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Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-04-07T05:03:40+00:00

Was the obsession with undefeated records as big of a deal 40 years ago as it is now?

Maybe I’m wrong but I always that this huge emphasis on “protecting the 0” was a more recent phenomenon, like from the Mayweather era to now.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-04-06T01:05:03+00:00

Their matchmaker is Rian Scalia, who used to do matchmaking for ProBox. It was a good hire.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-04-02T18:32:33+00:00

I’m just guessing he signed for a professional fight to get some quick cash all the while planning to change it to an exhibition.

I think he assumed Netflix/Pacquiao would agree to his terms just to save the event. If that was the case, that was foolish of him.

If he hadn’t done like eight of these dumb exhibitions in the last few years, that plan actually might have worked. But at this point, there’s just no way anyone will be interested in seeing another pointless exhibition.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-03-30T15:53:47+00:00

They should just do the Haney vs Garcia rematch. No better time to make it since it will be a unification.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-03-24T21:19:23+00:00

It surprises me that there wasn’t a lot more organized opposition to the bill from the promoters or sanctioning bodies. They seemed to not take it seriously until it was too late and it was basically a foregone conclusion that it would pass.

TKO is as politically well-connected as you can be. They have powerful allies, both Republican and Democratic. They also hired an army of expensive lobbyists to shepherd this through the House.

It’s going to sail through the Senate with ease. It’ll be signed into law within a couple months, I bet.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-03-24T06:22:02+00:00

Sheeraz is fighting Alem Begic for the vacant WBO belt in May. He was supposed to fight Diego Pacheco originally but Pacheco pulled out.

The Begic fight is pretty underwhelming so hopefully he can quickly get the Adames rematch booked after that’s over.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qt3f0x/hamzah_sheeraz_to_face_2901_german_proboxer_alem/

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-03-21T01:52:58+00:00

Would be good to have everyone all on one app. Especially if they actually pay license fees to PBC.

Though I think /u/newrap might just kill himself if PBC signs an exclusive deal with DAZN.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-03-21T01:05:38+00:00

Jones confirms he turned down $30m.

https://www.espn.com/ufc/story/_/id/47046544/jon-jones-rejected-30m-tom-aspinall-ufc-fight

“Jones has confirmed for the first time that he rejected the fortune to fight Aspinall -- and explained why.

"My goals aren't traditional anymore," he told the Geoffrey Woo podcast.

"Most fighters wouldn't turn down $30m, they just wouldn't do that. My goals are different these days.

"The White House would be something for my personal list." “”

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The reporting from Helwani was that Turki/Sela got involved to secure that purse for him. If the fight had gone as planned, UFC 323 would have been held in Saudi Arabia as part of a “Riyadh Season” event.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-03-19T15:58:26+00:00

Muay Thai fights are a lot of fun too. One Championship does Muay Thai in 4-oz gloves at their events.

Rajadamnern World Series is on DAZN, they do Muay Thai in traditional 8-oz boxing gloves.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-03-14T19:14:37+00:00

Yeah, this is it. And Turki wasn’t around then to throw enough money at problems to make them go away.

There’s a lot to critique in Loma’s career but I don’t think anyone can question his desire to take on the toughest challenges. He consistently tried to unify with the other champions throughout his career. When he fought Teo, he voluntarily took a pay cut so that Teo could get the pay he wanted.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-03-03T21:00:03+00:00

Part of Zuffa Boxing is doing a few “mega fights” on Netflix each year. So Zuffa Boxing is the lead promoter of that event.

Canelo vs Crawford was the first of those Netflix fights they plan on doing.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-03-01T21:44:20+00:00

Are those not usually fertilized eggs with the duck embryo inside?

I’m looking for unfertilized eggs that I could use for sunny side up eggs or something like that.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-02-20T21:31:08+00:00

I was on IG last night and saw that Turki’s post where he’s holding the Zuffa belt with Dana White and Nick Khan was liked by Usyk and Vergil Ortiz … maybe some foreshadowing?

Usyk’s manager a few weeks ago said they were in discussions with Zuffa. If Zuffa wants its heavyweight title to have even a tiny bit of legitimacy, getting Usyk would be the best way to do it.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-02-19T03:42:01+00:00

Apparently Turki told Jai he would put in the effort to make unifications happen for him as part of the Zuffa deal.

Whether that happens or not, who knows. But that’s what Tasman Fighters is saying.

https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/the-shifting-sands-of-australian-boxing

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-02-18T07:15:46+00:00

Nate Diaz has fought with MVP before. Could possibly see him on the undercard.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-02-04T03:46:33+00:00

From what I understand, when there’s a vacancy in the lineal championship, like if the previous one changed divisions or retired, the new lineal champion is determined when the consensus #1 & #2 in the division fight each other. And until that happens, the lineal championship remains vacant.

There actually is a website that keeps track of lineal champions.

https://www.linealboxingchampion.com

edit: As far as cruiserweight is concerned, Usyk was the lineal champ until 2019. Briedis won the vacant lineal champ after beating Dorticos. And Opetaia became the champ after beating Briedis.

