Middleweight prospect Nico Ali Walsh (6-0, 5 KOs), the grandson of “The Greatest,” is set to make his New York City return. Ali Walsh will fight Billy Wagner (5-2, 1 KO) in his first scheduled six-rounder Saturday, October 29 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Ali Walsh-Wagner joins the undercard of the lightweight main event between former pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko and the unbeaten Jamaine “The Technician” Ortiz. In the featherweight co-feature, two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez battles former world champion Jessie Magdaleno. The entire Lomachenko-Ortiz card will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+.
Prospect is a strong word
This is boxing version of white privilege. I call it Ali privilege.
No doubt people are interested because of the name but he seems very likeable and does show that he might be a prospect.
Oh gosh. Please please please dont show this on TV. Dude is not airtime worthy as a fighter. Im sure there are others that can/will show pugelism at its finest instead of a glorified ammy fighter.
Oh no, Espn will spend 80 percent of the broadcast talking about him. Ali’s grandson, show that weird family, blah blah blah. And don’t forget Little Tim Bradley gushing over him as well.
It’s all choreographed. After knocking out some overmatched stiff, Nico Ali Walsh looks up to the heavens and blows a kiss to his grandfather, the late great Muhammad Ali. Camera cuts to Ali Walsh’s mother, Rasheda Ali, who clasps her hands in excitement alongside her Steven Spielberg look-alike husband. Then a chorus of Top Rank-paid shills in the audience start chanting Ali, Ali, Ali. Such a calculated and manufactured moment. lol
“Then a chorus of Top Rank-paid shills in the audience start chanting Ali, Ali, Ali.”
That comes pretty close to describing what Joe, Tim, and Andre do
ironic that Ali spit out years of trash talk about the white man only for his daughters to marry them and pop out white babies i wonder if hes rolling in his grave RIP
i dont know how far ali walsh will go but it looks like a lot of hype by espn so far he looks like a regular fighter nothing special and his opponents are nothing special either