Tag: Combat Sports
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Two Big Upsets Highlight Easter Weekend
Undefeated unified champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev and undefeated contender Sebastian Fundora left the weekend with their first losses in massive upsets. MJ as he is known entered the ring in San Antonio, Texas this weekend on DAZN for his fourth title defense of the junior featherweight titles he picked up in 2020 when he defeated the…
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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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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…
