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  • Previewing a Loaded Weekend! September 26: Three Cards High Stakes

    2:30pm ET on ESPN+ Josh Taylor defends his unified IBF and WBA Championship versus Apinan Khongsong “The Tartan Tornado” Scotland’s unified 140 lb. champion ends his 11 month lay off to face his IBF #1 contender Khongsong of Thailand. The Thai contender’s name may not seem recognizable because it is not, he has not fought…

  • Boxing News 24: Published 9/24/2020 Enforcer Fitness Interview

    Continuing from my site news section the interview of Chris Conca of Enforcer Fitness in Nutley, NJ has been published. I will link below to encourage any readers of this blog to take a look. Also while you are there please take time to read the other work produced on Boxingnews24.com. “ “Just as small…

  • Boxing History: Max Schmeling’s complicated relationship with Nazi Germany

    The following is a paper I wrote back in 2012 for a history course I took on the Second World War. Unsurprisingly, as a boxing fanatic I chose my favorite sport to coincide with my favorite subject. It was difficult convincing my professor to find something historically significant about boxing in relation to the war…

  • Upcoming Interview With Chris Conca of Enforcer Fitness

    In a drive to cover boxing at the local level and highlight the stories forming in the New Jersey boxing scene I have an interview in the works with Chris Conca of Enforcer Fitness. I conducted a meeting and interview last Thursday September 17, 2020 and have a rough draft completed. I submitted to my…

  • Opinion: Instant Replay

    This weekend we were given a glimpse into the Nevada Commission’s decision to implement instant replay in their officiating. Personally I am not a traditionalist and am not afraid of change in sports. If there are innovations to make a sport safer or the officiating better and make sure the right competitor wins than I…

  • 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…

  • Opinion: Canelo vs DAZN vs GBP

    Back in August I covered the story of Canelo Alvarez and the Avni Yildirim fight and the blow back with fight app DAZN. For a refresher https://jerseygeorgesboxingblog.com/2020/08/21/boxing-news-week-3-august-2020/ there is the link to the story. Over the last 48 hours it has broken that Canelo has sued both DAZN and his promoter Golden Boy Promotions for…

  • 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…

  • Alexander Povetkin Flattens Dillian Whyte in a Fifth Round Knockout

    Last night in Brentwood, England forty year-old Alexander Povetkin scored what should be the front runner for knockout of the year over Dillian Whyte. Whyte has been the WBC’s heavyweight contender for several years now and had been campaigning for a shot at Deontay Wilder. Now that Wilder has been dethroned he has a contracted…

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