Unbelievable, only in boxing

The Saudis have money to burn and these early cards will probably be loss leaders. It is all about getting themselves on the map and in the spotlight at this stage. On a positive note, it has demonstrated how quickly fights can really be made when both sides actually want them. Looks like they are ...

Have you seen the quality of the Saudi Card on 23rd December ?
Wow, look at the line up and records.

Way it looks ...
They're going to bloom the Heavyweight division in the next 2-5 years because it's too much of an effort to promote multiple lighter weight divisions.
It's just easier to manage and the payoffs are bigger.
That's what direction I think they're going in.

Benavidez is almost priming.

Redback Rasta wrote: ↑19 Nov 2023, 23:02

Evander wrote: ↑19 Nov 2023, 22:54How Much ?

Each car is listed separately. Esay enough to find them on www.hagerty.com

Why is he selling all of them ?

What weights do you think they'll come in at ?
Low to high

Usyk ... 220-228
Fury ... 263-270

How Much ?

Not seen it yet and I'm not sure if I want to, a lot of people saying Shakur Stevenson stunk the joint out.

It's a go

David Benevidez v Demetrius Andrade ... Saturday November 25th Ryan Garcia v Oscar Duarte ... Saturday 2nd December Devin Haney v Regis Prograis ... Saturday 9th December Joshua/Wilder double header... Saturday 23rd December Nayoa Inoue v Marlon Tapales ... Tuesday 26th December Artur Beterbiev v Ca...

Putting Joshua and Wilder on the same card is really good.

Early days yet. The Saudis spent and arm and a leg on Fury v Ngannou. Not money well spent for what they got. They know how to do a show but are not investing their money wisely in boxing unless their main goal is the heavyweight division which it looks like it is. They have little interest in the l...

Tapales looks too small.
I like his style but he's punching up and having to burrow his way to the inside.
That takes a lot of energy.
A good jab could keep some of his lead up work at bay for a time.

Beat Fulton, I didn't think Inoue was going to win that easily.

So what is the skinny on Tapales ?

It is a good card no question.
However, just saw Eddie Hearn interviewed and he says they're still talking.
It kind of makes sense they'll do something as they had Fury v Usyk penciled for December 23rd until he got marked up against Ngannou.
Let's hope something comes of it.

He captured all the belts and was undisputed at Welterweight. It's almost impossible to hold on to 3 belts for a long period of time. 4 belts.. Even 3 is a stretch. Unless you just fighting mandatories.. then fair enough. It’s as soon as you lose or have a rematch clause. Making mandatories is almo...

You got to remember Bivol's style isn't what the fans want to look at.
He's not aggressive enough.
Good boxer though.

He captured all the belts and was undisputed at Welterweight.
It's almost impossible to hold on to 3 belts for a long period of time.

Bivol won't do anything for that card if he's that low on it.
He's not exactly the warm up act type.

Draw ?

Well, he only had 15 amateur fights, so I'm not sure whether you really had much exposure to his amateur career. But, from what I can tell, he was amateur when he was 15, and his weight ballooned to 250 when he was 15, and came back down to 168 when he was 16. What. That's 82 pounds in 12 months. Y...

This division is showing all the signs of heating up.

Finkel wrote: ↑08 Nov 2023, 11:43 Fury has a loyal core support, but he isn't some global draw like his fans want to believe he is. Never has been. He needs the right dance partner.

You have a point there.
Same time he has plenty of dance partners.