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the-active-news · 2 years ago

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Tommy Fury’s Net Worth:How Much They Earn From A fight!

What is Tommy Fury’s net worth? How much They Earn From A fight. Tommy is 23 years old because he entered the world on May 7, 1999. Throughout his professional boxing career, he has yet to be defeated. He is Tyson Fury's younger brother, the current WBC heavyweight champion. Aside from his career as a professional boxer, Tommy Fury is also a well-known television host and model from England. Tyson Fury, a former heavyweight world champion, is his older brother. Fame came his way in 2019 after he competed on the fifth season of Love Island and came in second place. In this article, we discuss Tommy Fury's net worth in detail.

What is Tommy Fury’s Net Worth?

This Sunday, February 26th, in Saudi Arabia, Jake Paul will meet Tommy Fury in a bout for a spot in the WBC. Jake Paul, a YouTube star who has just turned his attention to boxing, will meet Tommy Fury, the younger brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. On Sunday, February 26th, the bout will end in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Related Posts - Pooh Shiesty Net Worth: How Much Money Did Pooh Shiesty Have? - David Andrews Net Worth? How Much Does He Make Annually? Tommy Fury gives credit to Jake Paul after beating him: "There's no way people can't say he's a proper boxer." pic.twitter.com/fIF9XLMdxr — Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) February 27, 2023 WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has already offered to promote Jake Paul to the cruiserweight ranks in the organization should he be deemed the victor in this bout. Hence, he stands to enjoy a lot more than just financial success if he prevails. Yet, Tommy Fury is motivated by financial gain. The Love Island star could potentially earn ten times his current salary from one battle. Estimates put the value of the younger Fury at $1.6 million. In fact, he has an opportunity to earn £1.6 million from this bout. In addition, 35% of all pay-per-view proceeds will go directly to him. Taking into account the money he has already made from fight-related sponsorships.

When was Tommy Fury on Love Island?

On the 2019 season of the Love Island reality show on ITV2, Tommy Fury was a guest star. Fury and her partner Molly-Mae Hague finished in second place overall.

Tommy Fury on Love Island

How is Tommy Fury Related to Tyson?

Both Tyson Fury and Tommy are half-brothers. The two Brits were both born to John, but their mothers differed. Tyson warned his younger brother, Tommy, that if he lost his forthcoming boxing match against Jake Paul, he will have to quit and legally change his last name from Fury. On January 23, 2023, Fury and Molly-Mae welcomed their first child together. They took inspiration from the Disney film for their daughter's name and gave her the unique moniker Bambi. “I think the fight needs to happen – Tommy and Jake will get the fight done,” Tyson told Boxing Social.“If Tommy can’t splatter Jake Paul, I’ll retire him from boxing. If he can’t beat Jake Paul, forget about boxing. https://www.instagram.com/p/CpGP9JYtw0M/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link “Because he’s got ambitions of being a world champion, never mind beating some YouTube guy.“But it’s a great fight for the social media world and for all the kids out there who support them both.“It’s a great fight to watch, it’s a spectacle.“But Tommy – his name’s Fury. If he can’t beat Jake Paul, I’ll have to change his name.”

Who has Tommy Fury fought?

Tommy went back to his hometown despite his rising fame as a reality show star. He has fought eight times and won every one of them. Tom has been defeated. some youtube clips are given below theirs. https://youtu.be/FJfcZGRkVXk - Daniel Bocianski (on points; April 23, 2022) - Anthony Taylor (on points; August 30, 2021) - Jordan Grant (on points; June 5, 2021) - Scott Williams (TKO; February 27, 2021) - Genadij Krajevskij (KO; November 13, 2020) - Przemyslaw Binienda (TKO; December 21, 2019) - Callum Ide (KO; March 23, 2019) - Jevgenijs Andrejevs (on points; December 22, 2018) On February 26th, 2023, he will square off against Jake Paul, a popular YouTuber who has now taken to boxing. Similar articles - Wine Balloon Net Worth 2023: The Frenchman Climbed Down With Wine From A Balloon Final line - English boxer, model, and talk show host Tommy Fury. He is Tyson Fury's younger brother, the reigning WBC heavyweight champion. He is undefeated in eight professional bouts and will challenge YouTuber Jake Paul in a fight for a WBC title. An additional $1.6 million would be added to his current $1.6 million net worth if he wins the fight. The fifth season of Love Island in 2019 was another source of his sudden stardom, alongside his boxing profession. Read the full article

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1ddiscourseoftheday · 5 years ago

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🥊 Sun 23 Feb 🎰

Ziam in Vegas!

