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EPISODE: Episode 19
Adding to a truly historic year for professional female boxers, we start off the show with a full story on the upcoming all-women card set to take place at the O2 Arena in London on September 10, and then we update viewers on the clash between Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker in Manchester a few week later, before providing news on the recently announced fight between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn, as well as a recent result in the Super Featherweight division, and conclude with a few quotes from Andres Cortes regarding his upcoming bout, and the appointment of Mike Leanardi as CEO of FightStars, given the success of Creator Clash.
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[ Music, ] hello, there boxing fans around the world thanks for joining me once again here on talk and fight for another episode of boxing news today, courtesy of our friends across the pond at boxing247.
com, and i encourage you to visit their site as well.
To get all the news fit to print, listen, let’s start off today, uh with the great news uh regarding women and boxing.
This is uh a really historic year for professional boxing uh in the women’s category.
Hopefully, one day just boxing in general, but there’s an all women card coming up uh to be held at the o2 arena in london on the 10th of september.
It’S fantastic stuff! Let me let me roll through this entire article because uh, it really is quite brilliant.
I mean the impact it will have and the legacy it will leave.
Uh is truly truly historic: okay uh the people who are promoting it; boxers, boxer bo xxcr um, you know – have added um to the delight of british boxing fans, uh three: a trio uh former team, gb, uh, amateur stars and uh: let’s go through this uh one By one lauren price, uh will fight on a historic night of women’s boxing as the as the welsh wonder takes on hungary’s timia bellic at the o2 in london on 10th 10th of september, the stylish southpaw price opened her professional career with an impressive points victory over Vlogador gudenstein at wembley back in june and at the tokyo 2020 team gb gold medalist from newport will be keen to make another emphatic statement of intent to the middleweight division and what will be defining light a defining night at the iconic venue in london, price’s partner And fellow olympic hero, paris artingstall, will also be able to make it two wins from two on the professional scene when she faces off against france, experience campaigner, marina sakharov uh.
The max feels featherweight sean on her debut in coventry earlier this summer, when she comfortably dispatched vada masiakaita on points former fellow tgb star rounding out the trio, caroline dubois, with two knockouts will bid to continue her meteoric rise toward a future world title shot when she Takes on bulgaria season professional, melina kovleva, yeah, she’s, 10, 14, 1, but knockouts and six rounds of lightweight action.
That’Ll be a tough battle for uh sweet caroline, as she’s known over in the uk, it’s a sold out, uh um, the boxycraft.
Sorry, the boxer got in bournemouth her last uh outing that was sold out uh as she had celebrated her third professional win inside five months, demolishing happy doodah.
That was a clinical third round technical knockout finish, and i reported on that as well.
So uh british fight fans are really really looking forward to this, and and let’s not forget that molina koleva uh is a formidable opponent.
Uh, who took katie taylor to the distance back in 2017 only be beaten on points, so this is going to be a big big, big, big, big fight, ben shalom, uh, boxer, ceo and founder, said we’re proud to announce the three team gb olympic heroines joining us To make boxing history on 10th of september fantastic stuff – let me just continue on here because elsewhere on the undercard portsmouth ebony jones faces spanish featherweight vanessa caballero, an exciting flyweight, ginny, coops who’s been featured on knuckle up several times.
I believe travels across the pond to take on jamie rueg uh april hunter faces argentina’s erica alvarez, while rising super welterweight prospect.
Georgia o’connor looks to protect her unbeaten start and professional winnings as well.
Londoner, shannon ryan makes a short tube trip across the jubilee line and to north greenwich as the superfly awake comes up against spain’s bucca al quesa and super bantamweight sensation.
Sarah lehmann completes a historic all-female lineup, as the german fighter goes head to toe with swindon’s back connolly, and this is all uh as a prelude to the big fight of the night, which features uh bitter rivals, clarissa shields 12-0 and savannah marshall 12-0.
So that’s going to be a fantastic fight and uh underneath them uh some of the co-main event uh two of the best female fighters on the planet, michaela, mayer, 17-0 and alicia baumgartner 12-1, and these american rivals will battle it out.
As i said in the co-main event for the undisputed super featherweight championship, so what a heck of a lineup a fantastic fight night taking place over in london on the 10th of september, at the o2 arena, uh and and over in the uk, will be shown on Sky sports, i’m not sure uh how we’ll be getting it over here in north america or around the world, but i’m sure uh, a quick google will find out where you can watch that event.
Speaking of events, roughly speaking a few weeks later after that fight at the ao arena in manchester, we’re gon na see joe joyce versus joseph parker, a big heavyweight clash.
Let’S see what uh this article is all about.
Joy joyce now happy amongst the high rollers, i’m taking his training over to las vegas to get himself ready for the high stakes heavyweight collision with joseph parker on september 24th, which is being shown exclusively on bt sport box office, promoted by frank warren.
The queensberry promotion in association with boxer, so there’s all the industry information you need to know.
Of course, it’s highly unlikely that big, joe will be laying any chips on the strip he’ll be tucked away with his trainer ismael salvas of the renowned house, boxing academy, drilling a game plan to defeat the wo number two ranked new zealander for joyce.
