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EPISODE: Episode 1
We begin with an overview as we head into a clash headlined by Amanda Serrano and Alycia Baumgardner, but with a great undercard featuring Ramla Ali going toe-to-toe against Avril Mathie for the vacant IBF Intercontinental super bantamweight title, before offering a few quotes from Savannah Marshall who wants to fight Franchon Crews-Dezurn, the undisputed WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF super-middleweight world champion and conclude with a story from Cecilia Braekhus seeking a shot at Natasha Jonas and her three world titles.
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Can fired from the episode of boxing news today we’re going to focus on women’s boxing actually, because I was disappointed with the lack of attention that Avril Matthew was getting in her fight coming up with Rama Ali on the weekend on the undercard of the Amanda Serrano Fight uh and others: let’s go.
Let’S go over that particular fight because it is creating quite a stir in the boxing world as it should.
The women are doing great um, whereas in the men’s side of things, just take a look at how confusing the men’s side is.
You got 17 weight classes in men’s boxing uh, excluding the bridge away division by the way and uh not really sure.
If that’s going to continue but anyway and there’s only three currently uh fighter, there’s only three fighters who hold all four of the major alphabet belts, the WBA WBC ibf and WBO belts in their respective divisions, Devin, Haney, jermell, Charlo and Saul Alvarez um.
On the women’s side of things, you’ve got the women’s boxing, as you know, has 15 uh widely recognized weight classes ranging from 102 pounds Adam weight, uh 268 pounds in super middleweight Division and they’re.
Occasionally, fights contested for tests above that uh, but the talent was pretty thin.
Five of those divisions says uh by the way, I’m just quoting here from one of my friends over a boxing scene.
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You know it.
He has uh.
Five of those divisions have Undisputed Queens, uh French on cruise discern uh at 168, Clarissa Shields at 160, Justin mccaskill at 147, Chantal Cameron at 140 and Katie Taylor at 135 and and this upcoming fight.
As I said, I mentioned the Amanda Serrano uh fight um against Erica Cruz uh anyway, barring a drama, a featherweight in June lightweight, will swell the number of Undisputed champions in 7 and 15 weight classes and they’re partially unified titleists, like Natasha Jonas Jessica, Nery Plata, and Your Costa Valley, so coming off what could be easily is the best year in women’s boxing history, in the ring and at the box office.
The fights this particular weekend of Madison Square Garden, lean into one long struggling women’s side of the sport, seems to be growing bottom line.
They’Re fighting the fights he says well, women’s boxing isn’t knocking on the sort of big dollar doors.
Uh men’s boxing has, at the highest levels, were a far cry for the inconsistent ability to even get TV uh coverage we’ve seen in the years since uh Christy Martin hit the cover [ Music ].
That happens.
That’S happened twice in a row.
Sorry about that sports fans all right, uh, the 34 year old Serrano Puerto Rican born and calling Brooklyn home will headline this weekend at the Hulu theater in Madison Square Garden.
The WBC ibf IBO and WBO featherweight Titleist will face Mexico’s 33 year old WBA titles, Erica Cruz, Hernandez 15-1 by the way uh surround, has won titles in every weight class from 115 to 140 pounds, but never been Undisputed.
Hernandez is the obstacle in her path and lo and behold, they’re going to be going at it Toe to Toe.
As I said this upcoming weekend on the undercard at Junior lightweight 28 year old, Alicia, Baumgartner 13-1, seven Knockouts out of Detroit will carry her WBC ibf IBO and WBO titles in the defense uh against France’s 31 year old elham mechalad 15-1, with three Knockouts uh.
The vacant WBA strap will also be on the line, meaning the winner leaves with all the marbles.
It’S not just the belt collection.
It’S appealing.
He continues as author.
Not every Undisputed fight is particularly interesting before or during the fight.
It’S a clash we’re seeing between these top talents as well, and the women’s division.
Serrano’S failed challenge of Taylor last year, lightweight made for genuine super fight.
Uh Shields, who also has a lineal claim at Junior middleweight, holds a win over Cruz discern Taylor has a win over unified Junior middleweight Titleist Jonas.
Before Baumgartner won the unification clash with Michaela Mayer last year she won her first belt with a knockout of Terry Harper.
Harper since won a belt at Junior middleweight and she and Jonas fought a few years ago to a draw uh at Junior lightweight Cameron, defended her Junior welterweight titles and added two more vacant titles in The Clash of Champions with mccaskill late last year.
This he says, is a model for the sort of competition boxing fans say they want to see, and it’s got to be a part of why respect for women’s Boxing Around The World Is up, while the depth in any of the women’s divisions, still lags well behind The men’s counterparts, the top talents, are putting their best fit forward and there’s no sign of it.
Stopping this weekend could be a stage of possibilities like Serana versus Taylor II, Serrano, vs, Baumgartner or new forces emerging in Hernandez and Mike halot inboxing, almost as important as getting the right big fights is having the next fight to look forward to and thinking they’re at At least a better chance we’ll see it Saturday is a card that fulfills.
That notion now, as I said, is written by a Cliff Road over at uh boxing scene, and he happens to be the managing editor of that particular online publication.
Good stuff.
Just just fill you in here we got Amanda Serrano record of 43 2-1 for 30 Knockouts we’ll face Erica Cruz 15-1-3 Knockouts.
