a known chin like that...he has some pop with his overhand right..thats it really
Shakur Stevenson-Josh Warrington Unification Eyed For May 16
By Ron Lewis
Published On Mon Dec 30, 2019, 04:07 PM EST
Shakur Stevenson is to be offered the unification fight with Josh Warrington he has long sought after, if he is willing to go to Warrington’s home town to do it.
BoxingScene.com understands that a deal has been agreed between Bob Arum, promoter of Stevenson, the WBO featherweight champion, and Frank Warren, the promoter of Warrington, the IBF champion, for a unification, which would take place at Elland Road, Leeds, on May 16.
Warrington has already said yes to the fight and an agreement has been made with Leeds United, the football club that owns Elland Road. It is now down to Stevenson to say yes.
Arum is due to meet with Stevenson next week after the promoter returns to the US after a trip to South Africa and will offer him the choice between the Warrington fight and headlining a Top Rank show
Stevenson called out Warrington long before he won the WBO title with a points win over Joet Gonzalez in October.
“They are coming in to see me on the Wednesday after the New Year,” Arum said. “They can fight Warrington or they can fight at Madison Square Garden on March 15.
“He has got to decide, I don’t know which way he will go. I’m torn because I would like to have him as the main event at the Garden.”
Elland Road is where Warrington beat Lee Selby to claim the IBF title in front of a 25,000 crowd in 2017. He has since successfully defended the title three times, most recently stopping Sofiane Takoucht in two rounds in October.
Leeds United are presently leading the Championship – the second tier of English football – but May 16 is a weekend that would not clash with any possible Leeds fixtures in the end-of-season play-offs.
desjardins
Veteran
Stevenson can get Warrington
Lopez can get Loma
Arum allowing his prospects to get all the smoke