The talking is done for now and his parting shot was simple.
I’Ll see you on the other side, fair enough.
We are looking forward to that fight.
Indeed, uh it’s it’s a clash, titled.
Nowhere to run the heavyweight clash between joe joyce and joe parker september 24th.
At the ao arena in manchester fantastic stuff, we all look forward to the unclogging and at the top end of that heavyweight division, because there’s lots and lots of heavyweights up and coming uh with 10 fights or less.
We were actually undefeated and i’m talking from around the world, not just in the uk um speaking of uk fighters uh about a month later, at the o2 arena in london october, 8th you’re, going to see chris eubank jr and connor ben go toe-to-toe and they’ll collide In a colossal catchweight clash, uh shown exclusively onto zone around the world and on the zone pay-per-view in the uk and ireland 30 years on by the way from their iconic father’s second showdown at old trafford.
This is an unmissable event for fight fans around the world.
Eubank jr versus band promised to be one of the most electrifying british boxing contests in decades, as the sons of two of the sport’s most famous names battle it out in an incredible second generation, showdown, eubank senior and ben senior captured the nation’s imagination with their bitter Rivalry during a boom era of british boxing in the early 90s, the pair laid it all online on millions on terrestrial tv sharing, two legendary battles in 1990 and 1993.
eubank seniors stopped his boot in the ninth round of their first bruising battle at the national exhibition Center in birmingham it took three years for the rematch to happen which finally took place as sold out old trafford in manchester.
The clash for the wbc and wbo super middleweight titles ended in a draw and the pair never fought each other again, but their sons will reignite that family feud in one of the biggest fights the uk has ever seen so uk fight fans you’re in for a Good one eubank junior is now 32-2, with 23 knockouts uh heads into this fight with ben coming off the back, an impressive shot at points victory over liam williams in cardiff, in which he showed his class by knocking down the welshman four times.
Having previously campaigned at super middleweight, the 32 year old, is a former two-time ibo super middleweight champ.
He captured that ivo crown, with a 10 round stoppage over quinlan in 2017 before defending the belt against german legend arthur abraham and abney israel, following a huge clash with george groves with wa 168 pound world title in february 2018, in which he was defeated on points Eubank jr reclaimed the ibo title in 2019 with a spectacular performance against rival james degale at the o2 at co2 arena in london.
Anyway, returning to the middleweight division, eubank jr claimed the wba intro interim middleweight title uh for the second time, with a technical, knockout uh over former world title challenger, matthew karl bob in december 2019, ben who’s, 21 and 0, with 14 knockouts has exploded onto the world Wealth weight scene with a series of eye-catching wins that have propelled him into the top five rankings.
With all of the recognized governing bodies, he sent out a vicious warning to his 175-147 found rivals by wiping out samuel vargas inside the opening round.
At the copper box arena back in april 2020 living up to his nickname, as he just took one minute 20 seconds to viciously, halt the durable colombian.
The destroyer, as he’s known, secured, a stunning knockout win over former world champion chris algieri in december 2021.
Taking out the american with a brutal right hand in the fourth round of their top of the build clash at the m s bank arena back in liverpool, another devastating early finish followed at manchester’s ao arena in april has been demolished.
South africa’s chris van hood inside two rounds to send an emphatic message to the top names in the ultra competitive 175 pound: i’m sorry, 147 pound division.
Now that is going to be a doozy of a fight.
Let me tell you: um said joe markowski evp of the zone.
We are thrilled to be broadcasting his mega fight october.
Boxing fans around the world, ben and eubank are two of the most storied names in british boxing and in connor and chris you have two of the most exciting fighters around.
This fight is not being missed and we look forward to showcasing this blockbuster evening worldwide on this zone.
There you go if you’re the zone subscriber click it and find out more.
It’S gon na be a good good, good fight around the world.
Let’S have a quick look here taking place in maryland, we saw streaking super featherweight, jordan white win his 10th straight fight as he retained the wbc usnbc title with a 10-round unanimous decision over derrick murray in front of another jet promotion sold out crowd at the hall.
As i said that took place uh at the live casino hotel in hanover maryland uh the fight topped an action-packed eight down eight bout card.
In fact, uh white of washington dc uh made the first defense of his title by scores of 188, 97, 91 and 95.
93 and raised his mark to 14-1 murray who’s.
Fighting out of saint louis missouri is now 16-6-1 in the co-feature.
Demon nicholson, scored a third round stoppage over christopher brooker and vegeta promotion.
Assignee man, sabori khande, remained undefeated with a fourth round stoppage over jonathan burst in a scheduled round.
Middleweight bout quantity out of lower maryland is now 6-0, with five knockouts and burns out of frederick maryland.
As now, four and six in a battle pro debuting lightweights, vincent moscow won a four-round unanimous decision over keenan williams with scores, uh, 40, 36 twice and 39 37.
For moscow he fights out of nottingham maryland, um cheetah promotion, assignee victor williams, remained perfect for the first round stoppage over karim gladney the time spot.
