This Week In Boxing: November 6–8
[Lead]Thursday November 6[/lead]
From Bangkok, Thailand
TV: 7 (Thailand)
Oswaldo Novoa 14(9)-4–1 vs Wanheng Menayothin 35(11)-0
12 rounds
WBC world minimumweight title
You would think that being a 32 year old minimumweight would make Oswaldo Novoa ancient and ready to hang up his gloves for good, but that’s not the case. For Novoa, he’s a relatively fresh 32 year old as he’s only been a professional fighter for 4 years. Where guys his age are usually 100-and-something rounds deep into a career, Novoa is fresh. In his 4 year span as a professional, Novoa has 4 losses but it comes with the territory of learning on the job. He hasn’t lost in 2 years and a win here could establish him as the guy in the minimumweight division that goes into his opponents’ hometowns and beats them up. He won’t be the main guy in the division. That’s a distinction reserved for Francisco Rodriguez Jr, but he’ll make a case for himself as a very solid contender.
Novoa has recently settled into a groove as a professional. He’s knocked out everything they’ve put in front of him in the past 2 years.
Wanheng Menayothin will enter with more experience, but that’s only in the actual number of opponents he’s faced. Menayothin has a resume built on inexperienced opponents who often have not fought outside of Thailand. Novoa should win easily as long as the judges give him a fair shake.
(Note: Of Menayothin’s last 16 opponents, only 3 have come off a win. Only 7 have had winning records. In boxing it’s important to remember that a winning record isn’t like other sports where a few more wins than losses is a good thing.)[hr gap=””]
[lead]Saturday November 8[/lead]
From Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Time: 1:30 PM PDT, 4:30 PM EDT, 9:30 PM GMT
TV: SAT1 (Germany)
Felix Sturm 39(18)-4–2 vs Robert Stieglitz 47(27)-4
12 rounds
11 stone 12 1/2 pound catch weight (166.45 lbs, 75.5 kg)
Felix Sturm has reigned as a champion in the middleweight division for a long time, but he’s never really crossed over or made any sort of noise outside of Germany. He enjoyed his status as a titleholder, making consistent money in Germany for a long time. He was content to stay home and face whatever opponents were foolish enough to challenge him for his belt much like Chris John did in Indonesia for so long.
It got to the point that Germany became a legitimate home court advantage for Sturm. Not because it was home, but because judges were almost protecting him. In doing that, Germany earned a reputation for turning in poor decisions thanks to the Sturm fights with questionable verdicts.
As Sturm has aged, his fights got closer and ultimately the scorecards did too. Finally, Australian Daniel Geale went into Germany and made it so obvious that he beat Sturm that even the German judges who’d protected Sturm for years had to give Geale a win. (It was a split decision.)
That was the beginning of the end for Sturm. Sam Soliman would come next. Again, Sturm was outworked to the point that you couldn’t give it to him without being declared legally blind.
(A dirty test after the fight turned Soliman’s win into a no contest. Soliman would go back to Germany later and do it all again. This confirms one of two things.
- Soliman is a late bloomer.
- Sturm is done.
(Which is true?)
Sturm may be done. Let’s look at his last four fights. He scored a TKO over Darren Barker, but Barker probably should have never gotten into the ring that night. We learned afterward that the injury was far more responsible for the loss than Sturm’s fists.
Let’s throw out the Barker fight. Let’s look at the last 4 of Felix Sturm’s fights. Of those last 4 fights, he’s lost 3. The lone win was against an overmatched domestic level opponent.
And with all of this…
Sturm is still the betting favorite!
Robert Stieglitz is coming off a late win over everyone’s favorite journeyman, and prior to that he lost his WBO super middleweight title in a tight contest with Arthur Abraham. (Those 2 guys are made for each other.) And Sturm is still favored!
Joking aside this is a tougher fight to call than you would think. In fact, Sturm should have the edge. Stieglitz will need to drop in weight and maybe the weight cutting was a contributing factor to Sturm’s decline in recent years.
(Also, they’re fighting in Germany. There isn’t a man alive who knows how to win a decision in Germany more than Sturm.)
(More about weight cutting after the Pianeta fight.)
