Huntington Center, Toledo, OH, USA

Jared Anderson UD Charles Martin
- This one raised a question mark for me. Jared is supposed to be the next big thing at Heavyweight and while I most certainly am excited for that possibility, to have your momentum slowed down by Charles Martin of all people is pretty concerning. As I’m writing this, his next fight is already in the books, so we’ll see what’s what.
Abdullah Mason TKO2 Alex de Oliveira
- I’m still super high on Mason. Very glad to see him out there getting the job done, putting in the work. His division is pretty stacked and he’s pretty young, so there’s some time to go before a legit world title is in the discussion. Plenty of time for him to get more experience under his belt and for the current crop at the top of the division to age out or move up.

The Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ, USA

Jaron Ennis KO10 Roiman Villa
- Goodness gracious what a show. I put together a little highlight you can see on our socials (LVXMediaNet on everything) where I talk about Ennis’ amazing performance. There were people banging their cups for him to fight the winner of Spence-Crawford, and while I do think Ennis is practically untouchable by the next generation, I don’t like his chances against Bud.
Edwin De Los Santos UD Joseph Adorno
- They keep setting them up and EdwinDLS continues to knock em down. I was keen on Adorno after seeing him on ShoBox a while back and then looking at his career up to then, but it doesn’t appear to be in the stars for him to climb to the next tier of talent. Unfortunate.

Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, USA

Andy Cruz UD Juan Carlos Burgos
- So take what I wrote about Abdullah Mason and throw it out the window for Andy Cruz, who was making his professional debut. This guy is clearly the goods, to wit he was a highly decorated amateur with a pro friendly-ish style of fighting. Burgos is super tough and knows how to survive if that’s all he can do, so no fault on Cruz to not get the stoppage. A few more “tune-up” fights to get himself dialed into the pro style and he could be tossed in with the “low A, high B” crop of guys. Oh, and he has beaten Keyshawn Davis multiple times in the ammies; I smell a fun rivalry re-igniting between two really talented kids in Davis and Cruz.

Firelake Arena, Shawnee, OK, USA

George Kambosos Jr MD Maxi Hughes
- Interesting results on this one. I’m not sure Kambosos did enough to win, close result notwithstanding. Really sucks for Hughes, this was his “big chance” and it didn’t swing his way. Funnily enough, Kambosos ran into Shakur Stevenson after the fight was trying to talk smack, but Shakur had him fumbling. To be fair, Kambosos had just finished fighting, but the bravado disparity was clear. Of course it’s a good money fight for Kambosos and Shakur does need someone with name recognition to fight with the title situation being unclear while Haney faces of with Prograis.

Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan

Naoya Inoue KO8 Stephen Fulton
- Here is pick one of two that went sour for me on the boxing front. This one honestly hurts a little more than the Spence pick that I’ll get to in a moment. Fulton just didn’t have anything to offer Inoue. Inoue was faster, more accurate, smarter, just the whole package and made Fulton look like someone they pulled from the crowd or something. It was a thing of beauty to witness, even if I did pick against Inoue. The guy unfortunately fought under the shadow of a mountain. He could be the top fighter in the sport, but unfortunately for him, on…

T-Mobile, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Terence Crawford TKO9 Errol Spence
- Terence Crawford gave Errol Spence a boxing lesson. It wasn’t even close; it’s difficult to say which of the two fights was the most one-sided, but it doesn’t really matter. One could make an argument for Inoue being the #1 guy, but Spence was coming in with an air of almost invincibility. He walked through any and every fighter at Welterweight that was worth fighting, the only question in my mind was how he beats Crawford, not if. Bud had other plans, so all that remains is to see what he does from this point - after the obligatory rematch, which I’m assuming Spence is going to take.

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