Boxing Writing from a Fan’s Perspective
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Shakur Stevenson Debuts at 135 in Style
Shakur Stevenson made the move to the loaded lightweight division last night in front of his hometown crowd and did not disappoint. The Newark born two division champion moved up to his third division and stopped Japan’s Shuichiro Yoshino in the sixth round to advance to 20-0 (10) and sent waves through the division in…
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Fight of the Day: Mayweather vs Castillo I
Floyd Mayweather’s 2002 foray into the lightweight division to face WBC Champion Jose Luis Castillo is a fight still argued over to this day. While I would not call it the most controversial decision of the twenty-first century, it is seen by many as an unofficial blemish on Mayweather’s perfect record. I had not scored…
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Fight of the Day: Vitali Klitschko vs Chris Byrd
I was inspired to watch this fight and write about it recently due to some debate over the scoring and how much credit to give Chris Byrd for Vitali Klitschko throwing in the towel. There appears to be some push-back forming online to the main narrative of Klitschko being in control of a fight he…
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Anthony Joshua Victorious over Jermaine Franklin
Joshua returned to the 02 Arena in the UK for the first time since 2016 and racked up his first victory since 2020. The bout marked Joshua’s first non-title bout in roughly seven years which goes to indicate the level of success he has had in the division for a good stretch of the 2010’s.…
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Boxing in Media: Michael Montero Taking a Break
One of my favorite boxing pundits for many years has declared a hiatus from the sport. Michael is a commentator that I have watched and read for a long time now and disappointed to hear that he is taking time off. His reasoning behind the change is dissatisfaction with the sport at this moment, stress…
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King’s Gambit: Devin Haney vs Vasily Lomachenko Official
I woke up this morning to a chessboard fight poster with Haney and Lomachenko squaring off on amid chess pieces. The undisputed lightweight title bout has been a long time coming and the chess analogy is a great advertisement of two very skilled and intelligent fighters. Haney was chasing Lomachenko a few years ago when…
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Boxing in Media: Kelly Pavlik vs Jermaine Taylor Relived
Boxing gets decent traffic on social media despite falling from the prominent position it once held in American Sports. Recently, while doom scrolling a boxing social media site page recently posted highlights from Pavlik and Taylor’s middleweight contest from the 2000s. This was one of the great fights of HBO in the 21st century and…
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Ramirez Stops Commey at 140
Jose Ramirez continues his resurgence at 140 lbs. following his defeat to Josh Taylor in their title unification. This past weekend, Ramirez defeated Richard Commey of Ghana at the Save Mart arena in Fresno, California. The ballot was a replacement after Jose zepeda was unable to compete. This bout was in action packed back and…
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Boxing In Media: ESPN+ New Fight Library
My biggest gripe with ESPN+ and their boxing on demand is their lack of choices. Given ESPN and Top Rank’s multi decade fight library, their selection of fights is very skinny. In fact, for months it felt like it was the same five or six fights minus replays of the latest contests without time stamps.…
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Sergey Kovalev: A Look Back at the Krusher
Sergey Kovalev emerged on the American boxing scene in the early 2010’s on NBC and HBO as a viscous punching light heavyweight who unified titles and generated exciting knockouts. At this time he is 39 and still active but his best days are now behind him. For some reason I was compelled to watch some…
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