DJ Blaze’s Top 15 September 3, 2023

1-Capella Grey-Handsome
2-King Combs f/A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Fabolous & Jeremih-Flyest In The City
3-Red Café f/Fabolous & Capella Grey-Don’t Vibe and Tell
4-Byron Messia & Burna Boy-Talibans II
5-Jim Jones & Hitmaka f/Jeremiah-If You Want Me to Stay
6-French Montana-Good Summer
7-Mario f/Tyga & Lil Wayne-Main One
8-Capella Grey-Sun Goes Down
9-Rotimi-Bestie
10-Tony Touch f/Dave East & Teyana Taylor-All I Need
11-Monroe X f/CJ & Capella Grey-Skin Out
12-Diddy f/City Girls & Fabolous-Act Bad
13-Fridayy f/Fireboy DML-You
14-Busta Rhymes f/BIA-Beach Ball
15-AD, Chrishan & O.T. Genasis-U Luv It

On The Watch “It’s All About Liam Smith vs Chris Eubank Jr. 2″

Middleweight Throwdown

Tonight’s Sky Sport/Boxxer Main Event was a much-needed rematch between Liam Smith (33-4-1, 20 Kos) and Chris Eubank Jr. (33-3, 24 Kos) at the AO Arena in Manchester Lancaster, UK where the outcome of this bout was completely different from their first encounter.

Tonight, Eubank Jr. came into this bout calm and laser focussed with one mission in mind, to rectify and redeem himself from the brutal loss obtained from Liam’s hands seven months ago.

With new head trainer Brian “Bomac” McIntyre leading his corner, Eubank showed dominance once again right from the jump but this time followed the “game plan” constructed and did not miss a beat. Eubank systematically broke Liam down round by round disabling his opponent from ever getting his offense going. Eubank showed way more activity with his punch output and a strong steady jab that kept Liam covered up with nothing to answer with. This version of Eubank seemed too much for Liam inside that squared circle. Liam was being battered around like a punching bag round by round and eventually succumbed to a right uppercut that dropped him for a quick 8 count. However, he survived the round due to the referee taking his sweet time collecting his displaced gum shield and bringing it to his corner giving Liam more time to recover.

Regardless of the referee’s stalling tactics, Eubank continued his dominance by administering constant pressure with some very good work from the body to the head coming from all angles with no real resistance from his opponent. This was a one-sided beatdown that continued all the way to the tenth round where Liam was at the receiving end of a barrage of punches that eventually sat him down once again for another 8 count that saw him rise up to his feet only to again receive another onslaught of abuse prompting the referee to step in and stop the bout.

With this dominant performance over Liam, Eubank has now silenced all the naysayers who doubted his capabilities inside that squared circle. This was a must win for Eubank and tonight he showed improvement and discipline under the guidance of McIntyre.

I’m intrigued to see how well this partnership can be, until then congratulations Chris on another resounding performance.

Blaze

DJ Blaze’s Top 15 August 27, 2023

1-Capella Grey-Handsome
2-King Combs f/A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Fabolous & Jeremih-Flyest In The City
3-Red Café f/Fabolous & Capella Grey-Don’t Vibe and Tell
4-Byron Messia & Burna Boy-Talibans II
5-Jim Jones & Hitmaka f/Jeremiah-If You Want Me to Stay
6-French Montana-Good Summer
7-Mario f/Tyga & Lil Wayne-Main One
8-Capella Grey-Sun Goes Down
9-Tony Touch f/Dave East & Teyana Taylor-All I Need
10-Monroe X f/CJ & Capella Grey-Skin Out
11-Diddy f/City Girls & Fabolous-Act Bad
12-Busta Rhymes f/BIA-Beach Ball
13-Coi Leray f/Busta Rhymes-Players (rmx)
14-AD, Chrishan & O.T. Genasis-U Luv It
15-Trippie Redd f/Lil Wayne-I’m Mad At Me

On The Watch “It’s All About Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois”

IBO/IBF/WBA/WBO Heavyweight Challenge

Tonight’s Heavyweight Championship Main Event at the Stadion Wroclaw, Poland, between Undefeated Unified IBO/IBF/WBA/WBO/Ring Magazine Heavyweight Champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 Kos) and WBA World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Dubois (19-2, 18 Kos), was a very entertaining bout but will forever be tainted by what transpired in the fifth round.

Usyk, who came out the gate confident as ever, dominated his opponent with ease as the rounds progressed but was met with a controversial incident in the fifth round when Dubois connected with a vicious body shot that brutally dropped Usyk to the ground to which the referee on hand shockingly ruled a low blow when it was clearly a well-placed legal body shot.

That moment was suspect if you ask me but the time that Usyk was permitted to recover before the fight resumed was just enough for him to return to form and continue his dominance.

Dubois failed miserably to capitalize on the fact that Usyk was still hurt from the body shot and showed no sense of real urgency round by round. Usyk on the other hand showed even more aggression while putting his own punches together throwing four-piece combinations and dropping Dubois for a quick 8 count late in the eighth round. Dubois was unraveling and showing fatigue and signs of breaking down. The inevitable was near and by the ninth round Usyk applied the right amount of pressure and connected with a well-placed right jab straight to the chin of Dubois dropping him once again but this time refusing to answer the count prompting the referee to wave the bout.

Although Usyk showed levels above Dubois inside that squared circle tonight and retained his IBO/IBF/WBA/WBO/Ring Magazine Championship Titles, the wrong call in the fifth round will always be in the back of everybody’s mind.

Just my thoughts.

Blaze