Ilunga Makabu 197.8 vs. Noel Mikaelian 196.6
(WBC cruiserweight title)
Jonathan Guidry 273 vs. Jesus Escalera 254
Trevor Bryan 264 vs. Cassius Chaney 257
Alexander Castro 159 vs. Hector Bobadilla 152
Isiah Hart 161 vs. Cory Caad 165
Isaiah Efrain Riquelmy 140.8 vs. Rondale Hubbert 142.8
Venue: Casino Miami Jai Alai
Promoter: Don King Productions
TV: PPV
Guidry up 20lbs from his last fight.
Lucy, I thought Guidry had his son’s face tattooed on his arm, then I realized that it was a kid standing to his side.
20 lbs is a lot of weight to be carrying around from one fight to the next. He might be looking to trade bombs until it’s over.
Jesus Escalera making up for lost time. 19 professional fights in less than a year!
Both shorter heavyweights and both carrying too much weight.
Jesus Escalera winning would be a surprise but he looks capable and can punch.
Makabu is (ok, was) such a good fighter, had speed, power, good style, but nearly always lost concentration or looked like he ran out of ideas in a fight and never became really good because of that (much like Joseph Parker became). Watch his earlier fights, had so much more than later.
I’m still on the fence. Anyone down here that’s catching the fight?
It looks like Makabu is about to elbow some dude in the head for reaching for Don King’s balls!
The Winners of the Guidry/Escalera and Bryan/Chaney fights then need to square off against each other, and the overall winner NEEDS to be next in line for the eventual Usyk/Fury unification fight. The heavyweight division looks like this in the the top 5.
Usyk
Fury
Bryan
Guidry
Zhang
If we can have a Bryan (my pick for eventual winner of the 4 man round robin tourney) Usyk uni and the winner faces Zhang, then the heavyweight division can finally have some clarity. Don King will solely promote all the fights until we have a supreme heavyweight.
‘Ok Mr. King, I read your letter. My I be dismissed now?’