Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Category: Top Rank

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Recommendations: Michael Montero Previews Lomachenko vs Lopez

    As I have done on this blog in the past I like to recommend and promote other boxing writers and journalists etc. I have been following Montero for several years now and since his early days as a Youtube Boxing content creator. He used to have viewers do homework assignments to like, subscribe and share…

  • Boxing News: Week of September 21st, 2020

    Boxing just added more events to the fourth quarter calendar which was already looking good from Showtime’s announced bouts back in August. According to ESPN the following fights are confirmed: October 31st: Uysk vs Chisora at heavyweight in a clash rescheduled from May. Usyk is the WBO’s top contender and like Dillian Whyte he risks…

  • Results: September 12, 2020

    Late reporting aside, the ESPN card on Saturday night was a good night of mostly competitive boxing. The main card paired rebounding failed title challengers Joet Gonzalez and Egidijus Kavaliauskas in tough rebound match-ups. From a broadcast standpoint ESPN brought back Tim Bradley to The Bubble after weeks of working remotely. Mark Kriegel joined as…

  • Opinion: Jamel Herring Victory by Quitting?

    WBO Super Featherweight Champion Jamel Herring successfully defended his title this past weekend on ESPN with a disqualification victory in a fight he dominated in. Unfortunately, the headlines are not praising his victory but drawing attention to the ending of the contest which has created controversy and speculation. Jamel Herring is an ex-Marine, a boxing…

  • Fight Results August 22-August 29

    Joe Smith Jr dominant in stoppage win over Eleider Alvarez: Joe Smith Jr capped off a dominant win at The Bubble in MGM Grand in Las Vegas with a brutal ninth round finish. Outside of second round surge of right hands and a seventh round right hand that momentarily buckled Smith, Alvarez was kept at…

  • ESPN Light-Heavyweight Clash! Smith vs Alvarez Preview

    This Saturday Eleider Alvarez and Joe Smith Jr meet in the first contest of a four man tournament to crown a new WBO champion at light-heavyweight. Canelo Alvarez relinquished the belt he took from Sergey Kovalev back in 2019 and Smith Jr and Alvarez look to get closer to the vacant title Saturday August 22nd…

  • ESPN July 21, 2020 Scorecard

    Bout 130 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Valdez 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 TKO 86 Velez 10 10 9 9 8 9 10 10 8 83 -Velez down in Round 5 -Velez deducted one point for a low blow in round 9 -Velez down twice…