Stoppage was one minutes 52 seconds for williams, up washington dc who’s.
Now, four and oh with four knockouts um cheater promotions fighter, brandon chambers made his first defense of the abf usa featherweight title with a third round stoppage over tayshawn autry, and that was a scheduled six-rounder.
Uh jokim uh hutcherson won a six-round unanswered decision over princess canada.
Interesting in a super bantamweight fight, uh jerome bellestone won the fourth rounder um over uh jadon irvin in the super welterweight division, uh and gina promotions returns to philadelphia by the way at the 2300 arena on saturday september 10th and judah promotions will be back at the Live casino hotel in maryland on october 15th, good for the lads and gals down that g to promotions, putting on a great card a great night of entertainment for the fans and that we look forward to seeing the results of their upcoming contests as well.
See what else we have up here – oh yes, andre cortes, so andre cortez – is going to tour against abraham montoya we’ve reported on that and that fight is taking place at resorts world in las vegas.
On 13th of august top ranks undefeated super featherweight, rising star andres, savage cortes 17-0, with 10 knockouts squares off against abraham montoya who’s; 23.
No slouch 14 knockouts.
This saturday night, as i said august 13th at the resorts world in las vegas it’ll, be an eight-round bout and it’ll stream live and exclusively on espn plus lopez.
Who’S 16-1, with 12 knockouts, the former unified and lineal lightweight champion, will place mexican veteran pedro, who reported on the other day the 10 round main event as again promoted by top rank and tickets, as you know, are on sale at etix.
com.
Cortez by the way, is riding an impressive three fight knockout streak.
He talks about his recent training camp uh with montoya uh.
He said this has been one of my better camps.
The sparring we got was very tough.
I was in there with many different styles, guys that can bang and guys like a box.
My strength and conditioning is right on point and i feel stronger going into this fight.
These final days of cutting weight will be smooth because of all the hard work i’ve put into the camp, and he also added on his match-up against montoya.
Montoya is a very tough opponent.
Who’S never been stopped, he’s been in the ring with some notable names.
So i know he hasn’t met the capacity to fight under the bright lights.
I’Ll have to make the proper adjustments to get him out there.
I’M prepared to go the distance, but the goal will be to knock him out.
So there you go fight fans in las vegas, 13th of august, a big battle between andros cortes abraham montoya as well as we’ve mentioned this before [ Music, ], great fights, okay in other fight news, a company you might know of called fight stars – has announced the Hiring of mike leonardi as its ceo, what is interesting is fightstars started out purely as a digital media company, but has now turned as primary focus to talent, management and in the process.
They have hired veteran boxing manager mike leonardi, to be a ceo.
As i said, going forward, fight stars will use its digital media properties to grow the brand of all its fighters under their management.
Yeah so says: uh leonardi, with fightstars.
We are building an ecosystem around the talent to help them grow their individual brand monetize that brand and ultimately tell their unique story leonardo by the way, is 15 years experienced managing fighters.
He added that, coupled with the experience of me and my team in developing fighters careers, we are offering a holistic approach, the likes of which our sport has never seen before.
He obviously hasn’t been to talk at fight.
com, but anyway, fighters that are currently under the guidance of leonardi that will now be represented under the fight.
Star’S banner include middleweight container shane mosley jr 18-4 cruiserweight rob safari 14-0 heavyweight jeremiah milton 5-0 welt wade, giovanni estella, eight-note world-ranked female contender, welterweight summerlin 7-0 and peter dobson 16.
To name a few dobson by the way is co-managed with ryan ricky and safari is cool managed by oliver cabrera leonardi.
Here’S one of the driving forces behind the very successful creative crash creator creator clash an event uh.
All of you remember me talking about it, took place down in tampa and featured um youtube creators for lack of a better description, but these guys put on a great show and a lot of money was raised that went to a lot of great causes.
Anyway, it’s what they call an influencer boxing event, uh and leonardo feels he has everything in place now to make white stars.
A top-notch management company creator clash packed 10 000 fans into the young ling center in tampa and sold over 100 000 pay-per-views generally generating over a million dollars generating and donating over.
A million dollars to charity.
Wow creative class she said, was a huge success and the experience i gained from doing a big show like that gave me some valuable knowledge on what a successful pay-per-view event generate with creator clash 2 coming up next year, i’ll be able to leverage those contacts with The roster we have in place fightstars is gaining momentum with the team.
We have assembled over the last few months.
So good luck to fight stars, good luck, leonardi and good luck.
This creative clash, too, which we will be covering at the appropriate time.
In the meantime, we do look forward to hearing more about uh shane mosley jr rob safari jeremiah milton giovanni estella summerlin peter dob.
These.
These are great names, names to follow names, to watch, they’re up and coming for sure, but uh like i said this is a company that started out as a digital media company is now a phone management company in the world of boxing and impacting and changing for The better um the world of boxing good stuff, all right, bye fans, thanks for joining me here on talk fight, appreciate it remember to like share subscribe, hit that notification bell and uh we’ll see you later on at 4pm uh with mike warr and cedric van buren.
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