Copper Box Arena: London, England In his backyard, Joe Joyce looked to defend his WBO Interim Heavyweight strap, and to keep his perfect record going. However, Zhilei Zhang enters the next tier in the division thanks to a good doctor stoppage. Thanks to a powerful pinpoint left hand that shut “The Juggernaut’s” right eye 1:23 […]
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AO Arena: Manchester, England In this day of heavyweight boxing’s resurgence most matchups of highly ranked fighters draws tons of attention. Not so much the case here with Joseph Parker and Joe Joyce. But, it turned out to be a better fight than predicted. A rim rocking left hook upstairs at the 1:03 mark in […]
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Hulu Theater; Madison Square Garden, NYC: Styles make fights, that’s just the way it is. That’s why when something looks good on paper it sometimes flops in real life. But was that the case for Edgar Berlanga against Steve Rolls? Not really. The 37-year old Rolls came into the night as a 10-1 underdog, and […]
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Sometimes a fighter just fights to the level of his challenger. And sometimes there’s more to it. Thanks to Covid-19 it took Joe Smith Jr 280-days to get his first title defense. Three times things fell apart, and would’ve been four if not for Steve Geffrard. After his successful 9th-round knockout win, there’s one question […]
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Penchanga Arena; San Diego, CA: In the world of boxing, at least on paper; there’s only one thing better than two Mexican fighters throwing down. That’s a Mexican versus a Mexican-American. And the result of that mix leading into another massive combat sports weekend was Navarrete breaks Joet’s face. And when you think about it, […]
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