However, their back-to-back cards this weekend, Times Square and Riyadh, were an absolute disaster with boring fights, the defeat of Ryan Garcia, and it was the first setback for the promotion.
Throwing money at stars isn't always the answer; hopefully, they will learn their lesson.
In the main event, Canelo Alvarez regained the IBF super middleweight title that he never lost with a unanimous decision over the stuck-in-reverse William Scull.
Once again, Alvarez holds all four titles in the division. After the win, a fall fight with Terence Crawford was announced in the ring, and that was the only good thing from the main event.
Scull ran (I tweeted this during the fight), Canelo plodded after him, few punches landed, none of those significant, and it was dreadful to watch.
As bad as this was, and it was bad, I'm not going to rip Scull as many are currently.
This was his best chance to win- stink the joint out and hope the judges value his "work".
Scull won a few rounds on my card (117-111 for Canelo), and you might say that if he were more active and took more chances, he might have won ( official cards 119-109, 116-112, and 115-113) against the cement shoes of Canelo.
I'd disagree, as taking those chances would have placed him in front and gotten him knocked out.
It made an awful match, and you can blame Scull for the tedium, but he took his only chance to win, as slim as that was.
The best fight of the weekend wasn't Holyfield-Qawi I, but it was a solid cruiserweight fight as Badou Jack retained his WBC cruiserweight title with a majority decision over Noel Mikeaelin.
Both fighters did their share of good work, and it was entertaining in its own way.
Jack earned the decision by scores of 115-113 times two and 114-114.
I had Mikaelin winning 115-113, but this was a very close fight, and I'd like to see a rematch.
Jaime Munguia won his rematch with Bruno Surace by unanimous decision and regained some of his stature in the super middleweight division that he lost when Surace knocked him out with one punch in December.
However, it was a more reticent Munguia that boxed more and didn't get hit as much, although less entertaining, You could see the changes in Munguia from his change in trainers to Eddy Reynoso.
Munguia mentioned the names Caleb Plant and Edgar Berlanga after the fight; either would be welcomed as potential foes.
Munguia won by scores of 117-111 times two and 116-112, with my score agreeing with the latter.
Efe Ajagba and Martin Bakole batted to a majority draw in their heavyweight opener.
Ajagba controlled the fight from a distance for most of the early fight, Bakole rallied late, hurting Ajagba in the seventh, and I think if the fight was a twelve-rounder, Bakole would have gotten the nod.
Official scores of 96-94 for Ajagba and two of 95-95, I scored Ajagba a 96-94 winner.
Boxing Challenge
TRS: 65 Pts (2)
Ramon Malpica: 62 Pts (4)
Vince Samano: 28 Pts (3)
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