Boxing Writing from a Fan’s Perspective
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ESPN June 25, 2020
Writing as Porozo and Gonzalez complete 5 rounds: As a boxing fanatic I am loving the frequent cards. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday! It feels like an NBA schedule and I’ve felt for a while that boxing should mix up its dates to try new audiences. On one hand its great as it frees up my…
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Kingsley Ibeh Gets Revenge on ESPN
Submitted to Boxing News 24, posted here in advance Kingsley “The Black Lion” Ibeh a Nigerian born heavyweight fighting out of Phoenix, Arizona opened ESPN’s boxing from The Bubble at MGM Grand in Las Vegas with a fourth round technical knockout. ESPN has continued to broadcast full fight cards during the sport’s return from the…
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Magic Mike Plania Establishes Himself on ESPN Card #3
At 23 and from General Santos City, Phillipines, Bantamweight Mike Plania lives in the shoes of Manny Pacquiao who shares his home city and his craft. Tonight he was the dog heading into enemy territory and came out victorious and with good TV exposure for American audiences. Greer was the featured fighter for Top Rank…
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Greer vs Plania Scorecard
Bout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Greer 8 9 9 9 9 8 9 10 9 9 89 Plania 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 99 -Plania scores knockdowns in round 1 and round 6 -Dave Moretti some how has this a draw 94-94
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Giovani Santillan vs Antonio DeMarco Scorecard
Bout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Santillan 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 96 DeMarco 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 94 Andre Ward had it 96-94 for DeMarco
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Scorecard: June 11, 2020 ESPN
Bout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Lopez 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 95 Coria 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 95 -Swing rounds for me are 6, 9 and 10 I felt they could have gone either way -I felt…
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ESPN COVID Card # 2
Wrote my first article since January: https://www.boxingnews24.com/2020/06/boxing-results-adam-lopez-and-luis-coria-entertain-in-las-vegas/ This caused me to miss the two middle bouts of the night. I did see the knockout and ran from the laptop to the TV when I heard the second knockdown in round 1 of the third fight. Unfortunately I have no scorecards or contributions there. I will…
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My Scorecard June 9, 2020 ESPN Card
Bout 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final Cash 10 10 10 10 10 10 60 Metcalf 9 9 9 9 9 9 54 -Round 6 was incomplete, stopped after :35 for the doctor to inspect the cut at which time the bout was stopped. Bout 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final Anderson 10…
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Quick Hit: ESPN’s June 9, 2020 Boxing’s Return Card
It is great having boxing back again, I know it was not a great card but it was an appetizer for the rest of 2020. I didn’t really feel compelled to post an article or fight review on Boxing News 24 where I typically post but have decided to just do a quick thoughts type…
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Predictions for the return of boxing June 9, 2020
Covid-19 put all sports back on hold in March of this year. It ended the XFL permanently though its future looked grim anyway, it killed a baseball season, killed March Madness, killed the NBA and NHL championships and worst of all our beloved boxing. This upcoming Tuesday on ESPN boxing comes back to life at…
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