Steel City Showdown: Tszyu vs. Hogan

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Tszyu vs. Hogan
Tim Tszyu, TKO, R8
Why is Hogan indefinitely suspended by NYSAC?

Tapia vs. Quinlan
Mateo Tapia, TKO, R9
not even close

Dryden vs. Medawar
Darkon Dryden, DEC
Darkon is a badass name

Soliman vs. Bika
Sakio Bika, TKO, R7
Is this fight really the opener?

Fisty 
Sometimes when a boxer fights under a certain commission and they are KO'd they receive a suspension from that commission until they are cleared by that commission, but they can still fight under different commissions.
In this case Hogan fought Charlo in New York, he lost by TKO so was suspend by the New York Commission. He is totally fine to fight in Australia. He could easily fight in New York too, he would just have to be cleared by a New York approved doctor.
Just your typical boxing ******** bud!!! Ha ha

Also Bika vs Soliman isn't the opener, I think it's 4th or 5th of the night. It's just that it was a late addition to the card so by the time I added it I'd already added the rest of the card.  I could, if I wanted, arrange each fight in the proper bout order, but its kinda time consuming and I need to find an official bout order which usually isn't finalised until a few days before the event. So I usually only do it for the biggest boxing events

Soliman vs. Bika
Sam Soliman, DEC
Kinda weird why everyone picking a guy who hasn't fought in 5 years???? Against a guy who has a been active and beaten regional Australian boxers recently (these 2 former World Champions are regional level nowadays) Soliman is older but they're both OLD!!!!

Tszyu vs. Hogan
Tim Tszyu, DEC
I feel like I spent most of my time on these boxing predictions trying to argue the underdog case!!!! Hogan is pretty damn good, he's better than Jeff Horn anyway, Tszyu biggest win. Also Hogan should have had a World Title, he beat 36-0(30ko) Mexican banger Jaime Munguia only to get totally jobbed by the judges in probably the worst decision of 2019. He was basically treated like he won that fight and given a shot at the no. 1 160lber Jermall Charlo. OK he lost, but that's to Charlo. Of course Tim Tszyu has looked great as he's smashed his way through every Australian boxer in or around his weight and looked great doing it! Still this is a step up, a slight step but still a step up. He should win but Hogan will not be a walk over

Ryan vs. Mazoudier
Wade Ryan, DEC
Ryan has the worse looking record but if you look into it you'll see that he has only lost to the no. 1 and 2 boxers in Australia, the best young prospect in Australia and the no. 3 Middleweight in Australia. So is Mazoudier 1 of the top 5 boxers in Australia??? Eh, no he is not. Plus, look at Wades face!!! That's a face built on Fosters and chasing Dingos in the outback! Plus his names ****** Wade!!!!

Fleming vs. Lantry
Tyson Lantry, DEC
This fight might be closer than you think. Fleming is another guy who hasn't been active for years, he had his comeback fight on the last big Tszyu show(December) and was getting whooped up until a doctor stoppage from a cut saved him and the fight was a draw because it hadn't went past 3rd. Lantry, also fought on that card, he had a much better night. He pulled off a huge Upset defeating former World Title challenger Luke Jackson, a guy ranked higher than Fleming. So Fleming lost his last fight and has been inactive since 2018 while Lantry beat a guy better than Fleming last time out in a huge Upset. Can Lantry get another upset? Will it even be that big of an upset??

Dryden vs. Medawar
Jason Medawar, DEC
Another guy who hasn't fought in 5 years??? Seems he was out for some dodgy accusations tho! Hmmm?

TIM TSZYU 🔒

Damn... Caught the Dennis Hogan button whilst saving my prediction at the last minute this morning... I am quite certain that won't do me any favours in his fight with the fantastic and hotly touted Tim Tszyu in Australia today... In truth I think Tim Tszyu will Stop Hogan between Rounds 7 - 9 and give the light punching Hogan a bit of a beating down the stretch... Hogan's long period of inactivity in my opinion will prove his major hindrance against the much younger, fresher, more powerful, developing talent in Tim Tszyu... Tszyu gonna go on to big things either later this year, or next and I personally am looking forward to watching Tim step up and face the next tier of opposition as he works his way to a World Title opportunity down the line... Expecting a impressive showing from Tszyu later today...

Prediction - Tim Tszyu by TKO - Round 8

* Edited at 03.31.2021, 1:08 AM ET *

The last time Cesar Mateo Tapia fought Renold Quinlan, in August 2019, for the Australian Super Middleweight Championship, Tapia won by a wide UD Points Verdict... Since that time, Quinlan has lost a further twice, both on points decision losses, firstly to Mark Lucas in October 2019, by a fairly wide UD Points Verdict and then to Tej Pratap Singh via a MD Points Verdict in December 2019...So Quinlan has Not fought Professionally in a Ring for 15 Months and he was slowly deteriorating during the tail end of 2019...Tapia moved on with his Career and beat Steve Collins Jr by 1st Round KO in March 2020, which was an excellent Stoppage Victory in quick fashion at the time against a decent mid tier prospect in Collins Jr (the Son of former Irish Super Middleweight World Champion from the 90's Steve Collins, who beat Chris Eubank twice and Nigel Benn twice in his hey day)... This time, I think that the power and pressure from Tapia will be too much and although Quinlan is rather durable, I see a Stoppage Victory on the cards,  probably by TKO, with the Victory coming in, or around Round No. 7...🤔🧐🤑💪🥊👊👍

Further Prediction analysis:-

Wade Ryan to beat Koen Mazoudier on Points

Sam Soliman to beat a previously retired Sakio Bika probably via an 8 Round Points Decision... Soliman actually beat Bika via a Points Decision in October 2002 (Many moons ago) over 12 Rounds for an IBF Oceanic Regional Title, via a MD Points Verdict, with one Judge scoring the bout even, whilst the other two, awarded the bout to Soliman. This is when Sakio Bika was 10 - 0 and a good Unbeaten Prospect at the time... Soliman last time out beat Mark Lucas by quite a clear UD Points Verdict, whereas Sakio Bika hasn't fought since October 2017... This fight will complete the Trilogy between the pair, as Bika avenged his defeat to Soliman in October 2007 Via a close UD Points Decision, but with the extremely long inactivity for Bika, coupled with Soliman's last Professional performance, I only see Sam Winning in all fairness... Good luck to both competitors for the Fight though...

Felicity Loiterton to beat Linn Sandstorm on Points

Jason Fawcett (Debut) to beat Alex Carioti (Debut) via a Points Decision

Paul Fleming to beat Tyson Lantry by Mid - Late Stoppage between Rounds 5 - 8

Going out on a limb to finish... The returning...
Darkon Dryton to get a victory via 2nd or 3rd Round Stoppage against Jason Medawar... Dryton can punch, has 3 Wins, all by early Stoppage, whereas Medawar as currently had 1 fight and Won by Stoppage, so I am expecting a shoot out, and I am expecting Dryton to prevail, as there is a reason that this fighter has been chosen has his comeback opponent and I don't accept that it is for Dryton to take a Loss...

All in All a very good Card...

Cmon Tim show us your worth... Let's have a statement victory 🤔🧐🤑💯💪🥊👊👍

How the hell do i watch this event in the US? Sitting in my room stoned as **** at 3:45 am and saw this card is happening right now and i wanna see some scraps that i got predictions on! Somebody link me up!

Try vipleague. You're welcome.

Tszyu is beating Hogan's ass!!!!! Punching him around the ring!!!  The crowd love it, they really dislike Hogan!!! Starting to feel a little sorry for the man now