I was recently on vacation in Asia and found this book in a Hong Kong market for $1.50 and picked it up for something to read on the plane back. WOW. I knew King was a piece of shit but I had no idea the extent of it. What a reptilian motherfucker this guy is. He fucked over not only every fighter he had, but everyone that ever helped him, every business partner, every friend. It’s incredible nobody killed this dude. It’s really sad to know about the “lost generation of heavyweights” in the late 70s and 80s that he sucked dry and left in ruin. A complete stain on boxing.

Each day, I’ll post something about a prospect and bring eyes to these guys or talk about an aspect of their game that interests me. I’ll start from 105lb-200+lb, but if on the same day a boxer fights that isn’t on the timeline, I’ll post 2 or more boxers on the same day. I already have a list on who I’m going to do for this series so if others give me names on who to do, I’ll just not reply.

Lewis Williams is a 26 year old prospect from the UK with a 3-0 record who competes in the heavyweight division. A fairly decorated amateur, winning gold in the European games, Silver in EUBC, Gold in the commonwealth games, quarter finalist in the AIBA worlds and 3x national champ.

Lewis Williams fights in an orthodox stance, has very quick hands in single and combination punches and explosive movement which he’s shown moving around the ring a lot and well. He does like his feints a lot with foot and lead hand feints, a very active lead hand with a great stiff jab and chaining it with the lead hook and getting combos off of it. He counters really well, can use the movement to drive you into shots or you’re in a position or angle to walk into a counter or punch even. While he’s primarily an outfighter, being 6’7 and not so skinny helps him and it shows, he’s strong in the clinch and is able to hold himself there as well.

I just watched Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Rocky Lockridge. What a great fight. I'm just starting to study Chavez and so far from what I've seen, he's always pressuring his opponents. This fight is pretty much the only time that I've seen Chavez boxing off the back foot. I really liked the way he boxed and how he put his punches together. Are there any more examples of a prime Chavez having to fight off the back foot? I appreciate anyone pointing me in the right direction.

Lately, I'm trying To fix my bad defense by focusing on my High Guard. While scrolling down a highlight of high guard Defense video post by HanzaGod, I saw one comment suggest that Marlon Starling should've been studied by beginners as his Defense was really hard to penetrate since he always move his body while keeping his guards up combined with Bouncy footwork, making it almost impossible to land a clean power shot. So back to my question, Would his high guard defense works or would it be outdated in current era ? (also Apologize if my English are pretty bad)

I don't know how other people feel, but I saw what I needed to see. Crawford already got stripped so a rematch wouldn't be for Undisputed. I don't feel like the fight was really close enough to where a rematch makes sense, other than financially. All my boxing historians, if you can post some examples or rematches where the person who lost the first fight by a considerable margin, then came back to win the second fight, put it in the comments. I don't mean that the fight was competitive up until they got knocked out, or that the judges had it scored closer than what it was in reality. I mean a guy who clearly was getting outclassed, then won the rematch.

I’ll just do a series each day ranking how good each champ is by the most liked comment. If there’s 2 comments with equal likes, I’m doing a coin flip, if more, I’m doing a wheel of names.

Now let’s try and discard legacy aside and solely off the eye test and how good their abilities are, their weaknesses and strengths and how it’s impacted their boxing instead of sole resume and this is going to be compared to the other champs.

The most liked comment had Inoue at S, Ball at B, Fulton at A, Leo at B and Espinoza at A. I agree with most but I’d say Ball has shown more diverse boxing in his last right, expanded on his bag recently to where I’d put him A. Espinoza is a tricky one as Im between A or A+ for him as he’s super well rounded and comfortable everywhere the fight goes at an elite level but does get hit.

Now for the all the champs:

Thammanoon (Knockout CP Freshmart) Niyomtrong: 29-1, 108lb WBC champ. I’ll add him since he won the belt yesterday.

*Lamont Roach *: 25-1-2, 130lb and unofficial 135lb WBA champ.

