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EPISODE: Episode 1
The show starts with an announcement from the WBA and its decision to support the IBA, rather than World Boxing, then we have news from Yokasta Valle and her next fight, meanwhile Eddie Hearn takes the time to explain to fans who he thinks are among the best heavyweights at the moment, and a quip from Terence Crawford regarding a possible clash with Tank Davis, a result from Sony Hall, Benavidez vs Andrade is confirmed as a PPV, and we conclude with comments about Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Francis Ngannou and Robert Helenius.
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Foreign [ Music ] boxing fans around the world thanks for joining me once again here on talk and fight for another episode of boxing news today, and we have quite a few uh items to bring to you.
First of all, um put this into the sad news.
Category uh the world boxing Association, president Gilberto Mendoza, went public with his Alliance as the amateur dispute continued amidst a wave of defection.
As you know, both the USA and Great Britain’s uh boxing programs to the most hope profile in the world have left the IBA formerly aiba, to join World Boxing.
Their respective moves were echoed by many other nations in a row over uh reform until confirming its plans to self-administer significant changes.
The IBA has been involved in a storm over judging and boat fixing, alongside several other accusations, and this led to the formation of World Boxing.
After the international Olympic Committee ioc threat to expel the sport from future games, World Boxing is a direct rival of the IBA and plans to focus efforts on keeping boxing at the Olympics indefinitely.
As for the IBA, the organization is condemned.
The Breakaway faction for uh luring away several major contributors uh to the metal table.
It retains hope that it can still keep some of the star names moving forward.
However, this Tuesday Mendoza, who has clashed with the WBC on this decision to support the IBA, was present at the Continental boxing championship in California.
It’S an event that came with an invitation from the IBA in which the best amateur fighters of the region participate at the WBA figurehead attended the finals of the youth category, which took place during the day, and he sat alongside the leader of the IBA to Mark Kremlev and joined different presidents of national federations who also support the IBA, such as Alberto Torres from Colombia.
So I’m sure this will go on for some time until the Olympics decision has been finalized and until then we as fans wait speaking of fans.
One of our fan favorites here over to talk and fight three Division and five-time World Champion Jocasta Valley, uh, 28 and two nine Knockouts will make her grand 2023 return to the U.
S after selling out stadiums in their native Costa Rica and will defend her ibf and Wbo minimum weight world championship titles against a soon to be announced, opponent, Nicaragua born and Costa Rica raised Valley will participate in a 10 round match as part of the zupita versus guest style Fight Card, a guaranteed barn burner of a main event.
William L Cameron, zapita he’s 28-0 24 Knockouts will defend his WBA Continental America’s lightweight title in a 12-round match against mercito no mercy just which I announced last last week, um.
Oh, what would this show be without a quote from Eddie Hearn Eddie Hearn has named Phil pergovic Dempsey, McKean and Derek jazora among the best heavyweight fighters in the world ahead of his upcoming London event, featuring those Fighters yeah and another.
I used to Eskimos moment for the promoter Hearn assured fans.
They would witness some of the top 200 pound plus contenders when they tune in on Saturday night.
Hearn is convinced, whether only publicity or not, that the Auntie Joshua undercard features the cream of heavyweight Talent, [.
Music ] it’s a night of heavy duty action at the O2 in London, with Anthony and Joshua.
Now facing the Nordic nightmare six foot nine Robert helenia said Hearn AJ looks to move on to some of the biggest fights in the division, as we all might add.
If he wins, the undercard is stacked, with some of the world’s biggest baddest and best heavyweights that earn along with some of our youngest Talent.
We know the issues of the last few days.
It’S never been easy to think on your feet and adapt, but the instruction from Anthony Joshua was clear.
I’M ready to fight – and I want to fight on Saturday, despite his claims about the undercard Hearn admits that they had no choices but to pull the plug on pay-per-view attempts.
We had to thank our broadcast Partners to Zone uh the great news for subscribers that this is no longer pay-per-view, and this is under an unbelievable value for fight fans to be able to watch AJ in a big fight with a great undercard yeah yeah.
So that’s Eddie Hearn for you, Terence Crawford wants javonta Davis at 147.
That’S a big money fight.
He says: okay, according to Chris Williams, over boxing news24.
com, he says Terence Crawford has changed his tune about fighting 135 pound secondary champ, gervanta tank Davis and he’s now interested in facing him as long as he agrees to move up 12 pounds to fight at 147.
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If Crawford hasn’t transformed himself into a hobgoblin negotiator, he might be able to cash in with a couple of nice paydays before he calls it a day.
Canelo Alvarez would undoubtedly entertain a fight with Crawford at 168, as uh would Dave benavidez, Jr and Caleb plant, but for Crawford to be talking crazy.
Like he’s the face of boxing, it’s totally unrealistic that he’ll get any of those fights and, of course, he’ll wind up empty-handed with his zany idea of fighting javonta at 147, without weight and strength draining catch weight of 138 to 140.
Crawford says he’d stay at 147 To fight tank who’s 29-0, 27 Knockouts, rather than move up to 1, 3, 31.
Sorry 154.
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What’S interesting, is that Crawford isn’t offering to fight tank at a catch weight in between 135 and 147.
? In other words, Crawford thinks that he’s the a side and is calling the shots with tank like a big boss.
This is the same thing that Crawford did with Canelo Alvarez, saying that he’ll fight the Mexican superstar at 158 catch weight, which is 10 pounds below his 168 weight, 168 pound weight class.
The way that Crawford is making outlandish offers thinking he’s in a position to do this is like he’s following the footsteps of Andy Ruiz Jr pricing himself out of fights by asking for deals.
He has no chance of getting in fights, uh against Deontay, Wilder, Etc.
No knock the tank, but there are definitely levels if he thinks he’s going to knock Terence Crawford out, isn’t a thing coming, I’d say: 147 pounds from him: that’s a big money fight but nobody’s going to give me credit tanks, like 505.
he’s a little guy said.
Terence Crawford about his willingness to fight gervantha Davis.
If he comes up 12 pounds to 147.
Crawford needs uh to get his feet back on the ground, because his victory over a drained and empty shell of Earl Spence Jr has grown to my ideas in his head and he’s not going to get away with any Of those fights that he wants, not one Terence, will get his rematch with spends because the terms have likely been spelled out all as already part of rematch clause, but once that fight is out of the way Crawford won’t get matchups.
He wants against your mouth Charlo Canal or tank.
The way the author sees it.
Uh Crawford won’t get any of the big fights he’s asking for it and he’ll wind up his career fighting these guys, Brian Mendoza Sebastian, Pandora or Ericsson, Lupe, [, Music, ].
Now, speaking of unbeaten Fighters, he in a clash between unbeaten flyweights, Andy Dominguez, he’s 10-0.
Now six Knockouts scored a six round majority decision over Muhammad avidani uh, seven one one: five knockouts on Thursday night over at Sony Hall in New York City, close fight, uh scores, River 58, 56, 58, 56 and 57 57.
in the co-feature female Superfly weight, Christina Cruz, Is now 5-0 also undefeated uh and she swept past Nancy, Franco, who’s 1918 and two five Knockouts over eight rounds by scores of 80 to 72, 79, 73 and 79 uh 73.
good stuff out of New York.
All right, let’s move along to see, what’s happening.
Oh David benavidez, right David benavidez and Demetrius Andres, who are going to be fighting uh it’ll, be a Pay-Per-View event, though, for boxing fans um still being planned for the fall uh.
As you already know, and in case you’re wondering we’ll be on PVC and Showtime pay-per-view and that’s according to Mike Coppinger over at ESPN, it shouldn’t come as any surprise, even as it’s increasingly exasperated to keep reaching into your pocket for more and more pay-per-view money.
Just to follow sport but benefit is, is when over Kayla plant is stronger than I anticipated numbers, and once a guy gets on pay-per-view, it’s really hard to talk them back uh if they had won their last time out.
Currently, PBC has Canelo versus Charlo set for PPD on September 30th, and it’s expected that Keith Thurman versus eudenius yogis will be finalized for pay-per-view in the fall as well.
