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EPISODE: Episode 1
The women in the ring who recently fought for an IBF title in Liverpool – Natasha Jonas vs Michaela Mayer – kick off this show, and before we conclude by leting you know that popular boxing events promoted to and targeting a You Tube audience, specifically the boxers competing as Misfits in the UK, have caught the attention of professionals in the boxing world who say these fights are dangerous, and in between these comments and opinions we have updates from Saudi Arabia and seeking to fight in the Kingdom.
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Once again, here on talk and fight for another episode of boxing news today, I wanted to start off today’s episode by pointing out an article I discovered, but I don’t really have time to read the entire thing.
It is a long article, but it’s a great article.
Uh written by the staffers over at ProBox TV who are looking into their 2024 crystal ball, I’m telling you it’s a great article.
They have a lot of great opinions, uh worth reading worth.
Thinking about and worth discussing among your friends check it out.
They they talk about uh uh, the Saudis cash they talk about anti-doping.
They talk about the welfare of x-f Fighters, uh they talk about who, they think will be the best uh heavyweight who’s, the best up, incomers uh, you know, and and how to make uh matches that the the fans want uh in the wake of all these uh.
These things happening in a kind of a very tornado is effect this year, given the influence of Saudi money anyway, anyway, more on that later um, as we all know, we had a really great uh women in the ring fight uh this past weekend.
I should we had a couple, but I’ll speak uh of one in particular to begin this episode, Michaela may and uh Natasha Jonas went toe-to-toe in an absolutely great fight.
Um in Liverpool H, Natasha Jonas ultimately had her arms raised as the the Victor uh, with a split decision coming by way of the judge uh and not that anyone uh disputed.
But I’m pretty sure people will have controversial comments online and discuss it in Greater length.
Online uh with respect to that decision, uh because it was close and it was a great fight and but anyway uh you can read about uh those various opinions online.
In the very many articles that have been written from both sides of the pond.
With respect to uh, who, they believe, won the fight, but according to the judges, Natasha Jonas won the fight uh she’s 39 years old, though uh 152 and one her professional career um since being an amateur who competed in the 2012 Olympics way back when um.
You know and had has had fights against ktie Taylor, Shentel, comr and Lauren price.
You know and uh you know.
Will she fight again against these people? I don’t know uh.
Is she close to retirement? Yes uh? Is she want to top fighters in the world? Yes, and quite frankly so is so, is uh Michaela? May a former unified Junior M lightweight champion uh, you know who uh was really battling.
Hard has had a couple of tough decisions, go against her, but I’m telling you she’s a great fighter to look out for and she’s doing and saying uh what is required.
Uh of of young women today in the ring uh, I want to tell you about a certain comment made though by James spater in boxing247 docomo comments.
There goes my phone sorry about that fans.
First, things first said James Slater.
It was a great fight.
Last night, Liverpool uh, this is reigning defending women’s ibf, welterweight champ Natasha Jonas slugged, it out with former super featherweight champ Michaela mayor over 10 rounds.
At times blistering sessions, 39-year-old Jonas, was rewarded with the split decisions scores being 969, 95, 96, 94 uh for Jonas and 97 993 for mayor – and this is where the stuff we are unforunately so used to these days, will no doubt come in over the coming days.
If not sooner, you’ll probably hear the following robbery, home, cooking and Corruption terms and uh for sure we already have seen those online.
He continues.
Uh we’ve seen too many controversial decisions over recent years to be able to keep track of often times.
However, the r word is not necessary in in the case here.
As last night’s fight was pretty much nipp and Tuck still, some finds are bound to strongly suggest.
Mary was indeed the victim of some home cooking being served up to her opponent mayor over ever, the sports woman has not cried robbery with her merely saying she believes she won last night and mayor who absolutely deserves a rematch called her won immediately Jonas, who was Full of praise for mayor after the slugfest was over Jonah calling Mar the best she’s fought after Katie Taylor.
Uh says this could be your final year in the sport.
So will the rematch actually happen? Uh as great as last night’s battle was combined with the fact that decision seem to be destined, want to be argued over, the sequel should happen, and maybe Liverpool Warrior Jonas will agree to fight in America.
This time seems only fair, so uh there are some split uh opinions on on who won.
As I said, um, let’s have a quick uh read about uh another WR of Cory Cory Erman over in boxing scene.
com uh great publication online.
