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EPISODE: Episode 1
We start by exploring the upcoming bout between Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo, and take a look at whether Canelo is simply overrated, before moving onto Khalil Coe and his recent victory, and who Carl Frampton considers to be the Top 5 boxers, before moving along to ESPN and their ratings in various divisions, and conclude with a look at the money earners in combat sports so far in 2023 according to Forbes.
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Foreign [ Music ] fans around the world thanks for joining me once again here on talk and fight for another episode of boxing news today, let’s start off with uh the very simple fight, that’s taking over the global headlines right now.
That, of course, is the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Jamal Charlo taking place this weekend in Las Vegas uh Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez, an Undisputed Junior middleweight champion Jermel Charlo made their grand arrivals in Las Vegas on Tuesday night as they kicked off fight week.
For their Showdown headline, an 85 dollar U.
S Pay-Per-View event.
This Saturday night from the T-Mobile Arena, uh canel promotions will present the Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view show Canelo Alvarez said: I feel the love and support from my people and I’m proud to represent my country.
I’M 100 right now and ready I’m 100 right now and ready yeah.
Okay, I 100 right now and ready to show you a different Canal on Saturday.
Charlie was a great fighter who knows how to box he’s strong and has nothing to lose.
He came to my division to win it all, but I’ve been in this position for a long time and I’m ready fair enough.
Jermel Charlo says these fans think Canelo is the best in the world, but I’m gon na come here and show that I’m the best.
I do this for the dogs, the hungry ones.
I do it for the animals I’m made for this after I beat canel the world will be screaming.
Charlo Charlo, you dig now it’s my turn my time my moment, I’m Gon na Shine on Saturday night.
We can’t talk about it.
We have to be about it.
Come fight night, you’ll all see what that means.
Prior to that action taking place.
I just want to report a quick little uh Showdown on Friday night uh unbeaten ibf number two super middleweight Contender.
Vladimir shiskin he’s 14-0 eight Knockouts.
By the way I will return to action against Ramon Ayala 258-1 in an eight round match up at the mikosuko Indian gaming Reserve in Miami Florida.
So uh now fighting out of the resurgent Detroit boxing scene under the guidance of the renowned Sugar Hill Steward she’s confessed, it former world champion Jose was katugio via unanimous decision back in December in a bed that aired on Showtime.
So I just wanted to make mention.
Uh of his fight on Friday night prior to Canelo and uh Charlo, going at it Sean Jones over at boxingnews24.
com.
Has this to say about Canelo and I’ll quote him.
Some fans believe Canelo Alvarez is an overrated guy and an example of a fighter who picked his opponent when they were out of their Prime.
It’S easy to understand why people view Canelo 59, 2 and 2 39 knockouts are not being true, uh great and Unworthy of all the praise given to him he’s a good fighter, but you can’t help thinking he’s a manufactured product.
The way Canal’s management has matched him is allowed, has allowed him to avoid many losses in his career and turned him into a fabulously Rich fighter.
He’S like the 108 168 pound division version of javonta Davis, a fighter who’s been matched weekly.
His entire career they’ve been very careful, avoiding the dangerous guys that would expose them as flat Floyd Mayweather did and instead they had him, take the easy Road and the fans.
Criticism of Canelo includes fighting opposition out of their Prime swerving.
Those figures, as those Fighters include David benavidez, our debated Jamal Charlo Demetrius Andrade uh.
I’Ve already mentioned him Dave, Morrell Jr and waiting until Triple G got old before facing him.
Uh canelo’s lost to Dimitri Bibble was a mistake on his part, as he likely thought he was past it.
After his last four consecutive lackluster performances, older Fighters, Canelo fought Miguel Cotto James Kirkland, Shane, Mosley, Triple G, Sergey kovalev, Ryan Rhodes, Carlos valdemir, John Ryder, Daniel Jacobs, Arizona, Lara Austin, Trout, love more Nadu, all right, so he continues canal if you notice, when he falls behind.
In a fight he mails it in have you seen Canelo in a fight where he falls behind and he’s like? Let me go for it yeah.
I haven’t seen that you’ve seen him twice get dominated at both of those times he mailed it in as the fight was still progressing and that’s courtesy of Paulie malignagi uh when he was speaking to the ProBox TV site, about Canelo Alvarez being overrated.
We’Re going to take the L tonight and we’re going to go the distance and we’re going to go figure it out next time he’s a great fight.
I’M not telling you he’s not great, but you can be overrated when you’re discussing the all-time great conversation – and you probably don’t belong in the best Mexican fighter ever conversation yoza, you can belong among the great great Mexican Fighters, but not the best Mexican Fighters uh.
The fact that conversation is happening where the overrated part comes in.
Certainly people can have that opinion about a lot of Fighters.
Some people don’t think Mayweather belongs in the all-time great conversation.
Even though he’s got a 50-0 record, the top fighters in the history of the sport of Chase top fighters in their primes consistently, I feel like Nell – looks for top fighters, but he doesn’t chase them in their primes.
