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EPISODE: Episode 4
Today we hear about a few new signings, as rosters continue to expand, likely due to the increasing availability of new revenue from pay-per-view audiences and live streaming; among the companies announcing new acquisitions are Matchroom, Split-T Management, Holden Productions, and Salita Promotions, in addition to upcoming bouts featuring Ilunga Makabu, Rene Tellez and Joe Goodall, among others, and Josh Taylor’s plans after his anticipated fight with Jack Catterall in February, which all hit the headlines on this episode.
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[, Music, ], hello, boxing fans around the world.
Thank you for joining us once again here on talk and fight for another episode of boxing news today, where we discuss the uh news and headlines courtesy of our friends of boxing247.
com across the pond, and today we’re going to start off with a couple of announcements: franchot Cruz de zun and elena sederos have signed promotional deals with an end match room and the super middleweight rulers will meet for the untitled in the spring and that date and place is to be decided yet wbc and wbo champion cruz descern who’s.
Seven one uh with two knockouts officially defends her straps for the first time after the first defense of her wbo and second of the wbc against alejandra jimenez in january 2020 was declared a no contest after jimenez failed, a drug test, cruz discerned won the wbc crown In just her fifth pro fight in august 2018, edging out marcel cornejo and added the vacant, wbo strap in her first defense of the wbc belt when she rematched cagino 11 months later, ibf and wba champion zaderos.
Who’S 8-0 with four knockouts is ranked number one with ring magazine at 168 pounds and the undefeated former pro soccer player turned elite fighter will be looking to add the virginia fighters belts to her straps and make it back-to-back wins over american fighters in her second fight.
In the u.
s, the 36-year-old made her stateside bow against alicia napoleon that pose no espinoza in atlantic city in january 2020.
Crucially, flooring, the new yorker in a second round on the way to find the ibf strap with napoleon espinoza’s wba title by one point on all three cards says: cruz discern it’s no party without the heavy-hitting diva i’ve worked and earned everything i have if elaine or Anyone else think they can take it, they think they will take from me.
They truly have me mistaken.
I really don’t want to talk, i’m just going to bring that action to the main attraction and get everything i deserve it’s about legacy and survival.
So i appreciate eddie, hearn, matthew and peter khan for making this happen.
It’S my time to live up to my own expectations, i’m great elsewhere.
We see the split team management assigned highly tracked highly acclaimed amateur and two-time national golden gloves champion abel gonzalez to a management contract gonzalez most recently won in the the 2021 national golden gloves in the ultra competitive 178 pound weight division taking home the award for most Outstanding fighter of the tournament in the process, gonzalez out of florida will make his professional debut at super middleweight.
He is trained by his father ahmad uh, a cuban native and lists the cuban great to filo stevenson and felix savan, as some of his biggest influences in the sport gonzalez is a boxer puncher possessing thudding power at an excellent ring iq, i’m very excited to sign With split team management, he says this is the moment.
I’Ve been waiting for under split teeth.
I feel i’ll be able to reach all my goals and become a world champion elsewhere.
We see unbeaten heavyweight jeremiah drew man milton has signed an exclusive promotional contract with hold on promotions, and this interesting tidbit comes up later in another story born and raised.
Also the 27 year old milton is 3-0, with three knockouts as a pro as an amateur.
He was ranked among the top heavyweights in america and won a silver medal at the 2020 olympic trials.
Prior to boxing, he played defensive end at division.
Two northeastern state university milton he was on six six foot.
Four 230 pounds is an explosive puncher with impressive athleticism.
He says: holden promotions has been doing great things for fighters in multiple weight classes, i’m glad to be joining a successful team based out of my hometown and we’re going to put the world on notice having promoted fights and fighters across the globe, including both jake paul Tyler woodley bites this past year.
Holden productions is thrilled about signing a talented heavyweight with ties to their home base.
Other news, salina promotions, proudly announces the signing of grand rapids michigan based 2021 usa national amateur welterweight champion joshua double j pagan to a promotional contract.
After starting boxing at age, 13 in honor of his trainer and father tony, who also boxed pagan, had approximately 90 fight as an amateur culminating in winning three state golden gloves championships and this year’s usa.
National championships, which were held in shreveport louisiana.
A smooth boxer with a mean street 21 year old pagan will make his professional debut on saturday january 22nd, 202 in the lincoln ballroom of the ford community performing arts center in dearborn michigan.
In other fight news, we see that longa makuba is going up against tabiso machuna.
This will take place at wd, packard, music hall in ohio and the 29th on the 29th of january 202.
