Amazon Prime is getting into boxing and we’re all very (x)cited….. excited, I was trying to be cool there, I probably shouldn’t… we’re all very excited. After viewing 2023, I expect Amazon Prime to try and make their splash by upping last years mega fights. It’s starting this year by featuring one of the most exciting fighters in boxing. Tim Tszyu will be headlining against Keith Thurman…. no, that’s not right, is it? While I have a tremendous amount of respect for Keith “One Time” Thurman and what he did in his career, he has never fought at 154 before and he has lost a lot of his zip. His last fight against Mario Barrios, a really good fighter at 140, who gave Davis a good fight but was eventually Ko’ed by Gervonta, went the distance. Thurman has not gotten a stoppage since 2015 and he poses no threat to Tszyu, whatsoever. The co main event is Rolly Romero vs Pitbull Cruz, a good match up at 135 but there are so many 140 pound fighters that deserve a shot at the title that bringing someone up from 135 pounds, even as good as Isaac Cruz, should be illegal. The 140 pound division is the most stacked division in boxing right now. Lopez, Matias, Haney, Garcia, Taylor, Romero (he’s actually the guy fighting), Russell (probably the most avoided fighter in the division), Barboza, Barroso (yeah, that old guy that hits like two mules)… and the list goes on, that to bring someone up from 135 seems like a move to assure that the belt stays within PBC. Whatever happened last year, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be duplicated this year. That being said, if this card goes over $30, I won’t be buying it. There’s not enough oooomph in it to make me waste more than that. The best fight on the card is Fundora vs Bohachuk. And that’s not even a title match. No… I hope PBC keeps it reasonable and gets a lot of viewers instead of outpricing themselves and getting limited viewership.

On that note, I hope it doesn’t become a trend that Champions start to look at the lower weights for title challengers. I can just see it now, Fury vs. Inoue…. What are these organizations doing sanctioning these fights. There’s people in that division that worked to get those shots and now you are just going to let these champions fight smaller fighters and call it a title defense. I think a rule needs to be imposed where if you want to fight for a belt at a certain weight class, you either have to have two fights in that weight class or you must beat a top ten contender in that division (unless you’re the champ at the lower division immediately under and moving up one weight class). This is exactly how promoters F**k up boxing. They keep the title shots in their promotions by moving guys in weight classes and then make these guys fight their grandmas. This is money hijacking… and not being fair to the integrity of the sport. These fighters should seek legal counsel and sue for breech of ethics…. that’s a thing right? Can’t just not let these other fighters that earned a shot not make money. If these promoters want to do this, then the belt organizations should force them to relinquish.