For all your boxing news.
If you’re interested, they do have a variety of great articles, um he he says this as primitive.
A sport as boxing is.
It can never be a true meritocracy, uh for a whole host of reasons, boxing promotion-based privilege, uh amount of resources, subjective scoring and yes, gender.
All play a role in a fighter not always getting exactly what they feel they deserve.
However, there’s a line of thinking that suggests that the fans themselves uh, could be the Arbiter of fairness under a specific set of circumstances.
Uh fight the best opponents available produce entertaining fights, be an engaging personality, they say, and the opportunities and the fans themselves will show up regardless mayor is becoming an excellent Citation for that hypothesis.
Despite two high-profile losses, May has maintained a significant level of popularity and interest due to the quality of her fights and added by her work as a color commentator and leveraging of only fans to form more granular connections with fans wanting behind the scenes.
Access to her training uh, as has been uh since the doors were open to women on boxing broadcasts of significance over the last seven years or so Fighters are turning their inherent disadvantage into something positive for viewers with fewer women participants overall and, as a result, uh Show all talent in in the given divisions, Elite level, women have been forced to seek the best and biggest challenges available in order to receive television time and purses worth their effort.
As Jonas Meyer Taylor, Cameron, Taylor, Serrano Shields Marshall, and so many more over the last few years alone have shown top L top level.
Women’S fights have a high probability, delivering Comm commensurate action if it keeps up, perhaps the balance baning of the scales in terms of air time compensation round length, whatever it may be, can become a reality rather than hypothesis good words from a very good writer.
Let’S move over to uh Japan, uh, actually Japanese news, but after fights taking place in the Philippine uh by our good friend Joe kosumi over in Japan, uh once beaten, x-w World Challenger, WBC WBO number one uh shich, iata, 12 and one nine Knockouts proved too powerful And accurate in dropping former ibf World minimum champ Renee quano, he’s 25 no 215 and two uh out of the Philippines four times before the referees intervention at 2 minutes 21 seconds of round number six and their schedule eight rounder this past weekend.
Oh, it did take place in Tokyo, Japan, sorry about that fans uh.
Having failed to win the WBO 106 pound belt from Jonathan Gonzales in 2022.
Uh shichi improved his physical power since and displayed it in decking, uh, quano uh twice in the second each once in the fourth and the Fatal, six um, the filipino’s nickname, is Mighty Mouse.
He kept swinging roundhouse hooks, but often missed the Target, only be counted effectively by the heart of Japanese fighter, good stuff, uh and there’s another fight um 10 time National amateur champ unbeaten former Prospect Kenji fuet 6 and0 uh acquired the vacant WBO Asia, Pacific featherweight belt.
When he fought a long and long and tough tumble, uh tumbling battle, with Filipino Joseph uh Aro uh 134 and one now uh and pounded out unanimous decision over 12 rounds again taking place in Tokyo, Japan, uh an accidental low blow of fueta in round five uh Had a REO uh down for that five minutes before the Filipino reluctantly resumed fighting showing Shifty Mobility over every round, Vegeta and southp uh steadily uh pilot of points, but couldn’t finish the Filipino, so a great fight, uh great two fights I wanted to mention were taking Place uh recently in Japan as well.
Let’S have a quick look at what’s happening in Saudi Arabia.
These days, as we know, as I mentioned last week, uh Saudi Arabian Sports chairman turkey, Al Alik, is ready to commit to the heavyweight division until 2030 and make the best fights possible for fans.
However, when outlining his vision, Alik uh admitted that the problem with the the sport today is having four sanctioning bodies.
Riad season continues with an Undisputed heavyweight title clash between tis and fury and Alexander fusic, coming on February 17, which we’re all looking forward to and and the event is certainly a gem in the in the total heavyweight dominance by the region.
But it’s not a flash flash thean for Turkey um.
He has a six-year plan to keep delivering the best heavyweight fights, as he attempts to snap up some pound-for-pound stars as well from the lower weight divisions.
As I said last week, he said I’m a fan of boxing, I stud it people to study it in the 70s and the beginning of the 80s.
The sport was the number one sport in the world and it was boxing yes now, I’m very sad.
The last search result I had before we go deeper inside boxing was it’s for now: 14th rated sport worldwide, and there are many reasons, some of them being that there are not a lot of Fighters who are charismatic and have character.
