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[, Music ], damn um, [, Music, ], hello, talking fight fans around the world, thanks for tuning in to today’s episode of the friday night panel with yours.
Truly mike orr, yes guys and it has become a wonderful summer and we are at the end of it, and this weekend is marking the end of our summer and the kitties go back to school.
But yes, we have a great weekend of boxing for you on this wonderful last long weekend of the summer guys – and i want to just get right into it, so we can all get on with our summer uh the end of summer weekend, man, because honestly, i’m Looking forward to it, i’m gon na enjoy it, and i hope you guys will too, and we have tons of boxing lined up for this weekend, guys we have tomorrow, night saturday and sunday, and it’s going to be a great weekend of fights.
First, up on the bill i want to talk about is the liam smith and wang wank in no or mo.
You know, i think, is how it’s pronounced guys.
I’M sorry if i bastardize that one and uh you know aziz and pitters, this one is uh gon na get underway guys and this one is at 2 p.
m.
Eastern standard time taking pool taking place over in liverpool at ms m and s bank arena – and you know what liverpool’s own liam beefy smith, 31, 3 and 1 with 18 kos, will begin his campaign for a second world title shot when he headlines at the m And s bank arena in his home city on saturday, the 3rd of september, live and exclusive on sky sports.
Guys tickets are on sale now via boxer.
com with prices beginning at just 40 pounds wow seems like a steal to go and see beefy in the ring doing what he does best man, making his way to mary’s side, sorry mercy side to face the hometown hero in The heavy-handed hassan um he is 20 and two with 14 kos who shocked the british boxing fan base on his 2018 visit to the uk when he demolished the infants of the infamously tough sam eggington in just two rounds.
Undefeated since then, and coming off three consecutive stoppage victories, the former wbf intercontinental champion has scored 70 of his victories by ko or tko.
He has stopping power in both hands and is traveling to the uk, with the intent on upsetting the home fans once again currently ranked in the top five by three of boxing’s major sanctioning bodies smith, who won the wbo world light middleweight championship in 2015, has blasted His name back into the world championship contender conversation with stoppage, wins in his last two fights and is now set on winning a second world title as part of the boxer stable guys and two of the uk’s top light.
Heavyweights will collide in the chief support boat when reigning british light heavyweight champion super dan aziz, who is 16-0 right now guys with 11 ko’s means former champion sheikh and peters or pitters soaring, who is 17 and won with six kos to make his first defense of The british light heavyweight championship he won by stopping the highly accomplished josie burton in november of last year, one of the hottest young talents in boxing adam.
The assassin azeem, who is 5-0 with four kos, will make the first defense of his wbc youth title azim has ended his last four boats inside the distance, most recently demolishing experienced european opponent, anthony loft in just 66 seconds, wow man.
This is, this is going to be a great event.
Uh amir khan, who became world champion at just 22 years old, was ringside to witness that win in june and has lavished praise on the hard-hitting youngster predicting that the 20 year old may become a world champion.
Even earlier than he did himself and a super middleweight uh firefight is on the cards when 2018 commonwealth games medalist john dortry uh, who is 12-1 with nine ko’s, travels down from scotland to face brazilian bomb thrower, diego dynamite, costa, who is eight no with five kos.
I talked about this one on my show yesterday guys be on the lookout for this kid.
Diego dynamite cause he’s, got the power in both hands.
You know the manchester bass costa is widely regarded as one of the most avoided fighters in the division uh, but dorche has no qualms about taking him on setting up with a setting setting up what is sure to be a non-stop battle between two fighters, who rarely Take a backwards step and who both have those o’s so guys this one is going to be a great bout on this card.
You know amir khan manage seek sensation.
Tal singh will also be making his professional debut at this event.
After swapping liver liverpool for las vegas to train for the professional ranks, uh two more liverpool, lee two more guys out of liverpool appearing on the card – are patty lacy, who i covered this week on knuckle up.
Who was 6-0 with one ko who claimed victories in under 45 seconds in his most recent fight and the 21 year old, frankie stringer, who was 1-0 uh competing in his second professional boat following a successful debut back in april uh? You know ben shalom, boxer, ceo and founder did say we were delighted to sign liam smith, so there is no better place for him to make his debut with us than in his home city of liverpool.
Liam is the man on a mission he wants to win a second world title and there are big fights coming his way coming off, defending the stoppage win over jesse vargas at the iconic baskins, where garden in april and returning to the ms m s bank arena, Where he stopped derby rival anthony fowler last october, liam truly is in the best form of his life.
