Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Category: Fight Posts

  • Rolando Romero claims WBA Title via TKO

    Rolando Romero captured his first world title last night with a controversial ninth round technical knockout of Ismael Barroso. This fight was altogether unsatisfying as a last minute replacement was brought in following title holder Alberto Puello’s positive test for performance enhancing drugs. Despite the vast criticism of Barroso for looking sixty-five years old in…

  • Reaction: Canelo Defeats Ryder via Decision

    I did not order the fight last night but have scoured the highlights and post fight press. John Ryder heard the final bell in Mexico and gave it his all. Ryder fought through a broken nose and was bleeding profusely from the third round on. A snapping right cross led to a delayed reaction knockdown,…

  • Big Bang Zhang Scores the Upset!

    Joe Joyce was stunned this past weekend at the Copper Box Arena in the UK by “Big Bang” Zhang Zhilei. The now 25-1-1 (20) Chinese contender upset the +1,100 favorite in his backyard; the loss drops Joyce to 15-1 (14) and is a massive knee capping. Joyce was highly ranked in the heavyweight division sitting…

  • Two Big Upsets Highlight Easter Weekend

    Undefeated unified champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev and undefeated contender Sebastian Fundora left the weekend with their first losses in massive upsets. MJ as he is known entered the ring in San Antonio, Texas this weekend on DAZN for his fourth title defense of the junior featherweight titles he picked up in 2020 when he defeated the…

  • Shakur Stevenson Debuts at 135 in Style

    Shakur Stevenson made the move to the loaded lightweight division last night in front of his hometown crowd and did not disappoint. The Newark born two division champion moved up to his third division and stopped Japan’s Shuichiro Yoshino in the sixth round to advance to 20-0 (10) and sent waves through the division in…

  • Fight of the Day: Mayweather vs Castillo I

    Floyd Mayweather’s 2002 foray into the lightweight division to face WBC Champion Jose Luis Castillo is a fight still argued over to this day. While I would not call it the most controversial decision of the twenty-first century, it is seen by many as an unofficial blemish on Mayweather’s perfect record. I had not scored…

  • Fight of the Day: Vitali Klitschko vs Chris Byrd

    I was inspired to watch this fight and write about it recently due to some debate over the scoring and how much credit to give Chris Byrd for Vitali Klitschko throwing in the towel. There appears to be some push-back forming online to the main narrative of Klitschko being in control of a fight he…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • Tim Tszyu Dominates Harrison: Charlo Fight Boosted

    Showtime unofficial judge and commentator Steve Farhood to paraphrase it said that the fans already wanted the Charlo versus Tszyu fight prior to this victory. But now that fight looks a whole lot better. Tim Tszyu put on a great performance in front of his hometown crowd in Australia to defeat former champion Tony Harrison…