[Boxing]: Info and Prediction Thread

[Baofeng]

There are a lot of reports getting in like,

Canelo vs Munguia being offered to him with a $35 million guaranteed purse. Or Canelo choosing Charlo, no reports of how much he is getting, but this is what we have been hearing as the most likely route for Canelo.

And if no Canelo fight for David Benavidez, it is already circulating that he is moving to LHW and fighting the winner of the Bivol vs. Beterbiev.

[bisdak40]

There are a lot of reports getting in like,

Canelo vs Munguia being offered to him with a $35 million guaranteed purse. Or Canelo choosing Charlo, no reports of how much he is getting, but this is what we have been hearing as the most likely route for Canelo.

And if no Canelo fight for David Benavidez, it is already circulating that he is moving to LHW and fighting the winner of the Bivol vs. Beterbiev.

I have read that article too that most likely Canelo will fight Munguia next and with that kind of amount and the not so impressive performance of Munguia on his last fight, probably Team Canelo will take this route rather than a fight with David Benavidez which is for me a 50-50 fight.

Cherry picking once again.

[robelneo]

There are a lot of reports getting in like,

Canelo vs Munguia being offered to him with a $35 million guaranteed purse. Or Canelo choosing Charlo, no reports of how much he is getting, but this is what we have been hearing as the most likely route for Canelo.

And if no Canelo fight for David Benavidez, it is already circulating that he is moving to LHW and fighting the winner of the Bivol vs. Beterbiev.

I saw that on my feed David Stated that he has his legacy and a show of his own to create so he need not or cannot wait for Canelo's availability, David could probably ruin Canelo's legacy because this guy is as tough as a nut, he is one pressure fighters that is hard to counter, the size difference is just enormous and Canelo's team is fully aware of that so he opted for a not popular choice which is the other Charlo.
It seems Canelo wants to hold on to those titles that he is cherry-picking his opponent.

[Baofeng]

I do agree with you all, Canelo is now cherry picking his opponents and even if he is offered big money, he is clearly ducking Benavidez.

Speaking of Benavidez it is reported that he will be fighting Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

David Benavidez will continue to forge his own path.

The Ring has learned that plans are in place for the unbeaten former two-time WBC super middleweight titlist to next face Ukraine’s Oleksandr Gvozdyk, in a fight that would carry the interim WBC light heavyweight title.

https://www.ringtv.com/665241-david-benavidez-continues-to-target-canelo-oleksandr-gvozdyk-lined-up-as-contingency/#google_vignette

What's your thoughts on this one?

Winnable fight yet, but will it add something to David's legacy? Although the plan is to go and fight the winner of the superbowl of LHW division, Beterbiev vs. Bivol fight.

[bisdak40]

I do agree with you all, Canelo is now cherry picking his opponents and even if he is offered big money, he is clearly ducking Benavidez.

Speaking of Benavidez it is reported that he will be fighting Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

David Benavidez will continue to forge his own path.

The Ring has learned that plans are in place for the unbeaten former two-time WBC super middleweight titlist to next face Ukraine’s Oleksandr Gvozdyk, in a fight that would carry the interim WBC light heavyweight title.

https://www.ringtv.com/665241-david-benavidez-continues-to-target-canelo-oleksandr-gvozdyk-lined-up-as-contingency/#google_vignette

What's your thoughts on this one?

Winnable fight yet, but will it add something to David's legacy? Although the plan is to go and fight the winner of the superbowl of LHW division, Beterbiev vs. Bivol fight.

If David Benavidez fails to land a fight with Canelo as the latter is doing its best to avoid him then Gvozdyk is a keep busy fight for him and yes this will add to his legacy if he continues his winning streak. Targeting the winner of Bivol vs Beterbiev is also a good one but risky one.

[Baofeng]

I posted this on the other thread,



https://twitter.com/RyanGarcia/status/1761166060751929635

Ryan wanted his fight in Las Vegas, but GBP says that it's going to be in Barclays Center. I don't know what's wrong with Barclays since it has also a capacity of 20,000 people or at least around that numbers.

Maybe he is not comfortable though and really prefer Las Vegas as his place to fight or at least it in in West Coast.

[bisdak40]

Inoue vs Ancajas:

End of round 4 and it seems not a good fight for our Filipino champ as he was always hit with Inoue's counters. Have all the round for Inoue and I think the judges as well, the only thing for Ancajas to win this fight is via knockout.

