Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Category: News

  • Possible, Postponed, PED’s, and Rejected: Boxing News May 2024

    While 2024 is shaping up to be an exciting year for boxing, May has begun with a mix of news stories both positive and negative. Artur Beterbiev the WBC, WBO, and IBF light-heavyweight champion was slated to meet WBA champion Dmitry Bivol on June 1 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia headlining a loaded card. It has…

  • Bait and Switch: Charlo (Jermell) vs Canelo Alvarez RETRACTION POST

    This poster floated around on social media yesterday and led to a lot of confusion. This also will lead to my first retraction post. In the effort to not be fake news or Russian disinformation I am setting the record straight and reporting what I am calling the “Charlo Bait and Switch”. I reported recently…

  • Canelo Alvarez Signs with PBC: What to Expect?

    After weeks of posturing and negotiating, Canelo Alvarez has signed a three fight deal with Premier Boxing Champions to fight on Showtime PPV. Negotiations with Dmitry Bivol and Badou Jack have fallen apart and Alvarez has since moved on. Bivol would not budge on the weight class as he wanted to come down and attempt…

  • Reaction: Thurman’s call out & Canelo-Bivol II

    Based on recent news from the boxing world, I will share my opinion on two recent headlines. Recently, welterweight Keith Thurman has called out the winner of Terrence Crawford and Errol Spence. Saul Alvarez and Dmitry Bivol have seen their negotiations fall apart for a rematch. Thurman’s call out: I flat out do not think…

  • Crawford vs Spence is Official

    Set your calendars for July 29th, one of the most anticipated fights in boxing is finally signed. Terrence Crawford and Errol Spence are set to meet in a welterweight unification clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. They have also signed a rematch clause that mandates a second fight to happen before the end…

  • King’s Gambit: Devin Haney vs Vasily Lomachenko Official

    I woke up this morning to a chessboard fight poster with Haney and Lomachenko squaring off on amid chess pieces. The undisputed lightweight title bout has been a long time coming and the chess analogy is a great advertisement of two very skilled and intelligent fighters. Haney was chasing Lomachenko a few years ago when…

  • Fury vs Uysk Off-Fulton vs Inoue Postponed

    2023 was shaping up to be a massive year for boxing but two pieces of bad news popped up on my ESPN notifications these past twelve hours. WBC and WBO 122lb champion Stephen Fulton of Philadelphia was set to face Japanese boxing idol Naoya Inoue on May 7th. This was a highly anticipated showdown in…

  • The Ring Magazine Title now at stake: Usyk vs Joshua II plus expert predictions

    Reported by Michael Montero on The Neutral Corner podcast the Ring Magazine contributor reported Tyson Fury has vacated the Ring Magazine Title and it is on the line this Saturday. For US fans the rematch in the desert between Usyk and Joshua will take place on DAZN at 1pm ET this Saturday. With the retirement…

  • Boxing Headlines: Alvarez, Joshua & Women’s Boxing

    There are some interesting stories in the boxing world with fights coming together for 2022. While boxing had a very weak start to the year the second quarter has been picking up and news is circulating of even more interesting fights and updates surrounding existing fights: Canelo Alvarez to face Golovkin in Third fight After…

  • International Boxing Hall of Fame 2022 Inductees Announced

    Many times these hall of fame announcements are semi controversial with fans bickering over certain guys getting in. Whether it be European fans feeling their legends are underappreciated or accusing the hall of letting in subpar American fighters based on a bias; and American fans feeling someone in the long history of the sport is…