Now there are a lot of problems with the promoters.
They don’t want to uh do the strongest fight because it costs a lot.
Some Fighters don’t want to do the strongest fight, and there are four companies and four belts so facing a younger generation of boxing fans and upcoming uh fighters in on rosters uh, including uh.
A little bit of music and entertainment, uh, good shows and good promotions are what he’s looking at uh doing for us fans in the future down the road.
But let’s have a quick look at what Eddie Hearn has to say about this um.
This is the reality.
I suppose of of today’s boxing world, so uh, I would have to say the mecca of boxing was once Las Vegas.
You might argue that great fights were also held at Maple, Leaf, Gardens in Toronto, Madison Square Gardens in New York City, as well as London’s Wembley and other venues uh around the world on occasion from time to time, I.
E the Thriller and Manila The Rumble in the Jungle Etc anyway, uh, when talking about Tyson, Fury, uh upcoming battle against Alexander yusk and anti Joshua’s fight against nagana, which is interesting because Eddie hernet didn’t didn’t appreciate the fact that Tyson Fury was gon na initially fight nanu uh anyway.
So it’s interesting that what Joshua was not gon na be fighting Nano.
I believe in March upcoming anyway, uh Hearn says he doesn’t think these upcoming fights uh in Saudi Arabia would be possible from a financial standpoint if they were held in the United Kingdom uh.
He said you’re not going to get Fury versus yusk in the United Kingdom you’re not going to get AJ versus Nagano in the United Kingdom, so you’re getting those fights now in Saudi Arabia.
So if they take place in another country, so be it like.
I said: there’s a whole world out there in boxing in the Middle East is growing, and sport in Saudi Arabia particularly, is growing at a huge huge pace and the opportunities for the fighters.
You know, speak to Demitri.
Biville speak to AJ, speak to use itet to Fury, ask them if they’re happy and we’ll get to tank in a second here.
The answer is very happy.
You know H, they’re, getting big fights, they’re getting financially rewarded for it, and fans are getting value for money on pay-per-view.
Look at Dave Reckoning.
You know, look at those cards uh coming up! Look at the good news for the fans that we’re seeing on all these major fights, good stuff for sure and also I’d argue that the undercards on these major fights are equally prominent.
Uh.
But again, i’ would like to see if his Excellency and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are going to continue to promote women in the ring.
I do know if I think it was in 2022 ramla Ali fought in Saudi Arabia.
I believe in jeda uh, but I haven’t seen any mention recently with respect to Saudi Arabia and promoting uh women in the ring, and I mean um top highlevel Elite women in the ring um and speaking of undercards uh, Australian, top heavyweight Prospect, Justice Hy, who we Have mentioned many times on talking fight is set to feature on the undercard of the WBO mandatory clash between shei Jiang and Joseph Parker on their March six fight of the Kingdom arena in Riad Saudi Arabia.
So I thought I’d quickly mention that good fighter from Down Under now I’d mention tank and here’s his story.
Dant tank Davis says the sadis have made him mad.
He wants them to send him two Ferraris to get the ball rolling for him to fight with WBC light wel Weight Champion Devon Haney in Saudi Arabia.
Again.
This goes to the discussion about: U, the Saudis needing to move away from, focusing on Purely the heavyweights and light heavyweights and possibly the Cruisers, but you know digging uh deeper into the various divisions and especially including women as well.
So anyway, tank demand for expensive cars.
Is him sending a message to the Saudis that he’s the star and Haney is just a lowly bside uh weight, bully opponent who isn’t a draw according to boxing news24.
com uh? The two Ferraris that tank Davis wants is just the tip of the iceberg for what he’d be asking for to take a fight against the gigantic 165 pound Haney, as he’ll likely want an enormous amount of money, perhaps more than what he got for his recent fight Against social media, St Ryan, Garcia, as I said his Excellency turkey, Al Alik recently said that he wants to Sage the fight between Haney 31 and0 and Davis 29 and0 uh, but there hasn’t been any further announcement.
Some believe that Al Alan Sheik intends for the 25-year-old Haney to be the aside in the promotion which wouldn’t sit well with tank who’s, viewed as the face of boxing and is coming off a massive million plus Pay-Per-View fight against Ryan, Garcia last April, uh tank being The bside, as they say I don’t know where this is coming from it sounds to me like the music industry aside and bside anyway, tank being the bside against Haney, would be a shock to the fans H, but a signal that the Saudis view him as the One and true star, Haney isn’t a star because his fighting style is very boring and safety first, like Shakur Stevenson.