Francisco Pianeta 30(17)-1–1 vs Ivica Bacurin 18(8)-6–1
12 rounds
WBO European heavyweight title
Pianeta would be an interesting heavyweight contender if we didn’t know too much about him. Unfortunately, what we know at this point is that he has stepped up once to the Wladimir Klitschko level and was decimated. (That’s not much of a slight though. Who hasn’t come up short against Klitschko? I mean in a boxing ring, Shannon. The seas don’t count.)
Susi Kentikian 33(17)-2 vs Naoko Fujioka 12(6)-0
10 rounds
WBA world female flyweight title
Diversity is a good thing. Here at sundaypuncher we want to show we respect box. All forms. We love fight.
Susi Kentikian is an Armenian-German who with a bit of luck would be undefeated in her conquest as a flyweight. (She lost two close split decisions.) She enters this fight as the top rated flyweight in the world and will have a big experience and age advantage over 39 year old Fujioka. Let’s not forget that Fujioka will be dropping down in weight to fight the established flyweight champion. This is often not a good idea and I think it crosses the gender boundary in boxing. Ask Chad Dawson.[hr gap=””]
From Gymnasia Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Time: 9:00 PM PST, 12:00 AM EST, 5:00 AM GMT
TV: beIN Sports en Español (US) Azteca (Mexico)
Fernando Montiel 52(39)-4–2 vs Sergio Puente 15(6)-0
10 rounds
Featherweight division
It’s a shame that everyone mostly remembers Fernando Montiel as the guy lying on the canvas shaking his legs after getting hit with a brain rattling left hook from Nonito Donaire. What people may not know is that Montiel is one of the most underrated Mexican fighters of his generation and has had an illustrious career. He’s a three division champion, his four losses have come from very respectable champions who you’d be a fool to dismiss Montiel for losing to.
(Marc ‘Too Sharp’ Johnson, Nonito Donaire, Victor Terrazas, and Jhonny Gonzalez.)
Two of those losses were attempts by Montiel to jump up in weight and quickly snatch a title, which points to the ambition of Montiel.
A quick story that some may not have thought of in a while or had not heard before.
In 2002, Fernando Montiel defended his WBO super flyweight title against the Panamanian protégé of Roberto Duran, Pedro Alcazar. It was one of the undercard attractions on the Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales rematch. Entering the sixth round Montiel was up comfortably on the scorecards. A right hook in the second round turned a competitive fight into a one-sided beat down. Montiel sat on his stool looking untouched while Alcazar sat with swollen eyes. As round six began Montiel ravaged Alcazar with body shots. Alcazar escaped from one side of the ring to get caught on the next. Alcazar covered up on the ropes as Montiel unloaded his clip before referee Kenny Bayless stopped the fight. Alcazar lost a TKO and returned to his hotel room.
Alcazar spent the following day like a typical tourist in Las Vegas before preparing for the flight back to Panama. He gambled, he enjoyed the sights, and ate like a king. What began as a little headache turned into a full-on collapse. Thirty-six hours passed before Alcazar showed any symptoms. In this case, severe brain swelling.
Hospital tests showed there was a small amount of bleeding which led to fatal swelling. According to Las Vegas officials, it was the first case in which a fighter showed no signs of head trauma or anything to suggest a hospital visit was necessary after a fight before passing days after. Roberto Duran was a pallbearer at Alcazar’s funeral.
This is a sobering reminder that every fighter on every preview is deserving of the utmost respect for the risk they take each time they step in the ring.[hr gap=””]
From Krakow Arena, Krakow, Poland
Time: 10:00 AM PST, 1:00 PM EST, 6:00 PM GMT
TV: PolSat Sport PPV (Poland)
Tomasz Adamek 49(29)-3 vs Artur Szpilka 16(12)-1
10 rounds
Heavyweight division
Artur Szpilka’s bout with Bryant Jennings didn’t add up to me. I still can’t figure out why he was stopped late. Was Jennings doing a number on his body? Was Szpilka not ready to go 10 rounds? Was he throwing too many punches? Everything about that fight said 50–50 with the edge going to Szpilka.
Whatever the case is, Szpilka came up short and now he will go from fighting a budding prospect (who is still very green) to a legitimate former champion in multiple divisions.
In the past decade, Tomasz Adamek has been one of the more underrated fighters in the sport. His three losses have come against a prime Chad Dawson (when he really was Michael Jackson Bad), Vitali Klitschko (who hasn’t lost to him?), and Vyacheslav Glazkov. The Glazkov loss is his most recent fight and from the looks of it, Glazkov is a legitimate prospect in the heavyweight division who could surprise some people.
