Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Category: DAZN

  • Boxing Results Round Up: Beterbiev, Ramirez, Parker and Morrell Victorious

    Artur Beterbiev Knocked Out Marcus Brown in 9 Artur Beterbiev continued his run of knockouts reaching 17-0 with all victories coming inside the distance.  The thirty-six year old Russian unified titlist at light heavyweight has not been very active having missed all of 2020 and fighting twice in 2021.  He got his biggest win to…

  • Conor Benn Scores KOTY Contender

    Conor Benn is the son of British boxing icon Nigel Benn and he has just reached the 20-0 13 KO mark. Saturday on DAZN he headlined a UK card against former 140 lb. titlist Chris Algieri. The welterweight Benn is just twenty five years of age but is continuing to climb the ranks and score…

  • Devon Haney Retains WBC Lightweight Title

    Devon Haney avoided the upset that derailed Teofimo Lopez last week by winning a decisive unanimous decision over Joseph Diaz Jr. last night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The WBC Champion at lightweight made his fifth successful title defense of a belt that was awarded to him in 2019 without a…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…