A purse bid for the WBO middleweight championship contest between champion Demetrius “BooBoo” Andrade and mandatory challenger Zhanibek “Kazakh Style” Alimkhanuly is scheduled to be held Friday at WBO Headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico. However, Adrdade reportedly now plans to vacate the WBO belt and move up to the super middleweight division. According to SI, Andrade is being lined up for an eliminator with Zach Parker with the winner to become WBO mandatory for undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez.
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I actually heard that Andrade – Parker would be for an interim belt. That’s fine for me, I don’t know if Canelo is coming back to the division if he does end up going to cruiser, but I’d be shocked if came back to fight Andrade or Parker.
I’d say good move for Andrade because if he wins, he ends up, most likely, being three time champion in three different weight classes, but as someone who struggled to get big fights at 160, I think he’s going to have an even greater problem at 168, simply because there’re less big names. Take Canelo out and there’s Benavidez, Daniel Jacobs and….. who am I forgetting?
Boxing has NOT been kind to Andrade! You have all of these forces with promoters and networks and none of them have been able to force ALL of these guys to fight him! Unlike Gary Russell who values fighting 1 time per year, Andrade has been front and center in asking for fights. As for @68, wouldn’t be surprised if they feed him to Benavidez right away? Bet Andrade would take the fight unlike Charlo!!!!!
I really think either Andrade is destined just to not get one of those big fights at all or if he does get one, it’ll be in a year or two when he’s 35-36 and someone sees him as this decorated three time world champion with this crazy record, who’s lost a step or two.
He’ll be like the second coming of Mike McCallum.
Borimex. u may have something there. IF he can fight Benavidez AND WIN, then he has all the bragging rights and room to talk a lil smack with credibility where people will actually listen now. That could setup something with Canelo in the near future. I doubt Andrade wld take that fight anytime soon though. Benavidez may be too much for him. he needs a few fights to grow into that weight being that benavidez it technically barely making that weight himself
Yes! Good point! I wouldn’t recommend diving into the deep waters immediately either! Heck a fight between he and Caleb Plant would be nice right?!
Borimex: heck yea. That wld be a damn good fight. Im with ya on that!!. Two technical fighters pretty evenly matched.
These commenters saying that Andrade is the one trying to make the big fights are delusional. It’s takes two to tango, or not, and Andrade’s side is obviously pricing themselves out of fights. Andrade’s resume is beyond weak with c level opponents and not even a single B level fighter.
You cannot expect to go from C to A.
I personally doubt Andrade would fight Benavides, without David having at least 1 belt. He only went to 168 because he avoided Khazak style, and won’t even enter into negotiations with GGG. The dude is a
prima donna fraud.
Lucie: idk about less big names. I think the correct phrase would be “less big money”. the names are definitely there. well, IMO that is. But hey, lets see what he can do there. Im definitely interested.
Andrade has been complaining and complaining no one will fight him and people label him as that guy like McCallum or Winky that no one wants to fight. But I have seen Zhanibek Alimkhanuly fight and I think he himself is a serious threat to Andrade. So I understand that Andrade would rather avoid him in pursuit of bigger money fights but to me it looks like he is doing the same thing to Alimkhanuly that he has been complaining that the others have been doing to him.
I definitely agree that Alimkhanuly is a threat to him. But we don’t know yet how good Alim is and I wouldn’t be shocked if he ended up in the same position as Andrade in a while as a world champion who is constantly chasing big name fights.
The first tough fight Andrade has been offered and he bolts the division. He’s all talk.
Parker is a tougher fight. Canelo isn’t at 160 so it makes sense to go to 168. I’ve seen the challenger thàt Andrades mandatory at 160. He is pretty solid but nothing to run away from.
Let see is Andrade grows some balls and steps up to fight Benavidez???? Good fight!!!
Smart move for Andrade. Honestly there is not much left at 160 for him. We obviously know that Charlo will not fight him. Especially not GGG, he would never take that risk. There are PLENTY of big names for him at 168 lbs. It has the potential for some really good fights and since he is the smaller fighter coming in to a bigger weight class, i doubt these guys would hesitate to accept the fight. BJS, Caleb Plant, Benavidez, Callum Smith, Berlanga, Jacobs, morrell, Lemieux, etc Plenty in this fish tank for him to choose from
I think when you look at 168, it’s lacking in top fighters in good form. Even amongst the guys you named, BJS hasn’t decided whether or not he wants to continue fighting as far as I know and Callum Smith moved up to 175. I think Andrade is looking for those big legacy enhancing type of fights and I think there’re more of them for him at 160. Yes, you could easily say that he’s wasting his time down there because if those guys haven’t fought him by now then they aren’t going to and he’s not getting any younger, but I’m not surprised if Andrade ends up getting a title at 168 and….. go back to calling out Canelo and Charlo and Munguia and GGG, the same guys he was talking about at 160.
Lucie: yea, u make some good points. The 168ers are all tough opponents for him BUT ur right, They arent gonna stamp his legacy. While Canelo holds all the belts, Andrade prob wont see any of that action for a while. He needs to get a fight with any one of these names soon to even be considered
You think Charlo and GGG are ducking Andrade? LOL, OMG. Also, BJS and Plant are done and have nothing to offer Andrade, plus Callum is at 175 now where he belongs. Andrade wouldn’t fight Benavides. I’m certain of it.
