Once an agreement is reached between AEW & WBD, all I ask for is the writers who pushed AEW TV deal stories to publish the actual contract from start to finish. No selective leaks or half-truths.
You've spent an inordinate amount of time helping a billionaire negotiate publicly.
Larry Goldberg (@BoxingInsider) wants answers as to why Tim Shipman allowed the Duel debacle to happen in Florida.
The same Tim Shipman who will gain Federal oversight under TKO's Ali Revival Act.
A very extensive review (in Japanese) of recent comments RIZIN boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara made in an interview last week.
RIZIN made an offer to U-NEXT last year but got no response. New ABEMA deal secures $ but RIZIN is searching for capital to expand.
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Instead of trying to handle replay on site, perhaps consider a replay official remotely having access to camera feeds for events ongoing throughout the state that night?
An interesting case at ProBox in Los Angeles.
Najee Lopez (17-0) 🇵🇷 lands a regular body shot against Juan Carrillo (15-1) 🇨🇴 in round 9 that everyone saw (including the ring girl) except the referee.
The fight continued after that and the tenth and final round should have begun, but the fight was later stopped via video review.
In my opinion they should have used video review for this still in round 9, but not retroactively at the start of the tenth.
#MartinezVsPlantic
It's one of the favorite memes for American wrestling fans on Twitter, but this description below (in great detail) explains why Antonio Inoki got so mad during the Luke Gallows/Predator match.
👀 "How often have you gone 12 intense rounds in training and how confident are you in a fight that goes that distance?"
Moses Itauma: "If I'm being completely honest, I don't know if I've done a 12-round spar. I might have but I wouldn't recall."
"Is there any part of you that thinks that I'd like to do 12 rounds just to see what it's like?"
Itauma: "Absolutely not. There's no need to be in the ring longer than you need to be. Whether I knock Filip Hrgovic out in the 1st or the last, I'm still going to get paid the same."
[📽️ @talkSPORT]
@AntEvansMMA Watching BBC coverage this week, Moses Itauma was frequently mentioned. He was getting star treatment. It caught me by surprise. This fight caught me by surprise in the way it played out, too.
OH MY GOODNESS!
I've never seen something like this! Moses Itauma wins every round, drops Hrgovic early and just punches himself out and nearly collapses out of fatigue to lose by knockout to Filip Hrgovic!
That was like Homer Simpson-Mike Tyson! Hrgovic is a tough MF! #Boxing
This was back in 2018 for GLORY in Long Beach.
I obviously will not name any names but what I can say is that someone personally reached out to me because they were impacted + received zero help. They were defenseless.
I spent $ out of pocket to investigate + get answers.
@AntEvansMMA@KidNate@FightOpinion Can't remember his name off the top of my head but FightOpinion is super plugged in. Years ago when I worked for Glory, a Ukrainian fighter bled on us backstage. I read on Fight Opinion that he'd failed a CSAC HIV test long before CSAC actually notified us to get tested. Very fun
Our feature article today at The MMA Draw is about the TKO/DAZN swap of equity for Everpass.
Consolidation of global sports ownership with Ari Emanuel, Gerry Cardinale, Egon Durban, Apollo, and Mubadala is real.
Liquidity is chasing out paper tigers.
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Very happy to share the Jordan Breen Award for Sports Reporting at University of King’s College has officially launched in honor of the late and great @JordanBreen.
A small way of keeping his memory alive. Thank you to those who donated to help make this happen. Love you all. ❤️
Brilliant reporting here. I actually let out an audible "aw" of disappointment when I came to the end of the piece. This is what real media looks like, boxing.
It appears that the California State Athletic Commission still doesn't know what to do about Raul Caiz Sr. and Jr.
This item is from their agenda for an upcoming September 8th hearing:
Watching the very long tap dance with the California State Athletic Commission not wanting to (initially) start a motion to approve Raul Caiz Sr. from becoming a licensed boxing judge in California is amusing. Referee Ray Corona writing a letter in *opposition* is funnier.