There are some questions we’ll be looking to have answered here. The first is how far as Adamek declined. At 37, Adamek is not the same guy he once was. He’s an experienced veteran who’s lost some speed and power. If he’s declined significantly, Szpilka’s size will become a factor and it’s likely Szpilka can stop Adamek. The only problem with that is whether or not Szpilka will have the stamina. Jennings stopped him late and Adamek is a far more experienced fighter who is masterful at fighting as the smaller guy.
I think Adamek has enough left, along with the intelligence, to know how to properly fight and beat a guy like Szpilka
Gregorz Proksa 29(21)-3 vs Maciej Sulecki 18(3)-0
10 rounds
Middleweight division
Gregorz Proksa has an endearing quality to him. It’s mostly because he was the very first member of the ‘Good Boy’ club. Since his decapitation at the hands of Golovkin, Proksa has fought twice. He lost to Sergio Mora in his most recent fight and will look to rebound here on this Polish pay-per-view.
The deal with Proksa is this: he’s a European-level fighter at best. It’s unlikely he ever cuts it at the world level. His style is a very flattering impersonation of Sergio Martinez, but not quite the same. It’s leaky and Proksa’s offense leaves him way too open for counters. A good fighter, as in the case of Golovkin, won’t be bothered by Proksa’s awkwardness and quickness for too long. Proksa isn’t a bad fighter, he’ll trouble anyone for a few rounds, but that’s it.
His opponent is 25-year-old Maciej Sulecki. Sulecki has never fought past the national level in Poland. His 3 knockouts were against guys who promptly reconsidered their decision to fight as a professional fighter after their bout.
Sulecki has a pretty record, which is nice, but that won’t be enough to get past Proksa. A win here probably does not set-up a Golovkin rematch.
[hr gap=””]From Sands Casino Resort, Betheleham, Pennsylvania
Time: 5:30 PM PST, 8:30 PM EST, 1:30 AM GMT
TV: NBC Sports Network (US)
Amir Mansour 20(15)-1 vs Fred Kassi 18(10)-2
10 rounds
Heavyweight division
What may or may not have been a successful career as a heavyweight boxer was flushed away when Mansour was sent to prison for eight and a half years for trafficking cocaine. For good measure an extra year and change was added after Mansour violated his probation. These are the kind of what-if stories you hate to hear, but ultimately it’s important to remember that these are adults we’re talking about. Adults who make their own decisions based on the environment or circumstances in their life at the time and in the case of Mansour he made his.
At 42, Mansour is a good puncher who can outbox inexperienced (or those experienced with losing) opponents and that’s about it. We saw against Steve Cunningham that Mansour is not going to outbox an experienced world level opponent. He may hurt them, as he did with Cunningham, but he likely won’t finish. Mansour’s early lead disappeared late as he faded and Cunningham dropped him to score a unanimous decision.
Kassi is a regional heavyweight who will make it interesting. Mansour will have the edge. His experience both in-ring and fighting under the spotlight should lead him to victory.
Dmitry Mikhaylenko 17(6)-0 vs Ronald Cruz 20(15)-4
10 rounds
Welterweight division
Ronald Cruz is about as durable as a cast iron pan. This guy has taken punishment from one of the premier prospects in the sport and didn’t seem to mind one bit. He’ll be looking to test another prospect this Saturday when he faces a Russian with a funny nickname.
Dmitry Mikhaylenko, also known as The Mechanic, is not your typical Russian fighter. His style is almost similar to Paulie Malignaggi. He even punches like him at times. Mikhaylenko is a speedster who can punch and move and doesn’t necessarily stand flat-footed if he doesn’t have to.
A trademark of these types of fighters is that whenever they score a knockdown their opponents aren’t typically hurt. They often get up and are ready to go. (Check off this box for Mikhaylenko.)
From the videos I’ve seen of Mikhaylenko he’s explosive and when the fight breaks out, he’s exciting as hell to watch. If an opponent is willing, he’ll throw out all the boxing — where he’s at his most effective — and start swinging for the fences whether it’s a good idea or not.