[Baofeng]

Inoue vs Ancajas:

End of round 4 and it seems not a good fight for our Filipino champ as he was always hit with Inoue's counters. Have all the round for Inoue and I think the judges as well, the only thing for Ancajas to win this fight is via knockout.

It's over mate, Inoue won by a knockout, that body shot, Ancajas can't take it.

Unfortunately, that's it for Jerwin, he doesn't have the pop against Inoue. This is winnable fight for him, but it is what it is. Inoue is too much for him. Time for Ancajas now to take a rest and maybe think what will be the next move.

He will have to take tune up fights again but not sure if he will be given a chance to fight for a belt in the next couple of years.

[robelneo]

Inoue vs Ancajas:

End of round 4 and it seems not a good fight for our Filipino champ as he was always hit with Inoue's counters. Have all the round for Inoue and I think the judges as well, the only thing for Ancajas to win this fight is via knockout.

We all know what happened two prominent Filipino fighters just lost their respective matches in the same way, a well-placed kidney punch, Sultan looks good and is ready to go toe to toe until he is hit with a perfectly placed kidney punch and Ancajas is also tying to go toe to toe but a body punch find its way in the left side of the body.

This is a disheartening loss the Filipino boxing community had high hopes in this event but unfortunately, it didn't go their way, lets see what's stored for these two boxers in the future.

This is the perfectly timed body punch by Matsuda on Sultan https://www.facebook.com/stories/107685901948323/

[pawel7777]

In the context of Ngannou Vs Joshua, the PFL announced (as a BREAKING NEWS) that Francis will return to MMA and will face the winner of Renan Ferriera vs Ryan Bader fight:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2024/02/22/francis-ngannous-first-pfl-fight/

PFL's tweet:
https://twitter.com/PFLMMA/status/1760729268596920462

Is it a sign that Ngannou doesn't have high hopes for his boxing career - I don't know. But apparently, his PFL contract doesn't prevent him from competing in boxing. So maybe he intends to compete in both sports simultaneously, or maybe his return to MMA is contingent on the result of his fight against AJ.

[bisdak40]

Inoue vs Ancajas:

End of round 4 and it seems not a good fight for our Filipino champ as he was always hit with Inoue's counters. Have all the round for Inoue and I think the judges as well, the only thing for Ancajas to win this fight is via knockout.

It's over mate, Inoue won by a knockout, that body shot, Ancajas can't take it.

Unfortunately, that's it for Jerwin, he doesn't have the pop against Inoue. This is winnable fight for him, but it is what it is. Inoue is too much for him. Time for Ancajas now to take a rest and maybe think what will be the next move.

He will have to take tune up fights again but not sure if he will be given a chance to fight for a belt in the next couple of years.

I thought that it was the other way around when Ancajas was trying to go to the body of Inoue and he had some success by doing that but when Inoue countered with a body attack of his own, Ancajas just knell down and the fight is over, what a sad day for Philippine boxing. Sultan and Ancajas lost their respective fights and I guess it's time for them to hang the gloves, what do you think.

[Baofeng]

Inoue vs Ancajas:

End of round 4 and it seems not a good fight for our Filipino champ as he was always hit with Inoue's counters. Have all the round for Inoue and I think the judges as well, the only thing for Ancajas to win this fight is via knockout.

It's over mate, Inoue won by a knockout, that body shot, Ancajas can't take it.

Unfortunately, that's it for Jerwin, he doesn't have the pop against Inoue. This is winnable fight for him, but it is what it is. Inoue is too much for him. Time for Ancajas now to take a rest and maybe think what will be the next move.

He will have to take tune up fights again but not sure if he will be given a chance to fight for a belt in the next couple of years.

I thought that it was the other way around when Ancajas was trying to go to the body of Inoue and he had some success by doing that but when Inoue countered with a body attack of his own, Ancajas just knell down and the fight is over, what a sad day for Philippine boxing. Sultan and Ancajas lost their respective fights and I guess it's time for them to hang the gloves, what do you think.

I think they can still fight, but not sure if they can be a world champion again. But we have to accept it, we need to developed more boxers from the South and hopefully we can see another Manny Pacquiao.