He actually looks to avoid them in their Prime and then tries to get them at a different point.
That doesn’t mean that he ended up catching somebody in the prime when he didn’t realize it for sure he was looking to catch Mayweather late in his career.
He was figuring, it was a win-win situation.
If I win, I beat a top guy pound a pound.
If I lose, I lost to a top guy half a pound, and that was Canelo early on as he moves along the avoiding Triple G.
After that.
Second, fight was almost unforgivable, considering that he probably didn’t beat him uh in either the first two times he got that decision and then ran away with it.
If he lost the sacrifice, he would have been asking for a third fight and Golovkin probably would have given it to him, because there was so much money on the table.
They probably would have fought three times right away at that time because he got the win over Golovkin.
You end up making the guy wait until he’s 150 years old, and that gave him the third fight and basically collected a check.
You got to give that guy.
Canelo credit he’s among the greats as far as generational Fighters that come along, but then you look at the list that Teddy Atlas just gave.
Salvador Sanchez was like 21 years old correction 23 and he was chasing guys in their Prime.
He took uh asthma, Nelson uh on three weeks notice.
He knocked out Wilfredo Gomez, talking about fighting Alexis Argyle talk about fighting guys in a prime Salvador Sanchez was gunning for them.
He had a scope on everybody in their Prime.
He wasn’t just looking to collect a check.
I want to see how great I am.
You can talk about Chavez, first, 40 fights and a lot of cab drivers there, but ultimately he took on some tough fights and he knew how to be uh.
How to be behind as the Mildred Taylor fight showed and staying believing in the wind and get a knockout late in the fight granted.
It was a stoppage that I don’t agree with, but he got a big win said malignani.
So there you go so where’s the wisdom from people who know more than I do all right.
Khalil big step at Cole remained undefeated as he stopped Kevin Evans in round two of their eight round light heavyweight bout, and this took place at the cree broil Resort.
In Orlando Florida and news passed on to me by split team management at the beginning of round two code, dropped Evans with a right hook, co-ended things when he landed a right to the side of the head and the belt was stopped as the apart fell to The ground at one minute, 21 seconds, uh, Cove, fights out of Jersey, City, New Jersey and he’s 701 with five knockouts, so uh Evan’s by the way out of uh New Smyrna Beach Florida is ten.
Two and one he’s managed to co is managed by split t.
Uh Keith Connolly group Ben is promoted by matchroom boxing.
We can’t get away from Eddie Hearn can we? We certainly won’t to the next story and what should be an interesting contest? Devin Haney 30-0 50 Knockouts will take on the powerful WBC 140 pound champ uh Regis progress on December 9th in a Pay-Per-View event on the zone at the chase Center in San Francisco, the pay free price for Haney versus progress yet to be announced uh having outgrown The 135 pound division, the 24 year old Haney, is moving up to 140 in search of a second division.
World title Devin currently holds the Undisputed championship at light lightweight, but it’s become too difficult for him to make the weight with the progress uh fight that progress by the way 29 and 124 Knockouts taking place at the 18 000 seat Chase Center.
The San Francisco born Haiti will be coming home in front of his fans in that City.
For the first time in his eight-year professional career, Haney has been fighting in Las Vegas, Mexico and Australia and winning well, the stakes simply couldn’t be higher said: Eddie Hearn.
I want promises to be an electric night of action in San Francisco and he needs the WBZ 140 pound title: a set of bigger fights against WBO Champion tfoma Lopez, WBO WBA belt, holder, Rowley, uh Romero and Ryan Garcia.
If everything goes as planned, Haney will defeat progress and then move forward to unification fight with Teo Fimo.
I’M super motivated for this fight.
So I’m not looking at him as a one-trick pony, I’m looking at him as a really good opponent, I’m not taking it lightly and nothing like that said progress about his title, defense against Haney.
That’S why I came out here early.
I could have still been back home and stuff like with my kids, but right now I just want to be super locked in.
Obviously I train at home taxes I’m serious about this, though this is my moment, and I can’t let this slip out of my hands.
I’M way slicker than what people think I have a chin and I’m strong physically.
If you put me and Devin next to each other, you wouldn’t be able to mess with me.
I I hit too hard.
I just looked at what I do to people.
I hit really hard and he doesn’t yeah you can box and run around, throw your jab and all that stuff that don’t do nothing what’s gon na happen.
He’S got a good team.
He’S smart, but I’m gon na have a good team and I’m gon na have a smart game plan.
Also, let’s move along to Carl Frampton.
You all might remember Carl Frampton, the British fighter, two two Division World Champ uh, weighed in uh on boxing’s current top five pound-for-pound Fighters after a series of cell performs in 2023, having caused many pundits and fans to reshuffle their decks, uh, The Jackal as uh call France is not won.
The well-respected Ring magazine fighter of the Year award back in 2016.