Okay, as I said, Puerto Rico versus Mexico battle for the Undisputed women’s featherweight Championship, as well as Alicia Baumgartner 13-17 Knockouts who’s, taking on alham 15-1, three Knockouts for the Undisputed World Super featherweight Championship which I’ve just described uh, it’s all taking place in New York City On February, 4th upcoming in a couple of days to be shown on the Zone, okay, but the undercard is where it gets interesting for me uh, because not only are you going to see fellas like Richardson, Hudson, Richardson, Hudson’s and John boaza, Rishad mati and klita Celine, But you also get to see Skye Nicholson, take on Tanya Alvarez for the female featherweight and championship, and here comes ramla Ali taking on Avril Matthew for the female super bantamweight and rounding out the undercard.
You got Aaron Aponte versus Joshua, David rivers and Harley Maduras, taking on Julio Madera great stuff um.
Now, let’s uh take a quick little back track here to my favorite uh Avril mathie she’s.
Actually, after this fight looking forward to taking on another Aussie now, afromathy currently loves lives in Miami and, to be blunt, She’s a beauty queen, and it’s quite glamorous you still just just Google.
Her you’ll see a lot of pictures of her in a bikini, but she wants to take on uh the world champion.
A blonde bombers and she’s recovered from her hand and hand uh injury, and she wants that to be you know, and all Aussie and all Aussie Battle of the only fans Fighters something I’ve not seen before.
Uh Avril has a lot in common uh with boxing world champion: ebony Bridges they’re, both glamorous Aussies, who have forged careers in the ring and on only fans and favel, gets her wish she’ll soon fight the blonde bomber she’s originally from Sydney is that run up.
The eight rung up eight victories in one draw so she’s undefeated in a professional career and now has her sights set on Bridges.
That’S if she, of course, she can get by Grandma, Ali and and bridges won.
The ibf featherweight title back in March of 2022 and defended it in a grudge match against Aussie, Shannon O’Connell last December um, you know, but in the in the in the process I think broke her hand.
I think that’s the injury, She’s suffering from uh Matthew said.
I think ebony is very intelligent and I’ll.
Take my hat off to her.
This will be a killer fight, though I’m really excited for it.
She brings it and likes to come forward and I never really take a step back, but I can bang and come forward.
I think there’ll be fireworks.
Um, yes, uh bridge is actually recovering from surgery to repair her right hand, which she says she broke before her war with O’Connell uh.
She had to have a bone taken from her hip to complete the job due to severity of the injury.
Wow it’d be interesting to see if she can even come back into the ring um anyway, and if she does um.
She looks forward to fighting with Avril Matthew.
Avril Matthew started boxing back in 2012, racking up 20 amateur boats before turning professional back in December 2017.
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In addition to her Miss swimsuit USA international win, she also took out the Las Vegas international model search competition in December of 2015.
anyway, uh hats off for a you know for lack of better description, a supermodel uh entering the ring and going at it.
This upcoming weekend against Ramel Ali who, by the way, is promoted by matchroom so uh.
If anything, I think arrival will will catch the eye of several other promoters who might want to enhance their female rosters.
Speaking of female rosters, let’s take a look at Savannah Marshall, who says she could challenge Fran, Chong Cruz discern for the Undisputed super middleweight title.
Next Marshall wants to go straight back into a title, fight and Cruz discern the Undisputed WBC WBO WWE and ibf.
Super middleweight world champion is the obvious fight to make she says um and that which is agreed.
Uh promoter Ben Shalom uh says he reveals that could happen in the first half of 2023.
, so the the female division is definitely heating up and there seems to be a lot of backing from the various promoters and they are certainly doing a great job of promoting Them on the big stage, uh speaking of the big stage, Cecilia break house, one of the legends of female female boxing – she says: Natasha Jonas, is amazing inside and outside the ring, but I believe 100 I’d beat her um and Cecilia breakhouse says she wants a shot At Natasha Jonas and her three World titles breakhouse wants to fight in the UK too they’re at the Forefront.
Right now, with such amazing Role Models, nobody could carry this better than they are um Society.
Sicily, breakouts by the way, is inspired by Natasha Jones, but still wants to fight her.
Norway is that break house had been a Trailblazer in the sport.
Her undefeated run spanned 36 fights and more than 13 years between 2014 and 2020.
She reigned as the Undisputed Welterweight Champion, winning all four of the major world titles and defending them 10 times.
She first became a unified Champion back in 2009 wow and as a veteran of 28 World title fights of which he only lost two.
She might be 41 years old, but moving up in weight.
She is targeting the 38 year old Jonas as we route back to the top.
Let’S just cut straight to it.
I want a title fight break house, told Sky Sports, both Natasha and Terry Harper are on the top of my list.
They both went up to 154, which is my natural weight division now Natasha Jones.
Ever since she became a professional, I’ve been a big fan of hers, but I’d love to fight for her belts.
Well, sports fans, uh thanks very much for joining me.
I appreciate it very much um sorry for the lack of intro there, which normally pops up uh but uh, I’m actually doing this solo today, um so anyway, remember to like share subscribe, hit that notification Bell and we’ll see you tomorrow for more boxing news headlines.
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