The war with Raymond Ford may have taken something from Nick Ball, and since then we’ve seen risk-averse fighters in his two battles. Ford put Ball (22-0-1, 13 kos) in pure torture for 12 rounds of torture, losing a questionable 12-round split decision in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in June 2024.
Since the war with Ray Ford, 28-year-old WBA lightweight champion Ball has not fought the lightweight. Indeed, his next challenger, non-player Sam Goodmanwas selected from the super lightweight partition so that he could confront him on DAZN PPV in Riyadh on August 16.
Fans believe Ball has been avoiding the touted Bruce Carrington because he faces real threats on the same lines as Raymond Ford. Carrington criticized Ball for avoiding him, and he repeatedly chose non-lightweights to defend his WBA championship.
Fans’ overall view of Nick Ball is that he deliberately selects weaker punches from the super lightweight division (122) to Artificially expanding his rule As long as possible to ensure he still has the WBA 126-pound championship Naoya Inoue Improved to lightweight. It was a struggle that was expected to bathe Nick in millions of dollars, making him the life of a wealthy warrior.
What Ball is doing seems obvious to people milking In his WBA title, Sam Goodman (20-0, 8 KOS), who hit the highlights, Ham and Eggers Doheny, 38, and Rios, 35, were selected to defend the championship.
Ford’s fight seemed to have taken something out of the ball, causing him to select the next two opponents TJ Doheny and Ronny Rios from the super lightweight division to defend his WBA lightweight championship. To make things worse, these aren’t even the best in a 130-pound partition. It can be said that these are conventional tassel-class fighters, chosen to defend him by Ball.
Last updated on August 5, 20125
