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EPISODE: Episode 1
The criticism of Saudi money, of its influence and impact on boxing, has been fermenting and is now being openly discussed in the media, and that story begins our episode, and then we discuss the results of recent fights, with the first taking place on the undercard of the clash between Mayer and Jonas involving Kariss Artingstall and Lila Furtudo, and then a pair of matches that took place in Osaka, Japan, before moving along to echo the words of David Benididez’s father, Jose Sr, who’d like to see his son in the ring next facing undefeated Christian Mbilli, and then preview the announced fights between Lomachenko vs Kambosos, and Florian Marku vs Chris Kongo, before closing with a classic quote from Lennox Lewis.
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Again here on talk and fight for another episode of boxing news today and let’s uh start right away with the impact of Saudi money, a story coming at us out of boxingnews24.
com uh.
Let’S have a quick look and see who is written by give him credit uh Jamie xale um.
He says the Saudis are looking to revive boxing worldwide and create the biggest fight beginning with last month’s Day of Reckoning card.
We saw an odd match up with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, fighting the nonbox Francis Nagano, in a strange non-title fight.
Next turkey, Al Alik is staging The Fury versus Alexander yusk card in Riyad uh, Saudi Arabia.
This is another massive card with Cruiser way: J EPA and Myers bres fate fighting for the vacant, ibf title in a rematch, uh Alik isn’t just focused on the heavyweight Division.
I might add uh.
That was just for starters, as this writer says.
He also wants to make huge fights in other divisions and an expressed interest in putting together fight between 135 pound champ tank Davis and WBC 140 pound champ Devon Haney, which could involve much uh work and piecing that one together based on the story that we outlined Yesterday and tank wanting his two Ferraris, some fans see those two fighters as being spoiled and intractable.
If sades do create a fight between t, Haney and tank, it could make the winner impossible to deal with for other promoters due to their Pur demands.
While it’s great that the Saudis are putting on fights in their country, it leaves out American and UK boxer boxing fans.
Let’S, let’s add to that boxing fans around the world who were unable to attend the fights live due to the high cost and hassle of traveling.
To Saudi Arabia to watch them Live, Match boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn, who I mentioned yesterday realizes what could happen if all the fighters from the UK and around the world are fighting offshore in Saudi Arabia and can no longer see the best fights live uh you lose.
Those fans permanently as they drift away to other sports.
That is true.
Another problem with Saudi involvement is: it creates the afan money issues, while Asik paying the fighters an unworldly amount of money, it would spoil them setting things up to where they’ll expect.
The same person amounts from their promoters in the UK and the US and in other countries around the world um when the fighters don’t get that money, they’ll sit inactive waiting until they get their way with the millions of Saudis are paying these Fighters they’ll be wealthy Enough to sit inactive and until promoters in the US, UK and other parts of the world meet their demands.
It won’t work because the promoters aren’t going to be willing to overpay, like the Saudis for fighters to compete in events that bomb badly on pay-per-view uh.
The Saudi can can afford events to lose money, apparently because they’ve got the revenue from the oil says this writer.
It’S a that’s a sweeping statement, but anyway uh the promotors elsewhere.
Don’T have that luxury.
So uh appreciate your comments.
Let’S have a look and see what you have to say regarding uh, what is being said just now, so let’s have a look at what’s happening around the world.
Let’S go off to the undercard of uh Natasha Jonas, who beat, as we all know, Michaela Mayer uh, but on that undercard was another couple of ladies who went at it.
Uh at the M & S Bank Arena Caris ardenall faced Leela dos Santos verado in back and forth featherweight about the carall 6 and0 defeated uh do Santos, Fado 92 nine and2 now with one Knockouts over eight rounds, forado previously suffered a loss against arton stalsburg opponent.
Raven Chapman, but it demonstrated her resilience in persevering through throughout the fight with her uh.
So a great couple of fights there for the women to brag about um and, of course, uh with respect the mayor versus Jonas fight, create controversy about and great discussion about.
But let’s keep it up, ladies um: it’s only going to get bigger and better in terms of uh fighting around the world and putting you women on the stage that you belong.
Um.
Speaking of around the world uh one of boxing’s longest title Reigns ended over in Asaka in Japan, as sheo Yuri aive defeated, WBA flightweb had made the journey East as he’s unable to currently fight in his home country um early earlier.
He had spoken in the week of his enjoyment for fighting on the road, but this proved to be one trip too many, as he lost a unanimous decision on all score cards.
Uh doen had been Champion for six years, but he fell short uh at his seventh attempt and lost his unbeaten record in the process with a guy fighting on the home on the front foot uh with the incumbent looking to stay out of range where possible, but K landed his right-handers effectively and moved into control of the scorecard, though Delan attempted to reassert himself with some left hooks anyway, a great fight over in Osaka, and let’s have a quick look at another fight that took place as well.
That same evening, um WBC WBA 108 pound ruler, uh Ken Shiro taji, retained his belts, courtesy of a heck of a hardfought 12 round majority decision over Venezuela’s Carlos Gales.
The fight a great one, an absolutely early Contender for fight of the Year, saw 32-year-old teraji uh win via scores of 114 112, 114 112 and a third Jo, having even at 113 113 32-year old teresi, who was engaging in his 15th World title fight is now 23 and one by the way, 30-year old, Canales, a former WBA regular light, flyweight champ Falls to 26 and two good stuff out of Japan.
All right.
Let’S move along to other parts of the world involving trainer, Jose benovitz senior, who son Jose Jr and David are fighting, and it’s David.
