Welcome to fight week. #HaneyGarcia #boxing

New pod! Recap of #AndersonMerhy , which is far more entertaining than the fight, rest of card & #GillBarrett ; news of the week; anniversary memories, including #HaglerHearns ; birthday ode to a legend; more! Listen, subscribe, enjoy! spreaker.com/episode/jared-… #boxing #AjagbaVianello

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Extremely limited HBO poster from when HOFer Bernard Hopkins routed Keith Holmes to unify IBF/WBC 160 titles in semis of Don King's 4-man middleweight tourney that I covered at ringside & set up BHop's eventual undisputed fight vs Felix Trinidad in the final -- 23 yrs ago today.

Scarce site poster in my #boxing collection from when Manny Pacquiao KO'd Jorge Solis in 130 bout that topped very good Top Rank Boxing PPV that also included Cristian Mijares W12 Jorge Arce to keep WBC 115 & Edgar Sosa W12 upset of Brian Viloria for vacant WBC 108 -- 17 yrs ago today.

New pod! Recap of #AndersonMerhy , which is far more entertaining than the fight, rest of card & #GillBarrett ; news of the week; anniversary memories, including #HaglerHearns ; birthday ode to a legend; more! Listen, subscribe, enjoy! spreaker.com/episode/jared-… #boxing #AjagbaVianello

Scarce site poster in my #boxing collection from when Manny Pacquiao KO'd Jorge Solis in 130 bout that topped very good Top Rank Boxing PPV that also included Cristian Mijares W12 Jorge Arce to keep WBC 115 & Edgar Sosa W12 upset of Brian Viloria for vacant WBC 108 -- 17 yrs ago today.

𝟓 𝐯 𝟓 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐃 🔥

Set to be officially announced tomorrow, here is your official line up for the Matchroom Boxing 🆚 Queensberry Promotions 5 v 5.

(Dan Rafael)

Happy? 👀

Heavyweight Jared Anderson routs Merhy, who refuses to actually fight + Ajagba edges Vianello in entertaining battle; more. Read my story/sign up for my #boxing newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/heavyweight-… #AndersonMerhy #AjagbaVianello Top Rank Boxing Evan Korn Carl Moretti Brad Jacobs

Extremely limited HBO poster from when HOFer Bernard Hopkins routed Keith Holmes to unify IBF/WBC 160 titles in semis of Don King's 4-man middleweight tourney that I covered at ringside & set up BHop's eventual undisputed fight vs Felix Trinidad in the final -- 23 yrs ago today.

FEWEST PUNCHES THROWN IN A 10-ROUND FIGHT
127- Danny Williams (L 10 Kelvin Price)
137- Vaughn Alexander (L 10. B. Melikuziev)
144- Ryad Merhy (L 10 Jared Anderson)

Heavyweight Jared Anderson routs Merhy, who refuses to actually fight + Ajagba edges Vianello in entertaining battle; more. Read my story/sign up for my #boxing newsletter: danrafael.substack.com/p/heavyweight-… #AndersonMerhy #AjagbaVianello Top Rank Boxing Evan Korn Carl Moretti Brad Jacobs

ALEX_UFC-BOX Dan Rafael There’s a reason all mma stars beg for a boxing fight.

Because I am not a UFC fan and dont really care about the card. If you do, cool. Hope you enjoy it.

Yeah, it's all Merhy's fault. He did nothing, stayed on the ropes, ran, rarely threw punches. Anderson didn't light it up but he was busy.

Judge David Sutherland had the audacity to give the 10th round to Merhy, a round in which CompuBox saw Anderson outland him 18-6. That is a bad, bad, bad score for that round. Just awful. #boxing #AndersonMerhy

According to CompuBox, Anderson landed 128 of 662 punches (19%) & Merhy landed a desultory 34 of 144 (24 percent). Merhy’s 144 punches thrown were the third-fewest in a 10-round fight in CompuBox history. Pathetic. #boxing #AndersonMerhy

Disgusting scoring to give him a round.

We go the cards in the #AndersonMerhy abomination: 100-90 x 2, 99-91 for Anderson. Sutherland gives Merhy a round which is an absolute joke. #boxing

This #AndersonMerhy is over. They go 10 putrid rounds. Merhy did absolutely nothing and should have his purse withheld for showing no effort at all. A disgrace. Anderson 10-0. If a judge gives Merhy even one round they should be fired on the spot. #boxing