The problem I see for him is whether or not he can go punch-for-punch with the upper level of welterweights. I say that because that’s likely how he’ll have to score wins as he progresses. I don’t think can outbox most of the top 10 welterweights. Against Ronald Cruz? Yeah, I think he can outbox him, but once he progresses past this level it isn’t so easy.
Ultimately I think Mikhaylenko is a fighter people can get behind. He loves a brawl. Everyone loves a guy willing to take some to give some and that’s Mikhaylenko in a nutshell. It’s not a case of if he’ll throw his boxing away and start brawling; it’s a case of when.
Vasily Lepikhin 16(9)-0 vs Jackson Junior 15(13)-1
10 rounds
Light heavyweight division
It seems like Russia gives out random job nicknames to its fighters. Lepikhin is The Professor and he’s another welcome addition into the already packed abyss that is the light heavyweight division.
Lepikhin is 29 and he took a few years off from boxing in 2010. He returned in 2013 and has scored 4 straight knockout victories. He made his American debut this past August. He scored a 5th round TKO of a very sturdy opponent in Robert Berridge.
I’m guessing Lepikhin learned to fight under an old school Soviet trainer. His style is the traditional upright and technical style we associate with the satellite countries of the former USSR.
If there are any differences it’s that Lepikhin is a patient stalker who does not waste punches if he isn’t 95% sure he’s going to land it. If there is one thing missing from his game it’s that he doesn’t feint enough. He’s a masterful puncher and technician, but the addition of feints to open up his opponents, who at times do not open up, would make fights fairly short.
Guys like Sergey Kovalev or Ruslan Provodnikov evoke feelings of vigilance in that they’re always coming and you need to be prepared, but it’s the guys like Lepikhin who are even more nerve-racking. Lepikhin stalks and stares all while making subtle movements. He’ll put his guard up and down and up again. Then a jab shoots out with no discernible timing or rhythm. This is the kind of fighter that Lepikhin is.
Lepikhin could become a major player at light heavyweight if it all comes together. He’s nearly 6’4” and is a very intelligent fighter.
Let’s look at his last stoppage.
You don’t often see fights ended with right hooks to the body.[hr gap=””]
From Events Center, Pharr, Texas
Time: 8:00 PM PST, 11:00 PM EST, 4:00 AM GMT
TV: UniMas (US)
Diego Magdaleno 26(10)-1 vs Hevinson Herrera 17(11)-9–1
10 rounds
Lightweight division
Let’s get this straight. Diego Magdaleno was a rising prospect in boxing who went to Macao, China and lost a close decision to Roman Martinez and since then he’s been relegated to UniMas to fight showcase after showcase!?
What happened? I personally thought Magdaleno had done enough to beat Martinez. What’s the deal here? Did he piss off Bob Arum? Crack the wrong kind of age joke in front of the boss? Did he ask Bob why Floyd doesn’t want to do business with him?
Whatever the case is, Magdaleno is fighting cupcake fights in the prime of his career when he could be inching closer to a title shot or going around the world and fighting international competition. Hell, they could send him to Britain and have him fight a Stephen Ormond, anything to help him grow as a fighter. These showcase fights he wins with his eyes closed are certainly not helping. (Read the next preview for the reason why he’s not fighting tougher opponents.)
Chris Avalos 24(18)-2 vs Pedro Melo 9(2)-6–2
10 rounds
Super bantamweight division
Way to go Chris Avalos. You passed up a shot to fight Guillermo Rigondeaux or Carl Frampton and you chose… Pedro Melo.
Round of applause.
Or you can put on your conspiracy hat with me. Two things can be happening here and I’ll tell you both.
- Bob Arum said, “Go to hell Guillermo Rigondeaux. Take your boring style and fight whoever the hell you want… but let’s make one thing clear. You will never fight one of my guys again. You will never make another cent from a Top Rank fighter or event.”
- The WBO, the preferred sanctioning body of Top Rank, makes up their rankings and mandatory contenders (out of thin air.) Top Rank knows this. They have a silent agreement with the WBO where they shoot a text over to let them know when their guys are ready. The WBO then released a new ranking, appoints a mandatory, or strips someone to make way for another fighter. Right now, Magdaleno and Avalos are not ready. At least according to Top Rank. Therefore, once one of these titles is vacated I’m sure Avalos and Magdaleno will get their chance. You want proof of this? Notice that the WBO just stripped Chris Algieri of the WBO junior welterweight title. It’s truly bizarre given Algieri hasn’t said he has no intention of fighting at the division or that he wants to vacate. A year hasn’t even passed since he defended it. Now watch the WBO make the Mauricio Herrera vs Jose Benavidez Jr fight or whatever Top Rank junior welterweight fighters next fight for the interim or full on title. It will be hilarious.
