Ilunga Junior Makabu 197 vs. Thabiso Mchunu 198.5
(WBC cruiserweight title)
Trevor Bryan 268 vs. Jonathan Guidry 246.5
(WBA heavyweight title)
Ahmed Hefny 216 vs. Dacarree Scott 276.5
(NABA gold heavyweight title)
Johnnie Langston 199.5 vs. Nick Kisner 198.5
(NABA cruiserweight title)
Michael Moore 164* vs. Anthony Lenk 159
(NABA middleweight title)
Cody Wilson 145 vs. Tre’Sean Wiggins 145.5
(NABA welterweight title)
Venue: Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio
Promoter: Don King Productions
TV: PPV
He’s not going to win this fight, but to his credit Guidry is down 16lbs since his last fight in August. Bryan is basically the same weight he was against Stiverne a year ago. Spent most of his career in the 220’s and 230’s, but apparently those days are long gone.
These heavyweights now days for the most part are lazy.Could you imagine a heavyweight in the 70’s through early 2000’s coming to the ring in this horrible shape? They would be called out for it. Now 99 percent of heavyweights are obese.
These guys here are the reason people are losing interest in the sport.
@Gus Curren The WBA and King are two of the biggest problems IMO. This nonsense of collaborating with sanctioning bodies to rig the ratings, among various other things, has been going on for 45 years or so with King, unchecked, and still goes on to this day. That kind of dumb shyt makes it hard to remain interested sometimes..
Agreed Lucie. Guidry is probably in over his head, but he apparently took this seriously, and got himself into shape. It’s a joke of a title, but still a great opportunity for Guidry. Hope he at least makes a good fight of it…
I am Team Guidry for this one USF! If he can pull this off it would be absolutely ridiculous… but I do think his only chance is if Bryan gets injured.
I love seeing upsets, and a Guidry win would certainly qualify. I literally know almost zero about this guy though. I imagine that they chose Guidry the same way Apollo Creed and his handlers chose Rocky as an opponent, just picking his name off a list from somewhere. WBA Heavyweight Champion Jonathan Guidry. Twilight Zone stuff if that happens somehow…
You reckon Guildry is in shape ? Man he’s a joke of a heavyweight specimen, may have dropped 16lb in weight but Christ ,if he lost all that blubber he’d be an average cruiserweight at best.
Just another joke fight for a meaningless belt by the WBA!!
@Gary P He’s certainly not exactly ripped, but he’s 16 pounds lighter than his last fight 5 months ago, so it appears he did the best he could under the circumstances to get himself in shape. From what I’ve read, he put his job of shrimping and crabbing on hold in November to get ready for this, and has actually lost 30 pounds or so since then. Can’t really argue with the rest of your comment. The belt certainly is a joke, but I’m sure it’s huge in the life of Bryan/Guidry. Just hoping Guidry can make a fight out if it somehow
Yep, TB and GB obese. Also interesting that DK aligned a bunch of “NABA” regional titles as support for the WBA title fight. Instead of solid fighters he delivers a bunch A sides with 3 losses and B sides with 5, 5, and 7 losses for “NABA titles”. And how much is he charging for this event again?! Outrageous. Chief support is Trevor Bryan #35 in world per boxrec. Guidry? #225? Mismatch anyone?
The only high level fight on the card is the main event. Makabu vs Mchunu #3 in world is good.
Nothing against Guidry-it’s tough finding solid opponents in Louisiana area. But his best opponents in 17 fights have records of 20-19-2, and 16-11-1. The others are much worse. Not 1 legitimate fight that warrants a title shot for even this 3rd rate belt version.
Final thought: I don’t know how long Don has had hold of TB but he is doing such a disservice to his career- holding on to a weak prospect and bleeding him dry while barely letting him fight. 6 fights the last 6 years. His “busy” year of 2017 was 2 fights with opponents combined record of 4-44. Better for TB if he fought some decent opp even if he took a couple L’s to gain experience. Flores was over the hill, and so was Stiverne(totally shot) so Bryan has had 0 credible opponents to date. 21 fights in 10 years is pathetic for a undefeated fighter.
Looking forward to Ilunga Makabu vs. Thabiso Mchunu. DStv is showing the fight here in South Africa where where these two reside, so watching with a more interested view. The rest of the card looks terrible.
Trevor Bryan. The WBA Overweight Champion of the World.
Don’t forget, the winners of all these BS NABA “title fights” will find themselves being so-called ranked contenders after this fight. It’s a racket and the WBA is getting a cut of almost every fight on this card.
So much for 1 of these boxing sites who claimed the WBC lowered the cruiserweight limit down to 190 lbs back in 2020. If that is indeed accurate, Makabu just lost his title on the scales and Mchunu is ineligible to win it as well. I think the uneducated morons, or propaganda spreaders (take your pick) were either trying to fill a page, OR were already spreading misinformation to justify what team Conelo will be doing to Mukabu if they fight, which is to weaken him.
Fightnews.com® never reported the 190-pound rumor. In case you haven’t noticed, we have good communications with the WBC.
Aren’t there any local, ticket-selling young fighters on the undercard? The Warren/Youngstown area is not Las Vegas, and thus should have a local connection. This area has produced several world champions over the years; Boom Boom Mancini; Kelly Pavlik; Greg Richardson; Jeff Lampkin; and even the likes of Tony Janiro!