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EPISODE: Episode 1
Join Neil the Deal on this episode of Boxing 101 on Talkin Fight as he dives into the much-anticipated IBF featherweight title showdown between Luis Alberto Lopez and Joet Gonzalez. Get the inside scoop on the fighters, their histories, what’s at stake, and everything else you need to know ahead of the fight.
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Thank you, Christ, the freedom hey good evening, guys.
How are you it’s me Neil the deal here, boxing 101 talkingfight.
com thanks a lot for coming out, really appreciate it here we are, I know it’s Tuesday, but uh we’re getting busy over here.
Lots of stuff happening so uh, sorry we’re a day late, but uh.
Here we are boxing 101 and again thanks for coming out guys uh.
I appreciate all the likes the shares the subscriptions everything’s been coming in Fast and Furious, and over here we’re having a great time – and I hope you are too so – let’s get into the show right away.
Uh we had a big big weekend.
I hope you all had a great weekend because I certainly did the fights were absolutely amazing and uh.
Let’S do a little recap of last weekend’s fights and I’ll tell you.
The Canadian content was Top Notch.
I loved it uh.
It was an eye of the tiger Productions.
We all know that they’re, the PowerHouse Canadian production promotional company here in Canada out of Montreal – and they are doing a fantastic job over there at Eye of the Tiger.
They had a big huge card there in Gatineau Quebec.
They got the no, they got the no, we love they got no great place to have a a good time.
It’S always it’s always fun to go to Montreal.
As we all know, it’s a great place.
So if you ever get a chance to go to Montreal and watch the fights definitely go check it out.
You’Ll have a great time uh, so they had a huge, huge car card.
I I the tiger there from uh Lac, Lemay Casino in the got to know, and it was headlined by the uh, the guy, that I was really looking forward to seeing the main event and uh man did.
He ever show up.
That was a Christian m bili embili.
He had a great fight.
He was fighting against a guy named Desmond Nicholson and uh man.
Ambili was absolutely amazing.
Uh he’s ranked number seventh in the world best super middleweight and he’s moving up the ladder he’s.
Definitely somebody that everybody has got ta look out for look out for ambili and I’m really happy for you, Christian being a Canadian guy.
I love the Canadian Fighters and uh man.
You had a spectacular, spectacular, uh fight that night and uh and Nicholson is no slouch or no pushover by any means he’s been in there with some of the world’s best, but ambili completely dominated the fight completely.
He used his high pressure tactics uh.
He definitely got inside.
He used a lot of a lot of combination punching with within the uh within within all everywhere.
Everything that he did that night was was really really well inside the telephone booth.
He literally had him going on big time.
Uh.
He used the body fantastic, he was, he was throwing shots up and down and all around his combination for his speed his hand, speed was amazing.
His power was undisputable and uh.
His ring IQ, you could see, is fantastic.
He uses he uses all the ring.
It was a smaller ring, which was to his Advantage, I believe, but uh man, what a display and ambelie is moving up the ladder and I’m really looking forward to him getting into some big big title fights the only guys guys, the only guys that are ahead Of him now are the big boys, obviously Canelo planned benavidez uh, even uh his his partner here, one of our buddies here at toggle fight Eric barzinian.
You know he’s he’s kind of the odd man out almost in in all these fights.
I don’t don’t know where he’s going to fit in or how how high the tiger is going to gon na bring him up from here, because he basically needs to move up into basically championship fights he’s he’s.
He needs he’s moving up the ladder very quickly and uh, and I’m really looking forward to it because he is going to really do the job and I’m looking forward to seeing him really.
He did not disappoint.
So all I can say is keep your eye on him.
He’S now 25-0, I believe he’s uh 21 or 22 Knockouts.
He is uh.
He’S he’s he’s a force to be reckoned with in that super middleweight division, so I’m going to be definitely definitely pulling for him.
Being the Canadian boy, I love the Canadian Fighters and the whole card was amazing, so I did take mbili on the money line and cha-ching.
We won that one I liked and Billy and uh made a little bit of money on him, but uh man.