Brad Solomon 23(9)-0 vs Eduardo Flores 19(13)-15–3
8 rounds
Welterweight division
Solomon was an illustrious amateur champion who won a few National Golden Gloves titles. He even has a recorded win over lineal junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia. Solomon still has a lot of the amateur game in him that has enabled him to outbox all of his opponents, but not stop them or score any big knockouts (which helps to capture the public eye.)
Egor Mekhontsev 5(5)-0 vs Jinner Guerrero 7(6)-2
8 rounds
Light heavyweight division
It seems like every popular trainer, country, and traveling circus has a light heavyweight monster of their own. Meet Freddie Roach’s. Egor Mekhontsev is a Russian prospect who had a comprehensive career as an amateur and even won gold at the London games, edging out Golden Boy’s Yamaguchi Falcao and Kazakhstan’s Adilbek Niyazymbetov (who along with Julio Cesar La Cruz, I would love to see turn pro.)
Mekhontsev looks like a fighter. He’s 29 and just has that look to him like he’d punch through a wall for the hell of it as a party trick. Thus far in his career, Mekhontsev has obliterated his opponents. He’s also getting better at a rapid pace and he’s developing nicely. It also helps that he’s been matched well so far.
If there’s an obvious flaw with Mekhontsev right now, it’s that he does not do well when his opponents get off first. That’s not to say it’s a huge glaring weakness. It’s not. Mekhontsev has absorbed his opponents’ punches without much fuss.
One thing to watch with Mekhontsev is that he’s got very sneaky defense.[hr gap=””]
From Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Time: 7:45 PM PST, 10:45 PM EST, 3:45 PM GMT
TV: HBO (US) Main Event (Australia)
Bernard Hopkins 55(32)-6–2 vs Sergey Kovalev 25(23)-0–1
12 rounds
WBA super world light heavyweight title
IBF world light heavyweight title
WBO world light heavyweight title
There are brief moments in time where you call all of your friends, you shout to your partner or your kids to come huddle around the TV, or you just sit back and savor a moment which will forever be enshrined in history books. A moment where you’ll always remember where you were. It’s this moment where your casual sports fan comes to you the following Monday at work and says, ‘did you see that?’
I don’t know how Saturday’s fight will play out, but I do know that barring any shenanigans history will be made.
For Hopkins, he will make history by defying the natural process of aging. It’s as if Father Time has taken personal offense to Hopkins’s longevity as an elite athlete that he created the perfect monster to do what he’s thus far been unsuccessful to. He’s created a monster to break the mind and body of boxing’s greatest enigma. If Hopkins is to do as he’s always done when faced with similar fire-breathing dragons, it would be a monumental accomplishment on a variation of one of the oldest tales in the book.
For Kovalev, he will make history one way and one way only. It will be through breaking down Bernard Hopkins and stopping him. On a narrative level, this is the only way Kovalev can win. He must vanquish Hopkins.
That’s all nice to think about, but Sergey Kovalev is in a no-win situation with many fans. Hopkins has endeared himself with fans in recent memory more than he ever has in his illustrious career. A combination of candid interviews, funny gimmicks, and consistent entertaining in-ring performances have erased the memory of Hopkins as a “boring” fighter. These same fans who now hold a place for Hopkins in the heart will come up with the excuses to justify his loss. If Kovalev wins, it will be because he’s old. Hopkins will be given a pass (much like he was given one against Joe Calzaghe in 2008 and Chad Dawson in 2012.
Kovalev can’t win. If he loses, he’ll be regarded as a bum who was created into a monster at the hands of Main Event’s clever matchmakers. Kovalev would be relegated to NBC Sports Network and likely never sniff HBO again if he doesn’t choose to face a dangerous opponent that can be sold as an all-action fight.
To view Hopkins as an old guy is to insult his accomplishments and the level in which he competes. At 49-years-old he’s an elite fighter like Floyd Mayweather and Andre Ward. His age is just a number. In the ring he’s still at the top of his game and if Sergey Kovalev can get past him, it’s deserving of full marks.
