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@2Sharp_d @SkySportsBoxing @Zuffa_Boxing @AdrianReyn79551 @BOXINGnBBQ @boxingmetrics @fightclub247 SHOULD PROFILE EVER LET A FIGHTER SKIP A MANDATORY?

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The data is interesting. The causation is the harder question.
If the chart shows 81 premium shows in 2019, 49 in 2026 — but only 31 when the newer entrants are removed — then the new structures appear to be replacing some of the lost volume, not explaining why the original 81 became 31.
Would love to see the same dataset year-by-year from 2019–26. 📊🥊

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Hey Jack — figured I might as well take a swing 😂
We’ve been following your story pretty closely at CLINCH and you’ve appeared on more than a few of our boards lately.

We’re much more interested in the person behind the boxing than doing another standard fight interview, and I’d genuinely love to have a chat with you sometime if you’d be up for it.
No pressure and no particular deadline — even 15–20 minutes whenever life and boxing allow.

Either way, appreciate what you give the sport mate. 👊
Finn — CLINCH Magazine 🥊🔥

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THE WBC JUST REDREW THE ROAD. 🗂️🥊
Carlos Adames has been ordered to face mandatory challenger Meiirim Nursultanov.
📅 Purse bid: Oct. 20 if no deal
➡️ Winner must face interim champion Jesús Ramos Jr.
Meanwhile, Tim Tszyu sits at #3 and WBC Silver champion Dylan Biggs at #8.
The queue didn't disappear. The WBC just changed the order.
Source: @DanRafael1 / WBC

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@RoundByRoundApp @BOXINGnBBQ We remember when Bam was the wild theory 👀
Now Nate's actually taking the meeting. BKB keeps making this conversation interesting.

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@boxingmetrics @WorldBoxingOrg @Tim_Tszyu @2Sharp_d Exactly. And now we get to watch the process play out in public 👀🥊

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160 just moved. ⚖️
The WBO has ordered a purse bid for Denzel Bentley’s mandatory defence against Yoenli Hernandez.
📅 Sept. 29

💰 $200,000 minimum bid
Tim Tszyu has entered the middleweight title picture on a separate road.
Different belt. Different route. Same division.
🗂️ CLINCH #boxing

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The interesting question isn’t whether DAZN could simply ‘become a UBO.’ Under the proposed Ali Revival Act, a UBO would be a regulated boxing entity able to contract fighters, promote bouts, run rankings and award titles — subject to specific disclosure, safety and compensation rules. A broadcaster could potentially be involved in such a structure, but the bill doesn’t automatically turn DAZN into a sanctioning body.

That distinction matters. The proposal creates an alternative league-style pathway alongside traditional promoters and sanctioning bodies; it doesn’t erase the existing system overnight.

Also worth noting the Senate version only cleared committee on September 16, 2026; it is not law yet.

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@boxingmetrics @mrsamjones88 @premierboxing @callmesatty_ @ParoLiam @NoLimit_Boxing @jack_catt93 @BOXINGnBBQ @WBABoxing Exactly. The order settled one question. The next 30 days create several more

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WBA ORDERS LOPEZ–CATTERALL 🥊

Teofimo Lopez has been ordered to face Jack Catterall, with 30 days to negotiate and an October 21 deadline.

And there’s a knock-on effect for Liam Paro: he has publicly targeted Lopez, but that direct route just narrowed.
The watch is over. The order is in.

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@boxingmetrics @jaiopetaia1 @Zuffa_Boxing @tasmanfighters @RBRRadio_ @BOXINGnBBQ It sure does

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🌵THE ROAD TO CINCO JUST GOT LONGER.🌵

Jai Opetaia doesn’t want to sit around until May.

Speaking on The Ring’s Mr. Verzace Podcast, Opetaia laid out the sequence he wants:

🥊 one more fight in 2026
🥊 another in early 2027
🥊 then David Benavidez in May

The destination hasn’t changed.

Jai just added two more fights to the road there.

No interim opponents announced.
No interim dates locked.
Benavidez still has his own route to navigate.

Same destination. More mileage.

🥊 CLINCH Magazine
Facts. Not predictions.

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OCTOBER — ON THE BOOKS 🗓️🥊
A month worth saving.
From Orlando to Birmingham, Chicago to London, Las Vegas, Sydney and Riyadh — this is the current CLINCH October calendar.
Save it. Check it. Cross them off as we go.
Real fights. Real context. A clearer picture.

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👑👑👑👑⁉️
147 is still crowded — but one door just opened.

Four champions still hold the room.
Jack Catterall now has the WBA order.
Paddy Donovan and Brian Norman Jr. are still in the mix.

One man got the order. The others still need their route.

@joemayren
@Rys_Boxing
@JadeneAngela
@JhusLeftarm 👀
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@fightclub247 Before Brown–Riley gets too far ahead of itself, Riley may have an IBF title fight with David Nyika to get through first. That result would change the whole conversation.

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Now we have the contradiction. Catterall’s camp says Mendoza kept his word. Lopez’s team says Mendoza personally assured them three weeks ago the fight would not be ordered. The order is official — but the story clearly isn’t finished. @DanRafael1 @WBABoxing @GilberticoWBA @jack_catt93 @TeofimoLopez

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@MikeCoppinger Maybe — but that’s speculation for now. The fact is Catterall has the order, Lopez has the obligation, and the negotiation clock is running

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@jack_catt93 @TeofimoLopez 30 days to negotiate. Jack opens with ‘Hi’ 😂

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@thatkidcm Whether you prefer Teo–Ryan or not, this isn’t a popularity booking. Catterall took the WBA route, beat Giyasov for the secondary title, and held his mandatory position when the bigger unification was being discussed. The WBA has now enforced that pathway.

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@ATokkers5 @BigDogLukie One way to keep fight week interesting 👀

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@StuartMurdoch17 @ATokkers5 @BigDogLukie Hardman–Camilleri has our attention too 👀 4oz gloves, 5x5 pen, 2-minute rounds. That format changes the read completely.