By Michael Amakor
For the past few months we have had a domino of loaded fight cards in boxing and now once again on June 8, we have mega fights cards which you can watch on HBO, SHOWTIME, WEALTH TV, ESPN and perhaps on GofightliveTV.
On June 8, Marco Huck one up on Ola Afolabi will settle all scores in a trilogy for the WBO Cruiserweight title, each of them the defending champ and interim titlist respectively are primed and ready to replicate their 2012 classic rematch draw considered by many as the fight of the year. If you want to watch a man fight that people will be yapping about for the next few months make sure to find a stream of that event from Germany.
On HBO, Andre Ward Humiliated LT hwy champion Chad Dawson will try to hold on to his title against knockout artist Stevenson. On Wealth TV, WBC Silver Super Middleweight champion James “Chunky” DeGale defends his title against former title challenger
Stjepan Bozic.
On a loaded card on Showtime, Maidana clashes with Victor Ortiz destroyer Josesito Lopez, dynamite fisted Angulo takes on the testy Lara and fightkings 2007 fight of the year participant Sakio Bika returns against Periban.
Switching gloves between rounds, FigthKings is pleased to announce the addition of Don Smith to our band of scribes because his column Arizona Boxing news brings you refreshing gym and ring tales behind the scenes. You also need to check out Richey Jones impressive collection of dates to remember, afterwards you will be forced to love and applaud his dedication. With fans like him Boxing will live forever.
Oh, let us not forget that two time hwy title challenger Fres Oquendo has his WBA Latin American title on the line against prizefighter series runner up, Derrick Rossy, at the Horseshow Casion again on JUNE 8. So please get your cable and internet issues sorted out before JUNE 8.
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
Hey Michael the site looks GREAT! Boxing needs a real Heavyweight Champ! One who can galvanize the boxing fans under one Champ! The Current champs need to unify asap, as the boxing world is losing fans by the day! Perhaps Anthony Joshua can do it or Deontay Wilder can! Let’s hope 2017 gives us a young, fighting, undisputed champ!