Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Category: Matchroom

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…