Category: ESPN
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Big Upsets, Big KO’s, and Underdogs Earn Their Keep a February 13th Recap
Sorry for the half assed post I am putting out but Valentine’s Day weekend cut into my boxing watching and DAZN has been giving me some technical issues. I have not watched all of the fights from this past weekend but I caught the two most talked about fights and Anderson vs Ibeh of course.…
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Under the Radar Match Up: Jared Anderson vs Kingsley Ibeh
I was going to do a big prediction post on today’s three main events on ESPN+ and DAZN but was frustrated by the positive COVID test killing the main event on ESPN and JoJo Diaz losing his title on the scales of his own DAZN headline. I think the remainder of these cards are still…
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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…
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Joyce vs Dubois: Two British bombers close out November… Schedule Part II
Better late than never I suppose, vacation was nice and my extended break has kept me lazy enough to not get around to finishing my post on the November schedule. Closing the month are two London area heavyweights who carry undefeated records and 90% knockout ratios ahead of their November 28th clash. As a heavyweight…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Teofimo Lopez Shocks Vasiliy Lomachenko in 12 round statement
2020 has been a chaotic year choc full of surprises. Nothing has seemed to go according to plan these last 10 or so months and what played out two nights ago follows the trend. In the most anticipated fight AC (after Covid) the “puncher” Lopez, out boxed and befuddled the “boxer” Lomachenko in route to…
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Results: Emmanuel Navarrete drops Ruben Villa twice to claim WBO Title
Emmanuel Navarrete, 25 of Mexico, added a second world title in as many weight classes this past Saturday from the Bubble in Las Vegas. Navarrete has become a staple of Bob Arum’s Top Rank boxing on ESPN since his breakout performance in winning the WBO 122 lb title back in 2018. He has gone 7-0…
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Results: Zepeda knocks out Baranchyk in a 5 round thriller
Unfortunately, between work and obligations it has been difficult to watch a lot of fights live and post in a timely manner. I woke up to news stories about the Zepeda vs Baranchyk 140 lb. fight from ESPN last weekend and was inundated with fight of the year buzz. With comparisons to the 1970’s classic…
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