Last night gave us the most band unity we've seen displayed in years as 4/5 let us know how excited they were about the Tyson Fury boxing match! Two were in attendance and two tweeted excitedly about the British/Irish heavyweight's win, with only avid boxer Harry remaining characteristically quiet- the group chat everyone likes to fantasize about them having would have been going absolutely mental for this one. Liam had been telling us he was going but everyone else getting involved was unexpected (well, is Niall tweeting about sports ever really unexpected though?), with Louis and Niall both tweeting about the upset victory within minutes of each other. Liam posted video from where he watched the fight from front row ringside (thanks to a friend of Paul Higgins' apparently), and then ZAYN came in with the real shock of the night and posted from his seat just a little further back in the same crowd- Liam's blurry little head is maybe even in his picture! After the fight Zayn posted a pic of his crew headed into their hotel, the same one as Liam had posted from earlier in the day, and Liam turned up at the club of that same hotel, performing with Steve Aoki (ikr, but wait, an even more random player is about to enter this narrative), then youtuber Jake Paul tweeted whining and threatening Zayn for having "told him to fuck off for no reason" (yesss we stan, tell him Zaynie), then Gigi got in to say "Lol cause he doesn’t care to hang w you and your embarrassing crew of YouTube groupies? Home alone with his best friends like a respectful king cause he has me, sweetie. Unbothered by your irrelevant ugly ass. Go to bed." Whether her primary goal was to defend Zayn or, as some think, to make headlines (which she did), the result is the same: more people telling a racist abuser creep to fuck off! Here for that.

People were trying to place the other boys in Vegas too because... why not I guess? Niall at least is definitively in the UK still and thank goodness, poor Niall is just recovering from that terrible jetlag and you're trying to put him back in Vegas? Awful! He posted on his way out for lunch and to a rugby match (how much sport can a man cram into one day? Niall is game to find out) and took fan pics in the hospitality suite. HBBW today: clear skies and fog, and the track listing for the Japanese edition of HBW is up with two bonus tracks: Dress and Nothing which are presumably not covers but are the names of songs by other artists in Niall's interest categories, interesting.

As for Harry and Louis, they both continue to be MIA. Unsubstantiated (and frankly extremely made up sounding*) rumors place Harry in Philadelphia and Louis in LA, and Eleanor was today publicly in LA for the first time in a VERY long time. As usual when anything is on US time- UGH. Hell on my posting schedule! Perhaps after I post this something else will happen! Idk! Whatever!

*pretty sure the rule is that the stupider something sounds the likelier it is to turn out to be real but this is really pushing it, the idea that someone just happened to be driving by Xander's house (and knew that) and saw Harry "standing in the front yard" and he had blond hair I mean COME ON am I meant to take this seriously and also ew please stop driving by Xander's house, real or imagined. Like might Harry be in the US, you bet! He has shows in NY coming up! But like... what is this. Louis being in LA would make sense as he has business there often and won't have time to attend any of it for a while once tour starts, but I'll need more than "I swear I saw him in a Starbucks" before I consider it confirmed.

Meanwhile Adore You hit the top ten, marking Harry's first Mediabase Pop Charts Top Ten single! Ever! And Falling also headed up the UK charts and showed up at number six on the UK Big Top 40 and I guess it's a single now? Like not coming soon the next single but NOW um okay?? All right then. It climbed some chart numbers after Harry's Brit performance but it had done that before without being a single, but now I guess it is, idek: what makes a song a single? I thought there was more involved than wordplay but shows what I know. But seriously, not even a little bitty press release? Nothing? OK Jeff.

And Louis posted an IGTV from the Scala show, v nice.

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7yupp · 3 years ago

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Jake Paul set for Tyron Woodley rematch after Tommy Fury withdraws

Jake Paul's next opponent will also be his former opponent.

Paul, the YouTube star-turned-prizefighter, will now fight former UFC champion Tyron Woodley in a boxing rematch Dec. 18 in Tampa, Florida, it was announced Monday. Tommy Fury, Paul's scheduled opponent, withdrew from the bout due to a "severe chest infection and broken rib," Fury's team said in a statement.

"The show must go on," Paul told ESPN. "I have a responsibility to the fans who bought tickets, who want to see me fight this year. I have a responsibility to the fighters on the undercard who are counting on this payday. I was like, give me anybody, let's make it happen. Tyron Woodley just so happened to step up to the plate.

Paul-Woodley 2 will be contested at 192 pounds over eight rounds, the same specifics of the originally planned bout with Fury.

Paul beat Woodley by split decision Aug. 29 in Cleveland. Some controversy followed that bout. Paul and Woodley agreed in the ring after the fight to have a rematch if Woodley got a tattoo on his body that said "I love Jake Paul." Woodley got the tattoo on his left middle finger in September. At the time, though, Paul said that Woodley was too late and that he was moving on without him. Paul vs. Fury was announced in late October.