This fight will be perfect return to sky against a proven, dangerous puncher.
Another big performance will set up liam for a world title and potential box office.
Fights end quote: um guys, adam smith, heading head of boxing development at sky sports said we’re very excited to have liam smith back on sky sports and heading a huge card in the fantastic fighting city of liverpool.
As we kick off, what will be unbelievable, action-packed autumn season, a second world title is what liam wants and having seen the hungrier the hunger in him.
I have no doubt he will achieve it.
So i’m looking forward to seeing some big fights for liam smith as he makes that journey towards his second world title with boxer and sky sports.
So guys you heard it here.
You want to check this one out: man, liam smith, uh dan aziz, a natasha jonas against, patricia bergalt is also on this card and that one will be for the wbc and wbo super welter, straps, guys, um, also nathan, corliss.
We talked about him earlier in the week is on this card, taking on michael webster, along with frasier clark uh taking on piccio test vit club.
I think that’s how it goes.
Don’T kill me if i’m wrong guys uh, also 2-0 sensation.
Scott forrest is looking to keep his o intact guys when he takes on his opponent uh.
This one is going to be a great card guys, so hopefully you do get a chance to see it on saturday at 2 p.
m.
Eastern standard time shout out to my man, carl uh: what’s up liam smith, it’s world class full stop.
Can boxer deliver him a world title shot.
I hope so because he bloody well deserves it.
Carl trust me.
I hope that they can deliver what they’re promising uh.
I don’t think their pockets are deep enough.
You know what only time will tell they are.
You know in their infancy.
You know boxer coming up, they are doing justin to some of these fighters.
They they have been delivering on some of their promises.
So we are hoping that they definitely give uh what they’re, what they’re talking about man.
We hope they can deliver with what they’re saying is that title shot, because he damn well deserves it after his last few performances so moving along guys, uh we’re going to get off the uh the smith card and we’re going to move right into the estrada versus Cortez this one is going to be taking place september, the 3rd eight p.
m.
Eastern standard time, uh juan francisco estrada, makes his highly anticipated return to the ring defending his wbc franchise and ring magazine world super flyweight titles against rg cortez on saturday september 3rd from centro di uso.
Multiple in mexico guys and it’s going to be broadcast live to all subscribers worldwide on the zone, topping a world title triple header as erica cruz and julena murdenovich meet in a rematch for the wba world, featherweight title rematch and hector flores is taking it on sam Vc this one’s a hard one guys for the vacant ibf world flyweight title uh fans will be thrilled to see estrada, who is 4 42 3 with 28 knockouts.
Make a welcome return to the ring with the mexican back through the ropes for the first time since edging out roman chakrito gonzalez in their epic rematch in dallas in march of 2021, el gallo welcomes cortez to his hometown and the same arena.
He stopped dwayne beamon in august of 2019, and the hermosilo hero will want to put on another show for his fans cortez, who is 23 and 2 and 2 with 10 kos lands, the biggest fight of his career in his 28 pro outing uh with the mexico City man aiming upset aiming to upset his fellow countrymen and becoming a household name overnight.
Uh.
There are two more world title belts on this bill: guys, starting with the long-awaited rematch between crews and murder, djonovic uh for the wba world featherweight title cruz, who was 14 1-3 uh 14-1 4 14-1, with three ko’s ripped the title from long time champion: uh murder, Martina murr genovich um, who was 41 11 and 2 with 19 kos in april of 2021, with the mexican ending the five year rule of the canadian on the cards after accidental head clash halted the contest after several rounds, cruz successfully defended the belt in puerto vallarta.
In november, via split decision over melissa esquivel, while the former world champion returns for the first time since the first battle uh, the vacant ibf world flyweight title is on the line between unbeaten pair flores and both men taste, their first world title action as tijuana’s flores.
He was 20-0 and four, with ten knockouts builds on his victory over welsh world title challenger, jay harris in wales in november, while hard punching not to shinga, who is 10 and 0 9 ko’s fights outside his native south africa for the first time and comes into The bout on the back of his first points win in his 10th bout having beaten his previous nine foes inside the distance.
Also featured on this card is super featherweight danger.
Man eduardo hernandez, defending his wbc silver international title against jorge mata hernandez, who was 32 and one with 29 kos pulled off a stunning victory.
The last time out, blitzing uh castaneda inside a round in guadalajara in june to land the title he defends against mata uh 14 0-2 with 10 kos, the unbeaten 21 year old, tijuana native uh, who fights for his first pro title guys.
