Jersey George's Boxing Blog

Tag: Combat Sports

  • Canelo Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol this Saturday May 7!

    2022 started with a whimper but we have entered a span of solid fights and possibly none bigger than Canelo Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol with Alvarez being the biggest star in boxing again venturing up to 175 lbs. This is an intriguing match up as Alvarez will be stepping into the ring with his most…

  • A Case for Yordenis Ugas: End the Stalemate at Welterweight

    I am pulling for Yordenis Ugas in this weekends upcoming welterweight unification clash against Errol Spence Jr. This is the big one fight fans, three titles on the line, pay-per-view, in a major venue. No its not the Spence vs Terrence Crawford fight fight fans have been clamoring for over the last several years but…

  • Mikaela Mayer and Ryan Garcia Win Decisions

    Saturday night boxing on ESPN and DAZN showcased two rising stars in women’s unified 130 lb. titlist Mikaela Mayer and undefeated lightweight Ryan Garcia. Both fights wound up being one sided unanimous decisions going the full distance. Mayer’s performance was dominant and will advance her reputation further as a dominant champion in women’s boxing and…

  • Gennady Golovkin Destroys Ryota Murata in 9

    Even at forty years of age and after a near sixteen month layoff Gennady Golovkin “GGG” put on a vintage performance in his younger foe’s backyard. For Golovkin it was his first fight in Japan as a professional and he had not competed on the Asian continent in over a decade. Murata at thirty six…

  • Premier Boxing Champions: Leading the way in 2022 with frivolous PPV events!

    Premier Boxing Champions rose out of the ashes of HBO Boxing which perished when the premium network opted to put an end to their decades long commitment to putting on top notch boxing productions. PBC as they are referred to colloquially tried to claim the mantle by putting boxing on network TV and promising to…

  • Prospects Vito Mielnicki and Joey Spencer Score Stoppages in Newark

    With the New Jersey Devils season put on hold boxing headlined the The Rock in Newark, New Jersey Christmas night. Roseland, New Jersey’s own Vito Mielnicki fought his first main event and reached the tenth round for the first time in his career in his tenth career victory. At age nineteen and standing six feet…

  • Boxing Results Round Up: Beterbiev, Ramirez, Parker and Morrell Victorious

    Artur Beterbiev Knocked Out Marcus Brown in 9 Artur Beterbiev continued his run of knockouts reaching 17-0 with all victories coming inside the distance.  The thirty-six year old Russian unified titlist at light heavyweight has not been very active having missed all of 2020 and fighting twice in 2021.  He got his biggest win to…

  • Conor Benn Scores KOTY Contender

    Conor Benn is the son of British boxing icon Nigel Benn and he has just reached the 20-0 13 KO mark. Saturday on DAZN he headlined a UK card against former 140 lb. titlist Chris Algieri. The welterweight Benn is just twenty five years of age but is continuing to climb the ranks and score…

  • Thoughts on BKFC from Tampa Prelims

    I decided to watch the live free prelims of the BKFC card in Tampa last night. I am an appreciator of bareknuckle boxing though I am not a regular fan of BKFC as a promotion, they are the leading legal and sanctioned bareknuckle boxing outlet. They came on my radar a few years ago when…

  • Fight of the Day #3: Kendall Holt vs Ricardo Torres II

    I missed a day yesterday so I chose a short fight to catch up. Whatever you do, please do not blink when watching this fight. Bombs away from the start Kendall Holt of Paterson, New Jersey and Colombia’s Ricardo Torres met in a WBO 140 lb. title tilt in 2008 in Las Vegas. This was…