Teofimo Lopez 139.2 vs. Sandor Martin 139.8
Jared Anderson 239 vs. Jerry Forrest 228.2
Xander Zayas 153 vs. Alexis Salazar 153.8
Keyshawn Davis 134.8 vs. Juan Carlos Burgos 134
Frederic Julan 175.8 vs. Joe Ward 174.4
Damian Knyba 245.8 vs. Emilio Salas 217
Tiger Johnson 141 vs. Mike Ohan Jr. 141.6
Note: Bruce Carrington vs. Juan Tapia was canceled because Tapia was not cleared by the New York State Athletic Commission.
Note: Jahi Tucker vs. Ivan Pandzic was canceled due to Tucker missing the contract weight of 148 pounds.
Venue: Madison Square Garden, NYC
Promoter: Top Rank
TV: ESPN, ESPN+
This is a nice card!! Good test for Teo! Looking forward to seeing Anderson and Xander! And they sprinkled in some Keyshawn Davis……Nice! Sorry Bud, but I’m saving $40 tomorrow night! That’ll cover my pizza and beer!!!!!!!!
Upset of the night.
Jerry Forrest will stop the very overrated Jared Anderson in 6 rounds.
It remains to be seen if Anderson is overated or not, but a Jerry Forrest upset ain’t happening. He’s Anderson’s toughest opponent yet, Anderson will knock him out within 6 rounds. Hell, Forrest may even go the distance, but will probably wish he hadn’t. It’s going to be all one way traffic for Anderson in this one.
Anderson has more holes than a box of Duncan Donuts. I agree that Forrest might be the wrong answer. However, Anderson will NEVER be a world champion.
What do you mean you agree that Forrest might be the wrong answer? You just said he was going to stop Anderson in 6? You’re all over the damn place! Now, in the extreme unlikelyhood Forrest pulls off the upset, don’t come back on here talking about “I told you so!”
Hopefully not betting real money on that.
Why is Jahi Tucker getting punished. There are worse things he can do in life. Like that schmuck from Delaware who released a global terrorist. Come on, Man. Let Jahi fight.
Davis has quite a tough match against Burgos, who has never been stopped and all but one of his losses have been against unbeaten fighters, one of which was Devin Haney. Refreshing, in this era to see a prospect matched tough so early in their career. It shows the
Confidence his management team must have in Davis
This is typically Edgar Berlanga’s card, but he decided to go all vampire in his last fight and is on suspension.
I haven’t given up on Berlanga just yet. I think his recent poor performances and suspension might even be the best thing for him. He now realizes he isn’t going to go in there and blast everybody out early, and he’s going to have to earn it. That KO streak placed him in an unfair position where he grew frustrated and dissapointed when fighters started making it out of the first round. He had too much hype and fanfare surrounding him way too early. Everybody loves a brutal KO artist, but that just isn’t going to happen every fight at the higher level. Epecially in the Super Middles.
I have not given up on him being a really good fighter someday. He’s 25, in 2-3 years he’ll be in his prime and I think Berlanga will be pretty good; but I don’t think he will ever be a champion. I’ve seen enough of Berlanga at this point, I think, to say that there is nothing special there – something is missing. Maybe he proves me wrong though.
López looks like he struggles to lose those last 10 lbs. Kind of dry. Martin doesn’t look great either. Let’s see how they look after rehydration. Lopez has to make a statement in order to shake things up and set up a Haney fight by the end of next year. Haney WILL be moving up.
– Saw “Max On Boxing”, Friday, 12/9, w/a live Teo interview.
– Teo started talking about how he’s not just a fighter and wants to be in movies, etc.
– Not good to be thinking that the day before a fight.
– We’ll see……