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[Apollo Creed]

Murtazaliev: Charlo, Tszyu Scared To Fight With Me; Winner Is Gonna Vacate IBF Title​

BY KEITH IDEC
Published Fri Dec 23, 2022, 10:23 AM EST
LAS VEGAS – Bakhram Murtazaliev has stepped aside four times to allow three title unification fights and another mandated defense since he became the IBF’s mandatory challenger in the junior middleweight division.
The unbeaten Russian contender thus has no intention of allowing the winner of the Jermell Charlo-Tim Tszyu fight to defend the IBF 154-pound crown against someone other than him after they square off January 28. The 29-year-old Murtazaliev suspects, though, that he’ll fight for a vacant championship when he finally gets his title shot in 2023.
Murtazaliev (21-0, 15 KOs) made that bold claim after he easily out-boxed Mexican veteran Roberto Valenzuela Jr. (20-4, 19 KOs) to win an eight-round unanimous decision Saturday night at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
“Both of them are scared to fight with me,” Murtazaliev told BoxingScene.com. “The winner is gonna vacate the IBF title.”
Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs), of Richmond, Texas, is scheduled to defend his IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 154-pound championships against Australia’s Tszyu (21-0, 15 KOs) on January 28 in Las Vegas. Showtime will air Charlo-Tszyu as a main event from Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino’s Michelob ULTRA Arena.
“Within six, seven, eight rounds max,” Murtazaliev said, “Charlo will knock Tszyu out with a straight right.”
If the Charlo-Tszyu fight unfolds the way Murtazaliev predicted, the Oxnard, California resident hopes he is wrong about his perception of Charlo’s willingness to fight him. The 32-year-old Charlo is boxing’s first fully unified 154-pound champion of the four-belt era and is seventh on BoxingScene.com’s most recent pound-for-pound list.
“I would prefer to fight Charlo, of course,” Murtazaliev said. “If that were to happen, there would be four titles on the line, instead of just one title to fight someone else. Charlo would be ideal.”
Murtazaliev became the IBF’s mandatory challenger in the 154-pound division in March 2020, soon after Jeison Rosario upset Julian Williams by fifth-round technical knockout to win the IBF, IBO and WBA belts. He stepped aside to allow the Dominican Republic’s Rosario to fight Charlo, who knocked out Rosario in the eighth round of their title unification fight in September 2020.
Murtazaliev, who is promoted by Main Events, stepped aside twice more to enable Charlo to face former WBO champ Brian Castano in back-to-back title unification bouts. He has been forced to wait for his title shot yet again because the WBO’s mandatory challenger, Tszyu, will get his championship chance before Murtazaliev.
His victory over Valenzuela marked Murtazaliev’s fourth appearance on a Premier Boxing Champions undercard since he became the IBF’s mandatory challenger nearly three years ago. He was provided with those undercard slots in exchange for continually delaying his title shot.
“I feel they made a mistake because when I became the mandatory I was [27] years old and I didn’t have much experience,” Murtazaliev said. “Now, I’m [almost] 30 years old. I have a lot of experience. And for them, it will be very, very hard. Every year and every fight I am getting better.”

They should vacate, and im Spence im moving up and snagging the IBF from this dude lll

 

[reservoirdogs]

You don't know any Americans

Don't know how it matters here but yes I do

 

[reservoirdogs]

They should vacate, and im Spence im moving up and snagging the IBF from this dude lll

Saying they are scared of him sounds funny after accepting 4 step-aside fees If it bothers him that much he can force their hand.
They paid him because Charlo was up to bigger and better things, not because he's that scary.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Saying they are scared of him sounds funny after accepting 4 step-aside fees If it bothers him that much he can force their hand.
They paid him because Charlo was up to bigger and better things, not because he's that scary.

All these obscure cats do that shyt lol

Maintining Undisputed is a waste of time, Mell needs to move to 160 after this fight

 

[patscorpio]

We have an undefeated #2 ring magazine ranked Champion coming off two big wins… not wins off okari Metz or Liam Taylor mind you… N nikkas writing boycott essays

130 champion... who is a huge underdog in every legal gambling book possible...it is expected that tank bodies garcia not unexpected

the things you nikkas say to yourself to cape for a mismatch and showcase because you stan the promotion so much

 

[reservoirdogs]

All these obscure cats do that shyt lol

Maintining Undisputed is a waste of time, Mell needs to move to 160 after this fight

160 is a wasteland though where PBC isn't that strong either. They have Adames and that's it unless you count old man Lara or something.
Andrade seems to be with PBC now but iirc he moves to 168.
If Charlo can make 154 comfortable I'd still watch him against Fundora, Madrimov, Conwell. Also Bud if we get there somehow but need Bud vs Spence first

 

[aceboon]

Don't know how it matters here but yes I do

If you think we're sitting here getting hung upside by promotional companies until our pockets are ran with no illegal streaming options, then I think you don't know many in real life. nikkas are not paying for all these PPVs, we're watching links and got firesticks like everyone else.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

@ tune up PPV
You guys in the USA (and in the UK…) need more illegal streaming in your life and only pay for the good stuff. They are taking you for fools you can force their hands to stop with the PPVs if you collectively stop paying for them.

