DJ Blaze’s Top 15 August 23, 2020
1-Pharrell Williams & Jay-Z-Entrepreneur
2-Beyoncé f/Shatta Wale & Major Lazer-Already
3-French Montana f/Tory Lanez-Cold
4-Dave East f/Trey Songz-The City
5-DJ Khaled f/Drake-Popstar
6-Chris Brown & Young Thug-Go Crazy
7-Tory Lanez-Staccato
8-Murda Beatz f/Ty Dolla $ign & Polo G-Doors Unlocked
9-Nas f/The Firm, AZ, Foxy Brown & Cormega-Full Circle
10-Pop Smoke f/50 Cent & Roddy Ricch-The Woo
11-Jack Harlow f/Lil Wayne, DaBaby & Tory Lanez-What’s Poppin (rmx)
12-DJDS f/Tory Lanez and Rema-Simple Things
13-Thrust f/Whitey Don-Skylarkin
14-Tory Lanez-Who Needs Love
15-Omarion f/T-Pain-Can You Hear Me
On The Watch “It’s All About Eleider Alvarez vs Joe Smith Jr.”
WBO Light Heavyweight Title Eliminator
Last night’s Top Rank main event between Eleider Alvarez (25-2, 13 Kos) and Joe Smith Jr. (26-3, 21 Kos) at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, was well worth the wait. Real Talk!
This bout was non-stop action straight from the jump. Joe Smith who’s well known for having heavy hands held no punches throughout the night and displayed some great boxing improvement to go along with a flawless “game plan” that highlighted his strengths round by round.
Alvarez who was the more polished boxer of the two, played right into Joe Smith’s “game plan” and fell victim to his traps. The last thing you want to do when facing Jo Smith is to sit there and go toe to toe “phone booth” style with him. That is just what Alvarez did and he paid the price for it.
Personally, I was confused by Alvarez’s approach from the jump. Alvarez being the superior boxer of the two looked to bang it out with the wrong Dude on that night when he should have been boxing in and out, disrupting Smith’s come forward aggressive style.
Alvarez, not being able to do the proper adjustments inside that squared circle, caused him to get caught up in Joe’s physical roughness tactics. It was evident that Smith’s power was just too much for Alvarez to handle.
Joe’s pressure eventually overwhelmed Alvarez in the ninth round when Eleider succumbed to a hard right-left combination that dropped him down through the ropes for the count that prompted the referee to wave off the bout.
It was a very competitive bout and an impressive performance by Smith, who clearly showed vast improvement in his skill. With this strong win Joe advances to fight the winner of another WBO Light Heavyweight Elimination bout between contenders Umar Salamov (25-1, 19 Kos) and Maksim Vlasov (45-3, 26 Kos) for the vacant WBO Light Heavyweight Title.
Until then, congratulations on your amazing win Joe- job well done.
Blaze
Pharrell Williams – Entrepreneur (Official Video) ft. JAY-Z
On the Watch “It’s All About Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin”
WBC Diamond and Interim Heavyweight Challenge
In a surprising turn of events, the Heavyweight Division standing took another hit in tonight’s Heavyweight main event in the Matchroom Boxing Camp in Brentwood, Essex, UK, between Interim WBC Champion Dillian Whyte (27-2, 18 Kos) and Alexander Povetkin (36-2-1, 25 Kos).
What started out has a sure shot win for the “Body Snatcher” Dillian ended up in a possible knockout of the year for Povetkin. Dillian came out of the gate controlling the rounds and even dropping Povetkin twice in the fourth round for a standing eight count. Dillian got a little too comfortable by the fifth round and got caught with a mean left uppercut from Povetkin that created a crime scene type knockout that left us fans watching with our mouths wide open when the referee stopped the fight after Dillian was unresponsive on the floor. Real Talk! (my girl Ang called it when she said in the previous rounds to watch out for that uppercut from Povetkin).
The way the fight was going Povetkin was looking tired and slow in the previous rounds and Dillian was looking like he was getting ready to stop the older warrior in Povetkin but truth be told Povetkin still had an ace up his sleeves in the form of a well-timed destructive well-placed uppercut that secured the win in the fifth round. Real Talk!
