Boxing Writing from a Fan’s Perspective
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Vergil Ortiz Jr Shines in Stoppage Victory: Weekend REcap
Vergil Ortiz Jr extends his record to 18-0 with his 18th career stoppage as he reached the eighth round for the first time in his young career. Egidijus Kavaliauskas proved to be a tough opponent with his cagey counters and hard punching. Mean Machine as he commonly known as rocked Ortiz in the second round…
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Another card Bites the Dust: PAcquiao vs Spence is Off
Duh duh duh duh duh..Another card bites the dust….duh duh duh duh…another card bites the dust…hey hey hey More shitty news has stunk up the air of this horrible second half of 2021. The boxing calendar was looking pretty strong in the second half of this year with Teofimo Lopez against George Kambosos, that fight…
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Boxing Scorecard Autopsy: Reviewing the Charlo Rounds vs Castano…Robbery or Not?
Boxing is an odd sport in comparison to others given its subjective nature of scoring. In the NFL you score a touchdown it is always six points, in basketball a three pointer is a three pointer, etc you get the point. In boxing the rounds are scored by who wins the round and that is…
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Boxing News and Rumors July 22, 2021
The World Boxing Organization Orders a Purse Bid at Welterweight The WBO has recently announced that the Terrence Crawford and Shawn Porter camps must negotiate a purse bid in thirty days for a mandated fight. Porter the former IBF and WBC Welterweight Champion is currently sitting at number two in the WBO rankings. These two…
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Recommended Viewing: YouTube Boxing Content Creators Discuss Heavyweight Boxing History
Rich The Fight Historian: For anyone that enjoys throw back boxing or grew up in the sixties or seventies this is a great YouTube channel to follow. He does a lot of ten to thirty minute mini documentaries that highlight well known and forgotten fighters throughout different eras and weight classes. I find his videos…
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Brian Castano and Jermell Charlo Battle to an Exciting and Disputed Draw in Texas
Boxing fans will have to wait longer to see the next crowning of an undisputed champion in the four belt era. Recently we have seen Josh Taylor, Oleksandr Usyk and Terrence Crawford gain all four major sanctioning titles with Teofimo Lopez holding a debated claim to that status. Charlo and Castano met at the AT&T…
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Boxing Rumors: Fury vs Wilder III Postponed? Canelo vs Beterbiev?
Sources close to Tyson Fury’s team are hinting at a COVID-19 outbreak threatening to postpone the Wilder fight according to ESPN. This fight has been viewed as an inconvenient roadblock to the Fury vs Joshua total unification at heavyweight. A delay here would only further interrupt the biggest fight in the heavyweight division and a…
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Jersey George’s Boxing blog Mid Year Awards
With the midway point of 2021 having just past and any and all boxing pundits, bloggers and Youtubers have made their lists of awards so here I go. Boxing has begun to pick up in 2021 as big fights are materializing and crowds return. There is a good second half lined up for the rest…
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Hard Gym Session in 100+ Degree Heat
I have been ramping up my training running and focusing back on strength training. The gym is hitting 100 degrees during the day and the AC stays off as we sweat our asses off. I ran and biked a few miles before getting to the bag and after cutting off layers I had a full…
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Reaction to Michael Montero’s Rant on Ring Magazine Detractors
Michael Montero brings up a lot of interesting points in this video regarding the recent criticisms online of Ring Magazine. Boxing and fight sports are at an interesting crossroads with lots of independent “journalists” and social media reporters jockeying for position in the boxing news universe. Montero does a great job picking apart the critiques…
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