F--- boxing

One step up from Ali - Inoki and Ali - Gorilla Monsoon

 

It was a professional fight. Fury's WBC wasn't in play, but the lineal heavyweight championship was.

 

So if Ngannou won a 10-round fight he'd have been the successor to John L, Jack Johnson, Dempsey, Tunney, Louis and the rest?

 

Weren’t the Dempsey/Tunney fights 10-rounders?

 

Yes, but I thought all "world title" fights are 12 rounds.

 

Almost useless to project. If Ngannou didn't get the decision there, your only chance of it happening is if Fury gets the 10-count.

And if he didn't take the 10-count in the final round against Wilder, he may never take the 10-count.

 

Ngannou never hit him anywhere near as hard as Wilder did. He clearly didn't respect Ngannou which was definitely not the case against Wilder.

 

Since 1988, yes.

 

Two totally different fights on TRB last night.

Navarrete - Conceicao was a real thriller, I had Conceicao winning 114-112 despite being decked twice but there were several close rounds that could have gone either way. I had no issue with the draw verdict.

Stevenson - De Los Santos was dreadful, virtually no action, you could have put a fight between these guys.

 

Saturday is a super middleweight fight between David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade. I’m glad the fight is happening but it shouldn’t be on pay per view.

I’ve followed Andrade’s career since the beginning. He’s 35, a pro for 15 years. won belts at two weights yet never faced an elite-level opponent. He’s tall, a southpaw and had a great amateur career.

I’m glad he’s getting this fight, but I think Benavidez should win.

 

Agreed, this is the kind of fight that in the old days (off my lawn etc.) might have been on HBO or on a network on a weekend afternoon.

 

It's a hell of a fight and credit to Benavidez for doing what no one else at 160 or 168 would do -- fight Boo Boo. Sadly I don't think either guy gets on the Canelo radar despite the WBC threatening to strip him if he doesn't fight the winner. He said from go he'll never fight Andrade because he is everything Canelo hates in a fighter -- which is someone that won't stand in front of him and get punched -- and I don't think Canelo will fight Benavidez because he might expose Canelo's age and the threat isn't worth the paycheck when he can just try to fight marginal guys at 175 or cruiserweight and collect belts.

So I think the winner here probably gets Jermall Charlo, who is on the undercard, at 168, which is a perfectly good fight to be honest.

And I agree, I wish this wasn't on PPV, but if the price point wasn't $75 I would consider paying $40-50. It really is an intriguing fight between two contrasting styles.