Category: Boxing
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Anthony Joshua Victorious over Jermaine Franklin
Joshua returned to the 02 Arena in the UK for the first time since 2016 and racked up his first victory since 2020. The bout marked Joshua’s first non-title bout in roughly seven years which goes to indicate the level of success he has had in the division for a good stretch of the 2010’s.…
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Boxing in Media: Michael Montero Taking a Break
One of my favorite boxing pundits for many years has declared a hiatus from the sport. Michael is a commentator that I have watched and read for a long time now and disappointed to hear that he is taking time off. His reasoning behind the change is dissatisfaction with the sport at this moment, stress…
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King’s Gambit: Devin Haney vs Vasily Lomachenko Official
I woke up this morning to a chessboard fight poster with Haney and Lomachenko squaring off on amid chess pieces. The undisputed lightweight title bout has been a long time coming and the chess analogy is a great advertisement of two very skilled and intelligent fighters. Haney was chasing Lomachenko a few years ago when…
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Boxing in Media: Kelly Pavlik vs Jermaine Taylor Relived
Boxing gets decent traffic on social media despite falling from the prominent position it once held in American Sports. Recently, while doom scrolling a boxing social media site page recently posted highlights from Pavlik and Taylor’s middleweight contest from the 2000s. This was one of the great fights of HBO in the 21st century and…
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Ramirez Stops Commey at 140
Jose Ramirez continues his resurgence at 140 lbs. following his defeat to Josh Taylor in their title unification. This past weekend, Ramirez defeated Richard Commey of Ghana at the Save Mart arena in Fresno, California. The ballot was a replacement after Jose zepeda was unable to compete. This bout was in action packed back and…
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Boxing In Media: ESPN+ New Fight Library
My biggest gripe with ESPN+ and their boxing on demand is their lack of choices. Given ESPN and Top Rank’s multi decade fight library, their selection of fights is very skinny. In fact, for months it felt like it was the same five or six fights minus replays of the latest contests without time stamps.…
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Sergey Kovalev: A Look Back at the Krusher
Sergey Kovalev emerged on the American boxing scene in the early 2010’s on NBC and HBO as a viscous punching light heavyweight who unified titles and generated exciting knockouts. At this time he is 39 and still active but his best days are now behind him. For some reason I was compelled to watch some…
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Fury vs Uysk Off-Fulton vs Inoue Postponed
2023 was shaping up to be a massive year for boxing but two pieces of bad news popped up on my ESPN notifications these past twelve hours. WBC and WBO 122lb champion Stephen Fulton of Philadelphia was set to face Japanese boxing idol Naoya Inoue on May 7th. This was a highly anticipated showdown in…
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Mauricio Lara vs Leigh Wood: Previewing an early FOTY in the making
Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood are on a collision course for the WBA Featherweight Title tonight in Nottingham, England. This fight is a slugfest on paper and despite an underwhelming event calendar, this bout is cannot miss action in a year of interesting fights so far. In 2023 we have seen Artur Beterbiev behind on…
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Plata Decisions Clavel in early FOTY Contender
Yes it is only January, but Jessica Nery Plata of Mexico won a hotly contested unanimous decision over Kim Clavel last night to unify the WBC and WBA titles at light flyweight in what could be the women’s fight of the year. Plata had to go into Clavel’s backyard winning at the Place Bell in…
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