[Boxing]: Info and Prediction Thread

[bisdak40]

^^ Yes, it looks like both of them are ready to rumble and 100% healthy. So there should be no excuses here, and if it live to the hype, a fight of the year candidate. And it seems that they don't have any problem making the weight as both of them are under 175 lbs.

Others says that it's a 50/50 fight which I do agree. But if you look at Beterbiev, he will be coming off from a injury and he is the older of the two. And it will be his first time to fight a caliber fighter like Bivol. While Bivol has battled the best of the 168 lbs and the cash cow Canelo and won. So for sure everyone is going to be up and going to watch this fight regardless or our time zone here.

Yeah, the fight exceed to my expectation, that majority draw decision could go either way and both fighters were humble enough. Bivol didn't make the excuses that most boxers do after a close fight while Beterbiev accept the win with humility, what a guy.

There is no rematch clause in this fight, i wonder if HE Turki is willing to do a rematch as this will entail another huge amount just to bring these two fighters in one ring.

[pawel7777]

Fresh news just came out that the IBF wants to force Beterbiev to fight the mandatory challenger Michael Eifert (does anyone even know who he is?), putting the potential rematch against Bivol in jeopardy:
https://talksport.com/boxing/2175966/artur-beterbiev-dmitry-bivol-rematch-ibf-michael-eifert/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/31148252/artur-beterbiev-dmitry-bivol-rematch-doubt-boxing/

Needless to say, fans are not happy with the IBF's decision. I wonder what Beterbiev will do next, I expect his team to ask the IBF to postpone the mandatory title defence, but if they don't agree, we might see Artur vacating the belt, similar to how Usyk has handled a similar situation.

[Baofeng]

Tim Tszyu vs Bakhram Murtazaliev fight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYmc7bVwOm0

Just hard to see Tim being knock down four times in this fight and eventually the referee and his corner has to stop the fight as he is no match from Bakhram Murtazaliev.

And I do think that Tim hasn't recover from the Fundora beating or that bloody fight. In the first knock down, it seems that he has exorcise the demon again and so he react different. With this defeat, I'm not really sure if he can come back though, he needs a tune up fight to bring his confidence back.

[bisdak40]

Tim Tszyu vs Bakhram Murtazaliev fight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYmc7bVwOm0

Just hard to see Tim being knock down four times in this fight and eventually the referee and his corner has to stop the fight as he is no match from Bakhram Murtazaliev.

And I do think that Tim hasn't recover from the Fundora beating or that bloody fight. In the first knock down, it seems that he has exorcise the demon again and so he react different. With this defeat, I'm not really sure if he can come back though, he needs a tune up fight to bring his confidence back.

That was a significant upset, especially since we fight fans hadn’t heard of Bakhram before his bout with Tim Tszyu. You’re right; he might need a tune-up fight to regain his confidence before challenging for a championship again, as another setback could derail his comeback.

[Jating]

Tim Tszyu vs Bakhram Murtazaliev fight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYmc7bVwOm0

Just hard to see Tim being knock down four times in this fight and eventually the referee and his corner has to stop the fight as he is no match from Bakhram Murtazaliev.

And I do think that Tim hasn't recover from the Fundora beating or that bloody fight. In the first knock down, it seems that he has exorcise the demon again and so he react different. With this defeat, I'm not really sure if he can come back though, he needs a tune up fight to bring his confidence back.

That was a significant upset, especially since we fight fans hadn’t heard of Bakhram before his bout with Tim Tszyu. You’re right; he might need a tune-up fight to regain his confidence before challenging for a championship again, as another setback could derail his comeback.

Yes, but if you look at Barkham, this guy is huge at 154 lbs and he had power in that left hand and Tim didn't anticipated that. So I do agree with your comments that he need to have a good tune up fight before fighting another good fighter. He can't just go and choose higher risk like Barkham next, otherwise it will be over for Tim and it is going to be very hard to come back from a back to back setbacks. For Barkham his name is on the mix again with the champion at super middleweight. I will like to see Crawford vs Fundora first as this is going to be the best fight at this division right now.

