Nick Ball will defend his WBA featherweight title against recently knocked out TJ Doheny on March 15 at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England. It is unclear how the WBA would allow this mismatch to happen as Doheny is not ranked in the top 15 and is coming off a knockout loss.
Ball (21-0-1, 20 KOs) thinks it's a great idea to defend his title against 38 years old Doheny (26-5, 20 KO) as it helps set up a fight between him and Naoya Inoue when he gets to 126. Inoue stopped the veteran Doheny in the seventh round on September 3.
The rationale for the ball in the Battle of Doheny
Doheny has Record 5-5 in his last 10 fights since 2019. From a logical standpoint, it looks bad for Paul to defend his WBA 126-pound title against an older fighter who isn't ranked in the top 15 by any of the four sanctioning bodies and come away with a loss. By knockout. To Inoue.
I don't see how Paul moves forward by selecting Doheny to pit his belt against one of the higher ranked contenders.
If the goal is to impress the crowd, Ball misses the mark by selecting an older fighter coming off a knockout loss. Doheny's choice She looks weak and pathetic. Fans weren't born yesterday. They will note Doheny's advanced age, recent knockout loss and poor record.
“Whatever fight I get into, people will watch it because of the way I come and my style. I'm sure it will be a good fight,” Nick Paul said. secondtalks about his next title defense against the 38-year-old who recently knocked out TJ Doheny on March 15.
“He was with Inouye, and they're talking about me versus Inouye. Just putting us all together. I'm looking at how he dealt with him (Doheny) and how I dealt with him. It created a bigger fight between me and Inoue, which everyone is talking about.”
“It really makes sense. It would be nice to get it done quicker,” Paul said of his desire to knock out veteran Doheny faster than Inoue did with his last seventh-round win on September 3.
I wonder why the interviewer only asked Nick Ball baseball questions. If it were me, I would He was put under the spotlight For choosing Doheny over one of the killers with No. 126.
It would look much better if Nick Paul fought for a unification against WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinosa. It would require Paul to risk losing in a fight with Inoue if he got knocked down, but at least he would be fighting a quality guy instead of a journeyman. He's not going to impress anyone fighting Doheny. Does he think Inoue is stupid? If Paul lacks the courage to fight the likes of Espinoza, Angelo Leo or Bruce Carrington, he doesn't value a fight against Inoue.
Better options for Nick Paul
– Rafael Espinosa
-Angelo Liu
– King Vargas
-Bruce Carrington
– Otabek Kholmatov
– Edward Vasquez
