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  • DAZN Round Up: Diego Pacheco Victorious, Harlem Eubank Defeated

    DAZN had two cards yesterday with a daytime event in the UK and a nighttime event on the West Coat in California. The UK card featured Harlem Eubank, the son of British superstar Chris Eubank, in an IBF minor title fight. The night card in the US was headlined by undefeated rising talent Diego Pacheco…

  • Independence Day Weekend Results

    This weekend was dedicated mostly to July Fourth festivities but there were fights. Several championships were on the line this weekend. The results were competitive fights and a championship changing hands. Abdullah Mason Overcame Adversity to Retain Title 22 year old WBO Lightweight Champion Abdullah Mason made the first defense of his title last night…

  • Beat The Heat: Training in New Jersey’s Heatwave

    Over the last few weeks I have stepped up training at the boxing gym. I came up the steps to KO Contender Boxing Gym where I first started training in 2019. The owner Felix keeps the gym hot, no air conditioning in the tough summer conditions. In heat around one hundred degrees I got in…

  • Valenzuela Exacts Revenge In Vegas

    Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela scored a brutal second round knockout to avenge his 2022 loss to Edwin De Los Santos. The fight was the main event last Saturday for Zuffa Boxing 8 from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. The two fighters wasted little time figuring each other out with each throwing hard shots in the first…

  • The Heavyweight Division In Flux: Usyk Dumps Titles

    Unified Heavyweight Champion Oleksandr Usyk vacated the titles yesterday in preparation for a “Last Dance” finale. No other announcements have been made by the champion or his team about when he is fighting or who he is fighting. I fully expected the WBC title to be vacated as the organization was pushing for undefeated number…

  • Itauma Flattens Franklin in 5!

    Moses Itauma the British heavyweight sensation scored another knockout with ease last night in Manchester, England. Itauma is now 14-0 with 12 KO’s and notched his tenth consecutive stoppage. The 21 year old Itauma had little difficulty against Michigan’s Jermaine Franklin Jr who entered 24-2 with 15 KO’s. Franklin notably had never been dropped let…

  • Ryan Garcia Dominates Mario Barrios, Claims First World Championship

    Ryan Garcia electrified the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas last night. WBC Welterweight Champion Mario Barrios found himself on the canvas in the opening minute. Garcia is best known for his left hook, the right hand did the heavy lifting last night. He threw it down the middle, he looped it, and used the uppercut…

  • Opinion: Thoughts on the Current State of Boxing

    This is my first post since June of 2025 and I have done a poor job maintaining this blog. I want to make 2026 a better year for my boxing writing and post more. My opinions have tended to be more anonymous on boxing forum platforms and I would like to begin publishing more under…

  • Wilder and Mbilli Prevail in their Friday Features

    Deontay Wilder and Christian Mbilli headlined two different Friday night main events with contrasting story lines. Wilder, the 39 year-old former WBC heavyweight titlist once headlined cards at The Kingdom Arena, T-Mobile Arena, MGM Grand, Barclay Center and the Staples Center. Last night he fought the unknown Tyrrell Herndon at the obscure Charles Koch Arena…

  • 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…