Lou DiBella hadn’t heard something about Tsendbaatar Erdenebat hurting Ryan Garcia in a latest sparring session till Garcia and Erdenebat made a lot of the boxing world conscious of it on social media a couple of days in the past.
DiBella believes it occurred, nonetheless, as a result of Erdenebat’s promoter has seen the viciousness with which the Mongolian southpaw throws physique pictures. Followers can see Erdenebat for themselves Thursday evening on DAZN, which is able to stream the two-time Olympian’s eight-round junior light-weight struggle in opposition to Mexican veteran Edy Valencia Mercado as a part of DiBella’s long-running “Broadway Boxing” sequence.
The bout between Erdenebat (5-0, 3 KOs) and Mercado (20-9-6, 7 KOs, 1 NC) will probably be one in every of six fights DAZN will stream as a part of a present set to begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT from Sony Corridor in New York’s Instances Sq..
“He’s a vicious, freakishly robust child,” DiBella advised BoxingScene.com. “He barely speaks English, however he’s very assured. He has swag. And he’s obtained enormous balls. He needs to step up and struggle all people proper now. He’s already changing into a gymnasium legend. He trains at Manny Robles’ gymnasium in [Southern] California. There’s a buzz about him on the California boxing scene due to the way in which he’s been smashing individuals round within the gyms.”
Erdenebat revealed throughout a video he launched Monday on his social media platforms that he damage Garcia with a physique shot whereas sparring for his high-profile struggle in opposition to Gervonta Davis. Garcia, whom Davis knocked out with a physique shot within the seventh spherical, accused Erdenebat of being the “mole” in his camp to whom Davis and his group members referred earlier than their Showtime Pay-Per-View major occasion Saturday evening at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
The 26-year-old Erdenebat denied that he divulged any inside data to Davis or his group. Nonetheless, that is by far essentially the most consideration Erdenebat has acquired since he turned professional in September 2018.
Erdenebat, who goes by the nickname “Chinggis Khan,” misplaced to eventual silver medalist Shakur Stevenson within the bantamweight quarterfinals on the 2016 Summer season Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He later misplaced to eventual featherweight gold medalist Albert Batyrgaziev on the delayed 2020 Summer season Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.
Erdenebat hasn’t made a lot progress as a professional, however DiBella senses that’s about to alter.
“The child throws vicious physique pictures,” DiBella stated. “And he can field slightly bit. Offensively, he’s a terror. You’re gonna see it. It’s gonna be a deal with for individuals to see this child. And look, proper now, for all of us that don’t have exclusivity with a streaming service or a community, getting our prospects seen may be very, very arduous. And if DAZN is making that simpler, it’s doing a service for boxing by placing fighters on that should be there.”
The 32-year-old Mercado has misplaced three of his previous 4 fights, however he has not been knocked out throughout his nine-year professional profession.
“He went the space with Jessie Magdaleno [four fights ago],” DiBella stated. “So, it’s gonna be very attention-grabbing to see if [Erdenebat] can damage him. This man just isn’t a stooge that he’s combating. It’s much more than your common 5-0 man ever fights. The man he’s combating has by no means been knocked out. I wanna see how [Erdenebat] appears in opposition to him.”
Keith Idec is a senior author/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He will be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.