He he really showed that he he needs some stiffer competition now, so that was a great fight uh.
The other fight I talked about last week was Steve, Claggett and again.
Stevie Claggett did the job as well.
He pretty much dominated the fight uh.
There was the.
I think it was uh Carlos Sanchez Valadez Valadez.
I thought he was going to put up a little better fight.
It seemed like he was a bit slow.
He wasn’t really uh.
He wasn’t really in the fight that much Claggett definitely pushed the fight um.
He he basically won every round that I saw.
I don’t think Sanchez won any of the rounds and uh he clag it dominated uh.
He retained his nabf super uh lightweight belt, which was fantastic for Steve and I’m looking forward to some of the fights moving forward with him he’s uh.
He won a unanimous decision.
Tenth rounder and uh in the 10-10 round went all the way, but man he he didn’t.
He didn’t lose around it.
So I really liked Claggett he he was amazing.
Again.
We were also talking about uh.
There was a a pro debut Moreno, findero findero, and he didn’t disappoint as well.
It was a four-rounder.
He won unanimous decisions, so uh look out for fundero he’s going to be one of the guys moving forward that they’re going to bring him up, but he looks really good and uh the other guy.
I talked about last week, guys uh.
It was our Scottish fighting there over in Scotland, uh Jay JJ ghost McFarland.
He was fighting for the Scottish heavyweight championship and congratulations Jay.
He won the fight uh last Friday.
It was an eighth round TKO in Glasgow.
He is now the Scottish heavyweight champion.
That is the second time that he’s held the belt, but he really wanted it this time and he got it.
So I just want to congratulate JJ ghost on the win and uh.
Excuse me becoming the Scottish heavyweight champion.
I guess uh he’s looking for some bigger, bigger fights and, let’s just hope he can get somewhere in the top 25 in the world and start getting some some bigger fight.
So we’ll keep our eye on.
Jj goes to he.
Congratulations! Jj, nice job buddy! For all us Scotsman, I’m Scottish and I love JJ.
So there you go uh.
So that’s what we we had going on last weekend.
All the fights were great uh.
I just want to say any of these Eye of the Tiger promotions have been fantastic and going forward, I’m looking forward to uh going out to Quebec whenever they have any of these and and really watch them, because they’re really doing a great job over there.
So uh thanks again, I the tiger you guys are really really doing well and uh over here at Taco fight.
We want to say thanks for bringing out all these really really good Canadian Fighters, so keep it up guys keep your eye on them.
There’S a lot of Canadian Fighters coming up that uh that everybody’s gon na be very surprised.
We should have some world champions more world champions real soon, so we’re going to talk about the fights this weekend, uh there’s a bunch of really good fights and a few that caught my eye.
The first one we’re going to talk about is uh Friday September 15.
2023 from the American Bank Arena in Corpus, Christi, uh, Texas, it’s a 12 rounder in the featherweight division, which is 126 pound, nine Stone, 57.
1 kilogram, and that will be for the ibf uh World featherweight Championship.
It’S going to be between the champion, Luis Alberto Lopez and he’s going to be fighting joette Gonzalez Gonzalez.
Now, uh, Luis Alberto Lopez is a fantastic fighter.
He’S got a great record, he’s 28-2 uh and he’s got 16 16 wins by way of knockout.
You know he’s got some power.
I’Ve seen a bunch of his fights, he’s uh he’s a really he’s a pressure fighter.
I always love pressure Fighters, like I said guys, um pressure fighters to be are the guys that you know they want to get in there.
They want to do the job and it’s a little more old school than just hanging out on the outside, throwing your job.
You know combos staying in there just trying to get the lucky punch.
This guy comes to fight every time he dons the gloves.
So uh he’s a really really good little fighter.
I really like him he’s a ranked number one by Ring magazine and uh he’s fought some big Fighters like he’s fought Conlin.
He fought Josh Warrington, Michael Conan and Josh Warrington uh.
He beat those two guys uh and uh.
He he looks.
He looks really really good to me.