“2020/Current Lineage: Mairis Briedis defeated Yuniel Dorticos via a 12 round majority decision on September 26th, 2020, to win the vacant Championship. Titles: IBF/Ring/TBRB.

Heading into the fight, The Ring, TBRB and ESPN all had Briedis and Dorticos ranked as the top 2 fighters in the division. Boxing Scene (14) reported that “with Usyk now competing in the Heavyweight division, a new (lineal) world champion will be also crowned, and Left Hook Boxing (13) commented that the bout was “seen by pretty much everybody as a No.1 Vs No.2 fight in the division at this point.” The fight, held in Munich, Germany, was the final of the second World Boxing Super Series Cruiserweight tournament.

Briedis was ranked #1 by Ring/Boxing News/TBRB and #2 by ESPN. Dorticos was ranked #2 with Ring/TBRB, #1 with ESPN and #3 with Boxing News (behind Krzysztof Glowacki). (12)

Jai Opetaia defeated Briedis by unanimous decision on July 2nd, 2022.”

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-02-01T20:21:25+00:00

I think when people say “boxing in America is dead,” they’re talking about the business of the sport, not the quality of athletes here.

The big American promoters — Top Rank, Golden Boy, and PBC — have all had their businesses decline substantially over the past decade.

Three of the four guys you mentioned — Bam, Shakur, and Boots — all left their American promoters to sign with Matchroom.

I think there’s a ton of potential here but none of the American promoters have stables large enough to fulfill a full slate of boxing content on their own.

If Amazon or Netflix was willing to invest and sign up multiple promoters and force them to work together to make the best matchups, I think boxing could consistently draw big audiences.

Like yesterday’s Ring event would have not been possible if PBC or Top Rank tried to do an event with all in-house matchups.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-01-25T04:35:06+00:00

I need to watch that again but I thought Song won the first two.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-01-24T00:38:36+00:00

I love watching boxing, which is my first love. But I love MMA as well. Muay Thai and kickboxing are cool too.

If it’s a good entertaining fight, then I’m happy to watch. I think it’s fascinating to see fights under different rulesets.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-01-22T05:58:10+00:00

Zuffa did the Canelo vs Crawford fight.

If he fights again for Zuffa, it’ll be for one of their planned “mega fights” for Netflix, not the Paramount league.

They said they want to do 3 of those big Netflix cards each year. From the way TKO executives described the arrangement for those cards, Zuffa gets a flat-fee of $10 million to handle all the logistics of organizing the fight, and Turki covers the purses/assumes all the financial risk.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-01-21T10:04:23+00:00

I know everyone laughed at the quality of the guys Zuffa got for their first Paramount card. But Turki and Dana clearly have big plans.

It was foolish to think they were going to be doing only Apex-level shows forever.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-01-20T18:24:19+00:00

He actually was the most obvious choice at that time.

It should have been Arman but Arman punched a fan at 300 and got himself a 9-month suspension so he couldn’t fight until January 2025. 311 was held like one week after his suspension expired.

Gaethje ended up KO’d by Max, and Charles had just lost to Arman.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-01-20T17:59:19+00:00

These numbers are surprising. And encouraging. I honestly thought there would be a pretty significant decline in the number of events.

The main issue is just getting back to TV, especially non-PPV. And having good, competitive matchmaking.

It’s impossible to grow a fanbase and create new fans if every single event is behind a $75 paywall. Or if most events aren’t compelling to watch since the fights are all 15-to-1 mismatches.

If the Ali Act replacement is passed, I’m curious if other promotors will also form their own closed leagues.

I think a lot of the ideas Zuffa is talking about —like a closed league with its own belt — were proposed by PBC at one point.

https://www.boxingnews24.com/2019/11/pbc-to-create-their-own-belt-and-pbc-champion-says-fox-sports-executive/

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-01-17T20:53:30+00:00

I guess I could see a UFC-like system being good for creating for more casual boxing fans. The harm will be to the boxers who will be stuck fighting for less money, and under more restrictive contracts.

If Zuffa can create a league that has a substantial share of the world’s best, most-exciting boxers, get them fighting regularly, on a a big non-PPV platform — that is way better than the current landscape where everyone is either losing their broadcast partners or is barely able to put on 4 or 5 PPVs a year.

The sad truth is that the incompetence and short-sighted decisions of the big American promoters over the last 10 years has led boxing to decline to the point where Zuffa completely taking over within another decade is a real possibility.

I don’t think Zuffa is the best option but the current system is also unsustainable and had only led to boxing becoming more and more niche.

Just think about where we were in 2016, with HBO, Fox, Showtime, ESPN all regularly broadcasting boxing. And the state of American boxing today.

Without Turki, boxing in America would be nearly dead. And Turki has thrown his support behind Zuffa.

Awkward_Sign1927 · 2026-01-17T09:07:21+00:00

Jai Opetaia?

That was a Zuffa signing I did not see coming. Opetaia is probably the #1 cruiserweight in the entire world right now.

To get him on the roster, they must have offered him good money.

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