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First, wins over British rival, uh Scott quigg to unify the WB and ibf super bantamweight titles, as well as his victory against Leo Santa Cruz to win the WBA so featherweight World title just five months later, uh so Frampton has revealed his selections for the current top Five and following some standout performances he got, he said I’d, say: Devin Haney, number, five, Undisputed fighter, qualified lightweight, he looks to be maybe moving up now.
Let’S talk of it uh it’s hard not to have someone who’s been Undisputed at that weight in your top five and as we’re all known, as we just said, Devin Hayes, moving up to weight to challenge 140 pound to World Championships progress.
So that’s! That’S one out number four Shakur Stevenson.
I think Shakur is going to be number one one day, but just not quite yet I love watching him.
He needs to be going through the divisions, as he’s been.
I just uh seen him going to congratulate Terence Crawford and change rooms after Spence fight he’s a big lump, uh, there’s not much between him and Crawford in terms of size.
I think if you can clean up the lightweight division, as so mean feet, then he can go fight, light welt, weight and possibly welter weight at some point in his career too.
So Simpson, by the way, we’ll compete for the WBC light.
Wait: wait the lightweight Thailand November against Edwin uh de los Santos uh, the one heavyweight uh formerly Undisputed, at 200.
Pounds on Franklin’s list is Alexander yusik um number three music, Undisputed Cruiserweight champ moved up and got some big wins at heavyweight.
He has a majority of his belts at heavyweight, so two Weight Champion one’s Undisputed, almost Undisputed heavyweight.
Just one title to go.
I love everything about him, his character, how he fights his Persona.
He is a quality fighter.
Next up the Japanese monster number two.
In a way, only because of what Terence Crawford has done to Errol Spence for weight world champion inside 25, fights I’m trying to describe how unbelievably hard that is to do in boxing is difficult uh.
He is looking to become Undisputed at this weight Division and then move up to featherweight and he’s probably likely to do the same in that division.
But the number one on Frampton’s list, alongside most other observers, has Undisputed welterweight champ Terence Crawford, but became the fort belt champion at second weight class with a one-sided win overall Spence a fight, many felt, though it was a 50-50 fight beforehand.
However, Crawford won and he’s now number one I wonder in in the mind of Frampton anyway.
I imagine that the majority of people boxing fans sports fans worldwide would agree with me.
Three weight world champion has been around since a long time, he’s still competing a really high level and seems to be improving, which is mad.
His destruction of an elite fighter in Aerospace was spectacular.
That’S why he’s number one on my list, while notable absence from the list is the man who was formerly regarded as the greatest fighter on the planet? Saul Canelo Alvarez, the Mexican superstar, has underwhelmed and is three consecutive performances, but plans to silence his doubters and prove that he is the king of boxing, with his display against your mouth Charlie, coming up on Saturday night, a fight we’re all looking forward to seeing for Sure, now, speaking of champions list, I’m going to put this link to ESPN in the description down below uh 17 weight class, embarking as we all know, and ESPN has ranked them accordingly.
Um.
Let’S have a quick look and just have a quick see if there’s the women’s division.
Oh they.
Let me down all right.
So these are all all the men’s divisions.
Uh heavyweight they’ve got Alexander yusik uh Cruiserweight Chris billum Smith; light heavyweight Bev super middleweight, Canelo Alvarez middleweight, Jenna, back LM canoli, uh junior middleweight Jamal Charlo welterweight, Terence Crawford Junior welterweight, tifoma Lopez, uh lightweight Devin, Haney, Junior lightweight Emmanuel, navrati um.
By the way.
Uh.
We see I just mentioned him: Ramirez Junior featherweight, bantamweight, Jason, Maloney, Junior bantamwade, gento nakatani, flyweight, Jesse Rodriguez, Junior Flyway, Jonathan Gonzalez, straw, Wade Oscar calazo anyway check out the the link down below if you want all the names um.
Finally, let’s wrap up today’s uh story with a quick little report about money.
This is courtesy The Bleacher Report who confuse me with this article, but I’ll just read the the Highlight, if you will um several figures with ties to the sports world, were included on Forbes list of the 50 highest earning creators of 2023.
, so creators who are involved In sports, so just to get an idea of how much money these guys make uh YouTuber, Mr Beast tops the list with significant margin by the way: 82 million so far in 2023, wow in earnings, 20 82 million wow next up, Jake Paul 34 million next up.
Ksi 24 million next up, Logan Paul 21 million next up, some guy called ninja 10 million and then Olivia Dunn, 2.
3 million and some of those names you might recall, from our creative Clash uh feature a long time ago, but uh it’s good to see.
Uh Jake Paul putting his money into MVP, signing some really good boxers and making some moves in that area more so than others quite frankly anyway.
Thanks for joining me once again here on talk, if I appreciate it remember to like share subscribe hit that notification Bell, we’ll see you later on 4pm when I join Mike Orr on his show at knuckle up, that’s 4 P.
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