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EPISODE: Episode 1
We start with the announcement that Robert Helebius will now fight Anthony Joshua, which should convince Andy Ruiz Jr to finalize his clash with Deontay Wilder, while in the meantime Jermaine Franklin says Dillian Whyte was likely using enhancers for their match as well, then we move on to updates from the WBC, Callum Walsh, David Benavidez and Edgar Berlanga, before concluding with news about some upcoming bouts in Sheffield and Maryland, and a recap of Philadelphia boxing history.
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Foreign [ Music ] boxing fans around the world.
Thank you for joining me once again here on talk and fight for another episode of boxing news today, and the big headline of the day is in fact Anthony.
Joshua’S fight over at the O2 Arena in London will take place because Robert Helena is the Nordic.
Nightmare has stepped up and accepted the challenge to fight Joshua.
This is just a few days by the way after helenius was fighting in Finland and winning uh and therefore is, I suppose, quite ready, uh to take on Anthony Joshua but it’d be interesting to see uh how the fans react, because over in Great Britain, apparently the Demand for refunds is quite long, uh yeah, so, although Andy Joshua will be uh in the ring on Saturday, he won’t be fighting dillian white.
As we know who failed a drug test, he will be fighting Robert helenius, the Nordic nightmare uh, which um gives us reason to believe now that the fight between uh, Deontay, Wilder and and Ruiz Jr might be able to be settled a lot sooner because Andy Ruiz Jr, as you know, was clamoring to fight Anthony Joshua, as opposed to dillian White, Once dillian White had been had failed, his drug test so uh that might be a positive outcome out of the Anton Joshua Affair.
Uh, not his fault, Dylan White’s fault completely, and I hope he does get banned if found guilty of taking banned substances for the rest of his life.
Um uh quickly, um, realistically as an outcome of this scenario as well as reported in boxing247.
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As is often the case when the big name fighter flunks a drug test, either before or after a fight, previous opponents of the busted fighter come out and wondered out loud if there was cheating afoot when they fought the flagged fighter in question – and we saw this Quite recently, with Connor Ben with a number his early opponents, wondering if he’d done something untoward in their fight, uh Ben, we must stress, has insisted his insistent his innocence.
All the way now, with dillian White’s career in serious Jeopardy and his big return fight with Auntie Joshua off due to his drug test coming back adverse a previous opponent of whites, Jermaine Franklin is suggesting white quote was probably doing it when we fought to Franklin who Dropped a close decision against white in the UK back in November of last year said it pissed him off when Fighters use illegal stimulants to gain the upper hand, he said, like you, probably used them when we fought um regarding illegal stimulants and again, why doesn’t cyst Is completely innocent and says he will prove it.
Uh Franklin said that I heard this ain’t the first time, so I’m figuring he’s probably doing it.
When we fought to it.
Pissed me off, I got enraged and we train our whole lives.
We give it our all and then people just come in and take advantage and cheat it’s not fair to the ones that live the sport, the ones that really love and take care of the sport, and we have heard that argument time and time again.
That’S why I am in favor of banning these cheaters, including Connor Ben from the sport um, the world boxing Council uh, said the two latest World title bouts to be confirmed.
Uh this week, with one person bid sold and another announced, the super featherweight and minimum weight classes will soon have title defenses made by their respective Champions uh.
Firstly, the world boxing Council announced that, by its rules and regulations, a purse bid will be held for the rights to organize the match for the world super featherweight Champion.
Oh shaki Foster he’s been ordered to face mandatory Challenger Eduardo Hernandez, ranked number one and it will occur on Tuesday August 8th that would be today during the weekly press conference in Mexico, City and interesting promoters can participate via Zoom in the minimum wage category.
We see that WC has held a bit for the mandatory straw weight bout between champion panya pradbrisky from Thailand and interim champ yudai from Japan.
Give me the promotions represents Mr fukamachi obtained the race to promote the boat and the bid amount of 213 000 US dollars.