Yup. treat that shyt jus like a jake paul boxing card.

 

[reservoirdogs]

If you think we're sitting here getting hung upside by promotional companies until our pockets are ran with no illegal streaming options, then I think you don't know many in real life. nikkas are not paying for all these PPVs, we're watching links and got firesticks like everyone else.

I get it, maybe even the majority of you are doing that, still, somehow the model works out for the networks and we are seeing them making more and more of these fights PPVs

 

[patscorpio]

If you think we're sitting here getting hung upside by promotional companies until our pockets are ran with no illegal streaming options, then I think you don't know many in real life. nikkas are not paying for all these PPVs, we're watching links and got firesticks like everyone else.

this...i paid for zero ppv's this year..even the big ones on DAZN..although i still watched it on DAZN through the magic of VPN

there was a nasty precedent set with the amount of low quality PPVs for boxing this year....none of which were better than cards offered on regular ass TV

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

I know some of you here do that but if enough of you would do it, it wouldn’t worth it to the networks anymore and the PPV model would end up in the bin soon.

Obviously my post won’t change the dynamic but it’s funny how they charge you even for cards like Ortiz vs Martin, this was unimaginable even like 5-10 years ago. With pirating becoming more and more accessible at that, it’s crazy.

Overpaying is a real thing, networks make almost every half decent card a PPV cause they can’t pay the fighters otherwise with the increased purse demands.
Call me the bad guy for wanting fighters to take home less but if it stays like it is now imo it hurts the sport in the long term because it will reach less and less ppl by the day because of pay walls even on cards that are nothing special. It just doesn’t look sustainable unlike the “old” model where only a couple of true stars got the privilege to head PPV cards.

I agree boxing needs to go back to basics in terms of TV. They need to up the amount of free boxing on TV and make stars before looking to charge for a ppv. Sort of like wrestling. Name me the last time you saw a regular fight on TV.

Old man Arum has recognised this sent has said that he's putting on Haney v Loma on regular ESPN.

Ortiz vs Martin will do shyt numbers. Hell until recently Tyson Fury was doing bad in terms of PPV numbers.

 

[Apollo Creed]

160 is a wasteland though where PBC isn't that strong either. They have Adames and that's it unless you count old man Lara or something.
Andrade seems to be with PBC now but iirc he moves to 168.
If Charlo can make 154 comfortable I'd still watch him against Fundora, Madrimov, Conwell. Also Bud if we get there somehow but need Bud vs Spence first

With Mell having gotten undisputed he rubbing jelly on himself talking that not wanting to fight Spence stuff lol thats why im like only way that happens if he moves up. And plus at his age he could snag 1-2 belts and seal his resume as a multi division champ + undisputed

 

[patscorpio]

Terence Crawford vs. David Avanesyan Does 120,000 PPV Buys with Cris Cyborg as Co-Main Event
Terence Crawford returned to the Boxing Ring to face David Avanesyan on Pay Per View with BLK. The event featured MMA Superstar Cris Cyborg vs. Veteran Gabby Holloway and was available on Dish, Direct TV, InDemand and the BLK Streaming Platform.

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Terence Crawford vs. David Avanesyan Does 120,000 PPV Buys with Cris Cyborg as Co-Main Event
Los Angelas, CA, December 19, 2022 --(PR.com)-- Terence Crawford proved himself as the #1 pound for pound king again Saturday, Dec. 10, when he stopped European Boxing Champion David Avanesyan in the 6th round in front of a sold out hometown of Omaha, Nebraska crowd.

With 14,360 tickets sold for the CHI Health Arena, Saturday's event became the highest attended Combat Sporting event in the history of the state of Nebraska. The full fight card featured MMA's Only Grand Slam Champion Cris Cyborg in the Co-Main event as she battled Boxing Veteran Gabby Holloway in a 4 round bout, battering the veteran and dropping her to the canvass in round 3 before Cyborg eventually earned the lopsided victory on all 3 judges score cards.

With over 120,000's Global PPV buys the event is considered a commercial success for the Boxing upstart BLK PRIME who had strong competition competing against the UFC 281 PPV and the LopezMartin boxing fights on the same night.

Adding Cris Cyborg in the Co-Main event billing proved to be a smart move for BLK PRIME who capitalized on her debut success in Curitiba Brazil this past September where she drew over 10,000 fans and promoted the FMS 2 event on PPV which also scored over 100,000 global buys establishing the Two-Sport icon as one of the only females in combat sports able to be promoted in the Main or Co-Main promotional placements and to have strong commercial success.

Both, Terence Crawford and Cris Cyborg signed 1 fight bout agreements with the upstart BLK PRIME boxing promotion which means now that the Dec. 10 event has been completed both Terence Crawford and Errol Spence and a rumored female super fight between Cris Cyborg and Katie Taylor are able to be negotiated once again.

 

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