"The rematch, it always made sense," Paul said. "It didn't make as much sense as me fighting Tommy Fury fight then and there. [Woodley is] ready, and he did get the tattoo. He was the only one on the list really that can sell pay-per-views. I can't just go in there and fight some journeyman like most of these boxers do."

Woodley, the heralded, 39-year-old former UFC welterweight champion, had continued training with the possibility of competing again in boxing or MMA early next year. Paul's adviser Nakisa Bidarian, who co-founded Paul's Most Valuable Promotions, said he spoke with Woodley on Wednesday and Thursday. Paul found out the news Friday morning, he said, and Bidarian said a deal was in place Friday night.

Bidarian said Woodley will earn a $500,000 bonus if he is able to knock Paul out, which Paul's team hopes debunks the rumors that Paul has been putting a no-knockout clause in his boxing contracts.

Paul, 24, said he could revisit a fight with Fury in 2022 but was not sure. Paul said the Furys are a "sketchy family," pointing out that Tyson, Tommy's half-brother and the lineal boxing heavyweight champion, has pulled out of multiple fights.

"It's just annoying that I even gave these buffoons a chance and they let us down," Paul said. "... Fighters fight with injuries all the time. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and a lot of times when big fights like these don't happen, they may never happen because of the trajectories of people's careers or whatever it might be. It's upsetting, and it's embarrassing for the Furys. They're boxing's biggest b----es right now."

In a statement, Fury said he was "absolutely heartbroken" about having to withdraw and "never expected anything to come in my way from a victory" against Paul.

"I can't express how disappointed I am and I really do hope we can get this fight rescheduled in the new year, I want this fight to still happen more than anything," Fury said.

Paul is 4-0 as a pro boxer, with knockout wins over YouTuber AnEsonGib, NBA veteran Nate Robinson, and Olympic wrestler and MMA champion Ben Askren. Woodley is the only opponent he failed to stop -- and Woodley actually rocked Paul during the bout in August.

"The goal is going to be to knock him out," Paul said. "After that, I will be able to say I have knocked out every single person that I've fought."

Amanda Serrano, ESPN's No. 3-ranked female boxer in the world, will continue to fight in the co-main event against Miriam Gutierrez. A fight between NBA veteran Deron Williams and accomplished NFL running back Frank Gore will take place on the undercard.

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tkmedia · 3 years ago

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Dougie’s Monday Mailbag (Evander Holyfield, Oscar Valdez, ’70s greats vs. future stars)

Photo by Amanda Westcott/Triller Fight Club 13 Sep by Doug Fischer THE OLDTIMERS Hello Dougie, hope you are well and healthy. Evander Holyfield’s performance was really upsetting for me to watch. However fit he might appear to be, he was in a life-endangering situation. Why do you think the oldtimers are doing this? Do they think something like “these modern fighters would be nothing in my time, I’ll show them”? Or is their desire to compete so great that it clouds their minds so that they put themselves in harm’s way in order to, unnecessarily, prove something to themselves? All of them have legacies that are being blemished by these I dare say circus acts. Do they view current scene as so low in quality that they are compelled to act? Anyway, this is a trend that won’t stop until someone gets seriously hurt. Maybe there should be the age limit on sanctioned professional fights, I don’t know. What do you think? Best wishes, and greetings from Serbia. – Vulic I think commissions need to do their jobs. All fighters have a drive that compels them to challenge themselves and push their bodies beyond normal human limits. Those egos don’t go away after they retire or when they get old. Great fighters often have the fiercest pride; the fire in their bellies is what made them special competitors as young amateurs, during their peak pro years, and even when they were past their primes. Holyfield is never going to think he can’t do something, especially the sport where he forged his legend. If he’s willing to step into the ring (and he will be for as long as he’s able to stand on two legs – that’s no exaggeration), there will always be a promoter and/or platform willing to try to capitalize on his legendary status. It’s up to the state athletic commissions to say no. Boxing is a crazy business filled with crazy mother f__kers. The state commissions – including tribal and commonwealth – need to come up with unified safety guidelines, so a dangerous matchups can’t simply cross borders and state lines to see action. Evander Holyfield’s performance was really upsetting for me to watch. I can imagine, but I wouldn’t know because I didn’t watch it. The highlights are ugly enough. However fit he might appear to be, he was in a life-endangering situation. Why do you think the oldtimers are doing this? They’re FIGHTERS! They still want to do what gave them purpose as kids, adolescents and young adults; and what brought them fame and fortune in their 20s and 30s. If somebody is going to offer them a big bag of money to come back, they’re gonna go for it. Do they think something like “these modern fighters would be nothing in my time, I’ll show them”? Or is their desire to compete so great that it clouds their minds so that they put themselves in harm’s way in order to, unnecessarily, prove something to themselves? I think it’s more of the latter. Holyfield probably had no idea who Vitor Belfort was. He wasn’t trying to prove anything to him. He was just challenging himself, setting a goal that would lead to another goal (like a Mike Tyson exhibition). All of them have legacies that are being blemished by these I dare say circus acts. It might seem like that now, but if they’ve reached Holyfield’s level of greatness, an embarrassing loss isn’t going to alter their status as icons. Mike Tyson is still Mike Tyson despite getting trashed by Kevin McBride in his final pro bout. How many times did we see Roy Jones Jr. KTFO once he got long in the tooth? He’s still Roy Jones Jr.! Joe Louis was unceremoniously (and brutally) sent back into retirement by Rocky Marciano and then he took part in crappy exhibitions and pro wrestling bouts. He’s still the Brown Bomber, an American hero. People don’t remember Muhammad Ali for the Antonio Inoki exhibition. He’s remembered as The Greatest because he fought every top heavyweight of the 1960s and 1970s (and usually won). I can go on and on, but I trust you get the picture. Do they view current scene as so low in quality that they are compelled to act? Maybe, there is a void, currently, of high-profile matchups between elite boxers in their primes. Anyway, this is a trend that won’t stop until someone gets seriously hurt. That’s a scary and depressing thought, but you’re not wrong. Maybe there should be the age limit on sanctioned professional fights, I don’t know. I’m thinking after 50, it’s gotta be a FRIENDLY exhibition. HOLYFIELD AND THE TRILLER DEBATE Hi Doug, Maybe the consensus for your mailbag readers is to ignore Triller events and pretend debacles like Holyfield vs. Belfort don’t exist (if we pretend, they don’t exist, they can’t hurt us!), but I have to express my disgust and sadness somewhere. What happened last night interfered with some of my most cherished memories, not just of boxing, but of family. I know I’m not the only person who feels this way, but here’s my story. I was raised in Ireland in the nineties. Boxing was my dad’s favourite sport, so it became mine too. While my friends and classmates were learning the names of their favourite soccer players, I was getting familiar with names like Tyson, Bruno, Lewis, and Holyfield. My dad and I would talk about boxing often and he would tell me about how heavyweight fighters of the 90s era compared to the likes of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Those conversations would spark a lifelong curiosity about the lineage of boxing champions and the evolution of the sport.

