Demetrius Andrade vs. Artur Akavov - January 18, 2019

[oogiebe]

It’s true. At least he’s active. Although short notice means worse opponents. Doesn’t it?

I hate to go on hating, but a guy with his 'bravado' should be doing more than keeping busy. 2 weeks out and TBA is still opponent. It will be another shvtbag for him to pulverize.

There are only a small handful of heavyweights that are any good and Miller is one of them. I'm not sure what your problem is with him. Hearn is the one who is dropping the ball with Big Baby.

Too big a mouth for being untested, no matter whose fault it might be. We really don't know how good or not good he is. I suspect he's looking for a big baby payday. AJ will beat him; Wilder will spark him; Fury would toy with him. He has yet to be tested.

[Enlightened-One]

It’s true. At least he’s active. Although short notice means worse opponents. Doesn’t it?

I hate to go on hating, but a guy with his 'bravado' should be doing more than keeping busy. 2 weeks out and TBA is still opponent. It will be another shvtbag for him to pulverize.

There are only a small handful of heavyweights that are any good and Miller is one of them. I'm not sure what your problem is with him. Hearn is the one who is dropping the ball with Big Baby.

Jarrell Miller has clearly stated that he's not interested in facing Dillian Whyte. He declined an opportunity to face Kubrat Pulev. The American also ruled out several other potential opponents as well, when he mapped-out his future plans to go down the WBA route prior to his guaranteed shot at AJ (i.e. he'd prefer to face the likes of Charr, Oquendo, Bryan etc. instead).

Miller's own words:

“I want that WBA belt. I get more bragging rights and I can take it from there... You get more bargaining [room with the WBA title].”

There are multiple videos and articles detailing interviews with Miller admitting these points.

[Rgoodwin]

I hate to go on hating, but a guy with his 'bravado' should be doing more than keeping busy. 2 weeks out and TBA is still opponent. It will be another shvtbag for him to pulverize.

There are only a small handful of heavyweights that are any good and Miller is one of them. I'm not sure what your problem is with him. Hearn is the one who is dropping the ball with Big Baby.

Jarrell Miller has clearly stated that he's not interested in facing Dillian Whyte. He declined an opportunity to face Kubrat Pulev. The American also ruled out several other potential opponents as well, when he mapped-out his future plans to go down the WBA route prior to his guaranteed shot at AJ (i.e. he'd prefer to face the likes of Charr, Oquendo, Bryan etc. instead).

Miller's own words:

“I want that WBA belt. I get more bragging rights and I can take it from there... You get more bargaining [room with the WBA title].”

There are multiple videos and articles detailing interviews with Miller admitting these points.

That is a pretty safe route to Joshua I just don't know who is really taking big risks in the division as to why Miller gets singled out. Wilder and Fury are fighting each other. Nobody else is really doing much.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[dickbelden]

I hate to go on hating, but a guy with his 'bravado' should be doing more than keeping busy. 2 weeks out and TBA is still opponent. It will be another shvtbag for him to pulverize.

There are only a small handful of heavyweights that are any good and Miller is one of them. I'm not sure what your problem is with him. Hearn is the one who is dropping the ball with Big Baby.

Jarrell Miller has clearly stated that he's not interested in facing Dillian Whyte. He declined an opportunity to face Kubrat Pulev. The American also ruled out several other potential opponents as well, when he mapped-out his future plans to go down the WBA route prior to his guaranteed shot at AJ (i.e. he'd prefer to face the likes of Charr, Oquendo, Bryan etc. instead).

Miller's own words:

“I want that WBA belt. I get more bragging rights and I can take it from there... You get more bargaining [room with the WBA title].”

There are multiple videos and articles detailing interviews with Miller admitting these points.

excellent logic by BIG BABY MILLER

[ElJefe]

Nice for Andrade to be active after wasting the last few years, but Hearn needs to step it up with the opponents for his top guys.

[Rgoodwin]

Nice for Andrade to be active after wasting the last few years, but Hearn needs to step it up with the opponents for his top guys.

Agreed. 100%.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Full Fight Card

DEMETRIUS ANDRADE vs. ARTUR AKAVOV
12 X 3 MINS WBO WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

TJ DOHENY vs. RYOHEI TAKAHASHI
12 X 3 MINS IBF WORLD SUPER-BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

JORGE LINARES vs. PABLO CESAR CANO
10 X 3 MINS SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT CONTEST

CHRIS ALGIERI vs. DANIEL GONZALEZ
10 X 3 MINS WELTERWEIGHT CONTEST

AMANDA SERRANO vs. EVA VORABERGER
10 X 2 MINS VACANT WBO WORLD SUPER-FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

RESHAT MATI vs. BENJAMIN BORTEYE
4 X 3 MINS WELTERWEIGHT CONTEST

JULIAN SOSA vs. DIEUMERCI NAZU
6 X 3 MINS WELTERWEIGHT CONTEST

NKOSI SOLOMON vs. CADE RODRIGUEZ
4 X 3 MINS HEAVYWEIGHT CONTEST

CORNELL HINES vs. FAHRUD FATULLA
6 X 3 MINS WELTERWEIGHT CONTEST
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[Ruthless-RKO]

[Ruthless-RKO]

Both boxers easily made weight ahead of their scheduled 12-round middleweight title clash, which takes place Friday evening at Hulu Theatre in New York City.

