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EPISODE: Episode 4
On this episode, we’ll recap the fallout from the now-canceled Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr card, including quotes from the pair, and then move along to provide news from the super featherweight division, now that Shakur Stevenson has decided to move up a notch, and an update on Leigh Wood and the featherweights, and conclude with a review from the Joe Hand Promotions card taking place at Parx Casino, featuring a veteran heavyweight Joey Dawejko, who clashes with Terrell Jamal Woods in Philadelphia.
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I don’t know box of fans around the world.
Thank you 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 boxing two four, seven and augmented uh by a couple of other websites that are offering uh odds on various uh boats.
Coming up that, I might discuss later on, if I have time uh specifically related to the big fight coming up between all the women on October 15th, uh, an awful lot of uh fighters who are just declared the obvious winner.
But the headliners are too close to call and if you’re a betting person good luck to you flip a coin anyway.
Let’S get to today’s news, which uh is more of a bit of a continuation of the ongoing story that was breaking earlier this week, which should have broken a lot earlier.
Quite frankly, um.
What has happened is simply a disgrace.
It’S an embarrassment to boxing in other sports.
When testing takes place, the results are disclosed immediately, especially if they’re negative, which, if they’re negative uh action, is taken and action is taken um to the contrary.
In this regard, with respect to various people saying the fight should have continued and it shouldn’t uh have continued unless sanctioned by someone else.
In this particular case, let me read a statement by Matt trueman wasser unboxing involved in the Chris Eubank Jr and Connor Ben fiasco.
Connor been having been tested, positive for a women’s fertility drug frankly, uh, which quite in other circumstances.
Quite frankly, uh is a Massey agent for steroid use.
And if you take a look at say the before and after pictures of Connor Ben, he certainly put on some poundage, some muscle and, quite frankly that testosterone booster certainly did the job for him.
Was it fair for him to use that? No, it wasn’t fair under the rules of the game, so here’s the statement.
After discussions with various parties, we have taken the decision to formally postpone the bout between Chris Eubank Jr and Connor Ben now.
Here’S my personal comment over here in North America, where I’m broadcasting from it wasn’t such a big deal.
It wasn’t such a tremendous fight that we were sitting on the edge of our seats waiting for this fight to happen.
If you ask any one of the younger generation a boxing fan today who Nigel Ben was, they had probably suggest he might have had a hit single in the 1980s no uh, he was Connor, Ben’s, father and quite a famous fighter in the UK.
This is my point uh.
This has been a black eye for boxing this entire week, as these stories continue to circulate uh.
Just how bad is it.
There are memes now with respect to Connor, Ben and uh it just it’s a travesty.
It really is a shame.
The statement continues.
It is undeniable that the British boxing Board of councils decision to withdraw their sanctioning was procedurally flawed and without due process.
That remains a legal issue between the promoters and the board which we intend to pursue fair enough.
But here’s my point, Connor Ben, who is uh a matchroom fighter, has put a stain on all of Matt’s room’s Fighters because, if he’s been cheating who else on that, roster has been cheating as well.
Are you telling me that Eddie Hearn doesn’t know what these chaps are doing and potentially the ladies are doing behind closed doors with respect to enabling themselves a fitter body to make sure that they have an advantage in a fight long ago and you’ll hear luizen on Our show on talk and fight each Sunday talk about controversies in the sport, involving all sorts of ways that uh boxers and their promoters and their managers have attempted to gain the upper hand, and I think realistically, uh there’s been a trust value.
Now that’s been eroded in the North American audience and probably audiences around the world.
People who enjoy the support of boxing but who do not enjoy hearing this kind of news that Connor Ben is a cheater.
The statement continues, however, whilst there are legal routes to facilitate the fight taking place as planned, we do not believe that it is in the Fighter’s interest for those to be pursued at such a late stage or in the wider interests of the sport as promoters.
We take our obligations and duties very seriously, and the full investigation will now need to take place, we’ll be making no further comment at this time and news for ticket holder refunds will follow fair enough at the end of the day.
Go ahead, investigate all you want, but, as I said, it’s a trust issue.
It’S not a public relations issue.
It needs to be handled with uh white gloves, quite frankly, um they’re, an awful lot of Fighters on the matchroom roster that I like, but I’d like to see each of them get tested and each of them get tested and show a positive result.
As a result of those tests, I really like that would be a good statement on matchroom’s behalf to facilitate, if you will, The Trusted issue that I think is at stake right now in the boxing community.
Let me continue with a statement from uh from Chris Eubank Jr.