Holyfield (left) on his way to stopping Mike Tyson in their first fight. Photo from The Ring archive Between the years of 1996 and 1999, my dad and my brothers would stay up until 5am to watch Evander Holyfield face Mike Tyson (twice) and Lennox Lewis (twice). These are some of my favourite memories of spending time with family. Coming in as an underdog in the first fight with Tyson (which a lot of people forget was the fight of the year), most fans expected Holyfield to get finished early. Even back then, many felt that he was past his prime. But Holyfield won and it left an impression on me. It was the first time I ever witnessed an athlete defy the odds and public sentiment so dramatically, and I was a big fan from that point on. A few years later, in 2003, me and dad watched the highlights of Evander Holyfield getting outboxed, outfoxed, and stopped by a resurgent James Toney. We watched these highlights in my dad’s hospital room as doctors and nurses helped to make him comfortable during his final days. It was a very sobering moment for me as a young man, witnessing the deterioration (albeit in different ways) of these two men that I held in such high regard. A few days later, Dad passed away at the age of 58 years old. This weekend, at the age of 58 years old, Evander Holyfield got back into the ring. You can say it was free will. But everybody knows Holyfield’s primary motivation: he needs money, and that need was exploited by some unscrupulous industry newcomers. I know that boxing has always been a colourful business that attracts chancers, crooks, and gangsters. But the people running Triller bring their own special brand of moral bankruptcy to the table. To throw the nearly 60-year-old Holyfield into the ring with a much younger pitbull (who’s had PED controversies in the past) on just a few days’ notice reflects the level of irresponsibility that Triller operates at. And in the end, Holyfield was just an afterthought. It was all to lure Jake Paul back into a mega-money event. I imagine I’m not the only fight fan that was enraged with this insane main event. And while I hope Evander got paid a truckload of cash (an 18-wheeler!), I also hope that nobody reading your mailbag supported that Triller card, Doug. These people clearly don’t care about real boxing fans, so I’m very interested to see what kind of numbers they pulled in this weekend. Do they even know who their target demo is? Regardless, I’m certain that the complete moral bankruptcy on display at Triller will eventually result in its financial bankruptcy. Keep up the great work, Doug! – Kevin, (Based in Vancouver but from Dublin) Thank you, Kevin, I will do my best. And thank you for sharing those very special and painful memories of your father with the Mailbag column. I can understand how it was extra heartbreaking for you to witness The Real Deal get treated like a rag doll (during and after the Triller Fight Club main event). Sometimes boxing is so cruel to its heroes that I just can’t stomach it. I’ve never watched Holmes-Ali or Norris-Leonard or Joppy-Duran for that reason, and I never will. I love the sport too much to allow the dark side of it and the ruthless elements of the business make me hate it. Having said that, I have no problem with anyone who paid $50 to watch Saturday’s s__t show. It’s their money. If they want to ball-up five $10 bills and cram ’em up their asses that’s their prerogative. God Bless ’em! Also, while I understand your outrage, I don’t want to see Triller go out of business. I’m not a fan of the Fight Club “Legends” exhibitions, but it’s good for boxing to have another platform for legitimate matchups to be showcased on. Here in the U.S., just having Showtime, FOX, ESPN/ESPN+ and DAZN isn’t enough accommodate all the fighters who are deserving of network exposure (and those platforms don’t work with enough promoters). It’s great that we’ve also got Ring City USA on NBC Sports Net and UFC Fight Pass, but it’s not enough. The TrillerVerz Tuesday night fights series kicked off with a well-received show headlined by heavyweight contender Michael Hunter at the Hulu Theater inside MSG on Aug. 3 and it continues tomorrow with what looks like a very solid card in Hollywood, Florida. That show has fighters from Miguel Cotto Promotions, Golden Boy, Thompson Boxing and Banner Promotions, and RDR Promotions, among others; and the matchups are legit: Undefeated (15-0) Puerto Rican up-and-comer Danielito Zorrilla vs. heavy handed Mexican veteran Pablo Cesar Cano is the quintessential crossroads bout at 140 pounds. There’s a scheduled lightweight match between once-beaten prospects Michael Dutchover (15-1) and Nahir Albright (13-1). There��s also a Mexican power puncher I’m familiar with from recent Thompson Boxing promotions named Miguel Madueno (24-0, with 22 KOs), who might just be “must-see TV.” I skipped Holyfield-Belfort but I’m more than happy to shell out $2.99 for a one-month pass to watch TrillerVerz on Fite.TV and I hope they’re able to continue the monthly Tuesday night series (if they keep up the quality matchmaking). I’m also curious to see what they do with the Oct. 4 Triller PPV topped with Teofimo Lopez vs. George Kambosos. THOUGHTS ON OSCAR VALDEZ Hey Doug, Hope everything’s well with you. I decided for the first time ever to