Top Rank is thin at welterweight and Collazo is advised by PBC creator Al Haymon.ĭon't kid yourself, as this won't get us any closer to Crawford battling Spence any time soon, even though both guys have made it clear they want to face each other. Taking fights like this does nothing for Crawford. He retired in the seventh round after getting drubbed up and down the ring by Keith Thurman in July 2015 and was dominated by Amir Khan in May 2014. While relatively unknown, the 30-year-old Lithuanian is still a promising fighter who would pose more problems for Crawford than Collazo could even when he was in his prime as a world champion in 2005. Kavaliauskas (21-0, 17 KOs) is a two-time Olympian. On Friday, reported that there are talks of Crawford (34-0, 25 KOs) facing former WBA titlist Luis Collazo (38-7, 20 KOs) on March 23 at Madison Square Garden.ĭon't get me wrong, Collazo is a bigger name, but he doesn't deserve this fight in any way, shape or form whatsoever. Well, apparently, Arum had a change of heart and it wasn't for the better, which is a disservice to boxing fans. Bob Arum, who promotes both, said as much when the fight ended. 16, it appeared he would be next for WBO titleholder and one of boxing's pound-for-pound kings, Terence Crawford. A proposed welterweight title fight that doesn't make sense in the slightest bit. After Egidijus Kavaliauskas ran through Roberto Arriaza on Nov. Femke Hermans and Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez vs. Alexsandra Magziak-Lopes, Claressa Shields vs. As for the boxing left on HBO, the network still has its "Boxing After Dark" card slated for Dec. For Pascal, he did get a last shot at glory, but at the end of the day, the 36-year-old proved that father time remains undefeated. His team needs to put him in fights in which he will be tested, so the world can see if he belongs with the elite at 175 pounds. took a fight with IBF titleholder Artur Beterbiev.īivol gained nothing out of this. He tried as hard as he could, but sadly, he showed why he was the secondary option after original opponent Joe Smith Jr. According to Compubox stats, Pascal connected on only 60 of 357 punches (17 percent). Pascal had no reason being in this fight whatsoever. However, Bivol was content on letting the past-his-prime Pascal hang around, as he continuously punched the Canadian in the face with ease. Bivol seemingly could have finished Pascal off. In the first round, Bivol connected on a hard right hand, which sent Pascal back against the ropes. Instead, the Russian more or less put on a glorified sparring session. Earlier in the week, Bivol told SN he would be looking for the knockout. The card had Dmitry Bivol beating Jean Pascal via a lopsided unanimous decision to successfully defend the WBA light heavyweight championship for the fourth time.īivol (15-0) took less money to fight in the main event of this show because he wanted to say he fought on the top of a HBO billing. A staple goes out on a whimper. After 45 years, Saturday night marked the end of "World Championship Boxing" on HBO.
Keep sprinkling Garcia and Spence on major college and pro games on the network and continue to have Joe Buck mention the fight and the chance for success will be higher. The bout is going to be a tough sell in making people fork over their hard-earned money on PPV because for as great as both guys are, neither Spence or Garcia have fought on that type of platform before. If people didn't know it then, they know it now that Spence and Garcia are fighting in a few months. #PBConFOX #SpenceGarciaĪ job well done by PBC and Fox for seizing that opportunity, as over 30 million people were watching the game. Spence returns to March 16 to face 4-division Champ on FOX PPV. Welterweight Champ appearance during #CowboysVsRedskins game yesterday on reached more than 30 million viewers.