Dave Apolinario though won his fight, not after he himself gets knockdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lIEGtHHS-4

[bisdak40]

Inoue vs Ancajas:

End of round 4 and it seems not a good fight for our Filipino champ as he was always hit with Inoue's counters. Have all the round for Inoue and I think the judges as well, the only thing for Ancajas to win this fight is via knockout.

It's over mate, Inoue won by a knockout, that body shot, Ancajas can't take it.

Unfortunately, that's it for Jerwin, he doesn't have the pop against Inoue. This is winnable fight for him, but it is what it is. Inoue is too much for him. Time for Ancajas now to take a rest and maybe think what will be the next move.

He will have to take tune up fights again but not sure if he will be given a chance to fight for a belt in the next couple of years.

I thought that it was the other way around when Ancajas was trying to go to the body of Inoue and he had some success by doing that but when Inoue countered with a body attack of his own, Ancajas just knell down and the fight is over, what a sad day for Philippine boxing. Sultan and Ancajas lost their respective fights and I guess it's time for them to hang the gloves, what do you think.

I think they can still fight, but not sure if they can be a world champion again. But we have to accept it, we need to developed more boxers from the South and hopefully we can see another Manny Pacquiao.

Dave Apolinario though won his fight, not after he himself gets knockdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lIEGtHHS-4

I saw the highlights of that fight, Dave Apolinario is regarding as one of the best prospects that we have in the Philippines at the moment, hope his momentum will continue and also hope he will work out on why he was knockdown.

The scenario of Philippine boxing is good at the moment with only Casimero as the hope to bring back the title but he is not young anymore.

[electronicash]

In the context of Ngannou Vs Joshua, the PFL announced (as a BREAKING NEWS) that Francis will return to MMA and will face the winner of Renan Ferriera vs Ryan Bader fight:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2024/02/22/francis-ngannous-first-pfl-fight/

PFL's tweet:
https://twitter.com/PFLMMA/status/1760729268596920462

Is it a sign that Ngannou doesn't have high hopes for his boxing career - I don't know. But apparently, his PFL contract doesn't prevent him from competing in boxing. So maybe he intends to compete in both sports simultaneously, or maybe his return to MMA is contingent on the result of his fight against AJ.

they have it in their PFL contract afaik that Francis can still fight in boxing while he can also fight in PFL and this is due to him as part of PFL Africa ambassador. before Ngannou, PFL does get much coverage on big media but this time its reaching my feed already. Dana missed the opportunity of the biggest cross promotional event in combat sport.

AJ and Fury are the biggest names in boxing and its dragging Francis up to be counted as one as well. Francis is fighting the winner between Renan Ferriera vs Ryan Bader fight regardless of whether he wins against AJ. to me, this is like reassuring he will win.

[Baofeng]

In the context of Ngannou Vs Joshua, the PFL announced (as a BREAKING NEWS) that Francis will return to MMA and will face the winner of Renan Ferriera vs Ryan Bader fight:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2024/02/22/francis-ngannous-first-pfl-fight/

PFL's tweet:
https://twitter.com/PFLMMA/status/1760729268596920462

Is it a sign that Ngannou doesn't have high hopes for his boxing career - I don't know. But apparently, his PFL contract doesn't prevent him from competing in boxing. So maybe he intends to compete in both sports simultaneously, or maybe his return to MMA is contingent on the result of his fight against AJ.

they have it in their PFL contract afaik that Francis can still fight in boxing while he can also fight in PFL and this is due to him as part of PFL Africa ambassador. before Ngannou, PFL does get much coverage on big media but this time its reaching my feed already. Dana missed the opportunity of the biggest cross promotional event in combat sport.

AJ and Fury are the biggest names in boxing and its dragging Francis up to be counted as one as well. Francis is fighting the winner between Renan Ferriera vs Ryan Bader fight regardless of whether he wins against AJ. to me, this is like reassuring he will win.

Yep, good to hear that Francis has a fall back and that it was nice to hear the PFL is willing to give Francis a free will to fight in boxing with AJ. And as we all know that this is the biggest fight for Francis as we have witnessed that he can fight with the big boys of boxing and even put them down in the canvass.

But obviously, there are more money in boxing and I think after the contract with PFL, he might go full pro in boxing and chase that dream to become a Heavyweight champion and that will be a history in the making.