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ChocolateGiddyUp
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PBC fighters are broke tho 
Imagine what Plentyoffish.com would’ve offered Tank
Imagine what Plentyoffish.com would’ve offered Tank
at who i heard ryan garcia is facing next smh...its def worse than tank facing a super feather
Bigblackted4
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is it gesta
Is this a bad deal?
Master WOAT finally bushed
For what lol. Link..
Not at all..but PPV
Jaron Ennis-Karen Chukhadzhian Co-Feature For Davis-Garcia PPV Show January 7
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BY KEITH IDEC
Published Mon Dec 05, 2022, 10:15 AM EST
Jaron Ennis will take a significant step January 7 toward securing a legitimate welterweight title shot.
BoxingScene.com has learned that the talented contender from Philadelphia will fight Ukraine’s Karen Chukhadzhian that night for the IBF interim 147-pound championship. Their 12-round fight will be the co-feature of a Showtime Pay-Per-View telecast that Gervonta Davis and Hector Luis Garcia will headline at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
The Ennis-Chukhadzhian contest is expected to be officially announced Monday in Washington as part of a press conference to promote the Davis-Garcia event.
Ennis (29-0, 27 KOs, 1 NC) is ranked number one among the IBF’s welterweight contenders for champion Errol Spence Jr., who owns the WBA and WBC belts as well. Chukhadzhian (21-1, 11 KOs) is ranked fourth by the IBF, but he is the leading available contender to face Ennis because the second spot in the IBF’s rankings is unoccupied and third-rated Vergil Ortiz Jr. is expected to face Eimantas Stanionis next for the unbeaten Lithuanian’s WBA world welterweight title.
The 25-year-old Ennis is a heavy favorite to beat Chukhadzhian. The emerging Ennis obviously would prefer to challenge Spence for his belts, but beating Chukhadzhian for the IBF’s interim title would give Ennis leverage in his pursuit of a fight against Spence (28-0, 22 KOs).
The 32-year-old Spence is expected to face longtime rival Keith Thurman next. Thurman (30-1, 22 KOs, 1 NC), a former WBA/WBC champ from Clearwater, Florida, was named the WBC’s mandatory challenger for Spence at its annual convention last month in Acapulco, Mexico.
Ennis is considered a high-risk, low-reward proposition for the 32-year-old Spence, whose high-profile fight with Terence Crawford fell apart late in October. Ennis isn’t affiliated with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions, either, which has made it more difficult for his handlers to secure fights against PBC-backed boxers like Spence and Thurman.
In his most recent action, Ennis knocked out previously unbeaten Canadian contender Custio Clayton (19-1-1, 12 KOs) in the second round May 14 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
The 26-year-old Chukhadzhian, a Kiev native who resides in Germany, has won 20 straight bouts since he lost his second professional fight in April 2015. Chukhadzhian hasn’t beaten a legitimate welterweight contender, however, since his three-round, split-decision defeat to Andrii Velikovskyi in Velikovskyi’s pro debut as part of the “Super 8” junior middleweight tournament in Kiev.
@ChocolateGiddyUp need that Tank-Hector Luis Garcia thread breh?
David Benavidez: "I Wish Nothing But The Best For Edgar Berlanga But He's Not Getting Any Better"
BY HANS THEMISTODE
Published Mon Dec 05, 2022, 09:22 AM EST
Having urged, pleaded, and flat-out begged the elite of the super middleweight division to face him, David Benavidez was relieved when he was given the good news. After years of back-and-forth trash talk between himself and Caleb Plant, the two have officially agreed to terms and will square off in the first quarter of 2023.
While Benavidez has enjoyed two separate title runs and is regarded by many as the man to beat at 168-pounds, his resume remains devoid of any top-level names. In what the 25-year-old hopes is a pattern, he maintains that next year will be a fruitful one.
In a perfect world, the pressure fighter out of Phoenix, Arizona will make quick work of Plant before earning his way to an undisputed showdown against Canelo Alvarez. Though his lofty goals are set, Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) is also thinking ahead. Luckily for him, the super middleweight division is jam-packed with countless young stars, including David Morrell, a man Benavidez hopes to get his hands on.
At one point, however, the former two-time WBC belt holder envisioned Edgar Berlanga as his future mega fight. Nevertheless, following an unprecedented 16-fight knockout streak, all of which ended in the first round, Berlanga (20-0, 16 KOs) has been mired in several lackluster performances.
Benavidez, admittedly, has been unimpressed with his young rival. While he’s still optimistic that Berlanga will eventually raise his game, as time slowly ticks by, Benavidez is starting to lose faith.
“He’s not getting any better bro to be honest with you,” said Berlanga to BoxingScene.com. “It can still be a mega fight but he just fought (Roamer Alexis) Angulo, a person I fought a couple fights ago and he had a really hard time with him.”
Angulo, as Benavidez refers to, provided Berlanga with arguably his toughest test yet. On June 11th, earlier this year, the 38-year-old veteran audaciously absorbed Berlanga’s pernicious shots directly on the chin while continuing to march forward. By and large, his relentless and effective pressure frustrated the New York native to no end.
Seemingly reaching his breaking point in the seventh, an exasperated Berlanga attempted to bite his man. Although he avoided getting disqualified, the 25-year-old was reprimanded heavily, resulting in a $10,000 fine and six-month suspension.
Benavidez though, is uninterested in chastising the up-and-coming prospect for his recent actions. Instead, he crosses his fingers in the hopes that Berlanga will develop his overall skills. But at this stage, Benavidez is convinced that the likelihood of Berlanga reaching the top of the super middleweight mountain is incredibly slim.
“I wish nothing but the best for Edgar Berlanga but I don’t really feel like he’s on that level right now.”