This bout was a perfect example of what can happen on any given night in the Heavyweight Division. Most of them Boys in the Division carry power and can never be counted out regardless of their age. Dillian talked a good game and performed well throughout the contested bout but clearly underestimated the power the older veteran Povetkin still possessed and paid dearly for it.
Povetkin’s resilience and pedigree showed up tonight and silenced all the naysayers who counted him out. What was supposed to be a walk-in park for Dillian turned out to be a nightmare of a night in the form of a devastating loss that will haunt him for quite some time.
That being said, congratulations are in order for the New WBC Diamond and Interim Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin.
Job well done Alexander; you defied all odds and came out an Interim Champion. I’m not sure how much juice you got left in you but tonight you were the conqueror who dethroned the Interim Champ. Enjoy your winnings, you deserve it.
Blaze
Dave East – Mission ft. Jozzy
DJ Blaze’s Top 15 August 16, 2020
1-Beyoncé f/Shatta Wale & Major Lazer-Already
2-French Montana f/Tory Lanez-Cold
3-Dave East f/Trey Songz-The City
4-DJ Khaled f/Drake-Popstar
5-Chris Brown & Young Thug-Go Crazy
6-Tory Lanez-Staccato
7-Murda Beatz f/Ty Dolla $ign & Polo G-Doors Unlocked
8-Pop Smoke f/50 Cent & Roddy Ricch-The Woo
9-Jack Harlow f/Lil Wayne, DaBaby & Tory Lanez-What’s Poppin (rmx)
10-DJDS f/Tory Lanez and Rema-Simple Things
11-Thrust f/Whitey Don-Skylarkin
12-Tory Lanez-Who Needs Love
13-Omarion f/T-Pain-Can You Hear Me
14-Megan Thee Stallion f/Beyoncé-Savage (rmx)
15-T-Pain-Get Up
On The Watch “It’s All About The NBA PLAYOFFS 2020”
NBA Playoffs 2020 (Sweet 16)
With the NBA-Restart successfully completed, we are now ready for phase two of inside the “Bubble” of The NBA Playoffs.
This year “King of The Court” and No. 1 Seed for the shortened season are The Milwaukee Bucks (56-17). Them Boys came out the gate strong the entire season and established their dominance night in and night out. They have literally picked up where they left off last year but are definitely determined to write the wrong of not getting to the NBA Finals. They want that “Ring” by any means necessary.
That being said, our own Canadian team the Defending Champions the Toronto Raptors No. 2 Seeded (53-19) are still ballin like the Champs that they are. Real Talk! For those who thought that the Raptors would have fallen off due to Kawhi Leonard leaving, have unquestionably misjudged this team. The Raptors have acquired the experience needed to get to the promise land. They are battle-tested and have the right squad to compete with anybody on any given day. They will be defending their crown.
The Eastern Conference teams that have all made it to the “Bubble” will all have a jab at whom will represent the Eastside but I’m most intrigued by the 3rd Seeded Celtics (48-24), 4th Seeded Pacers (45-28), the 5th Seeded Heat (44-29) and the 6th Seeded 76ers (43-30) because they are all making the Eastern Conference run real attention-grabbing outside looking in.
Representing the Western Conference with the No. 1 Seed is the LeBron James- and Anthony Davis- driven Los Angeles Lakers (52-19) and breathing down their necks are the Kawhi Leonard- and Paul George- driven No. 2 Seeded Los Angeles Clippers (49-23). The word on the street is one of these LA teams will be taking it all the way to the finish line. Personally I think it would be foolish to think that the remaining participants in the 3rd Seeded Nuggets (46-27), the 4th Seeded Rockets (44-28), the 5th Seeded Thunder (44-28), the 6th Seeded Jazz (44-28), the 7th Seeded Mavericks (43-32) and even the Cinderella team in the 8th Seeded Blazers (35-39) couldn’t throw a twist to any possible outcome in these Western Playoffs. Records aside, these Western teams competing in the “Bubble” are way too competitive to being overlooked by any one of them.
Don’t sleep on this year’s 2020 “Sweet 16” Playoff run and tune in this Monday night August 17, 2020. Check up!
Blaze