I think they are ALL ducking each other. lets be honest, who has GGG fought relevant since 2017 besides Canelo? D’chenko? which i thought won. GGG is only chasing money at this point. Charlo, same. Both Great fighters no doubt BUT afraid to fight each other, much less an Andrade. I actually think GGG and Charlo would beat Andrade but why haven’t they fought? They have all 3 ducked each other. NO DOUBT in my mind.
You are right on Charlo but not GGG. GGG fought a still dangerous Danny Jacobs and waited 2 years before Canelo fought him. And, GGG gave Canelo a rematch, therefore GGG has earned the right to wait for a big money fight. Andrade has not earned anything, and he’s boring as hell. GGG is the opposite. That is the difference. Fighting Kazakh style would’ve put Andrade in a different light with fans, but he bottled it to fight some other C level brit for some worthless ‘interim’ belt. He’s a big fat poser.
Its sickening that all of these fighters are doing their best to “line themselves up” for a potential fight with Canelo. FORGET CANELO. If they truly loved the sport for what it is and not be chasing that retirement paycheck, they would just fight anyone and everyone that came their way. I think alot of them forgot what it was like at the beginning of their careers when all they wanted to do was fight the best. Now, all they are doing is playing follow the leader in hopes to get close enough to catch a paycheck, I mean a fight.
I doubt Andrade is leaving the division for fear of facing “Kazhak Style” (or however you spell it). He’s trying to force the fight against Canelo and there are still a few names he can fight at 168…time is not on his side. Most likely, Canelo still won’t face him because its a high risk, low reward type of fight. A fight with Benavidez would be tough since Benavidez is really a Cruiserweight, and will not be able to make the Supermiddleweight limit anymore, trust me. He was over 200 lbs as a 15 year old amateur.
Why do you think Andrade is moving up? He knows Benavidez will go to cruiserweight. I have been to Andrade fights and I’m surprised he still has a belt. Not impressive seeing him live IMO
TO START WITH THE RING MAGAZINE HAS PARKER RANKED AT 10TH… SO THERE AINT GOING TO BE NO MANDATORY FOR TITLE AGAINST ALVAREZ… NOT GOING TO HAPPEN… IF ANYTHING BOO BOO WILL HAVE TO BEAT DAVID BENAVIDEZ FIRST BECAUSE HE’S RANKED NUMBER 1 IN THE SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION… NOW ANDRADE MAY FIGHT AND BEAT PARKER BY THE WAY PARKER IS 22-0 SO HE’S NO EASY TOUCH BUT HE’S STILL GONNA HAVE TO FIGHT BENAVIDEZ IN MY OPINION… I JUST DON’T THINK THERE’S ANYWAY AROUND THAT FIGHT… AND THIS IS CHIPPERRRRRRRRRRRR
There is no way to defend this blatant duck of
Alimkhanuly by Andrade. This would’ve been the
best opponent of Andrade’s weak career, and a real 50/50 fight for Andrade. From a business perspective and risk vs reward ratio, this is likely a safe move for the American. But, it continues to bolster the claim about NABE fighters, and their reluctance to face risky opposition to enhance their legacy in lieu of being nothing more than business athletes. It’s getting hard to call a lot of them fighters anymore.
Chris: I love that choice of words “Business Athletes”. Unfortunately, alot of them are going in that direction. Its just most of them are not very good business operators and thus fall out of their prime waiting. That is their own fault. You put Charlo and GGG in a ring together, I would pay for that PPV. Guaranteed! that fight will never happen.
And what is non-sensical about a GGG vs Charlo fight not happening is that while they won’t make Canelo money, they would both make more money fighting each other than anyone else not named Canelo. Imagine if Hearns never fought Duran because he was only waiting on Leonard, or Duran never fought Hearns because he was waiting on Leonard. Or Ali never fought Frazier because he could make good money fighting Jerry Quarry’s only. Boxing would’ve died a long time ago, and never ever had a golden era. Today’s fighters are almost all prima donna’s except the eastern Euros and western Asians. They could give fuck all about their record or risk/reward ratio. It’s why they are my favorite fighters. NABE ‘fighters’ are prima donna’s, the lot of them.
Casuals still think Andrade is the boogey man. He is chasing Canelo just for a payday. He thinks Hey why not lose to the P4P king and cash out instead of losing to Zhanibek what a fraud SMH
Tyrone, he’s moving up to potentially land a fight against Canelo; not saying I agree with it or not, but that’s what it seems like. Charlo, GGG, and BJS wouldn’t fight him, so he has to do what’s best for his career. He’s beaten Keith Thurman in the amateur’s 3 times, Shawn Porter twice, Danny Jacobs twice, and Austin Trout, all former world champions. Not sure what your looking at when you watch him fight, he’s good, very good. Y’all are ridiculous; who has Zanibek beaten? Hassam N’Dam who’s like 40 years old and has been stopped several times. The dude is 11-0, but Andrade should fight him, because some of you say so? From the words of the late Roger Mayweather: “Y’all don’t know shit about boxing”!
Not a bad move. We see what your doing there Andrade. Sneaking up on the line to the big pay day. Lol!!! The additional weight should be just fine without losing in some areas.