Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Category: Opinion

  • Fight REview: Jessica McCaskill Defeats Cecilia Braekhus by Majority Decision

    Ahead of their undisputed female welterweight championship this weekend on DAZN I have decided to re-watch their initial 2020 fight from Tulsa, Oklahoma USA. Braekhus entered as the undisputed female welterweight champion holding all four titles and gunning to pass Joe Louis and his twenty-five title defenses. McCaskill entered as the underdog though she held…

  • Usman vs Masvidal 2: Pointless Rematch

    I realize that this is two negative posts in a row but I do not understand this fight at all! Usman won all five rounds of their first fight without much difficulty. It was also not a particularly exciting fight. I know Masvidal is a popular fighter and it is nice to see him get…

  • Adrien Broner: Not Interested Yet

    There was a time when Adrien Broner was a very exciting figure in the sport but he has become that bad ex you keep letting back into your life. Broner arrived on my radar in 2011 when he was getting featured on HBO and rising up the ranks of the 130 lb. division. His one…

  • Boxing News Week 2 February 2021: RIP LEon Spinks

    The boxing world was silenced by the death of Leon Spinks this past Friday as the champion succumbed to his five year fight with cancer. Leon is best known for defeating Muhammad Ali in 1978 in only his eighth professional bout. The twenty-four year-old’s meteoric rise fell as quickly as it rose with a defeat…

  • Caleb Plant Shuts out Caleb Truax but fails to make a statement

    The Result: Caleb Plant won a shutout decision on all three of the judges scorecards this weekend in a dominant performance to defend his IBF super middleweight title for the third time. Plant dominated the fight with his superior hand speed and reflexes. Plant built an early lead behind his jab which he threw from…

  • Thoughts on Ryan Garcia vs Gervonta Davis and The Lightweight Division

    135 pounds is starting to look like the Fab Four division of the nineteen-eighties where a number of young and talented fighters campaigned in and around the same weight division before competing with each other in a round robin. The comparison was recently made by Ring Magazine writer Michael Montero who highlighted this great potential…

  • Billy Joe Saunders dominant but did he earn a fight with Canelo Alvarez?

    Billy Joe Saunders advances to 30-0 (14) after a one sided decision victory in his second defense of the WBO 168 lb. title. He was declared the winner by a margin of 120-109 twice and 118-110 in a dominant performance from the opening bell. Martin Murray falls to 39-6-1 and with this defeat has now…

  • 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…

  • Opinion: Oleksandr Usyk at heavyweight

    Oleksandr Usyk had his big test among the big men and won a unanimous decision against Derek Chisora on DAZN. This was a proving ground fight with serious title fight implications as he is knocking on the door of the WBO to get his chance. With all of the rumors swirling about the Deontay Wilder…

  • Opinion: Deontay Wilder Fires Mark Breland a Defense

    Despite this not coming as much of a surprise, Deontay Wilder has fired long time trainer Mark Breland. The moment the towel came in this past March, the rumors and internet chatter began to explore the possibility of this happening. I have read fan and insider opinions regarding this firing and many have questioned, criticized…