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Category: DAZN

  • Previewing Billy Joe Saunders vs Martin Murray

    DAZN kicks off its December run of fights with a card at Wembley in London, England featuring WBO 168 lb. Champion Billy Joe Saunders. The thirty-one year-old titlist makes his 2020 debut after the COVID-19 lockdown killed his big opportunity to face Saul Alvarez back in the spring of this year. He makes his second…

  • A Tale of two Dannys: A rough weekend for main event headliners

    Two Danny’s, two cards, one weekend and lessons for fighters young and old. This weekend was highlighted by two fight cards following the Thanksgiving Holiday. DAZN returned to Miami this past Friday to feature moved up former middleweight champion Danny Jacobs in his fight with veteran Philly fighter Gabriel Rosado. While I was critical of…

  • Cream rose to the top in this weekend’s action: All champions victorious

    Terrence Crawford victorious in four Terrence Crawford expanded his record to 37-0 with 28 knockouts and 14-0 with 11 knockouts in title fights with his win over Kell Brook. This was his 4th successful defense of the title he won back in 2018 from Jeff Horn and his 8th consecutive stoppage. His domination in the…

  • One Sided Drubbings Open November 2020

    I chronicled 2 events in my previous post outlining November’s schedule. The first event was the FOX PBC card headlined by Luis Ortiz which got some ad time during college football. The other was DAZN’s Florida card headlined by Devin Haney. In the 6 or so fights that got air time I don’t think a…

  • November 2020 Boxing Schedule Part I

    November 7th DAZN Returns to Hollywood, Florida Devin Haney defends his WBC 135 lb. title against Cuban veteran and ex titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa. The area around 126-135 is really heating up as after several years of big fights not really getting made there is an influx of young talent. Many of these fighters are starting…

  • DAZN Main Event: Tureano Johnson vs Jaime Mungia

    WBO Intercontinental Title 160 lbs. Jaime Mungia 35-0 (28) ranked #1 by the WBO from Tijuana, Mexico former 154lb WBO champion trained by Erik Morales Tureano Johnson 21-2-1(15) unranked in the WBO from Brooklyn, NY trained by Andre Rozier Referee Raul Caiz Sr. Round 1: Johnson wastes no time inn the southpaw stance and gets…

  • DAZN October 30, 2020: Tureano Johnson vs Jaime Mungia Round by Round

    Co-Main WBC International Welterweight Title Rashidi Ellis 22-0 (14) from Lynn, Massachusetts unranked WBC Alex Rocha 16-0 (10) from Santana, California #14 in the WBC Round 1: Ellis in the white and purple with white gloves and Rocha in black with the Mexican and US flags. Very patient round with Ellis an orthodox fighter and…

  • DAZN October 30, 2020: Tureano Johnson vs Jaime Mungia Round by Round

    Sulem Urbina 12-0 (2) 1 NC from Phoenix, AZ Marlen Esparza 7-1 (1) USA Olympic Bronze 2012 Games from Houston, TX Esparza black pink Urbina White WBC flyweight eliminator to take on champion Ibeth Zamora Silva Round 1: Urbina out with the jab and left hook. Urbina the aggressor as the heads coming in .…

  • Fight Preview Round Up: October Four Card Finale! Part I

    Tureano Johnson offers stiff challenge in Jaime Mungia’s second fight at 160 Jaime Mungia enters his second fight at the middleweight limit with trainer Erik Morales in their third installment as a team. Mungia is only twenty-four years of age, 35-0 (28) 6-0 (3) in title fights, and a rising young star in the deep…

  • DAZN goes Super Fly in Mexico City

    HBO boxing was in its last days when they began arraigning triple header cards under the title of “Super Fly” that featured the little guys. The matchups were quality and the fights delivered in divisions that most boxing fans are not typically exposed to. DAZN picked up where HBO left off with Carlos Cuadras, Juan…