Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Category: Boxing

  • Tyson Fury Knocks Out Deontay Wilder in a Great Night for Boxing!

    Boxing has been living on the fringes of the American sports universe for some time now but the performance that Wilder and Fury put on has come front center for the sports world. A trilogy fight that many fight fans saw as a roadblock to total unification and a foregone conclusion after the second fight…

  • Oleksandr Usyk Stuns Anthony Joshua in Heavyweight Showdown!

    I had said leading up to the fight that Usyk was a serious banana peel for the Joshua vs Tyson Fury showdown but not many predicted what unfolded. Usyk overcame a twenty-one pound and four inch reach disadvantage to win a dominant unanimous decision of scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 117-111. This author scored the…

  • It’s On: Usyk Challenges Joshua For Heavyweight Titles-My Prediction

    Preface: Thank you for your continued reader support! I wanted to do a larger breakdown of this fight but work and life has gotten in the way. Finally a Fight that has not been delayed or cancelled. This is a very interesting collision course of size vs skill and experience vs late starts and growth…

  • Bring on the Farce! Another Disappointing Weekend of Boxing

    Robinson Conceicao Loses Controversial Decision in PED Scandal Marred Fight This fight was a tremendous black eye for boxing which as a sport is in a precarious place. Oscar Valdez the reigning WBC 130lb champion tested positive in the lead up to the fight for the banned substance Phentermine. Rather than strip the champion whose…

  • Warrington and Lara’s Anticipated Rematch Ends in Disappointment

    Repeat or revenge, we will have to wait. Mauricio Lara scored the biggest win of his near six year career in February when he came to Wembley in the United Kingdom and stopped Josh Warrington in nine rounds. Lara going by the nickname Bronco entered enemy territory as a massive underdog and an unknown. Warrington…

  • Manny Pacquiao: Remembering the Legend

    I like to reflect on the great fighters who get to the end of their careers on here and have done it for several other fighters. I waited to post this after the dust settled from the T-Mobile Arena a Saturday ago when Manny Pacquiao lost to Yordenis Ugas for the WBA Welterweight Title. Much…

  • Has the Welterweight Division Been Blown Up?

    Yordenis Ugas scored the biggest victory of his career this past Saturday night in defeating the legend Manny Pacquiao.  This victory came at a price for boxing fans who lost out on the chance to see Errol Spence Jr ascend in his climb to the top of the division and get a major torch passing…

  • Pacquiao vs Ugas: Preview and Prediction

    Tomorrow nigh on FOX PPV Manny Pacquiao enters the ring against Cuban Yordenis Ugas in an effort to win a welterweight title belt for the fifth time in his career. Originally slated to face Errol Spence Jr. in arguably the most significant and anticipated bout of the year this has been arranged on short notice.…

  • Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman: Revisited Fight

    With the all time great boxing icon Manny Pacquiao set to face Yordenis Ugas in a WBA welterweight championship fight I decided to revisit his last performance. I missed this fight when it happened live as I am less tolerant of buying pay-per-view fights and I had struggled to find quality uploads of this online.…

  • Vergil Ortiz Jr Shines in Stoppage Victory: Weekend REcap

    Vergil Ortiz Jr extends his record to 18-0 with his 18th career stoppage as he reached the eighth round for the first time in his young career. Egidijus Kavaliauskas proved to be a tough opponent with his cagey counters and hard punching. Mean Machine as he commonly known as rocked Ortiz in the second round…