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EPISODE: Episode 1
On this show we begin with a few reasons John Ryder has a chance of beating Canelo Alvarex, then offer a few quotes from Eddie Hearn regarding the fight’s PPV potential, while also discussing the Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez clash, as well as Buatsi vs Stepien, before concluding with announcements regarding two upcoming noteworthy bouts.
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All right, hello, there, boxing fans around the world thanks for joining me once again here on talking fight for another episode of boxing news today and before I get cracking with all the news and headlines from around the world.
It took me hours and hours and hours to find out for you um.
Let me tell you where I’m going to be tomorrow night as opposed to Guadalajara, I’m going to be in the city of Brantford here in Canada, uh watching larone white take on Bradley um.
Oh, I forget Bradley’s last name go figure senior moment all right anyway, we’re out in Brampton, Brantford, uh, Bradley, Wilcox, lerone, white and uh having a good time out there, as well as our good friend, Jen Williams, who we had on the Friday night panel last week.
Anyway, let’s get down to business here, speaking of Guadalajara, it was good to see uh a few, a few comments with respect to John Ryder as to whether or not he has a chance.
So I did a quick little bit of research and found an article suggesting in fact that John Ryder does have a chance of beating Canelo Alvarez.
Although he’s a massive Underdog in the fight uh.
This writer is writing for a bad left hook, and he says his name is Lewis Watson by the way, and he says he can come up with six reasons why John Ryder, the gorilla has a chance of beating a Canelo Alvarez, one pressure pressure.
You know what you’re gon na get with John Ryder pressure in the pocket.
The 34 year old has found The Sweet Spot in the super middleweight division following disappointment at middleweight and looks in Peak condition to once again unload for 36 minutes on the chest of the Mexican number two preparation.
Two years ago, Canelo Was preparing for the second defense of a super middleweight titles against Billy, Joe Saunders, in typical Saunders fashion.
The British fighter said he would plot of the fight unless he got his way about the size of the ring in which they were to box Saunders.
Wanted a 20-foot ring.
Sorry 24 foot ring Canelo wanted an 18 foot ring uh, with the fight potentially at risk of falling through John Ryder, flew out to Dallas ready to step in as a last-minute opponent and grabbed the opportunity of a lifetime.
It was also rumor that Ryder would have fought Canal instead of Dimitri vivil if their May 2022 fight fell through due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In summary, Ryder has been targeting Canelo long before her two-year-old probably even knew his name number three canelo’s wear and tear 62 fights across five weight classes over 18 years, Canelo Alvarez’s body has been through it add to that.
The multiple surgeries he’s been through mostly most recently to his wrist last year and you’ve got a fighter that could start showing signs of wear on terror as he fights through the 30s.
If any of this wear and tear services on Fight Night, then Ryder has to be there to take full advantage.
Number four Last Chance.
Hurray A desperate man is a dangerous man.
Ryder is approaching the end of his career and has made it clear that he could well retire if Saturday night does not go his way.
Yeah potentially I could retire.
It all depends on the manner that you lose John Ryder, told uh mirror fighting.
If you go in there and have a close fight, then there will be big nights of you.
It’S worth your time.
It’S worth your body, it’s worth the sacrifices.
If Rider is willing to lay it on the line, then his percentage creeps up slightly number five.
A recent Taste of defeat before canelo’s lost dimitrovivil and he has gone 16 fights and eight years in the winning corner.
Defeat wasn’t considered an option to him and arguably to some of the judges scoring his fights.
But now with a recent Taste of an L in his mouth, it’s less inconceivable that he suffers another in the near future.
Ryder is a very different fighter than Bible and different weight class, so we’re not expecting any Russian blueprint to be followed, but the more the Britain can do to sow negative seeds in the head of Canelo the better.
What that’s five reasons I thought he said.
He had six reasons well well, son of a gun.
I Was Wrong.
Five, five reasons there you go sports fans all right.
Let’S have a quick look at what Eddie Hearn has to say: um yeah! Oh before you know what before I go to Eddie Hearn, let me just have a quick look.
Oh yes, right we’re going to start off with every time Canal, because this is regarding the pay-per-view numbers which are pretty low for this particular fight.
Every time, Canelo Alvarez fights that he heard the world is watching.
Every country in the world wants to host the Canelo Alva’s fight uh.
He said that at the pr the kickoff press conference for Guadalajara, uh, vs Fighters, Guadalajara match up against Sean writers.
You know Eddie Reynoso, said to me Guadalajara, Mexico, that’s where we must fight.
I said, hang on a second: we have an offer from the Middle East.
We have an offer from Las Vegas, Los Angeles, England, but Eddie and Saul said nope.
It must be Mexico, we must come home or said the world will be watching then.
So I’m so happy uh they’re going to do it, because this is the moment and a fight that will be remembered in the history boxing and Mexican.
Sport forever said: Hearn Sports about chasing dreams and by chasing Legacy.
But we all know that money sometimes controls the sport, you’re very lucky that you have two men: a team of people, a city and a country that supports boxing and remembers where it all started, and the importance of inspiring the Next Generation on May 6.
You’Ll have a moment of that party.
You’Ll, never forget the whole world will be watching Guadalajara May 6, except for us who will be at Brantford uh watching uh Wilcox take on uh white anyway.
We look forward to welcoming you and the tremendous evening said Hearn.
