Tanahashi Coates
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“Stop asking about Charlo
Push Mungia ASK Mungia …DONT MENTION CHARLO“
37 yr old - Boo Boo Andrade
Why would Charlo be mentioned? He'll probably be serving a bid for not being able to pay a tab
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Why would Charlo be mentioned? He'll probably be serving a bid for not being able to pay a tab
Arum Pours Cold Water Over Beterbiev-Bivol: That Fight Has No Pizzazz; Bivol Is Sort Of Boring
BY SEAN NAM
Published Fri Dec 31, 2021, 09:24 AM EST
Bob Arum apparently has no appetite to see a unification match between light heavyweight stalwarts Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
The president of Top Rank Inc. promotes WBC/IBF 175-pound champion Beterbiev, who has made a name for himself over the past few years as one of the more destructive (read: entertaining) fighters in the sport. The undefeated Beterbeiv (17-0, 17 KOs) has knocked out every single one of his opponents, his latest victim being Marcus Browne, whom the 36-year-old Russian stopped in the ninth round on Dec. 17 at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Yet for all the intrigue Beterbiev presents inside the ring, Arum cannot say the same for Bivol (19-0, 11 KOs), a skilled and talented fighter who owns the WBA version of the light heavyweight crown but who has seen his reputation diminish with consecutive listless performances. The Kyrgyzstan-born Russian native exploded onto the American boxing scene in 2017 but since then his safety-first mentality has not endeared him to fans.
For that reason, despite Beterbiev’s propensity for producing blood-curdling stoppages, Arum is not about to campaign for a matchup involving Bivol anytime soon, bluntly saying recently that he simply thinks Bivol is “boring.”
“That fight has really no pizzazz to it,” Arum told IFL TV. “Bivol is a very good boxer. Sort of [a] boring fighter.”
Bivol is coming off a dominant points win over Umar Salamov in Ekaterinburg, Russia this past December. Once again, however, he failed to impress his critics by refusing to press for a stoppage.
A Beterbiev-Bivol unification bout would be difficult to achieve, anyway, at least on paper. Bivol is promoted by rival outfit Matchroom, who has a long term deal with DAZN. Arum’s Top Rank has an exclusive network deal with ESPN.
In any case, Arum has other options for Beterbiev, most notably the hard hitting Joe Smith Jr., the holder of the WBO 175-pound bauble. Long Island’s Smith (27-3, 21 KOs) is set to defend his title against rugged Brit Callum Johnson (20-1, 14 KOs) on Jan. 15 at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. Arum expects fireworks in that bout.
“You know, again, people look at the light heavyweight division, they want to see shootouts,” Arum said. “[For example], Beterbiev’s last fight with Browne. Like this upcoming Smith fight with Callum Johnson.
“Bivol is an excellent boxer, but he’s sort of boring to watch.”
reservoirdogs
Superstar
Nah, just trying to justify why he prefers in-house fights, more ppl would tune in for Beterbiev vs Bivol than any other fight involving Beterbiev except Canelo and maybe Buatsi/Yarde in the UK. Says his style is boring then bring up Browne as an example for exciting? Haha.
Bivol is kind of boring but also a better fighter than Joe Smith and is second in the ranks after Beterbiev. To my experience fans rather care about who’s the best guy out there than being concerned about stylistic matchups. Everyone who pays attention knows that (not counting Canelo) Beterbiev vs Bivol is THE fight at 175. Smith shouldn’t even got the win against Vlasov, run that back.
reservoirdogs
Superstar
Floyd Mayweather Hints At 'Exhibitions' in Dubai in 2022
BY SEAN NAM
Published Fri Dec 31, 2021, 07:25 AM EST
Floyd Mayweather’s next venture will take place in the Manhattan of the Middle East.
The former five-division champion and box office star announced he will be active in establishing a business presence in Dubai in 2022, which may even include a return to the ring of some kind.
“We got a lot going on,” Mayweather said in a video posted on his Instagram account. “2022. Events, exhibitions, and big business. We can’t be stopped. The Money team. Be on the lookout, right here, in Dubai.”
Mayweather declined to offer more details, and it is not clear if by “exhibitions” he means other fighters other than himself – but given the lucrative business he has garnered over the past few years participating in exhibition bouts, it does not seem like a farfetched possibility.
In the video, Mayweather is shown standing on a helicopter pad overlooking Dubai, flanked by two business partners, Frederic Delfosse and Keane Jonas.
Ever since his last official boxing match against Conor McGregor in 2017, Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs) has been a familiar face on the exhibition circuit.
Most recently, on June 6 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, Mayweather fought an eight-round exhibition bout against YouTube star Logan Paul that ended up going the distance (Per exhibition rules, no winner was announced.) Mayweather was reportedly guaranteed $10 million, including 50% of the pay-per-view profits; the bout, which aired on Showtime Pay-Per-View, reportedly generated more than $1 million buys.
In December of 2018, Mayweather went over to Tokyo to fight local budding MMA star Tenshin Nasukawa in a three-round exhibition bout. Mayweather ended up knocking down Nasukawa three times in the opening round, prompting Nasukawa’s corner to stop the fight. Mayweather reportedly pocketed $88 million.
Mayweather, 44, has spent more time since his retirement focusing on his promotional label, TMT, which backs Gervonta Davis.
The Middle East has become the unofficial seat of power in boxing in recent years. Most notably, 2019, the Saudi Arabian city of Diriyah hosted the heavyweight championship rematch between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz. Recently, Dubai hosted a Probellum card featuring Sunny Edwards in a defense of his IBF flyweight title against Jayson Mama.
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BigBrown21
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Big Frank wants to come at Fury and WIlder.
Ellerbe threatening fans
I have no idea why Ellerbe is trying to be the tough guy. He is far from that. He cant take the roasting, produce the PPV numbers for Tank vs Cruz fight...simple
KingOFKings
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If you had any remaining doubts about Teddy Atlas being a paid shill. You can literally get him to say anything these days.
Teddy will always be teddy...nothing new...cool guy in person though
KingOFKings
All Star
He tried boxing, realized he couldn’t cut it and then went the MMA route.
Let him fight like Pulev first. I doubt he can last 2 or 3 rounds with anyone in the top 35. He will either gas or get KTFO.
Back of the line.
KingOFKings
All Star
Yeah, the problem now is that non boxing fans still think he’s still heavily embedded in boxing and some type of boxing ambassador.
My MMA friend sent me this as some type of validation and I tried telling him Teddy’s opinion in 2021 is heavily influenced by $ and from just being jaded.
reservoirdogs
Superstar
This war between the two sports only exists in the mind of some of the MMA fanbase, they are trying to cater to them with this
It's been a lot worse than this like 8-10 years before when a big part of UFC's marketing was about "look how we're doing right what boxing failed at". Whoever they could sway from boxing they swayed them already, since then I got the feeling boxing became more popular than it was recently (not at the level it was in the 70s or before but that never gonna return) due to new stars and unifications becoming more of a trend than in the years before (positive effect of social media...?) while idk how MMA's popularity went at the same time. Got the feeling that it stayed like how it was in 2010 but I'm a casual for this, it could be drastically more or less popular than it was and I wouldn't know.
