Bobby Benton is a trainer of world champions (O'Shaquie Foster, Regis Prograis). Yet despite success, he toils in relative anonymity in the sport. Although quiet and unassuming, he's not one to be underestimated.

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My favorite Hitch as well.

Love is carving up the Patriots.

Rivera had a nice final round but it was far too little too late. Excellent performance by Abraham Perez.

Perez impresses me more each time I see him. Quality fighter.

Rivera has really stagnated. I was very high on him as a young fighter and was surprised when Matchroom let him go. But maybe they knew something or saw something specific to his situation. He used to be a much more dynamic fighter.

Rivera dropped hard at the end of the second.

Live version of Mickey and Sylvia’s Love is Strange. Mickey was a killer on that guitar!

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Atif confirmed that he hurt his left bicep in the first round.

The judge who had that for Nicholson was smoking some of that desert peyote.

On one hand, Atif Oberlton won a fight cleanly with landing so few punches of significance. On the other hand, Atif Oberlton won a fight cleanly with landing so few punches of substance. 🤷‍♂️

Even though Nicholson is the shorter fighter he’s not really a guy who wants to operate at close range. He’s a midrange puncher but Oberlton is much better there.

Wouldn’t surprise me if Oberlton had some kind of injury here.

Lot of slapping with Oberlton tonight. He’s controlling the fight with his range but really not committing with his punches.

Oberlton has a huge reach advantage here.

Price Taylor wins by a split decision. Got good rounds in but definitely didn’t wow by any means.

RIP Richard Lloyd. Great guitar player for the group Television. Their first album, Marquee Moon is a personal favorite.

I’d be very surprised if Yarde can back to 175 in a healthy way.

Hutchinson gets the nod! Gets rewarded for his work early in the fight. Will need to be better over 12 rounds moving forward but that’s for another day. Congrats to him. He had to overcome a lot in his career to get to this point.

That Rozicki fight was a war. Can’t be completely surprised that CBS got knocked out in his next fight.

Call this one a draw. Neither one really deserves it. Was competitive but maddening from both.