LAST weekend John Ryder put up a courageous efficiency in opposition to Jaime Munguia however was in the end outgunned and stopped in 9 rounds.
It was spectacular from Munguia to do to Ryder what Canelo Alvarez couldn’t in opposition to Ryder in his earlier outing. Comparisons will naturally be drawn by Munguia’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya in an effort to advertise him as a doable opponent for Canelo. However I believe they’ve an uphill battle attempting to push Munguia as a extra enticing opponent, at the very least from a followers viewpoint, than David Benavidez and even Jermall Charlo and Terence Crawford.
Munguia did look superb, in my view, however he’ll want a couple of extra dominant wins in opposition to prime tier opposition to place himself someplace close to the entrance of the queue to face the Mexican celebrity. For me, Benavidez is the match to make for Canelo subsequent, but when he goes elsewhere Benavidez vs. Munguia may very well be made. That may show to be an ideal combat to observe and the winner would have an simple declare as to being the true primary contender within the super-middleweight division.
Conor Benn returns this weekend in Las Vegas in opposition to American Peter Dobson. It’s Benn’s second bout because the fiasco and cancellation of his combat in opposition to Chris Eubank Jr.
Publicly we’re but to see any actual proof of his innocence relating to his failed drug checks within the lead as much as the aforementioned bout. Being cleared to combat by UKAD is just not the identical as being cleared of any wrongdoing. Benn himself and maybe the closest members of his workforce are the one ones who know the reality of the scenario however from the skin all we have now is 2 failed checks, a barrage of excuses, and a common sense of confusion surrounding the scenario.
Within the ring Benn shouldn’t have an excessive amount of bother this weekend. Though unbeaten in 16 fights Dobson doesn’t have any wins on his document to counsel an upset within the making. And afterwards Benn could should area questions which have been following him for the previous yr and a half.
Again within the UK we have now the rescheduled Joshua Buatsi vs. Dan Azeez light-heavyweight combat on Saturday.
This guarantees to be a really intriguing contest. I believe Buatsi will simply edge it however it’s a tricky one to name. The winner will probably be on the lookout for a world title shot within the not-too-distant future, nonetheless the belts could also be tied up for some time if we get the undisputed matchup between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
Within the meantime, the light-heavyweight division in Britain could be very sturdy and it might be nice if we acquired to see the matches we have now but to see that includes the likes of Buatsi, Azeez, Callum Smith, Anthony Yarde, and Lyndon Arthur.
My previous European super-lightweight title can be on the road this weekend as champion Adam Azim defends in opposition to Enock Poulsen on the Buatsi-Azeez undercard.
I count on Poulsen to be Azim’s hardest take a look at so far however with the shape Azim has proven of late, particularly in his title-winning effort, I consider he’ll efficiently defend his title and perhaps even safe a late stoppage. I’d prefer to see Boxxer then randomly decide his subsequent defence to be in opposition to whoever was holding the EBU title on this date 5 years in the past!