Moreover, Haney lets his dad Bill Haney to all the Talking for him, as he doesn’t have a gift for trash talk.
Although Haney is now adorning himself.
Olving in gold chains and clothes and fixing his teeth and what some see as becoming a chameleon to attract fans.
It’S it’s.
It looks like he’s a poser oops.
Oh man, um tank going on here.
They made me mad if they want something they got to send something to my door like two Ferraris or something – and this is he said, on social media by the way go figure.
They picked Francis Nagano as Tyson Fury’s opponent last October, over real boxers in the heavyweight Division and now they’re doing it with atie Joshua.
If they view Haney as a bigger star than tank Davis, there’s nothing the Baltimore native can do about it.
He have to agree with what’s being offered or move on.
Do you get that tank? Do you understand um? Speaking of moving on, there was a bit of controversy over in the UK this weekend with respect to uh Misfits boxing ksi’s Endeavor, where he puts uh influencers YouTube stars in the ring to fight each other, and I’d mentioned last week.
Uh, a female fight between el Brook and AJ uh bunker uh, a fight that did take place uh and Was Won by El Brook uh, but Elsewhere.
On that particular card uh there were a couple of gents going at it.
I don’t know who they were.
It doesn’t really matter uh, but commentating, um ringside.
It seems that, as the referee was beginning to count out uh one of the opponents who got got decked promoter, Leonard edby and ex- World Champion Andre Alberto had a bit of uh had an opinion on this, and this is Berto.
He said these YouTubers keep playing sooner or later, they’re gon na get really hurt or die thinking.
This sport is a game um, he said um, you know that’s.
This is BJ FL who uh has immersed himself in an influencer boxing.
He defended uh The Misfits he goes.
This is how we’re working champ everybody’s getting knocked out as if it was a good thing anyway, uh Mayweather promotions, lb, said um.
What is he counting for referring to the referee, just as birdie just said, uh somebody’s gon na get seriously hurt.
This is very disrespectful to the men and women who do this for real.
Now, I’m going to weigh in with my one shot comment here.
This kind of sounds hypocritical because, quite frankly, when you, I would say, Google boxing, you will get other sports, such as um slap boxing boxing, sorry for being Politically Incorrect, kickboxing uh bare knuckle boxing and you know they all have their different rules.
They all have their different appeal uh, but at the end of the day there are two people going toe-to-toe.
I would assume, with some uh rule surrounding their fight.
Nonetheless, are they dangerous? Any fight is dangerous, uh, quite frankly so uh in particular, with respect to Misfits.
It seems that used to be um promoted by, shall we say, professional boxing Association, the PBA over in the UK, but they dumped the organization uh.
Quite frankly, ly uh PBA officials distance themselves due to concerns over boxing safety.
Quite frankly, due to the clear violations of the pba’s rules and regulations, they said bringing boxing into disrepute and in the interest of boxer safety, the organizers licenses have been suspended and disciplinary hearings will follow for such license holders.
So uh legal action could could follow on both sides, even though uh you know the organizers did did, did find another uh company, shall we say a commission who sanctioned the fight so that goes on and on in terms of uh quote unquote boxing attracting a new Generation of fans and whether that due to be due to the influence of Cash Coming via the Saudis or influencers on the other side of the coin and their massive fan bases and in the middle of it, would be a guy like Ryan Garcia.
Who is uh.
A good boxer, if not a potentially great boxer, but an immense number of great fans, millions and uh and, of course, YouTuber Jake Paul, who is boxing boxers these days but again on behalf of his millions of fans who are interested in the sport now and probably Looking to find out who else is good or great in the sport, if not the best, and I think that’s what the Saudis are attempting to do, but as uh they’ve pointed out numerous times, one of the big issues is the number of ABC type organizations.
Who quote unquote, control boxing so we’ll see where that all ends up? But anyway, there’s a great article.
As I said, I’ve put the link down in my description below check it out uh.
It appears courtesy of writers on ProBox TV who discuss this and many other issues in great length check out their article.
It is well worth to read thanks very much remember to like share subscribe, hit.
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