Each week right here at FightHype, I pull out my gigantic, bulbous, bulging sack and provides truth-minded boxing followers a gander. This week, I shoot ropes of reality throughout feedback/questions concerning Canelo, Eubank-Benn 2, and the Saudi NYC card.
Ring Journal Boxing in NYC
Hey Magno.
Simply wished to the touch base with you on this Friday’s card in Instances Sq.. I received’t be shopping for it, however I shall be watching it, if you happen to catch my drift. For me, there are three okay fights, however none of them are actually fundamental occasion PPV worthy.
In my humble boxing opinion, Teofimo Lopez beats Arnold Barboza by shut determination. Devin Haney beats Jose Ramirez, additionally by shut determination. Ryan Garcia stops Rolly Romero inside 8.
We’re not going to see something actually thrilling or stunning, only a evening of Friday Evening Fights-level fights packaged collectively as a PPV.
What say you, Paul? Let’s hear your ideas on this card.
— Damon
Hey Damon.
I get what you’re saying and I absolutely endorse.
Yeah, in an ideal world, these could be Friday Evening Fights fundamental occasions or HBO/Showtime co-features. Plus, it’s all a little bit pointless while you understand that these are all prelims and that something good coming from this card shall be shipped off to Saudi Arabia.
However, simply speaking in regards to the fights:
Ryan Garcia will homicide Rolly Romero, decapitate him. It’s going to be ugly and fast, whether or not Garcia’s juiced up or not. I’d be stunned if it will get previous the primary spherical, completely shocked if it will get previous 3. That’s how a lot of a stylistic mismatch I feel it’s.
Devin Haney could have picked the improper sort of fighter for his comeback bout. Ramirez is on the decline and nowhere close to as bodily gifted as Haney, however he’s tenacious and he brings stress. Haney’s been off a yr and his head can’t be proper after the best way he was manhandled by Garcia. I nonetheless should go together with Haney, simply due to the disparity in expertise, however I might not be stunned within the least if Ramirez gave him some scares and, additionally, if he managed to tug off the upset.
I don’t care a lot about Teofimo-Barboza, principally as a result of I don’t assume that extremely of Barboza. He’s alright, however that’s it. Teofimo reveals flashes of brilliance amid a mass of confused considering, insecurity, and, generally, delusion. However there’s nothing to counsel that Barboza can beat even a slightly centered Teofimo. I’ve Lopez by decisive unanimous determination.
Canelo: MIA on Combat Week
Paul.
Is Canelo’s struggle this weekend being saved a secret or one thing? There’s been no buzz and virtually no promotion. Granted, he’s preventing William Scull in a stinker, however he’s nonetheless Canelo. Turki is paying this man $100 million and never bothering to advertise the struggle? I don’t get the technique of stacking two PPVs again to again, spending all of your time selling one, however no time selling the one with the larger star. What am I lacking? Make it make sense.
— TJ
Hey TJ.
It’s not making sense to you as a result of, effectively, it DOESN’T make sense. None of this is sensible if the aim is to develop the game. However, as I’ve been telling folks for awhile now, the Turki/Saudi plan is about advancing the Saudis’ private agendas and NOT about rising the game. If something, staging three pay-per-views in an 8-day interval is burying the game by irritating those that truly do care to observe the fights.
All of that is simply loss-leader promotion for greater occasions deliberate to happen on Riyadh Season playing cards in Saudi Arabia or for the advantage of Riyadh Season initiatives.
Having these Instances Sq. fights the day earlier than the Canelo card in Riyahd is simply vainness. It’s for the advantage of the monarchy. It’s to showcase their significance by staging occasions in New York.
As for the Canelo struggle?
Canelo was bought as a present to the Crown Prince. This Scull struggle has no significance past that and so they don’t care one bit if it hemorrhages cash. There’s additionally the idea that no matter’s misplaced now shall be made up with the US-hosted Canelo-Crawford struggle in September, however I feel they’ll be very improper about that.
So, I assume when you understand the actual motives and realities behind these odd enterprise selections, all of this DOES make sense.
Eubank-Benn 2?
Mr. Magno.
I feel we will all agree that the Chris Eubank vs. Conor Benn scrap was a wonderful one. I additionally imagine that the suitable man had his hand raised on the finish. However the debate I’ve been having is whether or not there’s a necessity for a rematch. Turki Alalshikh has already mentioned that there shall be a rematch, so I suppose it’s all a moot level, however I nonetheless say everybody could be higher served if each males moved on and ahead with their careers.
The place would you fall on this debate?
— Muhammad
Hey Muhammad.
I’m simply going to come back out and be blunt (shock, proper?). Competitively, I don’t assume there’s a lot “transferring on” that both can do, at the least in the case of large, significant fights.
Eubank may probably be fluffed up and fed to Canelo and Benn may, conceivably, decide up a paper welterweight title. However the ceiling on each is fairly low. Going together with this sequence is the very best guess for each.
Saturday’s struggle was entertaining for what it was, however let’s be sincere with ourselves right here. The one factor we noticed was a dehydrated fringe-contending tremendous middleweight barely beat an additional hydrated second or third-tier welterweight. Nothing was actually confirmed, no “traditional” was documented.
If we’re speaking cash fights– winnable cash fights– then the one strategy to go is in the direction of a component 2 and perhaps half 3.
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