Andrade tipped the scales at a fighting fit 159.8 pounds for his first title defense; Akavov came in right at the 160-pound middleweight limit his second title fight opportunity.

FULL WEIGHTS

Demetrius Andrade , lbs. vs. Artur Akavov , lbs.—12 rds, middleweight

Jorge Linares, 139.4 lbs. vs. Pablo Cesar Cano, 139.6 lbs.—12 rds, super lightweight

TJ Doheny, 121.75 lbs. vs. Ryohei Takahashi, 121.8 lbs.—12 rds, super bantamweight

Amanda Serrano, 114.2 lbs. vs. Eva Voraberger, 114.8 lbs.–10 rds, super flyweight

Chris Algieri, 140 lbs. vs. Daniel Gonzalez, 139.4 lbs.—10 rds, super lightweight

Julian Sosa, 147.8 lbs. vs. Dieumerci Nzau, 146 lbs.—6 rds, welterweight

Nkosi Solomon, 227.2 , lbs. vs. Rodriguez Cade, 293.2 lbs.—4 rds, heavyweight

Reshat Mati, 145.4 lbs. vs. Benjamin Borteye, 143.6 lbs.—4 rds, welterweight

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Ruthless-RKO]

Running Order

Doors Open 5pm, First Fight 5.15pm

6 round Welterweight Contest
CorneLl Hines vs. Fahrud Fatulla

Followed By

4 round Heavyweight Contest
Nkosi Solomon vs. Cade Rodriguez

Followed By

6 round Welterweight Contest
Julian Sosa vs. Dieumerci Nazu

From 7pm

4 round Welterweight Contest
Reshat Mati vs. Benjamin Borteye

Followed By

Vacant WBO World Super-Fluweight Champion
Amanda Serrano vs. Eva Voraberger

Followed By

10 round Welterweight Contest
Chris Algieri vs. Daniel Gonzalez

From 9pm

IBF World Super-Bantamweight Championship
TJ Doheny vs. Ryohei Takahashi

Followed By

10 round Super-Lightweight Contest
Jorge Linares vs. Pablo Cesar Cano

Followed By

WBO World Middleweight Championship
Demetrius Andrade vs. Artur Akavov
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[oogiebe]

Andrade will have his way with Akavov. Decision wide.

[Ruthless-RKO]

In heavyweight action Nkosi Solomon (1-1) notched his first win as a professional by scoring a four-round unanimous decision victory over Cade Rodriguez (2-4, 2 KOs). The official scores from ringside were 40-35 x 3.

The 6’3’’ Solomon scored the bout’s lone knockdown by dropping Rodriguez with a monster counter right hand in the third round. Rodriguez beat the count and tried to get back in the fight landing a bruising overhand of his own to get Solomon’s attention. In the final round the 24-year-old Solomon tried to put Rodriguez down on the once more but the Georgia-native was resilient enough to stay clear of Solomon’s right hand.

For the 23-year-old Solomon, originally from Guyana now living and training in Brooklyn, this is his second professional bout after signing with Matchroom boxing following a highly decorated amateur career. In a shocker, Solomon lost in his professional debut last October in Chicago when Matt Cameron dropped him twice en route to a unanimous decision victory.

In the opening bout of the Demetrius Andrade-Artur Akavov world title undercard, Washington D.C.’s Cornell Hines (4-0, 2 KOs) defeated Fahrud Fatulla (1-3) by a four-round unanimous decision. The official scores at ringside were 39-37 x 2, 38-38.

The 25-year-old Hines had some good moments in the second and third rounds but was unable to muster enough combinations to really hurt Fatulla. Hines took the foot off the gas pedal in the fourth round allowing Fatulla to smother him to the ropes. Hines managed to sneak in an uppercut counter punch to keep Fatulla at bay until the final bell.

[jamamb]

linares got ktfo in 1

[oogiebe]

linares got ktfo in 1

Holy what fer!

[Perseus]

linares got ktfo in 1

That was awesome
Always cool to see a designated opponent score the upset.

[Best Coast]

Andrade & Akavov just started round 6...joined in progress after finish of Rivas-Jennings!!

[Mexi-Box]

I'm also watching now. It's looking like another Andrade snoozer.

[Mexi-Box]

Akavov fights a lot like Klimov. Lots of movement, not a lot of fighting.

[Mexi-Box]

What an awful fight. Saunders definitely didn't train because Akavov is barely European level. This is an awful performance considering Culcay did a lot better.

[skanksta]

That was a shocking stoppage

[skanksta]

I mean, Akavov was shouting back - no I'm good !
FFS.

Really, really poor.

[TheBeast]

2 bad stoppages, bad matchups... take out the dramatic loss from Linares and it's a pretty bad card

[Ricky]

Lazy performance by Andrade. Guy just doesn't look capable of pushing forward.

I'm fine with the stoppage - Akovov lost every round, the ref should have waved it off at end of 10th. He wanted to at end of 11th but Akovov did nothing but eat shots while running in the 12th. He didn't deserve to see the final bell.