Remy Bonjasky and Marinho Gordon host a mystery guest this week on Op De Bank! Nope, namely middleweight champion Donovan Wisse. He talks about his match with Michael Boapeah and discusses the Glory 100 card with Remy and Marinho, among other things.
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Wisse against bahram would really be a top match!
Boapeah wants 12x a year against Wisse until he wins by luck. Surely someone can have an injury or be sick? Nothing weird about it. Boapeah got 2 cookies from Glory and is now high in his ego. But Wisse is going to play chess with him. If Boapeah loses I don't want to hear anything from him after that, he should be really quiet.
It makes sense for the NO.1 contender to ask for the champion, right? Look at the UFC. Aspinall does the same thing to Jones and it's only right. It's the same in every combat sport so I don't understand why you act like Boapeah is doing something crazy. El Bouni and Latescu are not "cookies." They are both just good fighters who even had more advantage in the fight since Boapeah came from middleweight and has never fought a light heavyweight before. By the way how is Boapeah high on his "Ego"? He provides entertainment and is outspoken but also realistic and respectful. He has given Wisse his credit several times, it's not like he underestimates Wisse or anything like that. He has not said he is going to knock Wisse K.O. He's not challenging heavyweights. He's trying to sell the fight and he should. Holland is really one of those countries where guys like Boapeah are seen as "Guys with ego" and that doesn't make sense. This guy would be crowd-pleasing in the UFC, they totally love this!
Idd now people are dismissing that Latescu and Bouni can't do anything. But he also just showed Serkan and Bokeme all corners of the ring. I also prefer to see Boapeah fight. I am glad he is willing and able to fight so often. And he only enlarged his stage. Wisse looked like a veteran. He has only fought 7 times in the last 4 years. That is very meager for a champion.
I'm team boapeah but really respect for wisse at that bit where remy said you should challenge khbabez right after you win and he said 'he has yet to fight doesn't make sense etc'. that wisse is a good guy I also wish him well may the best win ushh💪🏼
The winner of Tarik v. Masloboev goes against Bahram, Bahram has already been promised.
So many things are promised by Glory and not kept 🤣.
It's sad to see and hear that both Donavon and Dave (his manager) don't see the power of social media. It's an entertainment sport, and I get it. Donavon is a pur sang fighter who focuses on his matches rather than all the noise around them. But it's 2025, and you have to sell. People want to see a story, people want to know what you do, how you live, what your workouts look like. You have to become a people's champ.
That said: Mike at ARJ gets it. Who also says it all the time to Boapeah and his fighters, and they have created hype around Michael as a result, making it easier for Glory to spend time, content and money on that.
I hope Donavon takes a look at boxing or the UFC. There you can see how to sell a match.
And as a final example, for the boxing lovers: look at Devin Haney. Good boxer, not a talker and not a showman. But his father, manager and promoter is put forward at every press conference to sell the party and his fighter/son.
AND STILL.......
👊🏿 Wisse
