Essential The Official Boxing Random Thoughts Thread...All boxing heads ENTER.
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@Newzz what determines ur current draw power? ur last 3 ppv/tv ratings or what?
- Your TV/PPV ratings
- Ticket sells & attendance in more than 1 location
- Social media following
Axum Ezana
Driving in the fast lane
You hear that crowd on Saturday breh? They were chanting Mikey all 10k of em
Axum Ezana
Driving in the fast lane
as a headliner though vs say a no namer like comey. will he still draw big....not sure yet.
Axum Ezana
Driving in the fast lane
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (UP TO 135 POUNDS)
1. Jorge Linares (41-3)
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Linares, a former featherweight and junior lightweight titlist, won a world title in his third weight class in December 2014 as he put away big underdog Javier Prieto in the fourth round. He made two successful defenses, including a 2015 fight of the year candidate against Kevin Mitchell, but a fractured right hand forced Linares to pull out of an April mandatory defense against Dejan Zlaticanin and he was stripped of his belt. No matter. Instead, he went to England on Sept. 24 and outpointed Anthony Crolla in a terrific fight to win another belt and earn wide recognition as the true champion of the weight class. Crolla (31-5-3) had a rematch option, which he elected to enforce, so Linares is headed back to England for the sequel, which will air on Showtime in the United States.
Next: March 25 vs. Crolla
2. Mikey Garcia (36-0)
After a 2½-year layoff because of his contract beef with promoter Top Rank, former featherweight and junior lightweight titleholder Garcia, who settled the case, made his return on July 30. He moved up in weight, scored four knockdowns and looked explosive in a fifth-round knockout of former featherweight titlist Elio Rojas. Then, on Jan. 28, Garcia won his third world title in devastating knockout of the year-caliber fashion, scoring an extremely violent third-round destruction of then-unbeaten titlist Dejan Zlaticanin on the Leo Santa Cruz-Carl Frampton II undercard.
Next: TBA
3. Terry Flanagan (32-0)
England's "Turbo" Flanagan made his third title defense on July 16 and routed long-faded former two-time junior lightweight titleholder Mzonke Fana of South Africa, dropping him twice in a shutout decision. Flanagan was ordered to next face rising Puerto Rican star Felix Verdejo, but the fight was put off because Verdejo is recovering from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. Instead, Flanagan made defense No. 4 against Puerto Rico's Orlando Cruz, a former featherweight title challenger, on Nov. 26. Flanagan hammered Cruz and dropped him twice in an easy eighth-round knockout win. While awaiting Verdejo, Flanagan will next defend against tough Russian contender Peter Petrov (38-4-2).
Next: April 8 vs. Petrov
4. Anthony Crolla (31-5-3)
In July 2015, England's Crolla fought to a bitterly contested draw against titleholder Darleys Perez. In an immediate rematch, again in Crolla's hometown of Manchester, Crolla left no doubt as he knocked Perez out with a body shot in the fifth round to win the belt. Crolla made his first defense, also in Manchester, on May 7, knocking out dangerous interim titlist Ismael Barroso with a seventh-round body-shot. Then he moved onto yet another formidable opponent in three-division titleholder Jorge Linares (41-3) on Sept. 24 and lost his belt by hard-fought decision. A rematch is on deck.
Next: March 25 vs. Linares
5. Robert Easter Jr. (18-0)
Easter, nearly 6-feet with a long, lanky build and tremendous power, faced Ghana's unbeaten Richard Commey for a vacant belt in September and, in a fantastic action fight, they traded big bombs throughout. Easter edged him to win a decision and truly announce his arrival. He'll be a tough fight for anyone at 135 pounds, but figures to have an easy time in his first defense, when he will have a Toledo, Ohio homecoming bout against Puerto Rico's Luis Cruz (22-4-1).
Next: Feb. 10 vs. Cruz
6. Dejan Zlaticanin (22-1)
Zlaticanin came out of nowhere in 2014 when he went to former titleholder Ricky Burns' home turf in Scotland and outpointed him. Two fights later, he ran roughshod over rising contender Ivan Redkach with ease, knocking him out in the fourth round in June 2015 in a title eliminator to earn a mandatory shot at titlist Jorge Linares. But that fight was canceled after Linares suffered a fractured hand and was stripped of the belt. Zlaticanin instead faced late substitute Franklin Mamani, a complete unknown from Argentina, for the vacant belt in June 2016 and destroyed him in the third round to become the first world titleholder from Montenegro. His reign didn't last long as Mikey Garcia crushed him in the third round of defense No. 1 on Jan. 29 to take the title in very violent fashion.
Next: TBA
7. Rances Barthelemy (25-0)
Barthelemy, a Cuban defector and former junior lightweight titleholder, squared off with tough Russian southpaw Denis Shafikov for a vacant world title in December 2015 and they put on a crowd-pleasing fight. In the end, it was Barthelemy's better skills and strong finish that led him to a unanimous decision win and a second world title. Barthelemy made his first defense in June and outclassed former titlist Mickey Bey in a decision win before vacating to move up in weight.
