Erislandy Lara is so inconsistent it's frustrating - so we didn't spend too much time on that fight.

The real story is that either Tank is declining or Rolly Romero is better than people gave him credit for, because prior to the picture perfect shot that put him down for good, we had Rolly winning rounds over Tank simply by stalking Tank (who was excessively on the backfoot after feeling the power early on).

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The headliner this weekend is the Mayweather Promotions grudge match.  Everyone has eyes on this fight, but many people feel that Rolly has nothing for Tank Davis - evident by bookies having Tank 10-to-1 over Rolly.

But as we learned from Jeff 'The Hornet' Horn, sometimes even the biggest underdog can surprise people come fight night.

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Fanlong was a 2-1 favorite going into this fight, primarily because of the wide age discrepancy.

It was a close decision win but Pascal showed the heart of a lion as he was not afraid to engage, and ultimately showed a strong veteran instinct.

The question now is what this means for the light heavyweight rankings.

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We already learned that Kerman Lejarraga got upset by James Metcalf, we didn't expect fights today.

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We're not down on Boots Ennis - but the guy was not tested this night.  It's not his fault, but it needs to be fixed.

Custio Clayton didn't show up, and we're not sure why.

As a result we learned nothing new about Boots that we didn't already know - that's a problem.

Meanwhile, Jermell Charlo has made history, and is now one of our favorite fighters of the current generation - by far surpassing his brother.

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On the co-main you've got 'Boots' Ennis facing a slight step up against Custio Clayton.  

Both fights are good and worth the watch.  

We suspect Charlo pulls it out this time in a late stoppage.  

With Boots it's hard to say.  Clayton is a pretty good fighter in his own right but was unable to deal with Lipinets, who Boots dispatched by stoppage.  

Boots tends to leave himself wide open upstairs, and Clayton's got power.  

Boots seems to remain focused on his opponent for now, so we suspect that it'll be a short night with Boots getting a knockout or stoppage within 6 rounds.

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Surprising only because Canelo didn't seem at all able to breach Bivol's defense and didn't perform nearly as well as expected.

People were upset at the decision (UD 7-5).  We felt that was fair if you score based on harder shots, which leaned Canelo.  But Canelo arguably lost MINIMUM 5 rounds easily.

It wasn't a very exciting fight, either.

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Very few people don't know who Yuriorkis Gamboa is.  

But what many may not know is how fast his rise and fall really was - or the fact that outside of the Castellanos fight, he's only lost to some of the best in the era.  

We take a look through the career of one of the most naturally gifted, but not necessarily best trained, fighters of this generation.

Don't know what the deal was with Valdez.  It seemed like he wasn't really there for the fight - corner not prepared, he seemed off, etc.  

Very bizarre style he employed.  Kudos to Shakur for his performance but, it felt like Valdez simply didn't show up like he needed to.

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Katie Taylor didn't "Clearly" win anything.  

People online are being inconsistent, yet again.  

Because if this were the men, nobody would have had Taylor winning that fight except for purists, and even then, everyone would have acknowledged a close decision win.  But for some reason when it's the women, these poeple no longer care about who landed the HARDER shots.

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