#boxing That Galal #Yafai vs Francisco #Rodriguez match was a 👊💪 Fight! Lasted 12 action packed rounds, Rodriguez slugged his way against a tough Yafai, who showed a lot of heart in tense exchanges. Rodriguez won the WBC Interim Flyweight Title with a wide UD.
Rodriguez could now challenge Kenshiro #Teraji for the world championship title.
Fight on #DAZN
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#boxing Emmanuel #Navarrete retains the WBO Junior Lightweight Title against mandatory challenger Charly #Suarez in a controversial Technical Decision in the 8th round. It was due to what is ruled to be a headbutt at the start of round 6 but on slow-motion replay looked to actually be a punch.
The fight was close, even with Navarrete's height and reach and general size advantage, which was mitigated by Suarez' footwork, showing his Olympic-level amateur pedigree.
Fans call for a rematch. 💪👊

#boxing Rafael #Espinoza retained the WBO Featherweight Title against Edward Vasquez via TKO. Vasquez came to fight but Espinoza's longer reach was a tough challenge.
Would Espinoza fight Naoya #Inoue in case the latter moves up to 126? That would look like David vs Goliath for sure. 👊

@maxsidman To be fair, that is the expected outcome. But Cardenas fought like a warrior.

#boxing Naoya #Inoue is still Undisputed Super Bantamweight Champion after the fight with Ramon #Cardenas which ended via TKO-8. Cardenas fought like a warrior, scoring a knockdown on the 2nd, but Inoue is just... him. A very good fight to cap #CincoDeMayo weekend.

It seems MJ #Akhmadaliev is next for Inoue. Still hoping he would fight 4A #Casimero before moving up to 126.
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#boxing Saul 'Canelo' #Alvarez retained all his belts at Super Middleweight against William #Scull by UD. Both fighters could have done more, Scull certainly could have engaged more.

Hoping the #AlvarezCrawford fight in September would be better. 👊

#boxing Jaron 'Boots' #Ennis won over Eimantas #Stanionis when Stanionis' corner stopped the fight after the 6th round. Ennis did look a lot bigger and with longer reach than Stanionis, but it was his body shots that made a difference. Stanionis fought with heart, and never stopped putting the pressure even after getting knocked down, despite the size and reach disadvantage. Ennis now holds the IBF and WBA Welterweight world titles. 👊

Unification with Mario #Barrios and Brian #Norman Jr next? 💪

#boxing Gervonta #Davis retains his WBA Lightweight Title with a controversial draw against Lamont #Roach Jr. Roach was a little bit busier inthe fight, and a knockdown was not called when Davis took a knee. Rematch?

Gary Antuanne #Russell won the WBA Junior Welterweight Title from Rayo #Valenzuela with a UD in an action-packedn fight.

Alberto #Puello defends his WBC Junior Welterweight Title against Sandor #Martin with a split decision.

Is there a Russell vs Puello unification in the works?

#boxing So Dmitry Bivol became Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion, taking the titles from Artur Beterbiev.
Will there be a trilogy? 💪👊

#boxing Keyshawn Davis won the WBO Lightweight belt from Denys Berinchyk by knockout in the 4th round. Being the smaller, shorter man, Berinchyk tried to fight on the inside but Davis went to the body causing a knockdown, and then the knockout. Good performance by Davis.

Will we see him fight Gervonta Davis this year in the fight of Davis vs Davis?
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#boxing David #Benavidez won via UD over David #Morrell in a 💪👊 fight. Both men came to win, and Morrell scored a KD, but then got a point deduction. Benavidez won the fight by keeping busy. He is now WBA regular Light Heavyweight Champion, and WBC Interim Champion.
So will Benavidez ever fight Canelo? 👊

#boxing As expected, Naoya #Inoue delivered a KO against late replacement Ye Joon #Kim. It came in the 4th round, Inoue defending his Undisputed title @ 122. Kim replaced Sam #Goodman who pulled out after an eye injury, after the fight had been rescheduled over the same injury.

So fans ask: when is Inoue fighting contenders the likes of former 122 Unified World Champion MJ #Akhmadaliev or 3-division World Champion 4A #Casimero?
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#boxing Jai Opetaia has defended his IBF Cruiserweight belt against David Nyika via KO. 👊💪 Credit to Nyika for fighting strong on short notice.

Opetaia has called out Zurdo Ramirez for a unification.

Eddie Hearn said he is planning to have Opetaia fight to be Undisputed and then fight Oleksandr Usyk in 12 to 18 months.

That's quite a goal, but Opetaia has to get past Zurdo first. Then if he becomes Undisputed, he has to fight Usyk, the #1 P4P right now. 👊

#boxing And still undefeated! Oleksandr #Usyk retains his heavyweight belts after winning the rematch against Tyson #Fury in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As expected. 💪👊💯

#boxing It is said that there is a plan for Naoya #Inoue to fight Alan #Picasso in spring in the US. A plan which MJ #Akhmadaliev objects to, as he is now Interim Champion & WBA mandatory.

As potential opponents for Inoue, it would seem that MJ is the fan favorite to fight for Undisputed.

MJ lost via SD to Marlon #Tapales who got KO'd by Inoue.

Picasso OTOH won a controversial decision against Azat #Hovhannisyan, who got KO'd by Luis #Nery in a tough fight, who in turn got KO'd by Inoue. 👊

@kbeninato Should we bring out our Valyrian swords and dragon glass (excuse me, obsidian) arrows during the Long Night Moon? 😁😁😁

@MostlyHarmless But what about French hens and turtledoves? 😁😁😁

#boxing Currently, MJ #Akhmadaliev is challenging 122 Undisputed Champion Naoya #Inoue. So is 4A #Casimero. MJ is a former 122 Unified Champion, and Casimero is a former 118 WBO Champion who was scheduled to fight Inoue for Undisputed @ 118.

Some fans are calling for #AkhmadalievCasimero for the right to fight Inoue. This would be a 💪 fight, but 4A would be high risk for MJ. Then there's #Tapales for a rematch with MJ.

122 is the division to watch right now, for all of Inoue's belts. 👊💪💯

#boxing MJ #Akhmadaliev won via TKO over Ricardo Espinoza. The fight was 💪 and Espinoza gave him a good one, but MJ gave back a better one, winning he WBO Interim belt.

Now MJ is challenging Naoya #Inoue whose fight against Sam #Goodman is postponed to January due to Goodman's cut a few days to the Christmas Eve fight.

Inoue is expected to win in case he fights MJ. MJ lost the WBA and IBF belts to Marlon #Tapales via SD and Tapales got KO'd by Inoue when the latter became Undisputed @ 122 👊

#boxing EspinozaRamirez2 was competitive, but Ramirez quit because of an eye injury. Espinoza was skillful as usual, Ramirez too, but Espinoza seemed a lot bigger and had the longer reach.
Espinoza should probably unify with Leo or Ball, or Figueroa if he wins FigueroaFulton2. Espinoza and Figueroa are both big featherweights.
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