Next: TBA
8. Denis Shafikov (38-2-1)
In December 2015, Russia's Shafikov challenged Rances Barthelemy for a vacant lightweight title but dropped a unanimous decision. Shafikov returned in July and handed 2012 U.S. Olympian Jamel Herring his first loss in a 10th-round knockout. And then, in a Dec. 2 title eliminator, Shafikov earned a mandatory shot against Robert Easter (18-0) with a hard-fought split decision win over Richard Commey.
Next: TBA
9. Darleys Perez (33-2-2)
After Colombia's Perez retained his title in a debatable draw with Anthony Crolla in Crolla's hometown of Manchester, England, in July 2015, Perez returned there for a rematch in November 2015 and, after a competitive four rounds, Crolla knocked him out with a body shot in the fifth round. Perez returned for a soft-touch win in a second-round knockout of a 22-35-2 opponent in Colombia on May 20 and then faced junior welterweight Maurice Hooker on the Nov. 19 Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward HBO PPV undercard. Perez took it to Hooker the entire fight and was outright robbed in a 10-round draw.
Next: TBA
10. Petr Petrov (38-4-2)
Petrov, born in Russia and based in Spain, won the 2014 ESPN Boxcino lightweight tournament to put himself on the map. On Sept. 30, he earned a world title opportunity in a one-sided sixth-round knockout of Michael Perez in an elimination bout, but instead of waiting for that fight against the Anthony Crolla-Jorge Linares II winner, Petrov took an offer to face England's Terry Flanagan (32-0) for his version of the world title.
Next: April 8 vs. Flanagan
Divisional rankings: Garcia makes noise at lightweight
1. Jorge Linares (41-3)
Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images
Linares, a former featherweight and junior lightweight titlist, won a world title in his third weight class in December 2014 as he put away big underdog Javier Prieto in the fourth round. He made two successful defenses, including a 2015 fight of the year candidate against Kevin Mitchell, but a fractured right hand forced Linares to pull out of an April mandatory defense against Dejan Zlaticanin and he was stripped of his belt. No matter. Instead, he went to England on Sept. 24 and outpointed Anthony Crolla in a terrific fight to win another belt and earn wide recognition as the true champion of the weight class. Crolla (31-5-3) had a rematch option, which he elected to enforce, so Linares is headed back to England for the sequel, which will air on Showtime in the United States.
Next: March 25 vs. Crolla
2. Mikey Garcia (36-0)
After a 2½-year layoff because of his contract beef with promoter Top Rank, former featherweight and junior lightweight titleholder Garcia, who settled the case, made his return on July 30. He moved up in weight, scored four knockdowns and looked explosive in a fifth-round knockout of former featherweight titlist Elio Rojas. Then, on Jan. 28, Garcia won his third world title in devastating knockout of the year-caliber fashion, scoring an extremely violent third-round destruction of then-unbeaten titlist Dejan Zlaticanin on the Leo Santa Cruz-Carl Frampton II undercard.
Next: TBA
3. Terry Flanagan (32-0)
England's "Turbo" Flanagan made his third title defense on July 16 and routed long-faded former two-time junior lightweight titleholder Mzonke Fana of South Africa, dropping him twice in a shutout decision. Flanagan was ordered to next face rising Puerto Rican star Felix Verdejo, but the fight was put off because Verdejo is recovering from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. Instead, Flanagan made defense No. 4 against Puerto Rico's Orlando Cruz, a former featherweight title challenger, on Nov. 26. Flanagan hammered Cruz and dropped him twice in an easy eighth-round knockout win. While awaiting Verdejo, Flanagan will next defend against tough Russian contender Peter Petrov (38-4-2).
Next: April 8 vs. Petrov
4. Anthony Crolla (31-5-3)
In July 2015, England's Crolla fought to a bitterly contested draw against titleholder Darleys Perez. In an immediate rematch, again in Crolla's hometown of Manchester, Crolla left no doubt as he knocked Perez out with a body shot in the fifth round to win the belt. Crolla made his first defense, also in Manchester, on May 7, knocking out dangerous interim titlist Ismael Barroso with a seventh-round body-shot. Then he moved onto yet another formidable opponent in three-division titleholder Jorge Linares (41-3) on Sept. 24 and lost his belt by hard-fought decision. A rematch is on deck.
Next: March 25 vs. Linares
5. Robert Easter Jr. (18-0)
Easter, nearly 6-feet with a long, lanky build and tremendous power, faced Ghana's unbeaten Richard Commey for a vacant belt in September and, in a fantastic action fight, they traded big bombs throughout. Easter edged him to win a decision and truly announce his arrival. He'll be a tough fight for anyone at 135 pounds, but figures to have an easy time in his first defense, when he will have a Toledo, Ohio homecoming bout against Puerto Rico's Luis Cruz (22-4-1).