So this one i’m excited to see this definitely you’re going to want to check it out small small fights on the card, but definitely we got three major titles up.
We got that ibf world light fly which is vacant.
Then we have the wba world feather and the wbc international silver super feather title up for grabs on that card.
Guys and remember this one is going to be getting underway at 8 pm september.
The 3rd uh so definitely want to watch then we’re moving into the big ones.
Man, we got ruiz versus ortiz.
This one is going to begin at 10 pm eastern time, 7 p.
m, pacific and feature a stacked, lineup of rising and accomplished stars in high stakes matchup.
In the co-main event, hard-hitting isaac, pitbull cruz, will step in to take on fellow mexican and veteran contender eduardo ramirez in a 12-round wbc lightweight title eliminator in the co-main event uh.
The action will also see the return of popular three-division champion abner maris in his first action in three years as he battles former title challenger, miguel flores in a 10 round super featherweight attraction plus exciting, rising star, jose venezuela.
I’Ve profiled this kid on my show before uh he’s going to duel former world champion jezreel in a 10 round lightweight pay-per-view opener uh guys.
I can’t wait to see this one either.
This is going to be great ruiz 34-2, with 22 ko’s shocked the boxing world.
In 2019, when he was brought in as a late replacement to face heavyweight world champion, anthony joshua and turned the tables on the champion, knocking him out in the seventh round and taking home the titles.
The 32 year old from california lost his rematch with joshua by unanimous decision but returned to the ring in may of 2021 bouncing back from an early knockdown to defeat all action.
Contender.
Chris areola, by unanimous decision in a fox sports pbc, pay-per-view ruiz, has taken down a slew of contenders throughout his heralded career, which dates back to a profile, prolific amateur run that included two mexican amateur national championships.
Uh, then, with exceptional power and sublime technical skills, ortiz, who is 33 and two with 28 kos, has been a fixture of top heavyweight rankings for years with his only defeats coming in memorable contests against former long time, heavyweight champion, deontay wilder born in cuba and trained By long time, coach, herman in miami or tease one three bouts between wilder contest defeating travis, kaufman, christian hammer and razvan kojuna, most recently, ortiz topped a fox sports pbc, pay-per-view um on new year’s day recovering from an early adversity to floor former heavyweight world champion.
Charles martin, on his way to a sixth round knockout, also guys we have the 24 year old cruz, who is 23 2 and 1 with 16 ko’s.
Returning to the ring, uh returned to the ring in april with a knockout over former champion gamboa.
After dropping a competitive decision against three division champion vantay davis last december, the native of mexico cruz shot up the lightweight rankings in 2020, announcing his presence with an electrifying first round.
Knockout over veteran, diego magdaleno in october cruz followed that up in 2021 by winning a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten matthias romero in march and by defeating former champion francisco vargas by decision in june.
Ahead of the davis clash fighting out of sinaloa mexico ramirez, who is 27 2 and 3 with 12 kos, has moved himself into title contention with five straight victories as he looks to make a splash in his lightweight debut against cruz.
The 29 year old.
Most recently earned a decision victory over lewis mandela’s in may, which followed up a dominant decision against miguel ameriga in december of 2021.
Ramirez is currently riding wins in seven of his last eight fights since losing to the featherweight champion the shelby in 2017.
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Also one of the most accomplished fighters of this era – maris, who is 31 3 and one with 15 kos, will return to the ring in a bid to continue adding to his already sterling resume in the sport, born in guadalajara, jalisco, mexico and now living in montebello.
California mares was a member of the mexican olympic boxing team in 2004, athens olympics before going on to win world titles at the bantamweight and super bantamweight and featherweight divisions.
His two battles for the featherweight world title against leo santa cruz epitomized, the kinds of high-volume clashes that set marist apart from many of his counterparts uh throughout his career maris, owns victories over top contenders and champions, including daniel ponce de leon and joseph abhiko and moreno And jesus cellular um guys, then we got flores 24, 4 and 12 is bounced back from a back to back defeats in his previous outing that took place last june, as he earned decision over uh olgawin, the 29 year old had lost a pair of contests in Challenging four division champion leo santa cruz in november of 2019 and top contender eduardo ramirez in december of 2020, born in mexico and now residing in spring texas, flores turned pro in 2009 at just 17 years old and was victorious in his first 22 bouts.
The 23 year old venezuela, who is 12-0 with eight kos trains as a stable maid of unbeaten two-time world champion david benavidez, as he looks to continue cementing his contender status in 2022, venezuela or valenzuela was sensational in his last time in the ring he blasted out.
