Nick Ball was criticised for Sam Goodman’s pick: Fans accusing the WBA champion of dodging real featherweight threats

Nick Ball has been raked over coal by fans for choosing super bantamweight competitor Sam Goodman as his next challenger to defend his WBA featherweight title at Dazn PPV on August 16th.

Sam Goodman fights backlash

Ball (22-0-1, 13 KO) was by some fans The worst type of champion This is the first time since he won the WBA 126-lb belt in June 2024 to beat Raymondford.

Since winning the WBA belt, Ball has defended against consecutive 122-pounders against TJ Dorney and Ronnie Rios. Now he’s choosing another super bantamweight, Sam Goodman 20-0, 8 kos), defending his WBA featherweight belt.

Turki Aralshiv Nick Ball should have informed Nick Ball that he would have to fight one of the highly respected featherweight fighters, not another fighter in the super bantamweight division.

Ideal Pick:

1. Bruce Carrington
2. Otabek Kholmatov
3. Angelo Leo

Do you avoid the number one featherweight candidate?

Some fans believe the ball is fighting weak opposition selected from the 122 pound division. Naoya inoue When he moves to the 126 pound division in a year or two.

Fighting fighters like 38-year-old TJ Dorney, weak punch Goodman and 34-year-old Rios ensures that Ball maintains his WBA title until he moves that big payday.

“If he wants a shot, he may not get that shot, so he needs to be aware of how he’s going through it,” Nick Ball told Ring Magazine. channelin response to #2 rank WBA candidate Bruce Carrington, who says his team has already made an offer to fight him and hasn’t responded.

Milking WBA titles

Ball essentially says he uses Carrington’s story as a reason to avoid fighting him. Nick has already passed the Blues with the title defense he’s made since winning the WBA belt. So far, two defenses of the ball have come against these fighters:

• TJ Doheny: The 38-year-old was withdrawn from the super bantamweight (122 pounds) division to be used as his challenger.
• Ronnie Rios: Another fighter recently moved to the featherweight division from 122. He was not considered worthy of fighting for the WBA world title against the ball. Rios’ choice was seen as another way Nick could extend his time as a champion by milking.

“Everyone is talking about it, everyone wants to make it happen,” Ball said of the fight between him and Naoya Inoue. “I’m going to fight anyone, so when it happens, it’s going to be exciting.