[Baofeng]

Tim Tszyu vs Bakhram Murtazaliev fight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYmc7bVwOm0

Just hard to see Tim being knock down four times in this fight and eventually the referee and his corner has to stop the fight as he is no match from Bakhram Murtazaliev.

And I do think that Tim hasn't recover from the Fundora beating or that bloody fight. In the first knock down, it seems that he has exorcise the demon again and so he react different. With this defeat, I'm not really sure if he can come back though, he needs a tune up fight to bring his confidence back.

That was a significant upset, especially since we fight fans hadn’t heard of Bakhram before his bout with Tim Tszyu. You’re right; he might need a tune-up fight to regain his confidence before challenging for a championship again, as another setback could derail his comeback.

Yeah, sometimes we have this kind of boxers, that relatively unknown and then try to break into the mainstream with a big win. And here it was Barkham who put a great fight and beat the the hell out of Tim Tszyu.

Tim hasn't been in a knockdown situation like this, that's why his eyes lighted because it was a different feeling for him. And he try to fight fire with fire, and it was just a bad matchup for him.

[Baofeng]

For those who are not aware, there will be a rematch between two rugged Mexicans, Navarette vs Valdez at super featherweight. In the first fight, Navarette's height and length are too much for Oscar Valdez.

However, Valdez had a difficult fight when he goes up in weight and try to win another belt against Denys Berinchyk at Lightweight. But as expected, Valdez is 3:1 underdog and it's going to be very hard for him against Navarette in this rematch.

[Jating]

^^ I think Navarette has all the advantage is this fight. And I agree that this fight could end just like in the first fight wherein Valdez is really fighting hard but he can't penetrate Navarette and every time he goes inside, Navarette caught him up with that left and that's why Valdez face was really in a messed in this fight. Perhaps though Valdez earn another shot, and so this fight if for Navarette's belt. The only thing that I can see Valdez winning is that if he caught Navarette napping and hit him with his signature left hand like what Liam Wilson did to Navarette that he almost scored a upset win.

[Baofeng]

There was a fight that went under the radar, it was Boots Ennis defending his 147 lbs belt against Karen Chukhadzhian, who he had beaten already. The official scores were 119-107, 117-109 and 116-110.

On the other card, one of the most exciting fighter at the lower weight class, Bam Rodriguez scores a 3rd round knockout win against a experienced Pedro Guevara.

[Kemarit]

^^ Yes, Bam is a great fighter in the lower division, and I would like him to fight Chocolatito or Juan Estrada. Those two are the old guards of this 115 lbs weight class division. But since Bam's arrival, the picture has change obviously as he is one of the champion and he is like Inoue, who is very exciting and always look to score a knockout win.

Again, he could be fighting either of those guys if not then Japanese Kazuto Ioka and Kosei Tanaka is also a good test for him. He is also on the list of p4p so that is already a big accomplishment for this young fighter to be included on that great list.

[bisdak40]

There was a fight that went under the radar, it was Boots Ennis defending his 147 lbs belt against Karen Chukhadzhian, who he had beaten already. The official scores were 119-107, 117-109 and 116-110.

On the other card, one of the most exciting fighter at the lower weight class, Bam Rodriguez scores a 3rd round knockout win against a experienced Pedro Guevara.

Forgot to create a thread for these fight but i managed to watched the highlights as i am curious about this kid, Bam Rodriguez and yeah, he lived up to the hype by beating Pedro Guevara who is a veteran on the super-flyweight division. I hope that one day Bam would be able to showcase his talent against Nakatani or Roman Gonzales in the near future.

[Baofeng]

There was a fight that went under the radar, it was Boots Ennis defending his 147 lbs belt against Karen Chukhadzhian, who he had beaten already. The official scores were 119-107, 117-109 and 116-110.

On the other card, one of the most exciting fighter at the lower weight class, Bam Rodriguez scores a 3rd round knockout win against a experienced Pedro Guevara.

Forgot to create a thread for these fight but i managed to watched the highlights as i am curious about this kid, Bam Rodriguez and yeah, he lived up to the hype by beating Pedro Guevara who is a veteran on the super-flyweight division. I hope that one day Bam would be able to showcase his talent against Nakatani or Roman Gonzales in the near future.

