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Avanesyan vs. Miguez

Spanish Kamikaze Promotions won the purse bids on Tuesday for EBU welterweight champ David Avanesyan's mandatory defense against Jon Miguez (17-0). Kamikaze thus beat both allegedly and Miguez's promoter MGZ.

When and where is to be announced - and there must be a big question mark on the fight even happening - as Avanesyan (29-3-1) is in line for bigger fights.

I wonder if Kamikaze will work with Matchroom on this one.

Miguez isn’t bad but Ava’s making himself less relevant with each fight it seems.

Am I a fantasist for holding out any hope that Avanesyan may instead be Benn's September opponent?
Or perhaps that Matchroom will (as someone alluded to above) try and get this on their platform, give Benn another knockover in September, and then try and make a fight between the two for December or spring next year?

Am I correct in assuming that if Avanesyan were to vacate the EBU it wouldn't impact his standing with the governing bodies? (seeing as it's not a 'WBO Global' or 'WBC Continental' title or any of that nonsense)

cpx2 wrote: ↑22 Jun 2022, 07:47 Am I a fantasist for holding out any hope that Avanesyan may instead be Benn's September opponent?
Or perhaps that Matchroom will (as someone alluded to above) try and get this on their platform, give Benn another knockover in September, and then try and make a fight between the two for December or spring next year?

Am I correct in assuming that if Avanesyan were to vacate the EBU it wouldn't impact his standing with the governing bodies? (seeing as it's not a 'WBO Global' or 'WBC Continental' title or any of that nonsense)

I don’t think your a fantasist. It just needs sensible heads involved but sometimes it gets a bit too political.

Ava should keep his ranking but there’s a chance the winner of the vacant euro title could go above him whether that’s right or wrong. Frank has said recently though that he thinks Ava’s spot in the WBC rankings is safe.

Ava would need to show some decline for Hearn to give him to Benn.

Dioufy wrote: ↑22 Jun 2022, 14:44 Ava would need to show some decline for Hearn to give him to Benn.

Reds to be clever about it

Frank didn’t win the purse bids for this. A Spanish promotional outfit won.

But Queensberry have now taken over the promotion and he’s gonna feature it in the UK.

As some reports suggest. It will be on the Joyce-Parker PPV undercard.

I wonder what the minimum purse bid is for this? I’d bid about 20 bucks and a half can of Stella for it.

gregregegg wrote: ↑07 Aug 2022, 19:25 I wonder what the minimum purse bid is for this? I’d bid about 20 bucks and a half can of Stella for it.

Min was no more than $100k I believe.

Wasted his time chasing Benn. Should've fought Ortiz for world title.

Press Release

THE QUEENSBERRY PAIR of Liam Davies and Ionut Baluta will contest the vacant European super bantamweight championship at the Telford International Centre on Saturday November 19, exclusively live on BT Sport.

The bumper Telford card includes David Avanesyan defending his European welterweight title for a sixth time against his mandatory challenger Jon Miguez from Spain, and will also see the return of Anthony Yarde ahead of his world title business in early 2023.

Tickets for Davies vs Baluta at the Telford International Centre on Saturday November 19 are on sale now, available exclusively from ticketmaster.co.uk.

Telford native Davies, 26, has enjoyed a remarkable run since becoming a Queensberry fighter, with four straight wins resulting in a successful shot at the WBC International Silver belt and, last time out in June, becoming British champion by defeating the title holder Marc Leach via a unanimous decision to take his professional record to 12-0 (5 KOs).

The now Bushey-based Romanian Baluta, 28, holds a record of 15-3 (3 KOs) and in May he inflicted defeat on Brad Foster to become WBC International champion. A former WBO European title holder at bantamweight, Baluta has victories over Irish stars TJ Doheny and David Oliver Joyce on his record and only lost by a narrow margin to Michael Conlan.

Avanesyan (29-3-1, 17 KOs) returns to action after making short work of the previously unbeaten Oskari Metz at Wembley in March.