boycott a fight because of obvious reasons. I feel that if us boxing fans want change, we need to show it with our money not with words. In the end, Twitter, boxing forums and discussion boards are mostly a bunch of biased fanboys trying to defend their guy no matter what they’ve done, right or wrong. Posting and trying to win an argument there makes absolutely no difference, so I decided to use the only power I have to make my opinion count: my hard-earned cash. I admit that at first, I was outraged by the fact that Valdez tested positive. He was becoming my favorite Mexican fighter and was excited to see him fight, so I felt sad and angry to see him fail a test. After I calmed down and saw exactly what he tested positive for I decided to inform myself a little bit more. I read everything that was reported by The Ring including both Dan Rafael’s article and the VADA response by Dr. Margaret Goodman, also read Tweets by Mr. Coppinger and Victor Conte’s opinion about the subject and came to my own conclusion: there’s a reason VADA prohibits these kinds of stimulants in and out of competition. And as Dr. Goodman said, I won’t get into that, we can all find it on the internet if we want to. Now, since I didn’t watch the fight, I won’t get into all this robbery thing. From what I’m reading it seems fans were looking for reasons for them to score against Valdez just because they wanted him to lose rather than score the fight appropriately. Media I trust like you and Steve Kim (and others) scored the fight for Valdez calling it how you saw it while fans are screaming robbery. The main thing here is that Oscar Valdez’s reputation was hurt a lot more during this whole fight camp than any loss inside the ring would have hurt him. If he did do this on purpose or trusted someone when he took these supplements, he will forever regret that decision. From now on, at least from a group of people, he will forever be looked on as a cheater. That’s a knockdown way more difficult to climb up from than any other. I feel it’s easier to forgive a guy that comes out and admits his wrong doings rather than make up stuff like the herbal tea story. People can apologize and people forgive. If you don’t believe this look at how Mike Tyson is looked at today. He was a convicted rapist, bit off a guy’s ear, admitted faking his tests in his own book, did all sort of nasty things in the last third of his career, threatened to eat Lennox Lewis children and now he’s everybody’s Teddy Bear. America forgives, there’s a lot of proof out there (Tiger Woods anybody?). We’re humans and make mistakes. I’m sure Valdez is learning from whatever he did, knowingly or not. One of the biggest things I’ve learned in recent years is to take responsibility of my acts and stop blaming results on others; stop making excuses. Guys need to man up and face the problems they created and stop making excuses or blaming others for it. Ever since I did that I managed to improve because I was able to identify mistakes I was making; things I blamed on external things were now clearer to me and I was able to change them and improve. If Oscar wants to turn things around, he really needs to do some soul searching, see where things went wrong and change that. He’s still young and can still change the narrative. As of right now, I’ll continue to put my money where my mouth is. Thanks Doug. – Juan Valverde, Chula Vista That’s the right thing to do, Juan, just don’t forget to use some of that money to support VADA. If it wasn’t for Dr. Goodman’s testing organization, pretty much every active high-profile boxer would be able to claim they’re “clean” because they passed the sub-standard state commission PED tests. Nine out of 10 times when we hear about a positive drug test in boxing, it’s a VADA test. I admit that at first, I was outraged by the fact that Valdez tested positive. He was becoming my favorite Mexican fighter and was excited to see him fight, so I felt sad and angry to see him fail a test. Valdez went from hero to zero with that positive test and the way he and his team handled it. All the fans he earned with his sensational performance and stoppage against Miguel Berchelt has been flushed down the toilet. As of now, and for the foreseeable future, he’s got the “The Mexican They Love to Hate” title that was created for Antonio Margarito and eventually passed on to his superstar stablemate Canelo. After I calmed down and saw exactly what he tested positive for I decided to inform myself a little bit more. I hope other fans – and, more importantly, boxers – did the same thing. It sucks when fighter pop positive, but it’s always an opportunity for those fighters and the boxing world to bone up on whatever “The Banned Substance of the Month” is. I read everything that was reported by The Ring including both Dan Rafael’s article and the VADA response by Dr. Margaret Goodman, also read Tweets by Mr. Coppinger and Victor Conte’s opinion about the subject and came to my own conclusion: there’s a reason VADA prohibits these kinds of stimulants in and out of competition. There shouldn’t be “out-of-competition” lists. If it’s a performance enhancer, it needs to stay out of the bodies of combat athletes. Now, since I didn’t watch the fight, I won’t get into all this robbery thing. It was a close fight.