Former world champion, francisco vargas via a round one knockout in april, born in lone in sinaloa mexico, uh valenzuela turned pro in 2018 and rode a five belt knockout streak before earning his first ten round decision in a victory over dinner burial in september of 2021 uh, The 30 year old corrales, who is 26 and 4 with 10 kos, has won three straight fights since moving up to lightweight in 2021 and has descended to the number two ranking in the wba and fighting out of uh panama.
Corrales won a super featherweight title in 2016 when he went to japan and knocked out uh, takashi, uchi, maya or uchiyama before winning a decision in their rematch.
He also owns victories over current former champion renee alvardo and veteran contender, robinson castillanos, so guys we have some great fights this weekend.
This card is stacked um.
You know we’re gon na get to see uh kel spencer, we’re going to get to see anthony uh, garcin, garnisia uh right salim is on this card as well as joseph spencer.
So this card is stacked.
Can’T wait to see this one get underway, loving it uh.
Sorry guys, i see that you’ve uh been dropping some comments here.
Let me just get all caught up see where we’re at um.
Let’S see carl, he may have to travel for his shot.
True, great fight, never a bad fight in these mexican cards very true.
They always tend to be quite entertaining.
These guys definitely bring heart and determination, man, these guys uh, you know, never give up, and it’s always a great great card to watch when you see them um who you got winning this mic, which one are you talking about? Carl, which uh, who you got winning this mic ariel fight, was terrible.
Sorry, how old is ruiz yeah, exactly ruiz is getting up there in age man.
He is 43 years old um i mean ortiz joe yeah 43, he’s not that young 1943.
uh.
That looks a little better leo santa cruz bottled it against woods.
Yeah yeah, definitely guys uh carl, which one which one do you think.
Are you thinking the ruiz ortiz match ortiz fight? Who wins to be honest? Um, i don’t know, i don’t know it’s a tough one, i’m i’m gon na go.
I’M gon na go with ortiz on this one.
I think ortiz might be able to do it.
I think uh.
I think ruiz.
You know he’s uh he’s up.
There he’s been around for a long time, man, both these guys, have been around for a long time.
I guess at this point it might actually come down to who’s.
Got the stamina really uh.
You know, ruiz, he is uh, he’s no he’s no spring chicken man.
So uh this one, this one’s gon na be a good one.
Uh who do you got carl? Who do you think see winning this fight, ruiz or ortiz? We’Ll wait for carl to answer and see what he says about this one leo santa cruz bottled it against woods.
Yes, definitely ortiz fight who wins? Who do you guys think joe you’re out there you’re you’re out in the comments who do you think’s winning this one? Against uh, you know the ruiz ortiz fight to be honest, i’d just like to see these heavyweights get in there and do it, and you know both these guys definitely have knockout power uh.
You know they’re both getting up there.
They’Ve both been around for a long time in their career, uh yeah, you know ruiz.
He did shock the boxing world in 2019.
.
So could he do it again? Um? I’M always i’m always impressed to see these guys get in the ring and uh.
You know jam it out like they do guys.
We got no more talk.
No, no, no more topics really to go over um.
So you know what i think, i’m just gon na get my long weekend started here and i’m gon na start prepping for all the fights this weekend.
Uh carl! What’S this ruiz looks shocking against areola, but i think he will beat ortiz late, uh yeah.
You know what that’s uh it could happen.
Ortiz could bang him out early, but you know what if it does go the distance.
I do believe that ruris could take it if uh, if it does go late, uh.
Yes, he did look.
He did look shocked.
He looked shocking against ariel.
Yes, he did um, it’s gon na, be a great fight, either way, we’ll see who wins this one? It’S it’s going to be a great weekend of fights, guys uh, honestly, happy labor day weekend, get back to it.
Guys enjoy your boxing because i know i’m going to and uh meet me sunday and we will talk about the knockout of the week and see who won that.
There’S.
Definitely a lot of fights that have the possibility to don that wonderful title that we do give out every single week on sunday at 4 p.
m: eastern standard time, so guys it’s your man mike orr for the friday night panel, sorry, we weren’t joined by our uh.
Our special guests tonight uh, unfortunately, there’s some things going on that they were not able to make it.
So thank you for dealing with me tonight, guys and listening to all that we have to talk about all the fights that are going to go on this weekend.
Shout out to my man, carl over at last bell boxing for uh jumping in and uh throwing some comments and uh shout out to joe for uh, some back and forth with carl guys.
We will see you next week same time same channel.
You know what it is man, the friday night panel.
It’S your man mike see you later
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