RING/WBA Light Flyweight Champ ♛🇯🇵Hiroto Kyoguchi made a successful defense of his title for the first time taking a unanimous decision over mandatory challenger 🇹🇭Tanawat Nakoon of Thailand (117-112, 117-111, 117-111). Continue reading “Kyoguchi Makes Successful First Defense of RING and WBA Titles”
Concluding just minutes ago, 🇯🇵Kazuto Ioka (24-2-0, 14KO) is your new WBO Super-Flyweight Champion after he pressed the action late to pummel 🇵🇭Aston Palicte (25-3-1, 21KO) in the 10th round, with a barrage of power shots, following the initial right hand that had him staggered earlier in the round to put himself into the record books, not just by becoming Japan’s only 4-division Champion, but by tying 🇺🇸Oscar De La Hoya in achieving this fight in the fewest amount of wins (24)…
Continue reading “Kazuto Ioka Becomes Japan’s First 4-Division World Champion by Stopping Aston Palicte Late”
By Tré Berry III🖋️
Middleweight 🇰🇿Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin (39-1-1, 35KO) is a very resourceful fighter, in fact we would say that he does most things very well, and in addition to that, happens to be one of, if not the smartest fighter in boxing. It is especially evident in the manner that he strings sequences of punches together, and being that he doesn’t have much handspeed, is still able to land what he wants to land and throws wide selection of punches with many different variations to them. Continue reading “Things We’ve Noticed: An In-Depth Look Into Gennadiy Golovkin’s Patented Money Punch, the Rare Over-Hand Hook”
Former Super Bantamweight champion 🇨🇺Guillermo Rigondeaux (18-1-0, 12KO) of Cuba returns to the ring for just the second time since his loss to Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2017 but finds himself in a title eliminator bout. