Each week right here at FightHype, I pull out my gigantic, bulbous, bulging sack and provides truth-minded boxing followers a gander. This week, I shoot ropes of fact throughout feedback/questions relating to Canelo, Eubank-Benn 2, and the Saudi NYC card.
Ring Journal Boxing in NYC
Hey Magno.
Simply wished to the touch base with you on this Friday’s card in Instances Sq.. I received’t be shopping for it, however I might be watching it, when you catch my drift. For me, there are three okay fights, however none of them are actually fundamental occasion PPV worthy.
In my humble boxing opinion, Teofimo Lopez beats Arnold Barboza by shut choice. Devin Haney beats Jose Ramirez, additionally by shut choice. Ryan Garcia stops Rolly Romero within 8.
We’re not going to see something actually thrilling or surprising, only a night time of Friday Evening Fights-level fights packaged collectively as a PPV.
What say you, Paul? Let’s hear your ideas on this card.
— Damon
Hey Damon.
I get what you’re saying and I totally endorse.
Yeah, in an ideal world, these could be Friday Evening Fights fundamental occasions or HBO/Showtime co-features. Plus, it’s all somewhat pointless while you notice that these are all prelims and that something good coming from this card might be shipped off to Saudi Arabia.
However, simply speaking concerning the fights:
Ryan Garcia will homicide Rolly Romero, decapitate him. It’s going to be ugly and fast, whether or not Garcia’s juiced up or not. I’d be stunned if it will get previous the primary spherical, completely shocked if it will get previous 3. That’s how a lot of a stylistic mismatch I feel it’s.
Devin Haney might have picked the mistaken kind of fighter for his comeback bout. Ramirez is on the decline and nowhere close to as bodily proficient as Haney, however he’s tenacious and he brings strain. Haney’s been off a yr and his head can’t be proper after the way in which he was manhandled by Garcia. I nonetheless must go together with Haney, simply due to the disparity in expertise, however I might not be stunned within the least if Ramirez gave him some scares and, additionally, if he managed to tug off the upset.
I don’t care a lot about Teofimo-Barboza, largely as a result of I don’t assume that extremely of Barboza. He’s alright, however that’s it. Teofimo reveals flashes of brilliance amid a mass of confused pondering, insecurity, and, generally, delusion. However there’s nothing to recommend that Barboza can beat even a touch centered Teofimo. I’ve Lopez by decisive unanimous choice.
Canelo: MIA on Struggle Week
Paul.
Is Canelo’s battle this weekend being stored a secret or one thing? There’s been no buzz and nearly no promotion. Granted, he’s combating William Scull in a stinker, however he’s nonetheless Canelo. Turki is paying this man $100 million and never bothering to advertise the battle? I don’t get the technique of stacking two PPVs again to again, spending all of your time selling one, however no time selling the one with the larger star. What am I lacking? Make it make sense.
— TJ
Hey TJ.
It’s not making sense to you as a result of, properly, it DOESN’T make sense. None of this is sensible if the objective is to develop the game. However, as I’ve been telling folks for awhile now, the Turki/Saudi plan is about advancing the Saudis’ private agendas and NOT about rising the game. If something, staging three pay-per-views in an 8-day interval is burying the game by irritating those that really do care to observe the fights.
All of that is simply loss-leader promotion for larger occasions deliberate to happen on Riyadh Season playing cards in Saudi Arabia or for the good thing about Riyadh Season initiatives.
Having these Instances Sq. fights the day earlier than the Canelo card in Riyahd is simply self-importance. It’s for the good thing about the monarchy. It’s to showcase their significance by staging occasions in New York.
As for the Canelo battle?
Canelo was bought as a present to the Crown Prince. This Scull battle has no significance past that and so they don’t care one bit if it hemorrhages cash. There’s additionally the assumption that no matter’s misplaced now might be made up with the US-hosted Canelo-Crawford battle in September, however I feel they’ll be very mistaken about that.
So, I assume when you notice the true motives and realities behind these odd enterprise selections, all of this DOES make sense.
Eubank-Benn 2?
Mr. Magno.
I feel we are able to all agree that the Chris Eubank vs. Conor Benn scrap was a fabulous one. I additionally consider that the precise man had his hand raised on the finish. However the debate I’ve been having is whether or not there’s a necessity for a rematch. Turki Alalshikh has already mentioned that there might be a rematch, so I suppose it’s all a moot level, however I nonetheless say everybody could be higher served if each males moved on and ahead with their careers.
The place would you fall on this debate?
— Muhammad
Hey Muhammad.
I’m simply going to come back out and be blunt (shock, proper?). Competitively, I don’t assume there’s a lot “transferring on” that both can do, a minimum of in the case of large, significant fights.
Eubank might probably be fluffed up and fed to Canelo and Benn might, conceivably, choose up a paper welterweight title. However the ceiling on each is fairly low. Going together with this collection is the perfect guess for each.
Saturday’s battle was entertaining for what it was, however let’s be trustworthy with ourselves right here. The one factor we noticed was a dehydrated fringe-contending tremendous middleweight barely beat an additional hydrated second or third-tier welterweight. Nothing was actually confirmed, no “traditional” was documented.
If we’re speaking cash fights– winnable cash fights– then the one strategy to go is in the direction of an element 2 and perhaps half 3.
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