Outbidding boxing promotions, I imagine out of Thailand, who bid 1 000 sorry, one hundred thousand 170 000 US dollars, I might say uh so uh, Prada brisky, is coming off a successful defense of his title in June, by defeating Japanese Challenger norihito Tanaka by technical knockout.
In the eighth round that was held over in Thailand and shagyoka won the infant Prada last April by knocking out former Puerto Rican, champ uh Wilfredo bimbito Mendez in the seventh round, and that was a fight held in Tokyo.
Japan, as we all know, 10 of the total build bid will be reserved to be paid as a bonus to the winner uh.
Let’S move on to a rising star, as we all appreciate in talk and fight world Callum Walsh, King Callum Walsh out of Cork, Ireland, 7-06 Knockouts will make his first defense of his WBC U.
S silver super Welterweight Title against El Pitbull, Juan Jose velasca uh, 24 4.
With 15 Knockouts out of Buenos Aires, Argentina and a scheduled 10 rounder, a main event by the way on Saturday August 26th, at the Commerce Casino, in Los Angeles, broadcast globally on UFC Fight Pass, is being presented by Tom laughler’s 360 promotions as part of their acclaimed.
Hollywood fight nights, events and there are tickets available and the Commerce Court Casino, the world’s largest card room and site of the LA poker Classic is located uh on in Commerce.
California, uh go to their website from for directions how to get there.
If you live in the hood, otherwise uh you know, buy your pay-per-view from Fight Pass um.
Let’S have a quick look here: uh the original opponent for Walsh by the way Levon Navarro, suffered a training injury and had to withdraw from the title fight.
The more experience uh Velasco has battled numerous world champions and top contenders, including Regis progress, Zachary, okia Elvis Rodriguez and Mario Barrios.
The upset-minded Argentinian looks to return to the win column against their held at Walsh, following a hotly contested Split Decision, loss against flavius blee on May 5th, 2023, and that was a fight held in Romania.
Let’S move along to David benavidez looks like David Benavides and former two Division World Champion.
Demetrius dandrade will have a fight uh in either November or December.
It’Ll be interesting to see if this fight actually happens, because both guys have recently avoided taking risky fights and neither of them could choose to drag their fight in negotiations to make sure this match doesn’t take place.
Andre finally gets a good fight after turning down Zach Parker and Jenna back Alum kunuli.
Both were bad career moves on Andrea’s part to turn down those fights because it showed he was being hypocritical and has been complaining about how Canelo Alvarez avoided him and other top guys.
Then he’s offered tough tough opposition, turns them down and chooses to play it safe.
Benavidez 27-0 will defend his WBC interim super middleweight title against the unbeaten Andre 32-0 19 Knockouts with the winner to be mandatory to Champion Canelo Alvarez um, says uh, says uh Julius giulianes sources close the operation telling me that David benavidez will go against Demetrius Andrade in One of the last months of this year, I’m in magia’s handlers I’ve chosen not to fight Benavides benvideos, recently beat former ibf Superman champ Kayla plant in a grueling contest.
Last March, plant dominated the first half but then ran out of gas and got worked over in the last six rounds.
This fight is happening because benavidez chose not to take the risky match against WBA regular super middleweight champ David Morrell Jr, who made him look avoidant and scared by not agreeing to face him after he called him out Morel exposed a side of benefit, as we hadn’t Seen showing that he’s not willing to take a risk in a 50-50 fight alrighty, when Edgar berlanga officially announced that he has promoted free agent, practically every prominent figure in the boxing World picked up the phone and gave him a call from Al Haymon to Oscar De La Hoya, everyone wanted to get their hands on The Talented 26 year old, although they were all enticing.
There was something about Eddie Hearns offer that made berlanga double back talk Smith taking several months, but the super middleweight Contender plays pen to paper and I agreed to join hearn’s matchroom stable for berlanga the bills, weren’t simply going to pay themselves and the Puerto Rican native.
Clearly pointed out that zero is at the end of his matchroom paycheck played a part in his signing.
However, it wasn’t the biggest reason for a while now berlanga 210 60 Knockouts has stated that he would love to get his hands on.
