Boxing in 2023

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I know boxing has served up very little in the way of quality matchups at the highest level lately, but along with Davis-Garcia in the Spring we do appear to be on the verge of another exciting announcement as Stephen Fulton will reportedly be travelling to Japan to defend his Super-Bantamweight titles against Noaya Inoue.

I mentioned last year that this was one fight I'd love to see Inoue taking. If you believe the figures being bandied about, Fulton will earn around $3 million for this defence, which might explain why he's travelling despite being the defending champion - but good on him! Fair play to Inoue as well for going straight for the (probable on balance) top man at 122 as he looks to conquer yet another weight class having sewn up all the belts at Bantam.

As a career 122-pounder Fulton is probably the biggest guy Inoue will have fought, but he also brings a superb engine to the table along with a good array of shots and the ability to string them together proficiently. He's good on the inside, can work the high-low and shorten the punches and, although he's not a big hitter, he doesn't waste much as he's aggressive with what he does throw.

That said, he gets hit a hell of a lot and isn't that effective at range, which is going to be a huge problem for him here assuming Inoue's power and timing isn't suddenly blunted at Super-Bantam. Fulton was buzzed once or twice against Figueroa and showed he's tough and can take / regroup from a big shot, but taking shots from Figueroa and taking them from Inoue are two very different things.

Still, if they can get this over the line it will be a proper fight between two high-performing and peak world champions to look forward to.

Poor guy had to meet Tyson at his peak. Only a few guys can make that claim. Holyfield and Lewis certainly never met the Tyson this poor dude had to deal with

Two superb contests coming up I’m definitely trying to see, Fabio against Big d (bastud’s got in on ppv) and Regis against Haney

Herman Jaeger wrote:Poor guy had to meet Tyson at his peak. Only a few guys can make that claim. Holyfield and Lewis certainly never met the Tyson this poor dude had to deal with

Two superb contests coming up I’m definitely trying to see, Fabio against Big d (bastud’s got in on ppv) and Regis against Haney

Prograis couldn't beat Taylor........How is he going to touch Haney....

Prograis is another Lacey......Dud at the highest level.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Herman Jaeger wrote:Poor guy had to meet Tyson at his peak. Only a few guys can make that claim. Holyfield and Lewis certainly never met the Tyson this poor dude had to deal with

Two superb contests coming up I’m definitely trying to see, Fabio against Big d (bastud’s got in on ppv) and Regis against Haney

Prograis couldn't beat Taylor........How is he going to touch Haney....

Prograis is another Lacey......Dud at the highest level.

Haney barely beat little Vasyl Lomachenko so Prograis is very live in this fight.

50/50 fight on paper that’s what we love to see though I’m not going to lie, I only saw two rounds of Haney against Loma, between the 6th and the 8th woke up then fell asleep; did either of you two watch it? So this will actually the first time I’m going to see Haney. That’s why I can’t call the fight. You want to be great, you got to be winning fights like this. That applies to both of them.

Truss, I don’t see the comparison with Lacey at all. Stylistically I don’t see any similarities. Regis is more fast twitch and much more talented wouldn’t you say? I reckon he could land on Haney

But let’s not write off the loser of the fight either. Lopez lost two on the spin in the eyes of many and now he’s on top of the world

We need to get away from the Mayweather era

Hopefully the hype will subside a notch now I had it a draw that fight or maybe De Los Santos by a slither who was just as skilled as Stevenson good chess match boring for  some of the crowd but Harvey Dock the new Cortez/Weeks/Bayless, won’t let a fight break out. Stevenson’s going to be a boring watch he’s going to be protected, I hope all big fights move to Saudi and UK

There shouldn't be any fights held in Saudi Arabia, a draconian misanthropic country.

I wasn’t really thinking about the politics of it Soul, more that every time in a Stevenson fight from now on, every time the other fighter is stronger in the clinch than him,  the referee will break the action as soon as the other fighter closes in. I bet you Dock will ref every Stevenson fight you watch. He’s become Stevenson’s personal referee just as Bayless was to Floyd. No wonder you hardly see many good American fights anymore. Prograis should object to Dock reffing his fight with Haney if he’s got any sense just as Benavidez should object if he’s chosen to ref his fight with Canelo. But of course, he’s got to get past Andrade and that’s the next fight I’m trying to see along with Edwards/Rodriguez which is interesting for me as I’ve yet to see either

That was the first time Dock has refereed a Stevenson fight so a big jump to assume he'll referee every fight from now on.

He’s the latest one they’ve trained up over there

Right of course.

David Benavidez battered the previously undefeated Demetrius Andrade by 6th round corner stoppage to regain his interim WBC 168lbs belt and more importantly WBC mandatory for Canelo Alvarez.

Benavidez’s relentless aggression was too much for Andrade, whom was also dropped in the 4th round.

On the undercard Jermall Charlo, whom has held the WBC middleweight title hostage for nearly 2 1/2 years, laboured to a points win over Jose Benavidez Jr. The fight was supposed to be at 163lbs, lord only knows why. But Charlo couldn’t be bothered to make weight and subsequently came in at 166.4lbs…

Anyway there seems to be suggestions that Canelo Alvarez will face Jermall Charlo in May…Facing one Charlo bum clearly wasn’t enough for Alvarez…

I’m not sure where Andrade can go from here. Now he’s got creamed at 168 and the boxing world seems to loathe him, plus he’s getting on in years,he really should think about retirement

Jeff Navarro wrote:David Benavidez battered the previously undefeated Demetrius Andrade by 6th round corner stoppage to regain his interim WBC 168lbs belt and more importantly WBC mandatory for Canelo Alvarez.

Benavidez’s relentless aggression was too much for Andrade, whom was also dropped in the 4th round.

On the undercard Jermall Charlo, whom has held the WBC middleweight title hostage for nearly 2 1/2 years, laboured to a points win over Jose Benavidez Jr. The fight was supposed to be at 163lbs, lord only knows why. But Charlo couldn’t be bothered to make weight and subsequently came in at 166.4lbs…

Anyway there seems to be suggestions that Canelo Alvarez will face Jermall Charlo in May…Facing one Charlo bum clearly wasn’t enough for Alvarez…

I think that sums up Canelo a bit... David Benavidez becomes his mandatory and is a fight people want to see, so there's suggestions his next fight is someone else

Here we go again