Boxing This Week: Thurman Out, Fundora In

[00:00:00] Good evening out there, 5 fans Combat Talk. FM my name is Lister I'm your host we got a stacked

[00:00:14] week in a boxing but before I get into that I did commit that I would start talking just briefly

[00:00:19] about the world of pro wrestling of course sports entertainment depending on how you ask and

[00:00:25] I'm recording Friday because I don't feel good so I wanted to get out of the way to make sure I

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[00:00:39] . FM wrestling pro wrestling I said on previous episode I do recommend you check out the rock and

[00:00:45] all the great stuff that he's doing especially if you were a fan from the distant past and I've never

[00:00:49] been more right because they did an angle as a blood angle he beat the crap out of Cody Rhodes

[00:00:56] back by his Cody's bus it was an amazing segment really it was throwback it was worse than attitude

[00:01:03] era so I do recommend checking that out pro modes were good all the way around there just good stuff

[00:01:09] you know it still has the direct but don't be the reason he's doing some good stuff so I do recommend

[00:01:13] checking that out if you do get a chance and you were a fight of you know wrestling fan from

[00:01:17] back of the day it's it's better than what might have turned you off is my point they still don't

[00:01:21] have the sex back like I think they need but they've got all the other stuff and it's no longer

[00:01:25] focused on just the wrestling moves let's go ahead and talk boxing I covered some of these fights

[00:01:30] already from the last episode so I'm not going to go back through those I'm only going to cover

[00:01:35] ones where I know for a fact I didn't talk about it this is on prime Amazon prime paper view

[00:01:41] it's the debut for pbc on Amazon prime paper you paper view as a result I will not be watching it

[00:01:47] because I will not justify that but they are good fights and again there's a lot this weekend

[00:01:52] this one's worth watching if you want to do the prime paper view 12 rounds at super lightweight

[00:01:57] action roly romero finding esok crews of course the vast majority of people feel that esok crews is

[00:02:02] going to knock out roly romero that's a distinct possibility esok crews is a tenacious he's he's

[00:02:08] come forward he's a pit bull and I would say that roly is a skilled fighter but you know with but

[00:02:14] also things were exposed and we don't know exactly where his head's at so I'm leaning more towards

[00:02:20] crews but I'm hoping roly wins and you might be wondering why I'm sicker crews you know I'm sick

[00:02:27] of after the the performance he did against tank tank was injured and crews did some stuff that

[00:02:32] was really more about you know tank not being 100% they think else I don't want to see crews in

[00:02:36] the main event again I don't want to see roly fight tank again but since roly is the champion I'd

[00:02:42] rather see him in some quality fights and I don't I just don't see this as a quality fight so it is

[00:02:48] what it is though undercard of that same event 12 rounds at flyweight action Julio sister Martinez

[00:02:53] fighting Angelino Cordova really good fight love both guys think the world of both guys quality fight

[00:03:01] on the numbers matched really well surprisingly well on the books people think it's a 50 50 I would

[00:03:07] agree with that it's a it's a really good even match fight if you're gonna watch some fights this

[00:03:10] one's definitely one to check out undercard of that same event 12 rounds at super well to weight

[00:03:16] action Brian Mendoza fighting Surrey Boa Chuck again really solid fight matched well on the books

[00:03:22] quality Mendoza is coming off a loss most recently and he's got the three losses but other than

[00:03:27] that's a really good match to fight most people believe Mendoza gets the W I think that's possible

[00:03:32] but it depends on if where his head's at his head might be not be all in the game and Boa Chuck

[00:03:37] has enough skill he's coming off a three three fight knockout streak so who knows you know I'm

[00:03:44] leaning Boa Chuck in this one just slightly it depends on where Mendoza's head is at after that loss

[00:03:49] I think but good five for what it is I'm gonna quick switch over to Dizzone now this is happening

[00:03:56] tomorrow as I record this 12 rounds at cruise weight action are sin a Goulard Moran fighting Zerdo Ramirez

[00:04:04] Zerdo Ramirez had that one loss he went up to bevol tested himself failed the test so this is

[00:04:09] his get back fight Goulard Moran is the A side on this this is on England Wood if you want to go local

[00:04:14] and I think it's a good get back fight for Ramirez I don't think Goulard Moran's gonna have anything

[00:04:19] for Ramirez I think Ramirez is a decent fighter he's not a great fighter I think Goulard Moran is a

[00:04:25] good fighter not a great fighter so it's it's good in the sense of skill comparison but I don't think

[00:04:32] Goulard Moran has that he has enough for Zerdo I think Zerdo gets him out of there that's my call

[00:04:36] there undercard to that same event 10 rounds at well-to-weight action Alexis Rocher makes his return

[00:04:42] fighting Frederick Lawson I think is a mismatch in my personal opinion I understand it's hard to get

[00:04:48] fights for Alexis Rocher after his streak he got knocked out his most recent fight he's on a rebuild

[00:04:54] this is a good opponent to rebuild against because I don't think Lawson's gonna have anything for

[00:04:58] Rocher I think Rocher's gonna win this in starting fashion that's my call then the fighter

[00:05:02] device talking about happening tomorrow was initially going to be a different fight now has

[00:05:06] switched 12 rounds at super well-to-weight action this is back on prime pay-per-view Amazon Prime

[00:05:11] Pay-per-view or Triller if you're in the UK initially it was going to be Tim Zew fighting Keith once

[00:05:17] part of time Thurmond Thurmond got injured pulled out they called in Sebastian Fondora who was about

[00:05:21] to fight on the undercard fighting somebody else and he got called up and most people saying this

[00:05:27] in our unification fight which I think is a joke because Fondora's coming off knockout lost regardless

[00:05:32] most people think that Fondora has a chance I mean everybody has a chance I think Tim Zew washes Fondora