If being the keyword. This is the ultimate unstoppable force vs immovable object fight. Neither fighter has any clear particular advantage over the other to sway the odds in their favor. This is why the fight is so captivating and why we will witness history this Saturday.
Luis Carlos Abregu 36(29)-1 vs Sadam Ali 20(12)-0
10 rounds
Welterweight division
Sadam Ali was an accomplished amateur who represented the United States in 2008. He turned pro shortly after exiting in the first round. Between you and me, I love watching Sadam Ali. He reminds me a bit of Jorge Linares. He’s smooth, he’s fluid, he does everything the way it should be, but with that little extra special sauce that makes it a joy to watch. He’s got proper bounce in his feet and he has all the makings of being a top guy in his division.
But he probably won’t be. Not as constructed right now.
Remember I said he reminds me of Jorge Linares? If you aren’t familiar with Linares, Linares is nearly as smooth on his feet as Sugar Ray Leonard, but at a large cost. He cuts easier than Gabriel Rosado and has a chin that doesn’t quite hold up.
The problem with Ali is that the silky smooth boxing skill he possesses is a pitfall. That pitfall is cut from the same cloth as the ‘falling in love with your power’ curse. Essentially, fighters like Ali and Linares seem to fall in love with how good they look in the ring. It’s hard to blame them. Their movement is poetic and they tend to want to do everything like that, while shying away from the rough stuff. When they face a fighter who isn’t afraid to make it rough, that’s where they get into trouble.
Ali paid the price against Jeremy Bryan. He was getting caught with his usual wide offense and failed to make an adjustment as Bryan started to tag him. It looked beautiful and was fun to watch until Bryan countered him with a left hook that wobbled Ali bad.
If Ali is going to make it to the next level, he’ll need to star making adjustments mid-fight. If he doesn’t, he will continue to get caught by punches he doesn’t expect to hit him because he believes his defensive style makes him untouchable.
I really like Ali. He has potential to be one of the most exciting fighters in the sport.
Luis Carlos Abregu has experience upsetting apple carts. He faced a fighter much like Sadam Ali in Thomas Dulourme in 2012. Dulourme was a quick pure boxer with aspirations of being the next Puerto Rican superstar. Those aspirations were crushed rather quickly as Abregu battered Dulorme, forcing his corner to throw the towel in. What made it even more shocking was that Abregu did it with Winning gloves, which suggests two things. The first is that Abregu punches pretty hard. Winning gloves are often referred to as pillows for the hand protection they provide a fighter, which leads us to number two. The second thing is that Abregu has hand problems. He has stated numerous times to any person that will give him their ear for a few minutes that the only reason he lost to Timothy Bradley was because of a hand injury he sustained. In fact, Abregu has been pursuing Bradley for the past couple of years with T-1000 like persistence simply because the loss, he feels, was solely because he broke his hand.
Skill-wise, Abregu isn’t too far from Lucas Matthysse and Marcos Maidana. In fact, Abregu is a lot like what most Argentine fighters are. He’s rugged and difficult to time. He’s a bit more conservative with his offense than Matthysse and Maidana and a bit more responsible on defense. Like his two Argentine comrades, he lacks any sort of refinement or smoothness. Watching him is like watching Guillermo Rigondeaux spar with a strobe light on.
Expect to see Abregu give Ali the first round before he starts to open up. If Ali doesn’t straighten his punches and establish a jab, Abregu will knock him out. Ali may have the power to drop Abregu, but he’d better hope he’s got the stamina to finish him because Abregu is one determined guy who will not stop moving forward.
Nadjim Mohammedi 35(21)-3 vs Demetrius Walker 7(4)-7–1
10 rounds
Light heavyweight division
The IBF said Mohammedi had to fight Anatolyi Dudchenko to see who would face Bernard Hopkins after he fought Beirut Shumenov. Mohammedi won and for his gift he gets Demetrius Walker…
Vyacheslav Glazkov 18(11)-0–1 vs Darnell Wilson 25(21)-17–3
10 rounds
Heavyweight division
Not sure what the point of these 2 showcase fights are. Glazkov is ready to start challenging other prospects and heavyweight names, but instead he’ll face Darnell Wilson. A journeyman with punch.
