Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Category: Boxing

  • Boxing Rumors: Fury vs Wilder III Postponed? Canelo vs Beterbiev?

    Sources close to Tyson Fury’s team are hinting at a COVID-19 outbreak threatening to postpone the Wilder fight according to ESPN. This fight has been viewed as an inconvenient roadblock to the Fury vs Joshua total unification at heavyweight. A delay here would only further interrupt the biggest fight in the heavyweight division and a…

  • Jersey George’s Boxing blog Mid Year Awards

    With the midway point of 2021 having just past and any and all boxing pundits, bloggers and Youtubers have made their lists of awards so here I go. Boxing has begun to pick up in 2021 as big fights are materializing and crowds return. There is a good second half lined up for the rest…

  • Hard Gym Session in 100+ Degree Heat

    I have been ramping up my training running and focusing back on strength training. The gym is hitting 100 degrees during the day and the AC stays off as we sweat our asses off. I ran and biked a few miles before getting to the bag and after cutting off layers I had a full…

  • Reaction to Michael Montero’s Rant on Ring Magazine Detractors

    Michael Montero brings up a lot of interesting points in this video regarding the recent criticisms online of Ring Magazine. Boxing and fight sports are at an interesting crossroads with lots of independent “journalists” and social media reporters jockeying for position in the boxing news universe. Montero does a great job picking apart the critiques…

  • Boxing News Round Up Week 4 June 2021: Results, Predictions, & Opinions

    Gabriel Rosado scores destructive KO over Bektemir Melikuziev in 3! Bek “The Bully” as he is referred to as entered this fight 7-0 with five knockouts and hungry for a big fight. The Uzbek super middleweight lost out on a big fight against Sergei Kovalev last year when Kovalev tested positive for a banned substance.…

  • Boxing Returns to New Jersey! PRudential Center to Host Coffie vs Washington at Heavyweight

    Boxing is back in New Jersey as Premier Boxing Champions on FOX returns to the Prudential Center on July 31st. Headlining the card is a crossroads fight at heavyweight as undefeated Michael Polite Coffie faces former WBC Heavyweight Title challenger Gerald Washington. Coffie is in the proving stages of his career after getting a late…

  • Shakur Stevenson Dominates Jeremia Nakathila: A Decisive Unanimous Decision Divides Fans

    Shakur Stevenson won as dominant a decision as you can see in boxing but still came away disappointed last night in Las Vegas. The Newark, New Jersey born twenty-three year-old Olympic Silver Medalist won the boxing match but may have lost in the court of public opinion. On one hand, Stevenson won the fight 120-107…

  • Josh Taylor Unifies All Four Titles at Junior Welterweight! Victorious Over Jose Ramirez In Las Vegas

    Last night at the Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas Josh Taylor became the sixth fighter to unify all four sanctioning body titles. This was a fantastic match up on paper and the fight was a highly skilled contest with plenty of grit mixed in. Going in I expected a toe to toe war with each…

  • Canelo vs Saunders: Brief Recap

    Canelo Stops Saunders after 8 rounds Billy Joe Saunders was competitive all the way with Saul Alvarez for the first seven rounds before succumbing to an eye injury in the eighth round of their twelve round super middleweight unification fight. At the midway point in the fight analyst Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated and DAZN’s…

  • Canelo Alvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders: The Preview

    How To Watch in the US DAZN Steaming Platform Start time: 8 pm ET the card begins Tale of the Tape Age: Saunders 31 Alvarez 30 Fights: Saunders 30 Alvarez 58 Rounds: Saunders 214 Alvarez 417 KO %: Saunders 46% Alvarez 63% Title Fights: Saunders 7-0 Alvarez 14-1 Height: Saunders 5’11” Alvarez 5’9″ Reach: Saunders…