So pay-per-view seems to be the way to go for these Fighters and uh lay it on the line if we’re gon na pay for it.
That’S for sure, let’s have a quick look at what Tyson Fury’s up to these days, he’s holding back on heavyweight Division and Auntie Joshua versus Robert hellenius breakdown on fighting words.
It says it says: uh, it’s always a party when Auntie Joshua fights as matram goes all out for the former unified champion uh.
There was going to be another celebration when Joshua was supposed to fight Delia white uh, but the party go got shut down when white got next from the fight.
After failing multiple drug tests, as we all know, uh now Joshua faces uh Robert lanius, who fought just a few days ago in the fight airs via a regular design subscription, which I just announced.
Uh fight fans have been rewarded with great balance in 2023, from Javon to Davis versus Brian Garcia, to Errol Spence versus Terence Crawford.
As I’ve just mentioned, however, the one division that’s been a bit of a letdown has been the heavyweight Division.
Division gets his own way as the best won’t that division gets in its own way as the best won’t fight the best and that’s due to contract disputes and failed drug tests Etc.
Years ago, heavyweights were the bread and butter boxing.
Now it is a division that can’t be taken seriously.
You can see this entire article on sportingnews.
com.
Can we blame the WBC heavyweight champ chat, Tyson Fury for some of these issues.
The Brit was supposed to fight Joshua and Alexander yusek, but negotiation on his end of War has gone South.
The cash cow in the division is Fury but he’s busy fighting mma’s Francis Nagano in an exhibition boat.
Next, so we got ta Wonder uh.
If Joshua will continue on uh, if he loses to helenius uh got to wonder what the bigger fight at heavyweight is Fury versus, usick or Joshua versus Wilder, if he wins um and debating a good point here would be a potential fight between Joshua and Wilder.
If he does win, indeed, it’s a quick look, uh Derek to Zora.
Another heavyweight has never been one to tow an official line or keep his thoughts to himself, and so it has proved again this week, as he allegedly revealed a whopping amount of money.
Tyson funniest set to Tyson Fury, is set to earn for his much maligned fight with MMA star Francis Nagano.
As I just said, the boxing world would much rather have seen WBC and lineal uh heavyweight champ Fury take on Ukraine and music for all four major world.
Uh World title belts and even Nagano understood those frustrations after negotiations broke down earlier this year, Fury’s moved on to this highly lucrative bout with former UFC champ naganu, while yusic is set to defend his titles against British Challenger, Daniel Dubois in Poland on August 26th, chesura Himself is a former Fury victim having lost the Gypsy King by 10th round stoppage at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium back in December last year.
But uh responded to the suggestion that a lot of people of criticized Fury for taking the fight.
He said they don’t know how much Tyson Fury is getting paid.
That’S why they criticize him.
Then he dropped the exact amount he’s getting paid.
50 million dollars is indeed a knife.
Eye-Watering amount of money and not the first time, Fury stepped away from boxing for a big payday uh.
He appeared in the WWE Crown Jewel event defeating a guy by name a Braun strowman, the account out back in 2019 Anna said.
He would like to return to wrestling one day.
Fans will be hoping that doesn’t come ahead of a big boxy match, like uh, with the I, with the likes of Auntie, Joshua or yousic, or even uh Jared Anderson, in my opinion, all right.
Let’S move along uh.
Just uh to wind things out here: uh Joshua, let’s have a quick look here, as the initial bout was canceled Joshua for salenius isn’t deemed big enough to put on pay-per-view and will be available for the Zone.
Standard subscription holders uh AJ’s promoter Eddie here until talksport uh, we are taking the fight off pay-per-view.
The financial difference to Joshua in this fight is astounding, but he wants to fight and in terms of a non-pay-per-view card.
I think this is one of the strongest we’ve ever done there.
You have it more words from Mr Ed himself.
Well, thank you very much for joining me here on talk and fight.
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Rick
Great platform for boxing fans to get all the latest boxing news. I’m looking forward to a few of these upcoming events. Thanks for all the info Graeme. Let’s keep Talkin’ Fights!