Thank you appreciate that Eddie all right, also speaking of Eddie Hearn Eddie Hearn, has confirmed that talks to Sage the bout on the same night as Alexander yusuke and Tyson Fury are ongoing.
He said the heavyweight Legend uh.
This would be uh uh Lennox Lewis, Lennox Lewis was asked to pick his winner if, in fact, that fight was to happen between Auntie Joshua, a Wilder on that night and Lewis said Joshua against Wilder, definitely Wilder and even went on to explain why this is Lennox.
Lewis, while there’s got that thing in him where he wants to hurt you and I’ve seen it every time, he throws that right hand he’s trying to damage you without right hand.
He throws it with intention, there’s a short little piece on the Eddie’s hopes and dreams for his other fighter, Anthony Joshua, who I think will go down to defeat when he takes on Deontay Wilder.
If that fight happens in that quartet, that’s supposed to happen in Saudi Arabia in December speaking of Fighters that want revenge.
Let’S talk about Josh Taylor for a sec.
Josh Taylor wants to finish the work.
George combosis Jr started.
The WBO 140 pound titles from Scotland will defend his belt against Tio fomo Lopez on June 10th.
At this Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The fight has been pitched as a make or break moment, as both Fighters have looked unimpressive in their last outings.
In the ring, Taylor’s coming off a highly controversial win over Jack cattle a year ago and Lopez has looked mostly pedestrian ever since he was upset by combos, is in their lightweight unification fight back in 2021, while time flies in an Infamous moment, Lopez was caught questioning Himself on live television shortly after the conclusion of his 10 round 140 pound contest with Spain, sandor Martin last December, also at Madison Square Garden, where Lopez won on a split decision.
So Taylor is betting that he could make another dent in Lopez’s confidence going so far as to say he will retire.
The 25 year old says tail that loss he got from casposite cambosa.
Certainly, dentist comes and his ego, his ego has taken a massive hit.
You can see he’s a bit mentally fragile anyway me with this fight.
I plan on retiring this guy.
I plan on giving him that much of a beating that he doesn’t think he’s ever gon na think he’s like he’s gon na, be that guy anymore he’s already got them, notes, I’m going to cement them and retire him wow good for him all right.
Let’S move on to another uh English story: uh Joshua botsi is set to resume his career.
The 2016 Olympic bronze medalist for Great Britain tip the scales at 174 pounds during the official pre-fight weigh-in uh weighing at uh king suite hotel in Birmingham faces.
Poland’S Powell stepian, which we’ve talked about before and he checked in at the 175 pound, light heavyweight limit for their scheduled 12 rounder, which will be shown on Sky Sports over at the Resorts World Arena.
As I said in Birmingham, a few words were exchanged during the obligatory post Wayne stare down between the main event participants, though it did not devolve into anything physical.
As we’ve seen in the recent past, buancy who’s 160 13 Knockouts will ends sorry, but what’s the ends? A 50-week inactive stretch as long as since the pandemic, much of the time out of the ring, was attributed to a promotional dispute with match room from whom he split to eventually join Ben shalom’s boxer.
That’S b-o-xx ER, the stall out included a pair of intriguing matchups that fell through the cracks, an ibf light, heavyweight title Eliminator versus lineal champ John Pascal, and a shot at w.
Wba 175 pound Titleist, Dimitri bevill and Biloxi was last seen in a 12 round victory over Craig Richards last May, and that was held at the O2 in London step in, for his part, he’s 1801 with 12 Knockouts.
He fights on the road for the first time as a pro, and it comes on his second try as a 32 year old from Poland’s previously due to face former WBA super middleweight Titus Callum Smith back on March 11th.
In Liverpool.
Smith, however, was forced to withdraw due to injury, which prompted stepian’s team to look elsewhere over a sizeable Payday which led to the Showdown with bowatsi.
The evening’s co-feature, by the way marks a watershed moment for British boxing.
The nation’s Lonsdale of the British belt will be at stake in a women’s bout for the first time in 114-year history vying for the crown 2020 uh Olympic gold medalist Lauren price she’s 3-0.
One knockout meets wolverhampton’s, Kirsty, babington Babel, seven, three and two by the way, two Knockouts in a scheduled 10 rounder in their welterweight division price is a gifted 28 year old Southpaw from Wales, who only turned Pro last June uh.
It was 146 pounds while the 30 year old babington was 146 pounds as well.
Um, good fight, good result coming up sure alrighty.
Let’S have a look at erislandi uh Lara he’ll defend his middleweight title against Danny Garcia.
On August 5th, the WB has just announced the showtime main event, as expect take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center at the 155 pound catch weight.
Uh.
Also women’s boxing star, Amanda Serrano’s.
Next fight is for high stakes against an old rival.
Serrano will put her Undisputed featherweight title on the line against Heather Hardy in the co-main event of the Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz card.
If he’s out of jail uh on August 5th in Dallas Serrano beat Hardy her fellow Brooklyn resident in a grueling unanimous decision Victory back in 2019 to win the WBO women’s featherweight belt yeah.
I suppose if she wins in August around and we’ll seek a rematch with Katie Taylor in Taylor’s hometown of Ireland, uh the two fought last year and what was the first ever women’s headline at Madison Square Garden and one of the biggest women’s boxing match.
Ever, as we all know, Savannah, as we also know, is promoted by Jake Paul’s, most valuable promotions, and that my friends is the end of this show.
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