Valdez vs. Conceição. Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images From what I’m reading it seems fans were looking for reasons for them to score against Valdez just because they wanted him to lose rather than score the fight appropriately. Hey, that’s how it goes when you’re “The Mexican They Love to Hate,” but in fairness to Robson Conceicao, the Brazilian boxed very well for much of the fight, especially the first half. But Valdez came on strong over the second half, landing the more effective punches in most of the rounds. That bogus point deduction didn’t help the challenger (I guess the ref and the official judges didn’t get the memo that Valdez is the TMTLTH). The main thing here is that Oscar Valdez’s reputation was hurt a lot more during this whole fight camp than any loss inside the ring would have hurt him. No doubt about it. His image would have fared much better if he’d admitted he f__ked up, apologized to his fans, his team, his management, promoter, the WBC, the tribal commission in Tucson, and then signed up for extensive VADA testing for the next three-to-six months. And if he got through that period without a positive, return to the ring as humbly as possible. I feel it’s easier to forgive a guy that comes out and admits his wrong doings rather than make up stuff like the herbal tea story. I agree, but what if that really is what he believes? People can apologize and people forgive. They can. They don’t always do so, but hopefully most can. If you don’t believe this look at how Mike Tyson is looked at today. He was a convicted rapist, bit off a guy’s ear, admitted faking his tests in his own book, did all sort of nasty things in the last third of his career, threatened to eat Lennox Lewis children and now he’s everybody’s Teddy Bear. Yeah, but that didn’t happen overnight, Juan. Tyson was “The N__ga They Love to Hate” for 10-15 years. The American public began to mellow on him as he began to mellow out with age (and a LOT of marijuana). But his brutal honesty (especially when he aimed it at himself) has always been a part of his appeal. I don’t think you can compare other boxers with Tyson, who was a bona fide global superstar. The public likes to see celebrities fall, but they also enjoy redemption stories among the famous. Read the full article