Canelo Alvarez earn, coincidentally, had a track record of working with Alvarez.
Actually, just a few short months ago, the long time promoter facilitated a matchup between Alvarez and John Ryder, with her dangling a showdown against Alvarez in ballet berlanga’s face the 26 year old, realizing that signing with her would be in his best interest for the most part, Berlanga’S deal with matchroom had been shrouded in mystery.
However, during a recent interview, bulanga shed a bit of light on his current contract and how he was given full autonomy on its structure and how Alvarez was promised to him.
Three said berlanga: when asked how many fights he’s contract upgraded to give matroom and one of those is Canelo, it was either fight one fight, then fight Canelo or we’re gon na fight, two fights, then fight Canelo.
So far, berlanga took care of business in the first third of his deal, winning a unanimous decision against Jason quickly.
But while it appeared as though he was closer than ever before, land to Landing a title, shot against the Sport’s biggest star Alvarez hit.
The boxing world, with unexpected news just a few days before taking on Quigley Alvarez, revealed that he had signed a three-fight deal with Al Hayman’s Premier, Boxing Champions in the first fight of his new deal.
Alvarez will fight out fight off against Jamal Charlo.
That’S taking place on September 30th.
Nothing is set in stone, as of yet in terms of his two subs composed, but names such as David benavidez, germal, Charlo, Errol, Spence, Jr and Dave Morrell, all of which are connected with PBC, are expected to have a strong shot at Landing.
A showdown against Alvarez, essentially berlanga, is the odd man out.
Herndo could placate berlanga by lining him up against the likes of Triple G generally Golovkin, Jaime gear, John Ryder and several others.
Yet for berlanga.
He doesn’t understand why everyone is laughing his face as though he lost his chance to face Alvarez with three fights for Alvarez that would likely be associated with Showtime.
Pay-Per-View berlanga is convinced that despite Hearn having a non-existent relationship with Eamonn, he will face Alvarez at some point next year.
He said I’m going to be one of those three.
We can still make that fight happen.
Eddie just got ta sit down, go over to PBC Al Haymon and we get a fight with Showtime pay-per-view.
As we all know, matrium is currently signed with the zone.
So it’s going to make it a bit difficult, but I’m sure they can work things out.
Money talks walks.
Okay, GBM Sports is delighted to announce the all action Doncaster boxing star, Rhys mold will give up.
Well sorry we’ll make the First Defense of his WBA Continental lightweight Championship on Friday, the 6th of October in Sheffield uh.
He headlined a double title.
Show that also features a fiery Commonwealth super FlyAway Championship showdown between Rivals, Emma Dolan and Nicola Hopewell uh, Rising prospects, uh, naphtali, nambhard, Adam Muhammad will Kali and Norman Hussein with even more talent to be added to the show at a later date to be announced.
So uh bringing excitement every time he fights.
Mold inflicted the first defeat, the Bradford rival Ahmad Gaz in a pulsating fight back in February this year.
So there you go some good news out of England and some of their Rising Stars.
Let’S go across the pond to Maryland that we talked about the other day regarding tank Davis, three showdowns uh featuring a rising Prospect and two former title Challengers will headline the Showtime boxing countdown this upcoming Saturday night same Saturday.
I believe, as Auntie Joshua goes into the ring from the theater at MGM National Harbor in National Harbor Maryland.
Usa live action streamed on the Showtime sports YouTube channel and Facebook page will be taught by Rising Prospect.
Michael angeletti, 8-0 against fellow unbeaten Jonathan Lopez, 8-0.
In an eight-round bantamweight Affair, the lineup will also see former title Challenger: Jose benavidez Jr, 27, 2-1 against zladon johning, he’s 36 and 15 26 Knockouts, though, in a 10 round middleweight bout plus former title Challenger, Damien, Vasquez, 16-3-1 against 12, 8 and 2 in an eight Round bantamweight Showdown these fights precede a Showtime championship.
