DJ Blaze’s Top 15 June 4, 2023

1-Red Café f/Fabolous & Capella Grey-Don’t Vibe and Tell
2-Diddy f/City Girls & Fabolous-Act Bad
3-Dave East & Young Chris-Naughty
4-RAYE f/Coi Leray-Flip A Switch (rmx)
5-Ty Dolla Sign-Motion
6-Lil Wayne f/DMX & Swizz Beatz-Kant Nobody
7-Jim Jones & Hitmaka f/Stefflon Don-I Am
8-Coi Leray f/Busta Rhymes-Players (rmx)
9-Jim Jones & Hitmaka f/Jeremih-FU Better
10-A Boogie Wit da Hoodie f/G-Eazy -MVP
11-BIA f/Timbaland-I’m That B*tch
12-Diddy f/Bryson Tiller, Yung Miami, Ashanti-Gotta Move On (rmx)
13-Burna Boy-Sittin On Top Of The World
14-AD f/Kalan.FrFr-Still Learning
15-Joe Moses f/Jeremih-Freak It

On The Watch “It’s All About The NBA FINALS 2023”

2023 NBA FINALS

With the completion of the NBA’s version of the Final 4 now officially over, the two remaining teams to represent their respective coasts are the No. 1 Seeded Denver Nuggets for the WESTSIDE and No. 8 Seeded Miami Heat for the EASTSIDE.

Denver stayed true to their identity and their No. 1 Seed by running through their competition and crushing them with an iron fist one series at a time, proving that they were destined to grace the NBA Finals for their first appearance.

As good as the Nuggets have been looking throughout the Playoffs, it’s been the Heat stealing the spotlight with their No. 8 Seed placing and still standing after a hard, gruelling battle with the No. 2 Seeded Boston Celtics went down to a game 7 on enemy territory to decide who would be representing the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals.

Miami nearly dropped the ball on this one, going up 3-0 on the Celtics to eventually losing their choke grip on Boston who managed to make it a very interesting series by rallying back to an unforeseen 3-3 series tie, in a blink of an eye.

Boston was back in the game and the favorite to pull it off on home court. However, Miami saw the writing on the wall, drying up rapidly and they had to revert back to what got them there: nonstop toughness from both ends of the floor, teamwork and a very motivated Jimmy Butler leading the way hitting big shots after big shots eventually crushing the Celtics to submission and winning a ticket to the NBA Finals.

Regardless of how this NBA Finals unravels, history will be in the making. The Denver Nuggets have never won an NBA Title let alone been the No. 1 Seed in the Western Conference. Denver has looked overpowering throughout the Playoffs and steadily peaking round after round. With Nikola Jokic and a healthy squad leading the way, the Nuggets should be the Finals favorite to win it all.

That being said, No. 8 Seed has ever won an NBA Championship and the Miami Heat squad is determined to enter the record books as the only team to accomplish the impossible. The Heat have displayed some exceptional play throughout the Playoffs and knocked off some serious competition on their way to the Finals. Them Boys are a legit threat and deserve to be in the NBA Finals. The Nuggets may have the better team but them “heat seekers” have the “DOGG” in them and have proven to be the higher seed killers of these Playoffs series. Another Seed must fall for them to become NBA Champions once again.

Tune in this Thursday night June 1, 2023 and be part of this intriguing NBA Finals matchup.

Blaze

DJ Blaze’s Top 15 May 28, 2023

1-Red Café f/Fabolous & Capella Grey-Don’t Vibe and Tell
2-Diddy f/City Girls & Fabolous-Act Bad
3-Dave East & Young Chris-Naughty
4-RAYE f/Coi Leray-Flip A Switch (rmx)
5-Lil Wayne f/DMX & Swizz Beatz-Kant Nobody
6-Jim Jones & Hitmaka f/Stefflon Don-I Am
7-Coi Leray f/Busta Rhymes-Players (rmx)
8-Jim Jones & Hitmaka f/Jeremih-FU Better
9-A Boogie Wit da Hoodie f/G-Eazy -MVP
10-BIA f/Timbaland-I’m That B*tch
11-Diddy f/Bryson Tiller, Yung Miami, Ashanti-Gotta Move On (rmx)
12-AD f/Kalan.FrFr-Still Learning
13-Jim Jones & Hitmaka f/BEAM-Gunshot
14-Joe Moses f/Jeremih-Freak It
15-Maino & Fabolous f/Stuy Babyz-Best For Me

On The Watch “It’s All About Mauricio Lara vs Leigh Wood”

WBA Super Featherweight Challenge

Tonight’s Matchroom/DAZN Main Event between WBA Super Featherweight champion Mauricio Lara (26-3-1, 19 kos) and challenger Leigh Wood (27-3, 16, Kos) was a rematch that desperately needed to be rectified by Leigh at the AO Arena in Manchester, England.

Having succumbed to an upsetting stoppage by Lara back in February 2023, Leigh wasted no time at applying the “game plan” at hand right from the jump. Leigh’s confidence was on point and looked quite focussed and determined to remedy the mishap of their last meeting.

Lara talked a good game prior to this bout but surprisingly did not back it up inside that squared circle. Lara looked slow, disengaged and one step behind every move Leigh had for him inside that squared circle.

Leigh looked stronger on the night and managed to dropped Lara twice early in the second round for two quick 8 counts but to me, it was the exceptional boxing skills displayed on the night and bewildering Lara round after round that sealed the deal. Leigh’s patience and determination was key to securing the win after 12 fully completed rounds of action with the Judges at hand calling it 118-109, 118-109 and 116-111 unanimously for Leigh Wood.

With this convincing win now under his belt, Leigh is now a two-time WBA Super Featherweight Champion of the World with an even brighter future ahead.

Congratulations Leigh Wood. Well done!

Blaze

On The Watch “It’s All About Luis Alberto Lopez vs Michael Conlan”

IBF Featherweight Challenge

Tonight’s Top Rank/BT Sport/ESPN + Main Event was a showcase type of an event by the visiting IBF Featherweight Champion Luis Alberto Lopez (28-2, 16 Kos) who came down to defend his Championship Belt on foreign ground against challenger Michael Conlan (18-2, 9 Kos) at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The pro Conlan crowd in attendance soon found out that Lopez was not someone to be taken lightly inside that squared circle. Lopez came out the gate looking for that smoke and proceeded to press the action but Conlan stood his ground as best he could and boxed and moved and attempted to make things quite interesting at times with a very effective and active jab. However, the pressure Lopez was applying round by round was noticeably taxing on Conlan and it was only a matter of time before the inevitable occurred.

That being said, by the fifth round the heavier fisted Lopez landed a perfectly placed right uppercut straight to the chin of Conlan that dropped him lifeless to the ground for the count which then prompted Conlan’s corner to throw in the towel signalling the referee to halt the bout.

This was a statement bout for Lopez who walked it like he talked it by sticking to the script and making sure the Judges at hand were not needed by knocking out Conlan senseless and retaining his IBF Featherweight Championship.

The other Champions in the Featherweight Division need to keep a close eye on this dude as he said it loud and clear that he’s coming for all of them one by one.

Congratulations Luis Alberto Lopez on another destructive statement.

Blaze