Wladimir Klitschko vs. Bryant Jennings possible for April 25th in New York

wladimir688By Allan Fox: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s next title defense will likely take place on April 25th against unbeaten #2 WBA, #3 WBC, #5 WBO, #8 IBF Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10 KOs) at either Madison Square Garden or the Barclays Center in New York, according to Dan Rafael.

The Jennings fight will be the second fight for Wladimir of his 3-fight contract with HBO. By fighting in the U.S, Wladimir could possibly wind up making less money than he would if he were to fight in Germany where he normally fights.

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Bryant Jennings to face Wilder vs. Stiverne winner

perez34By Scott Gilfoid: With his win last night over a pudgy looking Mike Perez (20-0-1, 12 KOs), #2 WBC Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10 KOs) earned a shot to fight for the WBC heavyweight title against the winner of the November fight between Deontay Wilder and WBC belt holder Bermane Stiverne.

Jennings will likely take a tune-up fight before he faces the winner of the Wilder-Stiverne fight though, because he’s clearly not going to be getting that title shot until early 2015 given that those two will be fighting in November.

Jennings, 6’3”, 222lbs, is going to need to raise his game considerably from what we saw last night against Perez if he wants to have a chance of beating Wilder or Stiverne. I expect that Jennings will be facing Deontay and not Stiverne, but either way he’s going to be in big trouble against either of those guys.

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Adam Booth’s corner work with Mike Perez in loss to Jennings leaves a lot to be desired

boothBy Scott Gilfoid: If you saw last night’s heavyweight WBC eliminator bout between #3 WBC Mike Perez (20-1-1, 12 KOs) and Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10 KO’s) on the undercard of the Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Geale fight at Madison Square Garden in New York, you’ll have no doubt noticed how limited and lost Perez’s trainer Adam Booth was when it came to giving him any functional advise in the corner.

I’m not even talking about the fact that Perez came into the fight at a career-high of 242 pounds and appeared to be a good 25 pounds overweight, what I noticed was how repetitive Booth’s instructions were in between rounds. Perez needed some clear instructions in order to help him get past what proved to be difficult opponent for him in Jennings.

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Perez faces Jennings tonight in MSG

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By Allan Fox: Mike Perez (20-0-1, 12 KO’s) and Bryant Jennings (18-0, 10 KOs) will be fighting tonight in a WBC heavyweight eliminator bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. Jennings, 29, is the favorite to win, but Perez, 28, has a great chance of pulling off a minor upset if he can put enough pressure on Jennings to get him out of his zone.

It really wouldn’t be much of an upset if Perez wins, because Jennings hasn’t proven anything with the guys he’s beaten because none of them would have lasted against Perez either.

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Weights: Jennings 222.6, Perez 242.2

perez77(Photo credit: Will Hart/HBO) By Chris Williams: In what shapes up to a 50-50 fight, #3 WBC Mike Perez (20-0-1, 12 KOs) and Bryant Jennings (18-0, 10 KOs) weighed in on Friday for their WBC heavyweight eliminator bout on Saturday night on the undercard of the Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Geale clash at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The Cuban Perez weighed in at 242.2 pounds. At 6’1”, Perez is stocky and powerful looking. He doesn’t appear to be that height. He’s probably closer to 6’0” than 6’1”, but it really won’t matter much because his opponent, 29-year-old Bryant Jennings, is only 6’2”, but with an incredibly long reach of 84.”

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Mike Perez injured, fight against Bryant Jennings off

perez784By Jim Dower: Unbeaten #5 WBC heavyweight contender Mike Perez (20-0-1, 12 KO’s) suffered a shoulder injury while training, and he won’t be able to make his May 24th WBC heavyweight eliminator fight against unbeaten #4 WBC Bryant Jennings (18-0, 10 KO’s) on May 24th at the American Bank Center, in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. This is a huge blow for the 28-year-old Perez and for boxing fans, because the Perez-Jennings fight had promised to be an exciting fight between two highly talented and unbeaten heavyweights.

The winner of the Perez-Jennings fight was then supposed to fight for a world title once the smoke cleared in the outcome of the Bermane Stiverne vs. Chris Arreola, and then the Deontay Wilder vs. the winner of the Arreola-Stiverne fight.

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Bryant Jennings vs. Mike Perez WBC eliminator bout ordered

perez111By Scott Gilfoid: The World Boxing Council has ordered a WBC heavyweight title eliminator bout between #3 WBC, #4 WBA, #9 WBO, #11 IBF, Bryant Jennings (20-0-1, 12 KO’s) and #5 WBC, #8 WBO, Mike Perez (18-0, 10 KO’s), according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. This would be a second WBC title eliminator, because Deontay Wilder already fought in a WBC title eliminator bout last Saturday night in stopping Malik Scott in the 1st round in Puerto Rico.

It’s unclear why the WBC wants to have two eliminators for the WBC champion, but the idea is that the winner of the Chris Arreola vs. Bermane Stiverne fight for the vacant WBC heavyweight title on May 10th will then be faced with the uncomfortable task of having to fight back to back mandatory title defenses against first Deontay Wilder and then the winner of the Jennings-Perez fight.

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WBC orders Bryant Jennings vs. Mike Perez eliminator bout

By Scott Gilfoid: The World Boxing Council has ordered a WBC heavyweight eliminator bout between #4 Bryant Jennings (18-0, 10 KO’s) and unbeaten #5 WBC Mike Perez (20-0-1, 12 KO’s) to pick out a mandatory challenger for the winner of the Chris Arreola vs. Bermane Stiverne fight for the vacant WBC heavyweight title in April. With the WBC ordering Jennings and Perez to fight, it makes me wonder what the WBC has in store for #3 WBC Deontay Wilder.

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Bryant Jennings getting ready for Artur Szpilka

PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 13, 2014) – Undefeated Heavyweight contender Bryant “By-By” Jennings (17-0, 9 KOs) is preparing for the biggest fight of his career when he faces fellow unbeaten, polish superstar Artur Szpilka (16-0, 12 KO’s). The bout will take place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, as the co-feature to Garcia vs. Burgos which will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark®, on Saturday, Jan. 25, beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT.

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Deontay wants Chisora, Tony Thompson and Bryant Jennings

wilder55By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) says he wants to take on the best contenders while en route to a heavyweight title shot in 2014. After Deontay takes care of his light work next month against Nicolai Firtha (21-10-1, 8 KO’s) on October 26th in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Deontay wanted to face a big name for his next bout, but he was unable to get any of the top fighters to agree to fight him on only 3 weeks’ notice.

Deontay wasn’t mentioned for the October 26th card until just recently, and that didn’t allow Golden Boy Promotions enough time to find a really big name for him.

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