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Tag: Mexican Boxing

  • KO of The Year Contender! Plus Other Boxing News and Views

    Brian Norman Jr Scores Stunning KO in Japan Norman made his first defense of the WBO welterweight championship with this brutal fifth round KO in Japan. This is easily a contender for knockout of the year and is a brutal one shot finish. Norman is now likely to be seen as the number one welterweight…

  • Jaime Munguia Scores Tenth Round KO!

    From Glendale, Arizona from Top Rank Boxing on ESPN On the comeback trail from his first defeat, Jaime Munguia dropped Erik Bazinyan for the count in the tenth round of what was an entertaining and competitive fight. Led by Mexican legend Erik Morales in his corner the twenty-seven year-old from Tijuana proved to be too…

  • Fight Day: Canelo vs Munguia Thoughts

    Previous thoughts and statements on the fight: March 3, 2024: I agree I think Munguia has the height and reach to be an issue but doesn’t know how to use it He is very tough and is taking hard punches without going down but I just feel the fact that he gets hit as often…

  • Canelo Alvarez Signs with PBC: What to Expect?

    After weeks of posturing and negotiating, Canelo Alvarez has signed a three fight deal with Premier Boxing Champions to fight on Showtime PPV. Negotiations with Dmitry Bivol and Badou Jack have fallen apart and Alvarez has since moved on. Bivol would not budge on the weight class as he wanted to come down and attempt…

  • Jaime Munguia vs Sergey Derevyanchencko Score & Review

    Yes I know I am late to the dance. I still have not watched all twelve rounds of the Teofimo Lopez vs Josh Taylor fight and planned a quick recap of it as well. Munguia won this fight which I am aware of but have yet to watch as of my time typing. In this…

  • Predicting Taylor vs Lopez & Munguia vs Derevyanchenko

    Josh Taylor vs Teofimo Lopez Tonight from Madison Square Garden Josh Taylor defends his WBO 140 lb title for the first time and the fourth defense of his Ring Magazine title. Taylor had held all four of the major titles in this division but was stripped when mandatory challengers demanded their shot and Taylor pushed…

  • Reaction: Canelo Defeats Ryder via Decision

    I did not order the fight last night but have scoured the highlights and post fight press. John Ryder heard the final bell in Mexico and gave it his all. Ryder fought through a broken nose and was bleeding profusely from the third round on. A snapping right cross led to a delayed reaction knockdown,…

  • Previewing Saul Alvarez vs John Ryder

    Tonight on DAZN PPV Canelo Alvarez makes his second defense of his undisputed 168 lbs. championship in his sixth championship fight at the division since moving up from middleweight. The thirty-two year-old Mexican star is competing on Mexican soil for the first time since 2011 and is entering the ring for the sixty-third time in…

  • 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…

  • Recommendation: Rummy Predicts Canelo vs GGG III

    Ahead of their third fight, YouTuber Rummy’s Corner has previewed and predicted Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin’s legacy defining rematch.