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Crazy power but a lot these look like rabbit punches? Even his last fight it seems like a lot of them are back of the head. Maybe im wrong and can be corrected
Crazy power ofc, just an observation
reservoirdogs
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Most are borderline. His opponents duck down low and he doesn’t restrain himself but keeps hitting them. A bit dirty but nothing outrageous imoCrazy power but a lot these look like rabbit punches? Even his last fight it seems like a lot of them are back of the head. Maybe im wrong and can be corrected
Crazy power ofc, just an observation
Dallas' 4 Eva
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Yeah my girlfriend kept pointing that out watching the fight that he hits on the back of the head a lot and she thought that was illegal and I kept telling her it is illegal, but if you keep constantly ducking your head down and leaving that spot open during exchanges the refs aren't gonna stop it because you're doing it to yourself.
NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
Mos def, he got Smith with a decent amount too, breh is going hurt someone bad with those boysCrazy power but a lot these look like rabbit punches? Even his last fight it seems like a lot of them are back of the head. Maybe im wrong and can be corrected
Crazy power ofc, just an observation
Knicksman20
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Prodigital
All Star
I don't buy the ducking debate with bud, cause he did legit have a contract to fight spence again, but now we will see. I just want him to decide quick, the whole fighting once a year shyt is wack. I'd rather him announce the retirement now or give boots a shot. Boots is young enough to recover from an L from one of the belt GOATs, and if he some how wins it would be a pass the torch moment cause bud is like ten years his elder. Nobody would be mad..
I don't think teo could take bud, but the lead up would sell the fight. Bud could take that boots fight and be two time undisputed at 147, but the shyt talking that teo would engage in would make get more ppv.
He doing the Canelo...picking and staying hidden. He should easily take the Teo fught and shut him up real quick. U got Roy co signing Teo and giving him props for besting former undisputed Taylor and what not..shut him down. End it. Teo is credible..for the time being. And there's no excuse why he has to hide from Boots..everyone saying Boots is easy work for Crawford...then shut him up. He begging Crawford to send a contract...lol
The Canelo fight is NOT HAPPENING. Canelo is trying to fight wack ass motherfukkers like Mungia..someone custom made for his style.
Beterbiev does weird ass short punches that sometimes go upside your head and turns the fighter and they get hit back of the head. If the implication is one thinks it's intentional..call him or the refs out.
NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
Black_Jesus
Superstar
jessie vargas shouldnt be on the list..he hasnt fought on PBC since that draw with broner 5-6 years ago
Lara-Zerafa: WBA Re-Orders Long Overdue Mandatory Middleweight Title Fight
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BY JAKE DONOVAN
Published Tue Jan 16, 2024, 02:23 PM EST
Erislandy Lara is back on the hook to honor a long overdue mandatory title defense.
BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBA has ordered Lara to next defend his middleweight title versus Australia’s Michael Zerafa. Both parties were notified of the development on Monday via official letter, a copy of which was obtained by BoxingScene.com.
“WBA rules entitle the President and the Championships Committee at their discretion to define a mandatory period,” WBA Championship Committee chairman Carlos Chavez informed Lara, with Zerafa’s team copied on the letter. “Your Champion status was conditioned to nine (9) months mandatory defense period. Since you won the title on May 01, 2021, the next obligatory championship bout is past due from February 01, 2022, and shall box against the official contender Michael Zerafa.
“Pursuant to WBA rule C.13- Bout Limitations – the champion may not fight a boxer who is not the official challenger within sixty (60) days of the expiration of the mandatory defense period.”
The two sides must reach a deal by February 15 or else the fight would head to a purse bid hearing. Under that scenario, Lara (29-3-3, 17KOs) would be entitled to the favorable end of a 75-25 split as the reigning titleholder.
The ruling puts back into play a fight that was ordered last March.
Lara is represented by Premier Boxing Champions (PBC), who informed the WBA of its plans at the time for the Cuban export to next face Philadelphia’s Danny Garcia (37-3, 21KOs). The battle of two-division titlists would have taken place at a 155-pound catchweight, with Zerafa (31-4, 19KOs) to have received an undercard slot and assurance of a direct shot at the winner.
None of that has taken place, nor have any of the three fought since the ruling or at all in 2023.
Zerafa went public with his frustration over his signing with PBC through estranged manager Elvis Grant Philipps. The veteran contender from Melbourne—who turns 32 in March—has been benched since November 2022 and has not fought at all since his management team entered an agreement with PBC.
The failure to deliver a Lara-Garcia fight forced the WBA to re-order the mandatory title fight.
Lara has not fought since May 2022, when he stopped Ireland’s Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullvan in the eighth round of his lone title defense to date. He claimed the ‘Regular’ version of the title in a May 2021 first-round knockout of Thomas ‘Cornflake’ LaManna and was upgraded to full titlist when Gennadiy Golovkin vacated both the WBA ‘Super’ and IBF titles.
Boxing Scene has learned that a tentative date of March 30 has been floated to resurrect Lara-Garcia. However, all of PBC’s plans have been placed on hold since Showtime Sports exited boxing last December after 37 years. PBC was the primary content provider for Showtime boxing since 2012.
No dates were yet attached to an earlier announcement that PBC has entered an agreement with Amazon Prime, where it plans to air 12-14 shows annually, with this year’s batch teased to begin in March.
TGB Promotions—the lead promoter for nearly all PBC events—has venue holds for March 2, March 9 and March 30 with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. However, they’ve previously held nearly a dozen dates going back to last November, from which just one has materialized—the November 25 David Benavidez-Demetrius Andrade Showtime Pay-Per-View event from Mandalay Bay’s Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas.
PBC has not staged an event since December 16, the final Showtime Championship Boxing card which aired from The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Any plans to move forward with Lara-Garcia at this stage would require the full cooperation of Zerafa. That move will likely require step-aside compensation, an undercard slot (which was guaranteed in the previous contract) and a written guarantee that he would face the winner within a reasonable time frame.
PBC could still move forward with Lara-Garcia even without Zerafa’s blessing, though it would likely require Lara to give up the WBA title, voluntarily or by force. Such a fight would lose whatever luster it would carry even with the belt on the line.
Should Lara opt to give up the title, Zerafa would be ordered to face the next highest ranked available contender. The number-two ranked WBA middleweight at the moment is Elijah Garcia (16-0, 13KOs), the red-hot 20-year-old southpaw from Phoenix who also fights under the PBC umbrella.