Boxing triple Header headlined by former world champion Emmanuel Rodriguez against a streaking Contender, Melvin Lopez for the vacant, ibf bantamweight title the non-televised undercard lineup will feature former title Challenger: Jesse Hart facing Elio Trotsky in a 10 round light heavyweight Clash, very good.
One last story: out of Philadelphia written by Ken histner out of boxing news: 24.
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I’M the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, has had 34 World boxing champions with the latest to Fall From Grace.
I was WBC and WBO supro Banton weight, champ Stephen cool boy, Steph Fulton running into a monster in Japan in July, in Japan’s ibf wbwo WBC world bandweight champion Naya monster inui, who dethroned Fulton in the eighth.
I give give Fulton credit for winning the IBO super bantamweight title back in 2019 and two fights later adding the WBO World Super bandweight title in 2021.
Fulton made one defense of both titles in 2022, defeating Daniel Roman 29 and three by the way, and then a little over a year later met his conqueror won.
The best pound-for-pound boxes in the world in Inuit per the website.
Philly boxing history, Philly’s first world champion, was Danny Doherty at Bantam in 1900.
Uh one who followed was one of the very best in Philadelphia, Jack O’Brien, a light heavy in 1905 Harry Lewis at Welter in 1908, and battling levinsky at light heavy in 1916.
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Then it took 11 years before Benny bass captured the feather title in 20 1927.
Another great came along in that Year: Tommy Phantom of Philly lochran at light heavy August at flight 1930, Jenny, jadick, Jr Welter in 1932, Bob Montgomery light in 1943 and Percy Bassett.
That feather in 1953, that a personal friend of the authors, Harold Johnson, that liked heavy in 1961 and then came Sonny Liston at heavy in 1962.
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In 1963, one of Philadelphia’s favorites Joey giardelli became champ at middle.
In 1968, the 1964 Olympian champ smoking, Joe Frazier, became Champions 1979 Matthew.
Saad Muhammad became light heavy champ in 1980 jolton Jeff Chandler became Bantam champ in 1984, Charlie choo choo Brown won the light title that same year, Terrible Tim Witherspoon from our very own Friday night panel won the heavy title.
Also in that year I first met him says the author at Ali’s Deer Lake Camp in 1986, two became Champs in Gary Hinton Junior Welter and Buster Drayton at junior middle as well.
In 1980, the 1984 Olympic champ by the way Mildred Taylor won at Junior Welter.
1988, along with Robert Bam, Bam Heinz at junior middle in 1993, Fred Fearless Pendleton won the world title and man and as the author I managed him for one fight, winning the PA Pennsylvania State title in 1985.
, then, in 1995 Bernard the Executioner Hopkins took the middle And later the light heavy and title followed by Nate Mr Miller at Cruiser in the same year, 1997 Charles Hatchet Brewer won at Super middle and was the only one to defend his world title at the legendary Blue Horizon um moving quite along here, my goodness.
So many names so many titles, but let’s get along here now we come to what I call the most avoided boxer in the Welter division.
The ibf interim Champion Geron boots Ennis 31-0 with 28 stop, but just chomping at a Bedford title against Terence Crawford uh and whether Bud moves up to Super Welter or gives a rematch and now former champ Errol Spence, whom he destroyed.
Only time will tell Ennis is trained by his father Bosey, who trained at his other two sons: Derek Pooh who held the ibf usba mill, title and pharah, who held the nabf super Mill title, and this has called out Crawford.
But while waiting wants to fight lithuanas, I’m as tanyas Stanis tonius 1401, who owns a WBA regular title, Ennis could also be looking at Cuban yardinius 54 milgros yogas 27-5, who lost his WBA super world title to Spence or Keith one time Thurman.
My choice, 30.
In one who lost his WBA super world title to Manny, Pac-Man Pacquiao, now a promoter defeating anyone.
These three would prepare him better for Crawford if the champ stays at Welter there, you have it with Philly without and looking for another world champion, all right boxing fans.
Thanks for joining me here on talk and fight appreciate it very much remember like share subscribe, hit that notification Bell and we’ll see you later on uh when I join my core for his show knuckle up at 4 P.
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