Next: Feb. 10 vs. Cruz
6. Dejan Zlaticanin (22-1)
Zlaticanin came out of nowhere in 2014 when he went to former titleholder Ricky Burns' home turf in Scotland and outpointed him. Two fights later, he ran roughshod over rising contender Ivan Redkach with ease, knocking him out in the fourth round in June 2015 in a title eliminator to earn a mandatory shot at titlist Jorge Linares. But that fight was canceled after Linares suffered a fractured hand and was stripped of the belt. Zlaticanin instead faced late substitute Franklin Mamani, a complete unknown from Argentina, for the vacant belt in June 2016 and destroyed him in the third round to become the first world titleholder from Montenegro. His reign didn't last long as Mikey Garcia crushed him in the third round of defense No. 1 on Jan. 29 to take the title in very violent fashion.
Next: TBA
7. Rances Barthelemy (25-0)
Barthelemy, a Cuban defector and former junior lightweight titleholder, squared off with tough Russian southpaw Denis Shafikov for a vacant world title in December 2015 and they put on a crowd-pleasing fight. In the end, it was Barthelemy's better skills and strong finish that led him to a unanimous decision win and a second world title. Barthelemy made his first defense in June and outclassed former titlist Mickey Bey in a decision win before vacating to move up in weight.
Next: TBA
8. Denis Shafikov (38-2-1)
In December 2015, Russia's Shafikov challenged Rances Barthelemy for a vacant lightweight title but dropped a unanimous decision. Shafikov returned in July and handed 2012 U.S. Olympian Jamel Herring his first loss in a 10th-round knockout. And then, in a Dec. 2 title eliminator, Shafikov earned a mandatory shot against Robert Easter (18-0) with a hard-fought split decision win over Richard Commey.
Next: TBA
9. Darleys Perez (33-2-2)
After Colombia's Perez retained his title in a debatable draw with Anthony Crolla in Crolla's hometown of Manchester, England, in July 2015, Perez returned there for a rematch in November 2015 and, after a competitive four rounds, Crolla knocked him out with a body shot in the fifth round. Perez returned for a soft-touch win in a second-round knockout of a 22-35-2 opponent in Colombia on May 20 and then faced junior welterweight Maurice Hooker on the Nov. 19 Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward HBO PPV undercard. Perez took it to Hooker the entire fight and was outright robbed in a 10-round draw.
Next: TBA
10. Petr Petrov (38-4-2)
Petrov, born in Russia and based in Spain, won the 2014 ESPN Boxcino lightweight tournament to put himself on the map. On Sept. 30, he earned a world title opportunity in a one-sided sixth-round knockout of Michael Perez in an elimination bout, but instead of waiting for that fight against the Anthony Crolla-Jorge Linares II winner, Petrov took an offer to face England's Terry Flanagan (32-0) for his version of the world title.
Next: April 8 vs. Flanagan
Divisional rankings: Garcia makes noise at lightweight
How is Linares in front of Mikey? And how are all those dudes ahead of Easter? 
#SOG_soldier
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Bud better off without bob arum. I REALLY DON'T LIKE THAT nikka BOBWe'll offer Bud his own branch under the AB, About Billions Promotions hierachy
AB = #AboutBraska
Adrien "About Billions" Broner and "Big Bread" Bud Crawford:aboutbillions:
but forreal, yeah, he should get his own crew going
#SOG_soldier
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@ChocolateGiddyUp
"The weight is important. I'm going with Canelo Alvarez to win and I think the fight will be finished with a knockout. There is a difference in weight, but taking Chavez to 164 pounds is going to require some sacrifice. It will be a little uncomfortable for Chavez Jr.," said Trinidad to BoxingScene.com/Notifght.com .
"Canelo is a much younger undefeated fighter with a great desire to succeed and remain the champion that he is. He wants to be the number one pound-for-pound boxer in the sport. Chocolatito is number one, but who knows if Canelo is the number two."
- See more at: Felix Trinidad: Canelo Alvarez Will Knock Chavez Jr. Out! - Boxing News
#FelixFederation
Nah canelo gone give him the same lesson b hop, oscar, and winky gave tito
#SOG_soldier
New York knicks and phoenix suns stan
Battle rap is a huge subculture. We got a subforum on hereim legit surprised when i see little nikkas today actually still do this..most are more concerned with spitting struggle rhymes while dressing as faggy as possible
How is Linares in front of Mikey? And how are all those dudes ahead of Easter?
Fat Dan's own personal opinion
Speaking of Mikey Garcia:
Styles make fights...Hank may have the right blend to beat Mikey Garcia
I seriously doubt that he can deal with Mikey,
, but he's supposed to have confidence in himself
#SOG_soldier
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Fat Dan's own personal opinion
Speaking of Mikey Garcia:
Styles make fights...Hank may have the right blend to beat Mikey Garcia
I seriously doubt that he can deal with Mikey,
He even gives mikey problems this confirms what I already know. Ab would be too quick and slick for mikey
Where yall Salido stans at.....tell your boy we got an opener if he wanna get a decent payday.
Being that Salido hasn't won a fight in almost 3 years, hopefully he realizes Loma represents his biggest payday, & he can only run with that win for so long