Tag: Combat Sports
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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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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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Fury vs Uysk Off-Fulton vs Inoue Postponed
2023 was shaping up to be a massive year for boxing but two pieces of bad news popped up on my ESPN notifications these past twelve hours. WBC and WBO 122lb champion Stephen Fulton of Philadelphia was set to face Japanese boxing idol Naoya Inoue on May 7th. This was a highly anticipated showdown in…
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Tim Tszyu Dominates Harrison: Charlo Fight Boosted
Showtime unofficial judge and commentator Steve Farhood to paraphrase it said that the fans already wanted the Charlo versus Tszyu fight prior to this victory. But now that fight looks a whole lot better. Tim Tszyu put on a great performance in front of his hometown crowd in Australia to defeat former champion Tony Harrison…
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Mauricio Lara vs Leigh Wood: Previewing an early FOTY in the making
Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood are on a collision course for the WBA Featherweight Title tonight in Nottingham, England. This fight is a slugfest on paper and despite an underwhelming event calendar, this bout is cannot miss action in a year of interesting fights so far. In 2023 we have seen Artur Beterbiev behind on…
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Plata Decisions Clavel in early FOTY Contender
Yes it is only January, but Jessica Nery Plata of Mexico won a hotly contested unanimous decision over Kim Clavel last night to unify the WBC and WBA titles at light flyweight in what could be the women’s fight of the year. Plata had to go into Clavel’s backyard winning at the Place Bell in…
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Arslanbek Makhmudov Stops Michael Wallisch in Quebec
Arslanbek Makhmudov wasted no time last night in his main event heavyweight contest at the Centre Gervais Auto in Quebec Canada against Michael Wallisch. Makhmudov Jumped on Wallisch early with clubbing power punches from the opening bell and had the German fighter on the canvas three times in the first round. Upon returning to his…
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Fury Victorious in a Horrible Fight
Yesterday afternoon I sat in my living room and for the first time in several months watched a big time boxing match live. This afternoon I have decided to write on here after a long absence from covering the sport I have been obsessed with since I was a kid. As a boxing fan I…
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Recommendation: Jimmy Bivins Documentary
Rich the Fight Historian is at it again with another brilliant boxing documentary; this time he highlights the career of 1940’s and 1950’s light heavyweight and heavyweight great Jimmy Bivins. Rich’s channel on YouTube is one I have featured on here several times in the past and that is because the work speaks for itself.…
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