William Zepeda, A Fight Away From A Title. William Zepeda looks like a star. He throws a lot of punches, and has stopped quality opponents. Now, he is one fight away from a big fight - a title fight. He fights Maxi Hughes on Saturday on DAZN. A WBA and IBF lightweight eliminator sits in his wake. What does that mean? The winner is the number-one contender for both titles. The IBF title will be contested in Australia when Vasyl Lomachenko faces George Kambosos - it is currently vacant. Gervonta Davis is the WBA lightweight champion.
Boxingscene reported that Maxi Hughes was deported; it really messed with his fight preparation. Too bad. Not that it would have made any difference. Zepeda steamrolls Hughes.
You called the Schofield fight. DQ from Suero.
Priest is a middleweight fighting a super welterweight. Goldenboy is letting him develop. He didn't do that well against Simon Madsen.
Kalreuth did the job. I didn't realize it at the time, but the "L" on his record (versus a 10-10-1 41 year old) came from a freak injury. He was 19.
Esparza and the Victor Morales fight were cancelled due to fighters not getting their visas. That makes three fights on the card directly affected by immigration issues.
The guy who lost to the 40 year old Barasso also had immigration issues. That fight was cancelled in December and rescheduled.
What's going on with golden boy?
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Kalajdzic won handily vs Berrera. 41 years old coming off 2 years (?) without a fight.
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It looks like Loeffler is giving Walsh time to develop. His last fight was tough. Walsh does well against fighters who can't take his power.
The rest of the card had an irish bent with St. Patrick's day. Feargal McCrory is basically a regional ticket seller. Joseph Ward might have more potential, but he's 30.
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You missed Queensbury's second "magnificent 7" card.
Local ticket seller Nathan Heaney was given a lot of leeway by the ref versus Brad Pauls. Spits out his mouthguard twice or trice. Allowed him to rest.
I'm guessing the judges awarded the draw to recognise Pauls' efforts in spite of Heaney's favourtism. And a draw allows Heaney to keep the british belt and sell tickets for next time.
Joe Joyce didn't impress after coming in at a career high weight. He got the KO with 20 seconds to go.
Zach Parker Tyron Zeuge was interesting.
Zeuge was smiling and all happy at the weigh in. It reminded me of Khalil Coe's opponent at their weight in. And hinted that Zeuge would lose.
Zeuge also came in 4.5 lbs overweight. Which reminded me of Lyndon Arthurs's argentinian opponent. Suarez.
Like Suarez did to Arthur, Zeuge knock down Parker early. But he was smiling and happy to be there. It was a good pay day for him.
Liam Davies KO'd robles in round 2. He's world level at 122 and will be looking for an inuoe payday. With the Saudi-Queensbury relationship, he might get it.
What great cards.
Boxingscene reported that Maxi Hughes was deported; it really messed with his fight preparation. Too bad. Not that it would have made any difference. Zepeda steamrolls Hughes.
You called the Schofield fight. DQ from Suero.
Priest is a middleweight fighting a super welterweight. Goldenboy is letting him develop. He didn't do that well against Simon Madsen.
Kalreuth did the job. I didn't realize it at the time, but the "L" on his record (versus a 10-10-1 41 year old) came from a freak injury. He was 19.
Esparza and the Victor Morales fight were cancelled due to fighters not getting their visas. That makes three fights on the card directly affected by immigration issues.
The guy who lost to the 40 year old Barasso also had immigration issues. That fight was cancelled in December and rescheduled.
What's going on with golden boy?
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Kalajdzic won handily vs Berrera. 41 years old coming off 2 years (?) without a fight.
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It looks like Loeffler is giving Walsh time to develop. His last fight was tough. Walsh does well against fighters who can't take his power.
The rest of the card had an irish bent with St. Patrick's day. Feargal McCrory is basically a regional ticket seller. Joseph Ward might have more potential, but he's 30.
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You missed Queensbury's second "magnificent 7" card.
Local ticket seller Nathan Heaney was given a lot of leeway by the ref versus Brad Pauls. Spits out his mouthguard twice or trice. Allowed him to rest.
I'm guessing the judges awarded the draw to recognise Pauls' efforts in spite of Heaney's favourtism. And a draw allows Heaney to keep the british belt and sell tickets for next time.
Joe Joyce didn't impress after coming in at a career high weight. He got the KO with 20 seconds to go.
Zach Parker Tyron Zeuge was interesting.
Zeuge was smiling and all happy at the weigh in. It reminded me of Khalil Coe's opponent at their weight in. And hinted that Zeuge would lose.
Zeuge also came in 4.5 lbs overweight. Which reminded me of Lyndon Arthurs's argentinian opponent. Suarez.
Like Suarez did to Arthur, Zeuge knock down Parker early. But he was smiling and happy to be there. It was a good pay day for him.
Liam Davies KO'd robles in round 2. He's world level at 122 and will be looking for an inuoe payday. With the Saudi-Queensbury relationship, he might get it.