[00:05:40] and the problem is Fondora's eyes I think his eyes are jacked up so he always wants to fight in close

[00:05:46] he doesn't use his natural abilities his natural skills to the maximum so Tim Zew it plays into

[00:05:53] his his bread and butter which is fighting inside that's why I see I see Tim Zew washes him I think

[00:05:58] it's easier to me feels like this would be an easier fight than what Keith would have brought because

[00:06:04] of nothing else Keith was tenacious Keith would keep coming Keith's never been knocked out Keith's

[00:06:09] never been stopped it's like I felt like Tim Zew would really have been tested with the experience

[00:06:15] of Keith Thurmond and I don't think this is as much of a test because of what happened from

[00:06:19] Mendoza against Fondora that's my personal opinion on it most online agree with me on that call

[00:06:26] undercard of that same event on Amazon Prime pay per view 12 rounds at middle-weight action

[00:06:30] ares Laundi Lara finally gets back in the fucking ring he's fighting Michael Zerafa who's most known

[00:06:35] for getting knocked out by Jeff Horn he's to be fair he's coming off of a three fight knockout

[00:06:40] streak some I'm not dissing the guy and he gets flak for me a stripper and that's what it is but

[00:06:46] it's actually a decent match fight although Lara's way older he has stepped it up you know he is

[00:06:51] he has become more of a dangerous fighter in older age because he was boring is all hell early

[00:06:57] getting draws like crazy and he's the south paul and he's skilled is all hell so I think this

[00:07:02] would be a test for Zerafa I think Lara wins it Zerafa should win it I think Lara wins it I think

[00:07:07] Lara has way more experience than Zerafa I think Zerafa's been on the climb ever since

[00:07:13] what happened to him from Jeff Horn evenly got the wins those were not high quality wins

[00:07:18] and Lara just has a bevy of experience over even though the number fights is the same you gotta

[00:07:23] look at the people that Lara fought Lara has fought a who's who in that ring and I think it's maybe

[00:07:29] more well rounded to where he's gonna get his hand raised as my call now we're going to switch

[00:07:33] to peacock and the O2 arena out London peacock in the US sky sports in the UK and I hate these

[00:07:38] damn string platforms anyway 12 rounds at heavyweight action Fabio worldly fighting pressure

[00:07:43] Clark really good heavyweight fight if you like the heavyweights matched decently well not greatly

[00:07:48] well both undefeated I don't think it's gonna last very long I think I'm into the knockout for one

[00:07:53] of the guys they're both knockout artists they go for knockouts so I think a knockout is on deck

[00:07:58] for this one if you want to check that one out I do recommend it's on the it's one of the regional

[00:08:03] titles is on the line and then undercar to save event 12 rounds at welterweight action floory and

[00:08:08] mark who first fighting Chris Congo really good fight for what it is they're matched numerically

[00:08:14] evenly although I don't think that Congo he's been having some rough time recently so I don't

[00:08:19] think he's gonna have much to offer on this fight but I think it's matched well on the numbers you

[00:08:25] know on the books it just seems like if you look at it these guys look like they should pair very well

[00:08:30] and put on a decent good match for how long it lasts undercar to the same event 10 rounds of heavyweight

[00:08:37] action alambabic fighting Steve Robinson a decent fight not a great fight again if you like heavy

[00:08:43] weights it's worth watching for that alone undercar to that same event eight rounds at light heavyweight

[00:08:48] action Ben Whitaker fighting Leon Willings it's it's numerically a good match just like the other one

[00:08:55] numerically a good match I still think skill wise you know Willings is nowhere in Whitaker's class Ben

[00:09:00] Whitaker is levels above this dude it's a mismatch in skill even though it's numerically equivalent

[00:09:07] undercar that same event eight rounds at cruiserweight action with all Riley fighting Michele LaWal

[00:09:13] again it's a numerically matched well fight but I think it's a mismatch in skill level

[00:09:18] and I say that just Riley seems like he's levels above the wall LaWal has skill but he makes

[00:09:23] silly mistakes at times and he's he's only lost the one time but if you look at his performances

[00:09:30] he just he leaves himself open which that bothers me about the dude he's a he's again he's decent I

[00:09:35] just think levels so we'll play into the factor that's what we got on deck for fighting so

[00:09:39] I probably again will not be checking these because I'm not doing the streaming business but I will

[00:09:43] check in after the fights and then the other thing to keep in mind with the whole situation so

[00:09:48] Terrence Crawford allegedly has lobbied for the WBO at 154 to become the mandatory for whoever ends

[00:09:55] up the WBO champion that being the winner of Timzoo versus Sebastian Fondora meanwhile Aerospace has

[00:10:01] claimed he's gonna be at the fight and wants the winner so both guys say they want the winner

[00:10:06] of Timzoo and Fondora they don't want to fight each other hopefully this delays the concern

[00:10:11] from NSB that Terrence Crawford will he told you he was contractually obligated to fight Aerospace

[00:10:16] and that was going to happen and that was the reason he wasn't gonna fight boots that's three so now

[00:10:20] it's official that he dut boots in his because he could have fought boots in his he didn't fight boots

[00:10:25] in his and instead he's not gonna rematch spence which means he's gonna be sitting out

[00:10:29] inactive for a year now at this rate because I don't have any announcement of a fight being signed so

[00:10:34] that's a rat to you know Keith Thurman's injured Terrence Crawford's going after 154 that's fine

[00:10:40] but he's still holding the belt hostage and is gonna be ducing boots in his and is not gonna

[00:10:45] be rematching spence and spence is not gonna rematch Crawford so 147 is now in flux and in disarray

[00:10:51] thanks to what happened with Aerospace not showing up on the night tune in and we'll see what happens

[00:10:56] with the next generation of fighters to come