We want to talk about here, um, Jose senior says he wants his unbeaten super middleweight uh uh David Ben’s, next fight to be against Contender Christian mbil, uh that’d be great uh Christian mobilly, as we all know, is undefeated.
Having recently fought in Quebec City anyway, Jose Senor says he says what he liked when he saw in the highly ranked abil’s recent six round stoppage over Rohan Murdoch.
As I said that took place on January 13th in Quebec City, Canada, Jose Senor is still not interested in a fight between WBA, regular super middleweight, champ, David Morell and benitz for the same uh reason um.
He says the guys he wants for Benevides.
Are these canel Alvarez, Christian ailly and Jal Charlo uh? He doesn’t have kind words to say about Charlo, though he goes, um i’.
Would love to fight Jal Charlo but come on David would stop him with the performance I’ve seen with my other son, Jose benovitz Jr.
He would destroy him.
I don’t think it would be a fair fight for an exciting fight.
Wow Jal Charlo isn’t going to agree to fight benitz because he’s in the running for canelo’s fights in May September, benitz isn’t even considerable.
U for fight against Jamal so that ends that Jose said Jose.
Senor said we want exciting fights, we want fights that bring danger and they 5050 said Jose Senor.
So I don’t think charot was a 50-50 fight.
I would take it in a heartbeat, but I’m going to be honest with you.
That’S a fighter Jamal that deserves Canelo David Benitas at this point.
I’D love that fight.
That would be easy to make easy fight um getting a little bit confused as to who he’s actually talking about here, whether he’s talking about Jose benovitz or David benitz.
But anyway, we want to give H fights.
We want to give fight fans, good fights, hard fights and I don’t think fans would be happy uh with that either the other one is morel and Christian ailly.
He looks spectacular.
He’S ranked number two: the guy’s a monster um he’s an animal.
He has 25 fights.
He’S undefeated, he looked great, the other he’s that other guy would’ love to fight as a dangerous fighter right.
There said Jose Senor about wanding mailly for David benovitz next, so there we go to clarify my earlier question.
Next week, upcoming uh looks like George kosis Jr versus vasili lomachenko H.
That fight will be announced, uh coming to you out of Perth Australia taking place apparently May 12th H for the vacant, ibf lightweight title uh at the RAC Arena uh it’s not an ideal fight.
Uh in May, considering both Fighters have been out of the rank for some time.
Lomachenko will becoming off a year-long layoff since his last fight against Devon Haney in May of 2023 and for his part, kosas Jr will be returning after 10 months out of action.
Uh, former unified lightweight champ kosas Jr 212 by the way 10 Knockouts will have Home Country advantage over the former three Division World Champion, lenko uh 17 and three, which may not sit right with a lot of boxing fans.
But this is where the money is for this fight it likely wouldn’t sell out.
If it were held in the US says, it’s writer boxingnews24.
com check out the full story.
If you so choose, go ahead anyway, let’s have a quick look at uh.
Oh Florian marku, one of our favorites here on talk and fight he’s going up against Chris Kong.
These welterweights they’ve signed up to fight each other next uh they’re, going to settle their differences.
Apparently they’ve been yapping uh in a welterweight contest set for March.
So not so far away.
Uh Marco wants Congo.
He said he’s going to regret it he’s going to regret it for sure he’s chose to fight me.
Let’S see what the remainder of this story – courtesy of Sky Sports, apparently uh.
This is big news over in the UK, um Maru and Congo had a heated confrontation when they came across one another.
At the press conference in August last year, uh they had to be held apart in a scuffle and will now settle their differences in about that they’ve signed for and which is expect to take place in March to be aired on Sky Sports.
Okay, he wanted to get the eyes of people looking at him.
I knew that he won that fight, marku, told Sky Sports.
I said to him.
First of all: go beat the guys that beat you Mar explain then come and speak to me uh.
He was not going and I pushed him.
Congo said him being a hotthead.
How he is, he ended up pushing me.
It could have been an altercation but Security’s there uh, I’m excited now.
The fight is here.
This is what we want.
This is what the supporters are asking for.
This is what we’re going to give it it’s a good one.
Now I believe, he’s been backed into a corner.
He can’t go nowhere now.
He’S got the fight, the likes of me or any of the top 10 in the UK.
Now uh.
The only uh right for him to fight me is because we’ built up a rapor h, but Maru warned him he’s going to regret.
It he’s goingon to regret for sure that he chose to fight me uh.
His wish came true.
I know that he’ll be trained too much over this fight, because that is the most important fight of his life till now, but I will always be training as if it the most important fight my life.
When we’re in the ring.
He will understand that wow after knocking out Dylan Moran in just one round, Maru has been pressing for a major fight.
Congo suffered a narrow loss last time by the way in a quality British title fight with AKO Usman and is now working his way back into contention.
It’S a con contest that promoted Ben shalam, who we haven’t heard from in a while by the way Rel he it’s got so so personal and in that division makes a lot of sense.
I think that with Florian with the work he’s done with Grant Smith, I want him to show he’s more than just a cult figure he’s a very, very talented fighter and that we agree with absolutely and another talented fighter, a man by the name of Lennox Lewis.
H, who trained in Canada as a young man and went on to fight for Canada in the Olympics, winning a gold has this to say about the upcoming Fury and yusk fight, which we close off.
Today’S show with great quote.
He says it’s a giraffe against a bunny rabbit.
You got to look at that and laugh anyway.
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