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writingsubmissions · 8 years ago

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Fights to Make: UFC London

Jimi Manuwa (beat Corey Anderson) vs. Mauricio Rua: Just a few months ago, it looked like Manuwa had sort of flamed out as a prospect, but just two wins later, he’s suddenly one of the top contenders in the light heavyweight division. Wins over Ovince St. Preux and Anderson are fine enough, but it’s more the way that Manuwa has done it rather than anything else; he’s just absolutely melted both fellow fringe contenders, doing so to Anderson in just over three minutes. If one assumes Jon Jones isn’t back in action in time for the next title defense, Manuwa and Shogun Rua look like the next two possible contenders - I’ll run under the assumption that Jones gets the next shot, so Manuwa against Rua for that top contender spot makes the most sense.

Gunnar Nelson (beat Alan Jouban) vs. Dong Hyun Kim: Well, that was a reminder why people get so excited about Nelson - he looked outstanding here, more or less schooling Jouban (who has a submission background) on the ground before ending things with a picture-perfect punch into a funky choke submission. I’m still not sure Nelson’s weird bag of skills gets him into title contention, but he can still be a cult favorite and a viable headliner for smaller shows - in that vein, I’d like to see UFC try to rebook his fight with Dong Hyun Kim, which was slated to headline Belfast last November before Nelson got hurt. And given that Kim’s one of the few viable Asian headliners, that might make perfect sense for the Singapore card coming up in June.

Corey Anderson (lost to Jimi Manuwa) vs. Ilir Latifi: Well, this is another bump in the road for Anderson, and I’m not really sure how it changes things - he’s still pretty good, he’s still not ready for contention, and he still has one of the highest ceilings in the division, so it’s just still sort of a matter of waiting things out and seeing how he develops. Also, the thinness of the light heavyweight division makes matchmaking for Anderson kind of weird, since there’s not really much of a middle tier left as far as guys he can continue to improve against. I guess let’s go with Ilir Latifi, since that’d be a weird, funky fight against a guy with dangerous knockout power.

Joe Duffy (beat Reza Madadi) vs. Rustam Khabilov: Well, this assumes Duffy’s next fight will be in the UFC, since his contract is up, but he looked great here and pretty much treated Reza Madadi as the stepping stone he was supposed to be. Let’s get Duffy back in the mix as far as ranked lightweights, so let’s go with a guy on the fringe top-fifteen in Khabilov who can act as a final test for Duffy’s wrestling defense.

Leon Edwards (beat Vicente Luque) vs. Jake Ellenberger/Mike Perry (Apr. 22) winner: So, Leon Edwards is kind of a thing now, following up a big win over Albert Tumenov with another one against fellow top prospect Luque. There’s still some concerns in Edwards’s game - mainly, his tendency to go for takedowns in fights where he doesn’t really need to - but he wouldn’t have that concern against the winner of the upcoming Ellenberger/Perry fight in Nashville, as that could serve as a fun scrap to see if Edwards can start making a run up the rankings.

Alan Jouban (lost to Gunnar Nelson) vs. Alberto Mina: Well, that didn’t go too well for Jouban, as that pretty much served as a showcase fight for Nelson, and probably cemented Jouban’s fate as one of the better action fighters on the roster rather than a contender. Let’s go a bit off the board and put Jouban against Alberto Mina, a Brazilian-turned-Hong Kong native who’s fairly inactive - Mina’s shown flashes of dynamism, so this could be a fun fight, and would be a big test to see if Mina can actually start gaining some notoriety for when he actually fights.

Tim Johnson (beat Daniel Omielanczuk) vs. Andrei Arlovski: Well, that was a fight that happened. Johnson and Omielanczuk are solid, but not particularly dynamic, and...this was that Still, Johnson’s probably a fringe top-ten heavyweight at this point, given how thin the division is and all the failed drug tests that have added to that, so I guess you kind of have to give the North Dakota native a name next - let’s go with Andrei Arlovski? Sure, since I guess it’d be a test to see if Arlovski is at all capable of getting a viable win at this point.

Arnold Allen (beat Makwan Amirkhani) vs. Godofredo Pepey: So, this was a pretty fun win for Allen - it wasn’t a blowout, but he got to show off his well-rounded skills and get a big win over a fellow top European prospect. Allen’s still young, so I’d give him a few more tests before seeing if he’s ready to move into deep waters - Pepey, an aggressive submission expert, is the sort of dangerous but beatable opponent that can be a solid step up.

Marc Diakiese (beat Teemu Packalen) vs. Gregor Gillespie/Andrew Holbrook (Apr. 8) winner: So, Diakiese finally put on a performance like he was doing at the end of his pre-UFC run, destroying Packalen with a vicious knockout in thirty seconds flat and reminding people why he’s one of the best prospects in the sport. You could go a variety of different directions from here, but I’d like to feed him one more grappler to test that aspect of his game before moving him up the ladder in earnest - either Gillespie or Holbrook, who square off at UFC 210, would be the most physical wrestler Diakiese has faced yet, so I like that as a next test.

Marlon Vera (beat Brad Pickett) vs. Ricardo Ramos: Well, that was something. Vera was pretty handily losing Brad Pickett’s retirement fight before scoring a knockout head kick in the third round, and turned around the depressed crowd a bit thanks to, frankly, a hell of a post-fight interview that did more to put over Pickett’s career than anyone else. Still, I’m kind of “eh” on Vera as a prospect - he’s still developing, but I see him more as a test for the blue-chippers, and enter Brazil’s Ricardo Ramos, who came in with a ton of hype and had a mixed-bag debut win against Michinori Tanaka in February.

