2023-11-03 11:25:00
Seeing what was happening in Riyadh, I might not help but have a good thought for the late Charles Aznavour and in my head I played his song:
Come see the actors, see the musicians, see the magicians… who are arriving.
The actors have set up their stages. They set up their stage and hung up calicoes.
Written and recorded in 1962, the song, rendered so well by Charles Aznavour, explains exactly what happened in Saudi Arabia last Saturday.
The actors gave a good show. Especially the one native to Cameroon. The other looked lost with his little beer belly. Besides, he had the luxury of a little nap in the third round.
The musicians are the many stars from the world of boxing, mixed martial arts and social networks who were burning with the desire to have their portraits taken around the stands.
The magicians They are the ones who organized this fair and who did their job well by paying the bill for all these ex-stars and world champions invited at the expense of Prince Mohammed Ben Salman, the big boss of sports in Saudi Arabia.
There’s nothing better than a trip on the arm.
Today, mixed martial arts are enhanced by this near triumph of one of their own, while the lack of seriousness on the part of the world boxing champion becomes a sort of mockery for this sport.
Fury and his belly
Either Tyson Fury didn’t take his role seriously, or he’s starting to get old, or he was a pretty good actor in his fall in the third round. But not enough to see his name nominated for the next Gémini.
Prince Ben Salman liked the show and he intends to continue his country’s festivities with another gala, on December 23, without Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk.
He would like to see Francis Ngannou once morest Zhilei Zhang or even Joseph Parker in action.
We should know the names of the finalists in the coming days.
Comme Rocky I
Why am I talking to you like this regarding this circus? That’s because the outcome of this clash between Fury and Ngannou ends almost identically to the film by Rocky I where Rocky Balboa takes down Apollo Creed. The latter gets up and wins the split decision.
It looked like a carbon copy of Sylvester Stallone’s screenplay.
What remains of all this?
A future clash between Canelo Alvarez and Connor McGregor? For some time now, McGregor has been talking regarding Canelo, knowing that he might double his fortune if there were to be a duel between the two. And we know that Canelo is on the money, not just regarding it.
In Riyadh, we are aiming for a second Rumble in the Jungle.
The Saudis would like to see Deontay Wilder join the festivities.
Shakur Stevenson claims he might put Sean O’Malley to sleep in the blink of an eye.
The terrain is favorable: everyone wants their share of the pie.
What did we learn from this “Gong Show”?
That for Martin Bakole, it is time to abandon Carlos Takam and tackle real opponents of a higher caliber.
That Fabio Wardley is better than David Adeleye, but he still has some crusts to eat.
That once once more another “can of tomatoes” was served to Arslanbek Makhmudov, who is ready for a much better rival. Let’s say among the ten best in the world.
That Simon Kean understood that he was no match for higher class rivals, but that he has nothing to be ashamed of, because he did no worse than his predecessors, David Cadieux, Patrice L’Heureux and Jean François Bergeron.
That for Tyson Fury, it’s a lesson. Never before his clash with Ngannou had he entered the ring at more than 277 pounds. The last time was once morest Deontay Wilder, in October 2021.
Fury seemed rusty with his small paunch during the first rounds of his fight.
Was it the inactivity or was his performance part of the storyline? He had not boxed for ten months and we will remember that he did not have to work so hard once morest his last victim, Derek Chisora.
In the rankings
Imagine. Ngannou has barely lost his fight once morest Fury when already some believe his name should appear among the ten best heavyweights in the world.
It’s not crazy. After all, he came very close to defeating the so-called best heavyweight boxer in the world.
A match between Ngannou and Deontay Wilder would be as popular if not more than a matchup between Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
Ngannou has great skills, but he should be given a few second-line juggernauts before sending him to experience himself on a real battlefield. Except that following his performance once morest Fury, he becomes something of a cash cow.
Numbers
At the moment, the figures for pay television are unknown, but it seems that they are much lower than expected. Let’s say under the million mark.
Overall, all the boxers were paid quite handsomely. Moreover, here are the scholarships paid according to the site Sports Payouts :
Oses Itauma………………… 75 000 $
Istvan Bernath…………….. $50,000
Martin Bakole………………. 50 000 $
Carlos Takam…………… $275,0
Fabio Wardley……………….400 000 $
David Adeleye……………… $350 000
Simon Kean…………………275 000 $
Joseph Parker…………… 425 000 $
Arslanbek Makhmudov…..$200,000
Junior Anthony Wright…… 100 000 $
Francis Ngannou………$500,000 + 30% Pay TV with clause
Tyson Fury……………. $1,500,000 + 70% Pay TV with clause
Overnight, Ngannou found himself with a fortune of around ten million before taxes, having received no more than $600,000 for his fight once morest Ciryl Gane in January 2022.
