As Bachman-Turner Overdrive once sang, "You ain't seen nothing yet," as only two fights will be in this week's challenge, and one is on the scarcely used UFC Fight Pass.
The first is in London from Matchroom/DAZN as unbeaten heavyweight prospect Johnny Fisher battles veteran journeyman Dave "The White Rhino" Allen in a rematch of their December bout in Riyadh Saudi Arabia that saw Fisher get knocked down in the fifth round but emerge with a split decision that most believed should have belonged to Allen.
Even promoter Eddie Hearn, who has a vested interest in Fisher's success, believed Allen won as he stated, "When I entered the ring, the best I could hope for was a draw."
Allen, an entertaining British veteran who usually came up short against the best of Britain, fought the fight of his career against Fisher, but can he duplicate that effort against a likely better-prepared Fisher in the rematch?
It will be a Fisher crowd in London rather than the somnambulent crowd that usually attends Riyadh cards, so perhaps that will work in the younger fighter's favor this time.
Usually in these situations, the favored fighter has more to prove, doesn't take the opponent for granted, and improves in the rematch, while the underdog generally shoots his best bullets in the first fight.
Under any result, this shapes up as an entertaining banger that should see both fighters taking and giving plenty of punches.
The other fight is in Commerce, California, for a junior middleweight ten-rounder between Serhii Bohachuk and Mykal Fox.
Bohachuk knocked down Vergil Ortiz twice in their 2024 fight but lost a majority decision before returning in December for a sixth-round stoppage of Ishmael Davis.
Fox is best remembered for dominating then-unbeaten Gabriel Maestre on a PBC card in 2021 and being robbed in one of the worst decisions in years.
In his last fight, Fox won a six-round decision over a fighter with a 3-5-2 record, and he has only fought twice in the last three years.
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