{"id":1194260,"date":"2021-03-12T08:51:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T13:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=1194260"},"modified":"2021-12-21T10:25:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:25:43","slug":"the-ecstasy-of-gold-5-best-title-fights-of-the-weekend-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/the-ecstasy-of-gold-5-best-title-fights-of-the-weekend-150\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ecstasy of Gold: 5 Best Title Fights of the Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The championship fight. The pinnacle of achievement across combat sports for centuries. A premiere attraction that draws millions every year. But not all title bouts are created equally.<\/p>\n
So which title bouts every week are the ones to watch? We’ll look over every title fight from across the combat sports landscape and give you the five best based on five criteria:<\/p>\n
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So here are your five best gold options for the weekend.<\/p>\n
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5. WBO European Welterweight Championship: Lewis Crocker (c) (12-0) vs. Deniz Ilbay (22-2)<\/strong><\/p>\n When\/Where: Friday, 2:00pm, ESPN+<\/strong><\/p>\n Competitiveness: 3:<\/strong> Crocker won the European championship in just his 11th pro fight, he’s on a solid trajectory. Total: 13<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n t3. Lion Fight North American Super Cruiserweight Championship: Steve Walker (c) (8-0) vs. Brian Collette (27-5)<\/strong><\/p>\n When\/Where: Friday, 7:30pm, UFC Fight Pass<\/strong><\/p>\n Competitiveness: 5:<\/strong> Undefeated hard-hitting champion on a rocket of momentum against a Glory veteran. Total: 16<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n t3. WBA Super World Junior Flyweight Championship: Hiroto Kyoguchi (c) (14-0) vs. Axel Aragon Vega (14-3-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n When\/Where: Saturday, 8:00pm, DAZN<\/strong><\/p>\n Competitiveness: 3:<\/strong> Vega got stopped by Wilfredo Mendez challenging for the Minimumweight championship two fights ago, now he comes up to 108 to try his luck again. He’s only 20, so a world title might be in his future, but it doesn’t look like it’ll be this time out. Total: 16<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. WBA\/WBC\/WBO\/IBF\/IBO World Female Welterweight Championships: Jessica McCaskill (c) (9-2) vs. Cecilia Braekhus (36-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n When\/Where: Saturday, 8:00pm, DAZN<\/strong><\/p>\n Competitiveness: 5:<\/strong> Was McCaskill’s win a fluke? Did Braekhus have an off night? Or is McCaskill truly Cecilia’s equal? Or, Matt Hughes had Dennis Hallman, Ali had Ken Norton, most fighters have that one fighter that gives them fits, is this McCaskill? Total: 20<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1. WBA Super\/WBC World Junior Bantamweight Championships: Juan Francisco Estrada (c) (41-3) vs. Roman Gonzalez (c) (50-2)<\/strong><\/p>\n When\/Where: Saturday, 8:00pm, DAZN<\/strong><\/p>\n Competitiveness: 5<\/strong> Total: 23<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The championship fight. The pinnacle of achievement across combat sports for centuries. A premiere attraction that draws millions every…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":560333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[605048455,12504,187419370],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nExcitement: 3<\/strong>
\nJuice: 1<\/strong>
\nPrestige: 3<\/strong>
\nViewing Ease: 3:<\/strong> I, for one, am a fan of the weekly Friday afternoon boxing.<\/p>\n
\nExcitement: 4<\/strong>
\nJuice: 1<\/strong>
\nPrestige: 2:<\/strong> It’s a secondary title from Lion Fight, but these are main-event fighters. Collette is a Glory fighter with wins over Warren Thompson and Randy Blake amongst others.
\nViewing Ease: 4<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nExcitement: 3<\/strong>
\nJuice: 1<\/strong>
\nPrestige: 5<\/strong>
\nViewing Ease: 4:<\/strong> DAZN rules the roost this weekend, and the next time I have a streaming problem with them will be the first time.<\/p>\n
\nExcitement: 2<\/strong>
\nJuice: 4:<\/strong> The biggest upset in women’s boxing history gets run back, as Braekhus tries to reclaim her spot on the throne.
\nPrestige: 5<\/strong>
\nViewing Ease: 4<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nExcitement: 5:<\/strong> Neither one of these two are really capable of a boring fight.
\nJuice: 4:<\/strong> After suffering two losses, including a crushing knockout at the hands of Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in 2017, Chocolatito has crawled his way back, become a world champion, and is now rematching Estrada nine years later in an attempt to keep unifying the division. What a story<\/a>.
\nPrestige: 5<\/strong>
\nViewing Ease: 4<\/strong><\/p>\n