The 34-year-old is on a run of six stunning stoppages and remains firmly in position for a shot at the WBC world title.

Miguez (17-0, 8 KOs) fought a British fighter last time out in his home country of Spain, defeating James Moorcroft via a sixth round stoppage. The former Spanish welterweight champion won the EBU European Union title with a points success over Aitor Nieto in March of this year.

Yarde (22-2, 21 KOs) will be back in the ring for the first time since his resounding rematch victory over Lyndon Arthur in December of last year.

He is next in line for a shot at unified world champion Artur Beterbiev and this major collision at light heavyweight will take place in January. The fight was originally scheduled for October of this year but an injury sustained by the WBO, WBC and IBF champion resulted in the delay and Yarde preparing with a warm-up fight.

Local lad Davies is thrilled that he will once again enjoy home advantage and keep the boxing momentum going in Telford.

“It is good for myself and the town really, bringing boxing back,” he said. “That is what I wanted to do, it was always part of the plan and now I am in a position where it is happening, so I am grateful.

“I get a lot of feedback locally. Last time it was great, we sold a lot of tickets and it was busy. This time I am sure there will be even more eyes on it, with it being another big fight. It gives you that bit more motivation to do the business because, with it being in your hometown, you want to make sure you win in style.

“Baluta has had some good wins and he throws a lot, so I think he will be there to be hit and that will work in my favour. It will definitely be my toughest fight and they are all coming at the right time for me.

“I am on a roll now, on the way up and I will take every fight as it comes. The European title is another step up and I am more than ready.”

For his part, Baluta issued a short and sharp message to his fellow challenger for the prestigious European honour.

“I can’t wait for this fight. This belt is mine. Davies, you will feel sorry for accepting this fight.”

Also appearing on the Telford card is a fight where two prospects put it all on the line, the unbeaten super lightweight Eithan James (9-0) from Northampton goes up against Connor Parker (14-1, 1 KO), Zach Parker’s cousin from Woodville in Derbyshire, for the vacant WBO European title.

“Telford is once again playing host to what will be a quality night of fights topped by two European title clashes,” added promoter allegedly. “The European super bantamweight clash between Liam Davies and Ionut Baluta will be a terrific scrap as neither fighter appears to possess a reverse gear.

“Liam has made massive strides since we teamed up with him and I was so impressed with the way he dealt with a particularly tricky customer in Marc Leach to win the British title.

“Ionut, who is the more experienced of the pair, showed his class in winning his WBC belt against Brad Foster and he will rightly consider himself a world level super bantam. This fight has got all the makings of a classic in what is a highly competitive division.

“David Avanesyan will once again demonstrate why he is best in class in Europe with a staggering sixth defence of his European welterweight title against an ambitious and unbeaten opponent in Jon Miguez.

“David is obviously thinking bigger than European titles, given his run of form, but until he gets a meaningful world level fight in the diary he is rightly not going to surrender his belt.

“I am delighted to be getting Anthony Yarde out in a keep-busy fight ahead of his world title challenge in January. There is always the temptation to simply play the waiting game but, with Artur Beterbiev not currently available due to injury, Anthony needs some time in the ring.

“Eithan James and Connor Parker were originally due to fight in June, but this was postponed due to Connor picking up an injury. We are getting it on again now with the WBO European title at stake and this should be a top fight between two young prospects willing to take a significant step up in class.”

Nottingham light heavyweight Ezra Taylor (3-0, 2), Telford super lightweight Macaulay Owen (3-0, 1), Dublin lightweight Willo Hayden (4-0, 1), Liverpool super bantam Brad Strand (8-0, 3), York super welter George Davey (5-0-1) and Telford bantam Raheem Muhammed (2-0) also feature on the show.

Tickets for Davies vs Baluta at the Telford International Centre on Saturday November 19 are on sale now, available exclusively from ticketmaster.co.uk.

I don’t know if this will happen now.

ESPN are reporting that Ava and Crawford have signed to fight each other on Dec 10.