He simply said: Conor got caught using an illegal substance, so the fight is off, can’t believe it.
I really apologize to the fans and everyone that bought tickets, traveled and booked hotels.
This should not have happened.
He has escaped his schooling for now, fair enough to which Connor Ben replied, I’m truly gutted that we were unable to make this fight happen on Saturday and I’m so sorry to everyone.
Who’S been affected by the postponement, I’m still completely shocked and surprised by this and has been a tough couple of days.
My team and I will consider the next options, including rescheduling the fight, but my immediate focus is on clearing my name because I’m a clean athlete.
I call elsewhere a buzzing, oh shacky Foster has promised he will dominate at the super featherweight division after his world title shot was confirmed.
Voss has been ordered to face Mexico’s Ray Vargas for the vacant.
Wbc 130 pound title following the decision of Championship Stevenson to move up in weight, the sanctioning body has confirmed a free negotiation period has begun to Stage the super featherweight Showdown and that the winner must make two mandatory title: defenses USA’s Foster who’s 19-2 with 11 Knockouts Woke up a Monday morning to message two messages on his phone, confirming that wbc’s ruling that he must face Vargas, who moves up a division.
Having been World featherweight champ, he said it’s a dream, come true, I’m so happy! I can’t even hide it it’s something that I’ve been working for.
Since I was eight years old.
I never had a dream to be an Olympian.
It was always to be a world champion, so I’m feeling great and I’m ready to put on a show for the world good for him.
That’S what I like to see, Thomas Patrick ward, has put the world’s featherweight Champions on notice that his final Eliminator was announced.
The wba’s number one Contender has been ordered to face ubekistan’s, auto back comatav comotov to decide on who is next in line to fight for the world crown Leo Santa Cruz and Lee wood have been ordered to fight to determine One champion in the weight class and The winner would face probellum’s, Ward or number two ranked uh kolmatov Ward.
By the way, he’s 33-0 one draw has waited patiently uh for clarity from the WBA and plans on backing up his clan to see the best boxer in the 126 pound division by securing his world title shot with a victory over the 10-0 Coleman’s off and Ward Said I’ve never had anything easy in my career, so I knew that getting a straight shot of the world title was probably never going to happen, but this is a final Eliminator.
So I know that when I win I’m next in line for shot at the world champion, everything is now moving in the right direction and added, I don’t know very much about kolmatov, but traditionally the Uzbek Fighters are very well schooled, so I’m already prepared for that.
But I believe I’m the best featherweight in the world.
I want to challenge all the champions in the world.
It’S great that Santa Cruz and wood are fighting and the whole WBA World title situation is moving forward, uh, let’s uh.
Finally, trip on to Philadelphia where Johann promotions, uh they’re, presenting excite Fight Night number, nine! That’S going on tonight, happy October, 7th down in Philadelphia.
Uh here are our list uh one of my favorite veteran fighters in the heavyweight division.
He sees these down in the rankings, but he’s still fun to watch.
Joey dewaltrico he’s going to fight Tyrell Jamal Woods.
Also on that card Kevin Ford’s fighting down Joe Fuentes – I am but uh facing Juan De La Cruz Rodriguez, Brendan o’callaghan’s, fighting Jeremiah Kendrick is fighting uh Salford Dean, Mazzy, Boris Knights, facing Hakeem Smith.
Aaron nemon is going face to face uh with Jaquan Humbert and that’s going to be a great fight being held at The Parks Casino in Philadelphia and it’s been promoted by Joe hand boxing good stuff, as I promised a quick little look at the betting lines here.
Let’S have a quick look at the women: oh my gosh, okay, there’s an awful lot of underdogs if you’re a betting, man or woman, and you want to toss some coins just go to any betting side.
It’S kind of funny, because these These are incredible.
Um serious serious Underdog action going on, but when it comes to the uh Headliners, let’s have a quick whoa too close to call here: wow uh, Michaela, mayor and Alicia baumgarter flip a coin Savannah Marshall Clarissa Shields flip a coin: [ Music ] um either one.
But if you win you’re not going to win much um, but if you, if you’ve been on some of those underdogs uh, whether it be uh, Milena, caliva or uh, Erica alvira’s, uh, bookra, Al quasi uh, I thought she’d be doing better in the betting lines.
But anyway, I bet Connolly as an underdog, Timmy Bellic uh Vanessa, calbero, Marina, sakuroff wow.
These are all these are all good Fighters, but they’re all a lot of underdogs on that card.
Anyway, there you go, there’s all the news fit to print for today.
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