Jersey George's Boxing Blog

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  • Bring on the Farce! Another Disappointing Weekend of Boxing

    Robinson Conceicao Loses Controversial Decision in PED Scandal Marred Fight This fight was a tremendous black eye for boxing which as a sport is in a precarious place. Oscar Valdez the reigning WBC 130lb champion tested positive in the lead up to the fight for the banned substance Phentermine. Rather than strip the champion whose…

  • Think Violently With a Calm Mind-Deontay Wilder

    Deontay Wilder took part in an interesting interview with the PBC Podcast crew today in the lead up to his October 9th rematch with WBC Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury. I am recommending this interview on my blog as it is a great insight to Wilder’s mentality heading into this fight and has some touching discussion…

  • Warrington and Lara’s Anticipated Rematch Ends in Disappointment

    Repeat or revenge, we will have to wait. Mauricio Lara scored the biggest win of his near six year career in February when he came to Wembley in the United Kingdom and stopped Josh Warrington in nine rounds. Lara going by the nickname Bronco entered enemy territory as a massive underdog and an unknown. Warrington…

  • Manny Pacquiao: Remembering the Legend

    I like to reflect on the great fighters who get to the end of their careers on here and have done it for several other fighters. I waited to post this after the dust settled from the T-Mobile Arena a Saturday ago when Manny Pacquiao lost to Yordenis Ugas for the WBA Welterweight Title. Much…

  • Has the Welterweight Division Been Blown Up?

    Yordenis Ugas scored the biggest victory of his career this past Saturday night in defeating the legend Manny Pacquiao.  This victory came at a price for boxing fans who lost out on the chance to see Errol Spence Jr ascend in his climb to the top of the division and get a major torch passing…

  • Pacquiao vs Ugas: Preview and Prediction

    Tomorrow nigh on FOX PPV Manny Pacquiao enters the ring against Cuban Yordenis Ugas in an effort to win a welterweight title belt for the fifth time in his career. Originally slated to face Errol Spence Jr. in arguably the most significant and anticipated bout of the year this has been arranged on short notice.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…