, congolese ilanga mokubo will defend his wbc cruiserweight belt against mandatory challenger south african tibiso machino on january 29th.
This will be an action-packed clash for the wbc championship, with a great fight on the horizon for the winner said don king, the promoter of the event, machu, no vows he’s ready to challenge makubo for the cruiserweight belt, since the wbc ordered in his 59th convention that The winner of the fight will face the super middleweight champion, saul, canelo alvarez and that’s probably in may the wbc cruiserweight champion since january 2020, makubo who’s 34 years old has a professional record of 28 wins and 25 knockouts and two losses, while his challenger juno has.
Third, has a record of 23 wins with 13 knockouts and five losses elsewhere, mexican action star renee el bravo, teles giron will meet puerto rican.
Upstart luis melentes, in a 10-round junior lightweight showdown on saturday january 29th, at the hard rock hotel and casino in tulsa jiron melendez will serve as the co-feature of then round.
Wbc junior lightweight title eliminator between former title challenger, robson, concho and undefeated contender, jv martinez, both by which we are live on espns.
The undercard will include the return of undefeated middleweight prospect, nico ali walsh, who’s 3-0, with two knockouts who is, as we know, the grandson of muhammad ali in a four-round bout ali walsh made his professional debut last august with the first round stoppage again at the hard Rock hotel and casino in tulsa tulsa born heavyweight prospect mentioned earlier jeremiah milton who’s 3-0 will see action on the undercard in a six-rounder iran, who’s 16-1, with 10 knockouts who’s 22 years old, is a rising star.
Out of mexico emerged from relative obscurity with his december 2019 knockout victory over then unbeaten 2016 olympia, carlos balderas.
He has won two fights since the baldur’s triumph, including a seminole knockout over eduardo garza last september on the oscar valdez concertio fight uh in tucson, arizona, melendez, who’s 17-1 with 13 knockouts and the winner of 15 straight fights.
Since a controversial split decision, loss had a busy 20 21 also, he picked up.
Seven victories in three months in colombia then returned to stage with a flourish.
Melendez won an eight-round decision over thomas matisse at virgin hotels, las vegas last november, a career best victory that hurt him in the co-feature slot against girong down under.
We see that australia’s two undefeated heavyweight champions, joe goodall and justice hooning, will face off in a highly anticipated showdown in brisbane on february, 4th huni who’s 5-0.
The australian national title holder since 2020 will challenge unbeaten wbc australasia champion joe guttal who’s 7-0-1 good old who’s.
28 years old has spent the past six months in las vega in las vegas nevada sparring, some of the best american heavyweights under the watchful eyes of taylor, barry who is in the corner of wbc world heavyweight multi-titleist tyson fury, both good ol and huni, had brilliant Amateur careers representing australia in international events, goodall known for his hard punches, had two years off boxing for shoulder surgery and had a full recovery, winning australia, asia title with an early round tko decision against samoan hermann purcell.
My shoulder is good.
He said i have full power, i’m ready to go to the next level.
Goodall will return to australia two weeks ahead of his showdown with the younger huni who’s 22 hardened by a training program designed to ensure that he can go the full distance if necessary, not to be out doing.
Huni has flown to usa, where he’s training under manny pacquiao’s trainer of two decades justin fortune who’s been tasked with supplying a bevy of hardened sparring partners.
The stakes for both fighters couldn’t be higher.
A win for goodall will cement his reputation of a genuine heavyweight contender.
A hyunee win will see him rise up in the world of rankings.
Hyunee says he’s been inspired by george cambosis junior, who became the undisputed champion by defeating fimo lopez, when all the odds were against him, george backed himself, you definitely need to believe in yourself.
He said finally, we got some news out of uh the uk.
The undisputed super lightweight champion of britain josh taylor plans to move up to 147 pounds after demonstrating his greatness in the super lightweight division.
Thanks to memorable victories over regis, brutal grace, victor prestal and jose ramirez, the great scott will defend his four world titles against jack caddarol in february.
If the 31 year old boxer emerges victorious from that challenge, several attractive opponents will wait for him at 147 pounds.
Terence crawford jordina, zugus and errol spence are the current dominant fighters at welterweight and taylor has a desire to prove himself there in the near future.
He says i’d like to go up to 147 and become a two-weight world champion uh chase.
Some of those big massive fights, that’s what i want to do, hopefully i’ll become undisputed, welterweight chief world champion in the near future.
This is one of my goals for 2022.
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It’S definitely something very possible right right.
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