June 18, 2023

Episode 673: Tim Tszyu 2023 Boxer of the Year? Regis Prograis, ring rust or regression + Edgar Berlanga's DAZN debut and Carlos Adames vs Julian Williams Preview

1 hour 5 minutes

We are joined by @GFunkyBoxing On DAZN...Regis Prograis won a competitive twelve-round decision over Danielito Zorrilla on DAZN in his hometown for his first WBC world title defense in his second run as a world champion, after winning the vacant world title over Jose “Chon” Zepeda. What is next for Regis? Thoughts on the show? The performance? Also, the maturity of fight fans, and the people in the industry at large - are we too divided and not even a sport?The co-main event saw Shakhram Giyasov win a twelve-round unanimous decision over Harold Calderon. Giyasov is now the WBA welterweight mandatory challenger with the win. Two upsets occurred on this card, as Alejandra Guzman knocked out Ramla Ali and Xavier Madrid got a split-decision win over Aaron Aponte. In other notable fights, Ginny Fuchs won an eight-round decision and Jeremy Hill won in a homecoming bout to start the DAZN telecast. On Showtime...Tim Tszyu continues to look like a star, as he beats Carlos Ocampo.Sam Goodman defeated Ra'eese Aleem, now the #1 contender for the IBF super bantamweight title held by Marlon Tapales. -ProBox TV card. Saul Sanchez gets a huge stoppage win over a very tough Franklin Gonzalez, what is the ceiling for Sanchez at this point? Jonhathan Cardoso stops Oscar Alvarez Jr., in a wild fight - observations and thoughts. -U.K Thoughts 2020 Olympic Super heavyweight Frazer Clarke got a win over Mariusz Wach, other winners on that card, Caroline Dubois, an Olympian and the sister of Daniel Dubois and Aaron McKenna, a former Golden Boy Promotions prospect also won on that card. - News- ProBox TV News first reported that Deontay Wilder and Devin Haney will sign with Skills Challenge Entertainment, following the lead of Oleksandr Usyk.- Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr.'s two-day press tour further differences between the two fighters. Spence wants to use his platform to help other fighters, and Crawford sounds like Michael Jordan focused on the legacy. -Teofimo Lopez gave up the WBO junior welterweight world title or did he? -Canelo will fight either Jermall Charlo or Badou Jack in September…thoughtsNext WeekThe biggest fight of the weekend will be Edgar Berlanga, the undefeated knockout artist who had sixteen first-round KOs making his debut with his new promoter, Matchroom Boxing, after coming off a suspension last year from the NYSAC after biting his opponent. Here is a list of the fight we are most excited about.-Edgar Berlanga vs. Jason Quigley, [168 lbs]Reshat Mati vs. Dakota Linger, [140 lbs]Adam Kownacki vs. Joe Cusumano, [heavyweight]Khalil Coe vs. Buneet Bisla, 8 rounds, [175 lbs]Yankiel Rivera Figueroa vs. Christian Robles, [112 lbs]Harley Mederos vs. Pedro Vicente Scharbaai, [135 lbs]Pablo Valdez vs. Demian Daniel Fernandez, [147 lbs]Showtime will feature a show with a WBC middleweight interim title topping the card as the interim champion, Carlos Adames will fight former unified 154 lbs champion Julian Williams in Minnesota. The card is evenly matched but might lack some of the star-power fight fans who tune in for big fights and only need to watch from start to finish.Carlos Adames vs. Julian Williams, [160 lbs - WBC interim middleweight title]Erickson Lubin vs. Luis Arias, [154 lbs]Fernando Martinez vs. Jade Bornea, [115 lbs - IBF super flyweight world titleOff-TV, somehow Joshua Franco will rematch Kazuto Ioka in a super flyweight unification bout in Japan. The bout will see Franco putting his WBA title on the line and Ioka putting his WBO title up. It is a rematch of their bout from December 31st, 2022, Michael Hunter fights on a Michael Reyes club show, and Tevin Farmer will return in a club show in Philly. We have on Friday night on thompsonboxing.com and Thompson Boxing’s YouTube channel the following bout. Jesus Saracho vs. Tarik Zaina, 10 rounds, junior welterweights[Photo Credit: Tim Tszyu photo by Esther Lin / Showtime, and Regis Pro(continued)

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