Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Category: Boxing

  • Australia’s George Kambosos Pulls Off The Upset At The Garden

    In a fight that has been over six months in the making, George Kambosos dropped Teofimo Lopez in the opening round and won split decision to take over the lightweight division. Originally scheduled for June 2021 in Miami, Lopez tested positive for COVID-19 and after eight date changes and a change in promoters and broadcasters…

  • Mikaela Mayer Victorious in All Action Brawl in Vegas

    Women’s boxing has been gaining a lot of steam from recent promotional pushes on platforms like DAZN and ESPN+. There have been more frequent main events, touted title fights/unification fights, and some very exciting scraps when the best are paired and meet in the ring. Last night Mikaela Mayer the IBF champion at 130 lbs.…

  • Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant: Quick Prediction

    Fight night is fast approaching for Canelo Alvarez who is on the path to unifying all four major titles at super middleweight. On November 6th he will face IBF titleholder Caleb Plant of the United States in a fight that has been in the making for some time now. There were discussions in 2019 to…

  • October Boxing Round Up

    After a pretty dire series of events continued to put a damper on the boxing world, the last few weeks have been pretty spectacular. I last covered the heavyweight championship highlights that saw Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury prevail in their high stakes match ups. In the previous two weeks I went without an update…

  • Jersey Joe Walcott Honored In Camden, New Jersey

    Born Arnold Cream but famous as “Jersey Joe Walcott” the former heavyweight champion of the world in 1951 has been honored with a statue in Camden, New Jersey. Walcott at thirty-seven years old became the then oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Ezzard Charles in their fourth meeting. He lost the title to the…

  • 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…