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Fight night!! Showtime is free this weekend so everyone can watch Allakhverdiev-Broner.

Broner needs this win in the worst way, He weighed in at 138½ which is probably a good sign that he's been training harder for this fight than previous ones. IMO that's fair to assume..

One of the issues with Broner is that he was out partying leading up to fights, That's why many serious boxing fans kinda find him obnoxious. (and why some root for him - he tried to represent some sort of glamorous boxing lifestyle).. He obviously idolizes Mayweather..

Weights: Broner 138.5, Allakhverdiev 139

Weights: Lucas Matthysse 139.4 , Viktor Postol 139.4


Should be interesting to see how Broner looks at 139.. he's talked alot of **** about fighting at 147 again, which is where he took his first professional loss (to Marcos Maidana)
 
Joe Louis holds the record for consecutive Heavyweight title defenses at 25, Larry Holmes had 20, Klitschko is up to 18. The Fury-Klitschko fight has been rescheduled for Nov. 28th - Which is going to be a glorious day for boxing.

Fury is 6'9" 260 lbs. Wlad is 6'6" 246, but should be able to control the fight with his Jab.

Sources close to the situation have advised BoxingScene.com that a tripleheader is being finalized for November 28th at the newly constructed Videotron Center in Quebec City, Quebec.The three fights will be broadcast by Showtime.

Newly crowned IBF super middleweight champion James Degale (21-1) will face former champion and fan favorite Lucian Bute (32-2) in the main event. Degale picked up the vacant title when he won an unanimous decision over Andre Dirrell in May. Bute returned from a year and a half absence in August when he stopped Andrea Di Luisa of Italy.

WBC #1 ranked contender Isaac Chilemba will battle Eleider Alvarez in a fight to produce a mandatory challenger for WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson.

A fight between Artur Beterbiev who is ranked #2 by the IBF and #8 ranked Sullivan Barrera was being negotiated to determine the organization's mandatory challenger for Sergey Kovalev.

Our sources indicate that Barrera's promoter Main Events will likely pull out of the October 5th purse bid later today. Barrera has had issues obtaining a visa to travel to Canada and will probably not have his immigration issues cleared up before the November 28th date of the fight which means Beterbiev will face an opponent to be determined in the near future.
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Bute is a damn entertaining fighter to watch. He got obliterated by Carl Froch though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhmWEm_hqg8
 
I think I saw the next great heavyweight fight last night, Joseph Parker (16-0 14ko's) he's sharp and light on his feet. Next fight is Dec 5th, he's on track for a title shot in 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfoRlzjMij4


Wlad's sparring partner, here's what he had to say about him.

"He's extremely talented," Klitschko told ESPN.com of sparring partner Parker. "He's strong but he is very different from [Englishman] Anthony Joshua even though they are both very determined and very tough. I see myself in Joseph in a certain way. I can't say anything negative.
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That's some beautiful stuff right there.

I am so hyped for tomorrow night and I, thankfully, found a place to watch the pugilistic showdown!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8mDliRpmIc
 
Golovkin and Chocolatito put on a good show.

I forgot to mention 2 time gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko in this thread..He's got a claim to be greatest amateur boxer EVER. Not a typo, his amateur record was 396-1.. He's 27. and won a title belt in his 2nd career right.

Some say he can make a case for top-5 p4p and he doesn't even have 10 pro fights yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNp_UtFAGk
 
PG_AB said:
Golovkin and Chocolatito put on a good show.

I forgot to mention 2 time gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko in this thread..He's got a claim to be greatest amateur boxer EVER. Not a typo, his amateur record was 396-1.. He's 27. and won a title belt in his 2nd career right.

Some say he can make a case for top-5 p4p and he doesn't even have 10 pro fights yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNp_UtFAGk
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Indeed they did. Both came correct in their respective weight classes. They were a joy to watch.

Did you get to see that Fonfara vs Cleverly bout? Some are saying it was the fight of the year. I'm still looking to locate a stream of it.

Also, what say you in regards to the complaints that GGG is asking too much in regards to a future match between him and the winner of the C/C match?
 
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Indeed they did. Both came correct in their respective weight classes. They were a joy to watch.

Did you get to see that Fonfara vs Cleverly bout? Some are saying it was the fight of the year. I'm still looking to locate a stream of it.

Also, what say you in regards to the complaints that GGG is asking too much in regards to a future match between him and the winner of the C/C match?
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I saw the Fonfara-Cleveley WAR, I'd HIGHLY recommend finding a replay.. it was the best fight I've seen all year, they broke the compubox record for punches thrown in a light-heavyweight fight, during the 10th round... The undercard (Kono-Kameda) was highly entertaining too, first time 2 Japanese fighters have fought for a belt in the US..

Fonfara-Cleverly even had a few windmill punches... I don't want to spoil it any further, but yeah, you should really check that fight out..


Golovkin can ask for whatever he wants IMO. His camp isn't trying to find the the best resume builders, so it is what it is.. they want to keep building the hype/maximize his earning potential - HBO and Boxing Politics seem to be in charge.. It seems HBO will keep Chocolatito as a co-main event on his cards while billing him as the #1 p4p fighter in the world - It makes the cards very exciting.

I kinda want to see GGG vs Quillin tbh. Cotto would really be quite the spectacle though..
 
According to a report at Sports Illustrated, former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver failed a drug test for his fight with Steve Cunningham in August, testing positive for a banned substance prior to the bout on both the "A" and "B" samples.

If so, this would be the second failed drug test for Tarver, 46, in the last three years. He also failed a test when he drew with Lateef Kayode in 2012 in a cruiserweight bout. Now fighting as a heavyweight, he also drew with Cunningham on August 14 in Newark, a show televised under the Premier Boxing Champions banner on Spike.

Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KO) was suspended for one year by the California commission in 2012, and he could face stiffer consequences this time if New Jersey takes action, too. Tarver also wound up losing his job as a Showtime commentator after failing the test in 2012. He currently works as a commentator for Spike.


Synthetic Testosterone..
 
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