Yeah, he is a great kid, and he beat a good fighter in Pedro Guevera. He could stay at 115 lbs or move up to 118 if he wanted to face the likes of Junto Nakatani, although 115 lbs is also loaded with some veterans as well.

There are a lot of options for him, like unifying the belt as well. So let's see what route he wanted to take or how high he can move up to those weight classes and face the champions and established himself as one of the best boxers that we have right now.

[bisdak40]

There was a fight that went under the radar, it was Boots Ennis defending his 147 lbs belt against Karen Chukhadzhian, who he had beaten already. The official scores were 119-107, 117-109 and 116-110.

On the other card, one of the most exciting fighter at the lower weight class, Bam Rodriguez scores a 3rd round knockout win against a experienced Pedro Guevara.

Forgot to create a thread for these fight but i managed to watched the highlights as i am curious about this kid, Bam Rodriguez and yeah, he lived up to the hype by beating Pedro Guevara who is a veteran on the super-flyweight division. I hope that one day Bam would be able to showcase his talent against Nakatani or Roman Gonzales in the near future.

Yeah, he is a great kid, and he beat a good fighter in Pedro Guevera. He could stay at 115 lbs or move up to 118 if he wanted to face the likes of Junto Nakatani, although 115 lbs is also loaded with some veterans as well.

There are a lot of options for him, like unifying the belt as well. So let's see what route he wanted to take or how high he can move up to those weight classes and face the champions and established himself as one of the best boxers that we have right now.

His team is planning a fight with the veteran Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez which i think a good fight for though i'm thinking that Gonzales will bow to him as he is not on his peak anymore but nevetheless it would be a good test for the young Bam Rodriguez before moving up to the bantamweight division.

[Kemarit]

There was a fight that went under the radar, it was Boots Ennis defending his 147 lbs belt against Karen Chukhadzhian, who he had beaten already. The official scores were 119-107, 117-109 and 116-110.

On the other card, one of the most exciting fighter at the lower weight class, Bam Rodriguez scores a 3rd round knockout win against a experienced Pedro Guevara.

Forgot to create a thread for these fight but i managed to watched the highlights as i am curious about this kid, Bam Rodriguez and yeah, he lived up to the hype by beating Pedro Guevara who is a veteran on the super-flyweight division. I hope that one day Bam would be able to showcase his talent against Nakatani or Roman Gonzales in the near future.

Yeah, he is a great kid, and he beat a good fighter in Pedro Guevera. He could stay at 115 lbs or move up to 118 if he wanted to face the likes of Junto Nakatani, although 115 lbs is also loaded with some veterans as well.

There are a lot of options for him, like unifying the belt as well. So let's see what route he wanted to take or how high he can move up to those weight classes and face the champions and established himself as one of the best boxers that we have right now.

His team is planning a fight with the veteran Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez which i think a good fight for though i'm thinking that Gonzales will bow to him as he is not on his peak anymore but nevetheless it would be a good test for the young Bam Rodriguez before moving up to the bantamweight division.

It will still be a good fight, Chocolatito has been in top of his game for many years though, so we all know that he could not be in his prime already although he could still pull the trigger.

But I don't want to see him getting knock the f**k out. I want the fight to last for full 12 rounds and it should be a war. Like Estrada vs Chocolatito before, they are rivals and deliver one of the best fights in this division for many years.

[bisdak40]

It will still be a good fight, Chocolatito has been in top of his game for many years though, so we all know that he could not be in his prime already although he could still pull the trigger.

But I don't want to see him getting knock the f**k out. I want the fight to last for full 12 rounds and it should be a war. Like Estrada vs Chocolatito before, they are rivals and deliver one of the best fights in this division for many years.

Yeah, Chocolatito is a veteran but in his 4 losses, he was only defeated by two boxers, Juan Francisco Estrada and Wisaksil Wangek but the most unforgetable fight for me involving Chocolatito was his trilogy with Estrada.

If Bam Rodriguez will defeat Chocolatito then it another feather to his cap and i think that is very possible since the latter is clearly not on his prime.