Podcast: Recap of Benavidez-Morrell and the rest of the PBC card
Azim shines vs. Lipinets; news of the week; fight anniversary memories
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There were plenty of fights over the weekend and we are here to recap them, primarily the big PBC PPV card headlined the outstanding David Benavidez-David Morrell light heavyweight showdown and a good undercard. We also discussed news of the week and recalled notable fights on their anniversary.
Here is what’s on the show (in order):
Recap of the hard-hitting Benavidez-Morrell fight: Benavidez’s dominance, the action, the knockdown, the point deduction, the aftermath.
Recap of the undercard, including Stephen Fulton’s decision over Brandon Figueroa to win the WBC featherweight title in their rematch; junior welterweight Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz’s decision over Angel Fierro in a fierce fight of the year candidate; middleweight Jesus Ramos’ destruction of Jeison Rosario; and more.
Recap of junior welterweight up-and-comer Adam Azim’s knockout of former titlist Sergey Lipinets.
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After refusing to do so, Ryan Garcia has enrolled in VADA, eliminating a key road block to finalizing the deal with Devin Haney for their May interim bouts and planned October rematch.
Anthony Cacace’s decision to vacate the IBF junior lightweight title rather than face dangerous mandatory challenger Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez.
Ringside memories on the 23rd anniversary of when Roy Jones defended the undisputed light heavyweight title with the KO of the year against Glen Kelly in Miami and Bernard Hopkins defended the undisputed middleweight title with a knockout of Carl Daniels in Reading, Pennsylvania (where I was) with the plan to match them in a rematch in a major HBO PPV event that didn’t happen (when it mattered) because they could not agree on the money or weight.
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Benavidez-Morrell photo: Esther Lin/PBC
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I respect Roy Jones Junior. And I'm old enough to remember him getting robbed in the Olympics. But his pro career was a massive mixed bag. A lot of great accomplishments. But so many of his fights were "All Sauce and No Meat". In his prime, he literally beat up Public Sevants that were moonlighting as Pros. That Hopkins anecdote was one of many examples, of the well earned "Reluctant" Roy nickname at the time. Floyd Mayweather rightfully catches grief for so many hand picked opponents on his latter resume. But RJJ was the original "Typhoid Mary" of milking the shit out of an HBO guaranteed contract. Jabronis and No Hopers littered throughout the prime of his career. Leaving myself and many HBO subscribers disappointed. THAT was the beginning of a slow, but steady downfall of HBO Boxing in the 2000's.
Thomas Taylor is the best boxing referee in the world.