Friday, March 29, 2024

Ringside Update/ Mayweather’s ‘Friday Night Lights’

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*Every now and then one must take a break and just get away for a minute, and I decided to do that last weekend the day after my 64th birthday on September 15. I chose to go to Las Vegas to attend the fights at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and resort where there were some very good and entertaining bouts put on by Mayweather Promotions.

And folks, let me tell you something, there was a total of ten from various weight divisions that made up a full evening of boxing for your pleasure.

Floyd Mayweather is doing very well in his new role as a promoter and he has built a stable of fighters that enables him to showcase some good boxing talent. His association with Al Haymon and his Premiere Boxing Champions outfit enables him to have his fights telecast live on any one of the networks that Haymon has a deal with. This particular event was broadcast on Bounce TV. He could not have any success at his endeavor without the reliable leadership of Leonard Ellerbe and Nicole Craig who run a tight ship at Mayweather Promotions, so our hats certainly go out to them who are doing a great job.

There were several fights of note that went down Friday night of which the most impressive to me was the one in which J’leon Love went against Dashon Johnson who hails out of Riverside, Calif., in a super middleweight bout that was scheduled for ten rounds. Unfortunately for Johnson the fight didn’t go past the sixth as he got knocked out by Love who improved his record to 23-1 with 13 coming by way of knockout.

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The fight that I really came to see was the one between Lanell Bellows and a game DeCarlo Perez in a eight round super middleweight bout. This was a very close fight that went the distance and had the judges split with one going for Bellows, and the other two for Perez. And although Bellows who is a native of Compton, Calif., suffered his second loss in this although he’s a very good fighter who plans to get back into the gym and polish up his act. His record is now 16-2 with 9 coming by way of knockout.

In the semi-main event Domonique Dolton who hails out of Detroit, Michigan went against Justin Deloach of Augusta Georgia in a ten round super welterweight contest that proved to be one of the best fights of the night. These guys were going at it throughout the bout and I got to tell you something folks, both these fighters showed true grit, determination, and superb boxing skills as this one went back and forth throughout. But at the end of ten, it all went to Justin Deloach who improved his record to 16-1 with 8 coming by way of knockout. Dolton suffered his first lost and is now 17-1-1 with 9 knockouts.

In the main event Ishe Smith who hails out of Las Vegas fought a tough and rugged Frank Galarza in a ten rounder that ultimately went the distance with Smith earning the victory and improving his record to 29-8 with 12 coming by way of knockout in this super welterweight contest. He is a former world champion title holder and if he keeps up this pace he will soon be champion again. As I always say, we’ll see what happens.

This was Mayweather’s “Friday Night Lights” at the Cosmopolitan with a full night of some real good fights and folks, I have to tip my hat and leave it off to him and his team
Is Floyd going to ever return to the ring? That’s the big question on everyone’s mind right now. He certainly looked fit and ready to go Friday night, but time will tell and we shall see what happens.

In other boxing news, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez who’s coming off a 9th round knockout victory over Liam Smith this past weekend says that he’s ready to fight Gennady “GGG” Golovkin whenever he’s ready to sign the contract. We’ll see how that goes.

“When the tide goes out, that’s when you’ll find out who’s been swimming naked.”-Warren Buffett

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Mohammed Mubarak‘s Ringside Update can also be read in the High Desert Inland Valley News, and the Pace News. He can be reached at [email protected] for your comments. He is an artist as well and you can go to mubarakart.com or qmubarak06 on instagram and view his works.

 

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