As for Fury, he only adds to his fortune which is already valued at $65 million.
Congratulations to the new millionaire!
Really, Steven Spielberg mightn’t have done better!
Arabian bees
An unusual event happened to Martin Bakole (20-1-0, 15 KOs), in the ring where he defeated Carlos Takam in four rounds, in Riyadh. During the fight, he swallowed a bee and was stung in the mouth.
In his locker room, following his triumph, he started vomiting and the pain was intense.
This Bakole is only 30 years old. He is 6 feet 6 inches tall and it was he who was the first to defeat the 2016 Olympic gold medalist, among the pros, Frenchman Tony Yoka.
Remember his name carefully. He is the younger brother of Ilunka Makabu.
It’s time for Big Mak
Needless to say, it was Arslanbek Makhmudov who achieved the knockout. the fastest of the evening in Riyadh. And I think he found a new admirer in Prince Ben Salman.
The ball is now in the hands of Bob Arum. It’s up to his clan to find a class rival for Makhmudov. The first name that comes to mind is Jared Anderson, but he’s only 23, and I doubt anyone wants to take the chance of pitting him once morest Big Mak.
Among the possibilities, let’s say: Joseph Parker, Martin Bakole, or Daniel Dubois.
Who will be the lucky or unfortunate one?
Simon Kean should hang on
Now that he has suffered a whirlwind three-round defeat to Joseph Parker, a pugilist ranked in three of the four Associations, Simon Kean can retire with his head in peace.
He went to the maximum of his talent (23-2-0—22 KOs). He is only 34 years old and in good health.
It’s time to abandon boxing and pass the torch to Alexis Barrière (11-0-0, 9 KOs).
Kean has always come to fight and there is no doubt that his powerful strike force still exists. However, paid fights practically no longer exist. But why break the bank for ridiculous amounts?
Kean will always be able to boast of having been the most powerful of our Canadian heavyweights. Here are their files, except for that of Robert Cléroux (47-6-1—37 KOs) our monarch of the 60s.
Simon Kean, (23-2-0, 22 K.-O.)
Jean Francois Bergeron, (27-2-0, 19 K.-O.)
Patrice l’Heureux, (24-5-1, 13 KOs)
David Cadieux, (17-3-0, 12 KOs)
Kean also defeated Tony Yoka during the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In 2016, this same Yoka won the gold medal at the 2016 Games, winning a controversial decision over Joe Joyce.
Only Dillon Carman, in 2018, and Parker in 2023 have got the better of the Trois-Rivières Grizzly during his career.
It’s up to him to speak…
Custio Clayton will have to pay
The Superior Court of Quebec has just rendered its decision in the case between Custio Clayton and Eye of the Tiger.
In 2017, Clayton signed an agreement with EOTT to fight three fights under his supervision. Two wins and he would have next faced Terence Crawford in a championship match.
The court ruled that Clayton had breached the agreement causing a loss of $193,293.86 plus interest to EOTT.
Clayton is therefore ordered to hand over this amount to Eye of the Tiger.
We haven’t seen him in the ring since his defeat by KO. in the 2nd round once morest Jaron Ennis, May 14, 2022.
Billy Joe is bored
Billy Joe Saunders (30-1-0—14 KOs, retired since May 8, 2021 following his loss by takedown in the 8th round of his match once morest Canelo Alvarez, when he suffered a broken bone he eye socket, will return to the undercard competition of Connor Benn vs Chris Eubank.
Saunders, a former middleweight and super middleweight champion, does not know his rival at the moment.
If he wins, he intends to compete once morest the winner of Benn vs Eubank.
The vultures are at work
Francis Ngannou has not finished counting the money he earned following his fight once morest Tyson Fury that already we are trying to organize a match for him once morest Anthony Joshua.
It is the promoter Eddie Hearn who would like his protégé Anthony Joshua, whose career is going nowhere, to face Ngannou in the coming months.
To hell with Joshua’s rankings in the four World Associations, including first place in the WBO.
What we want is hay, money.
It was the husband
We now know why Keyshawn Davis was suspended for 90 days by the Texas Boxing Authority.
That’s because the examination of his urine following his majority decision victory over Nahir Albright showed traces of marijuana.
Davis was therefore suspended for 90 days, retroactive to October 14, and his victory was changed to “ no contest ».
Never once more…
If I trust Amanda Serrano’s statements following her victory in twelve attacks over Danila Ramos, we will not see her once more in ten round matches for a title.
Serrano retained three of his crowns, WBA, IBF and WBO featherweight.
Unfortunately, Mr. President of the WBC, Mauricio Sulaiman, persists and believes that women are not equal to men in the world of boxing and stubbornly refuses that his association sanction twelve round championship matches for female boxers.
Quite a misogynist…
Happy boxing!
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