Makwan Amirkhani (lost to Arnold Allen) vs. Teruto Ishihara: On the plus side, Amirkhani got to further show off how strong the positives of his game are, as his wrestling and submission skills looked sharp against Allen. But, well, this loss also showed how limited that game is, and how only being good in really one aspect limits Amirkhani to a clear ceiling. I like the idea of a fight against Japanese prospect Ishihara - it’s flawed striker against flawed wrestler, plus both guys sort of play the over-the-top character of a ladies’ man, so if nothing else, the pre-fight banter would be excellent.

Vicente Luque (lost to Leon Edwards) vs. Zak Ottow: This was a disappointing loss for Luque, but there’s still a lot to like - his dynamism continues to be dangerous, and while he gassed badly after essentially throwing heat for a round-plus, he did gut through it at the end of the fight to almost steal the decision win. I’d put him against a durable vet who’s not particularly dynamic to see how far Luque’s game can continue to take him, and Ottow’s a solid choice for that task.

Lina Lansberg (beat Lucie Pudilova) vs. Jessica Eye: Lansberg’s win over Pudilova was shockingly narrow and shockingly fun, as Pudilova came on strong at the end of the fight to basically leave Lansberg a bloody mess. Still, Lansberg’s a tough, fun striker, and I like the idea of her facing Jessica Eye in a stand-up war that should serve as Eye’s last test to see if she can remain in the UFC.

Francimar Barroso (beat Darren Stewart) vs. Tyson Pedro: Ugh. Barroso got another win to stay in the promotion, and continues to probably be the most boring fighter to watch in the UFC, just neutralizing foes and not doing a whole ton himself. I’m not against the idea of him serving as a bounce-back fight to get smashed by someone like, say, Corey Anderson, but I guess I’ll continue to use him as a gatekeeper for prospects, so step on up Australia’s Tyson Pedro, who looked good in beating Paul Craig at UFC 209.

Brad Scott (beat Scott Askham) vs. Gerald Meerschaert: Scott’s win over Askham was, well, a Brad Scott fight (and a Scott Askham fight, frankly) - kinda fun, completely unmemorable, and continuing a trend of alternating wins and losses for the Brit. Gerald Meerschaert’s kind of making a name for himself as a solid vet who’s looked good in two UFC wins to date, and Scott would be a solid step up for him, so sure, let’s do that.

Teemu Packalen (lost to Marc Diakiese) vs. Jake Matthews: Well, after beating Thibault Gouti in twenty-four seconds last time in London, the cosmos paid Packalen back, as Marc Diakiese annihilated him in just thirty. Sadly, while Packalen’s a fairly solid talent, this probably establishes the Finn as someone who’s not really a priority prospect, so I like the idea of him as a bounce-back fight for Australian prospect Jake Matthews. Matthews looked like a blue-chipper before losses to Kevin Lee and Andrew Holbrook greatly dimmed his star, so I could see Packalen, who’s a dangerous submission artist but should be physically out-matched, as a solid last test to see if Matthews can hang in the UFC.

Daniel Omielanczuk (lost to Tim Johnson) vs. Tai Tuivasa: Shrug. Omielanczuk continued his pattern of looking good against the absolute dregs of the heavyweight division, but not being able to beat anyone decent, which, sadly, still makes him a fringe ranked heavyweight with the state of things. I guess allow him to be the fighter for Australian heavyweight Tai Tuivasa to debut in the UFC against? Once again, shrug.

Reza Madadi (lost to Joe Duffy) vs. Chris Wade: Well, Madadi lost rather handily, as expected, and I don’t really know where you go with the veteran grappler from here - hell, I wouldn’t have even re-signed him after he spent some time in jail for helping rob a handbag store. Let’s put him against Long Island’s Chris Wade in a fight between two similar types of guys who need a win, loser gets cut.

Darren Stewart (lost to Francimar Barroso) vs. Aleksandar Rakic: A disappointing performance for Stewart, who turned out to not have many ideas past an initial flurry of offense and might be better served at middleweight. Let’s put him against debuting Austrian light heavyweight Rakic, in the absence of any better ideas.

Lucie Pudilova (lost to Lina Lansberg) vs. Gina Mazany: Pudilova acquitted herself surprisingly well here, losing a narrow fight to Lansberg where she got to bloody Lansberg’s face up in a fun brawl during a late comeback effort. I’d like to keep her around, and I don’t think much of Mazany, who was somewhat of a baffling signing as a late-notice replacement to face Sara McMann last month, so that’s a good fight to make in my mind.

Scott Askham (lost to Brad Scott) vs. Oluwale Bamgbose: This might be it for Askham, who came in with some hype and is a fine fighter, but just never really leaves an impact on a fight and has racked up a bunch of close losses in the UFC. If he gets another shot, Bamgbose, who was supposed to fight Tom Breese here before that fight got pulled, would be a nice last-ditch opponent, since he’s a striker that should remain dangerous, but Askham might have trouble putting away.

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