Tag: Combat Sports
-
Danny Garcia Fights on in the Face of Obscurity
Danny Garcia enters the ropes for the fortieth time in his professional career that began back in 2007. This marks his first appearance since 2020 when he dropped a unanimous decision to Errol Spence in a welterweight title bout. At thirty four years of age the decorated pro from Philly is fighting in his third…
-
Fight of the Day: Corrie Sanders Stuns Wladimir Klitschko
An interesting flashback to 2003 for what was a massive heavyweight upset that is still discussed amongst hardcore boxing heads today. Most remember Wladimir Klitschko as the dominant heavyweight from 2006 to 2015 but in 2003 he was the WBO titleholder seeking a fight with then champion Lennox Lewis. At 40-1 Wladimir held the WBO…
-
Fight of the Day: Erickson Lubin vs Jeison Rosario
Erickson Lubin and Jeison Rosario met in an interesting crossroads fight on Showtime in June of 2021. This title eliminator at 154 lbs. was the co-main of the PPV event in Atlanta, Georgia topped by Tank Davis vs Mario Barrios. This fight came up on the Premier Boxing Champions YouTube channel and I did not…
-
Fight of the Day: Andy Ruiz vs Chris Arreola
Premier Boxing Champions’ YouTube page recently posted the PPV main event from May 2021 between Arreola and Ruiz from Carson, California. This was an interesting crossroads fight between Ruiz who briefly held unified titles at heavyweight when he scored a massive upset over Anthony Joshua at the Garden and long time contender Arreola. Joshua returned…
-
Boxing in Media: Devin Haney joined Steven A Smith on Steven A’s World
Steven A Smith is one of the most popular sportscasters in the US and has the biggest sports platform in the US, ESPN, giving him air time. His show Steven A’s World on ESPN+ features commentary on top sports moments, celebrity guests, athlete interviews, and fan Q/A type of stuff. While it is not on…
-
Three Year Anniversary of Deontay Wilder’s KO of Dominic Breazeale
From the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, NY May of 2019 I share this as a personal memory as a boxing fan who attended this fight three years ago. This KO win is probably Deontay Wilder’s high water mark as he was coming off the awesome first fight with Tyson Fury where he nearly knocked him…
-
Boxing Headlines: Alvarez, Joshua & Women’s Boxing
There are some interesting stories in the boxing world with fights coming together for 2022. While boxing had a very weak start to the year the second quarter has been picking up and news is circulating of even more interesting fights and updates surrounding existing fights: Canelo Alvarez to face Golovkin in Third fight After…
-
Castano vs Charlo II Video Prediction
Little off-the-cuff prediction video different format hope you like it. Like and comment, let me know if you’d like more of this type of content.
-
Recommendation: Kelly Pavlik Tutorials and Social Media Presence
I have been seeing a lot more posts from Kelly Pavlik on my newsfeed and am happy to see him doing well. The former middleweight champion can be seen passing on his knowledge to future fighters and hobbyists alike. He does very good quick but insightful boxing lessons on various techniques and strategies. I will…
-
Dmitry Bivol Proves a Bridge Too Far in Las Vegas
Dmitry Bivol performed to the highest level in his boxing and won a sound unanimous decision over Mexican superstar Saul Canelo Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Bivol was stoically confident in the lead up to the fight and despite being the champion and being sent out first and introduced first he did…