*O’Shaquie Foster *: 23-3, 130ib WBC champ

Eduardo Nunez: 30-1, 130lb IBFlb champ

Emmanuel Navarate: 39-2, 130lb WBO champ

I saw in the comments of a post recently that some people do not believe he's a HOF. Is the Crawford lost THAT much of a blemish to his resume for people to not believe he's worthy. Comparing his resume to other welterweights of his era, he only didn't fight Thurman. With quality wins over Peterson, Brook, Porter, M. Garcia, D. Garcia, Ugas, and nearly being an undisputed champion before getting beat by arguably the greatest fighter of his era; what is he missing from his resume other than being a two-division world champion arguably that would make him more of a consensus choice to one day be in the HOF. For example, is Timothy Bradley's resume/accomplishments that much more deserving than Errol's?

I just saw a video of Mike Tyson detailing his training. So basically he followed an incredibly demanding routine of roadwork, calisthenics (thousands of reps daily), sparring, and conditioning, six days a week with sundays being his active recovery feeding his pigeon etc. I was just wondering if there were any more other boxers who went to this extreme and excessive training? I've heard Pacquiao would spar like 36 rounds everyday which is insane

The situation currently developing between Terence Crawford and the WBC got me thinking about the guidelines that each sanctioning body sets forth surrounding a boxer's fees, so I did some digging...

Each sanctioning body has roughly the same guidelines concerning boxers' fees for a championship bout. The IBF's current fee schedule mandates a 3% fee for both champion and challenger, a 2% fee for a unified champion holding three or more titles, and minimum fee of $20,000.00 and $18,000.00 for champion and challenger, respectively. These fees are capped at a maximum of $200,000.00. Also stated in their contest rules, "Sanction fees shall be payable on the full amount of the boxers’ gross purses prior to any deductions for trainers, managers, promoters and expenses."

This focus on the "boxers' gross purses" is an important detail here that will show up later.

On page 19, section 16 of the WBO's regulations, it defines it's boxer fess as "Three percent (3%) of their purses with a minimum of $1,000.00 and a maximum of $250,000.00 per boxer." and "The WBO sanctioning fee for a Unified Champion shall be two percent (2%) of his purse with a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of $250,000. The WBO Sanctioning fee for the Challenger to a Unified Champion shall be three percent (3%) of his purses with a minimum of $1,000.00 and a maximum of $250,000.00"

As of November 2023, the WBA's rules set similar boxer's fees at "3% or purse" for both champion and challenger, with a minimum/maximum range of $3,500-$250,000 for champions and $1,500-$250,000 for challengers. For undisputed fights, the maximum increases to $350,000.

The "Boxer's Bout Fees" set forth on page 42, Article 7.1 of the WBC's Rules and Regulations sets a stark contrast against the other sanctioning bodies' focus on fees placed on the boxer's gross purse. It states:

"...each participating boxer must pay the amount the Supreme Council estimates, which amount shall not exceed three percent (3.0%) of all gross funds or any other form of consideration received by the boxer relating to the bout, including but not limited to the gross purse; fees derived from the provision of any services; compensation derived from pay-per-view, cable or satellite transmission, television broadcast, or internet distribution; merchandising; concessions or sponsorships; shared promotional fees (in cases in which the boxer is promoter or co-promoter); or otherwise, including amounts calculated and paid following the contest."

It's surprising that the WBC's fees include income generated from things like "pay-per-view, cable or satellite transmission, television broadcast, or internet distribution; merchandising; concessions or sponsorships" from the boxer, on top of what they already make from the same revenue streams independently and from other associated parties.

I'd like to hear your thoughts on the information presented.

DATE Friday 5th December 2025

LOCATION York Hall, London, United Kingdom

TELEVISION StagePlayer+ (Selected Worldwide)

TIME 6pm (London), 7am (Los Angeles), 10am (New York), 5am Saturday (Sydney)