This fight is really going to be good.
Now.
Joette Gonzalez is a great fighter too uh he’s 26 and three he’s got 15.
Uh wins by way of knockout, um and uh he’s our number one ranked number one by the WBO and number 13 by the IVF and he’s fought some big boys too.
He fought Emmanuel navarrette who we uh.
We talked about a few uh about a month or so ago.
Maybe a bit more, he fought navrat he’s fought Shakur Stevenson, so he’s been in there with some big boys too and he’s no pushover.
This is going to be a heck of a fight.
I I think they’re they’re they’re, both they’re, both pretty even when it comes to uh.
You know their experience, but I truly believe that Alberto Lopez, Luis, has a little bit more power uh.
He seems to work the ring a little better.
He seems to control the fights a little better, um and uh, I’m just looking at it being a very, very good fight.
So that’s going to be on uh Friday night on the 15th it’s going to be broadcast by ESPN 11 p.
m.
Eastern Standard Time, 8 P.
M.
Pacific time and uh it’s going to be at Sky Sports at 4 a.
m.
British standard time, so you can also stream it at ESPN plus but uh.
It’S gon na be a it’s.
It’S a big fight.
I mean it’s for the featherweight World Championship the ibf and uh Lopez.
All the fights I’ve seen him in very exciting fighter.
Uh uses uses all his talents every time he comes out.
So hopefully you guys watch that one I’ll definitely be watching and uh.
I’M really looking forward to it, so that’s the the big one that I’m looking at looking at this weekend now the uh, the odds on the fight are Lopez is minus 710 and Gonzalez is Plus 450.
.
So I I like Lopez.
Even at the minus 710 I’m gon na take Lopez, I’m going to take it any unanimous decision.
I think it’ll go all the way, but it’ll be a majority unanimous decision.
Uh Gonzalez is not going to give up easily I’ll.
Tell you that much so, let’s hope.
Uh, let’s hope they uh, they have a good fight, I’m sure they will.
You guys will enjoy it.
I sure I’m sure I’m going to and uh the other fight that I was looking at is Saturday September 16th.
2023.
This Saturday, it’s a 12 rounder in the lightweight division, from the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California, uh, a big guy that I’ve been looking at he’s been moving up the lateral you know the last couple of years he’s got a huge record and I’m really looking forward To seeing him fight, that’s going to be William zepeda zepeda versus mercito guesta guesta.
Now zapeda is 28-0.
He’S got 24 wins by knockout.
He’S got lots of power, uh guest has 34 3 and 3 he’s got 17 wins by knockout.
I think zapeda is going to be moving up the ladder in that lightweight Division.
I mean there’s so many guys in that division he’s going to get a title shot real soon.
I think this is just one more stepping stone for him to uh move up to uh to the big boys, so keep your eye on as a pay to fight the broadcast is going to be on to Zone 8 P.
M.
Eastern Standard Time, 5 p.
m.
Pacific Standard Time and 1 a.
m British standard time uh zepeda is minus 1200.
Oddsmakers got him at minus 1200.
guess that is plus 800 and I think I’m going to take a zapeda, knockout, seventh or eighth round.
He should knock him out and uh moving forward.
I think Cepeda is going to be in the mix in that lightweight division.
There’S so many guys, so we’ll see how it goes, but I’m really looking forward to it.
So that’s what I got for you this week guys I really appreciate you coming out.
Hopefully you have yourselves a nice week and uh just want to thank all the guys here at talk and fight, as well as all the people behind the scenes and the hosts thanks.
A lot guys everything’s been going great, remember always share like subscribe and uh, like, I always say, always get better, not bitter.
It’S the only way all right guys enjoy the fights we’ll see you uh Friday on the panel with uh, the big guy Tim Witherspoon, two-time, heavyweight champion of the world.
Of course, Mike your big Mike knuckle up we’ll be there big, Lou, Lou Eisen, hopefully will be there with us.
Grumpy.
Graham and myself, we’ll see you Friday have yourselves a great week and uh take care of yourselves foreign [, Music, ]
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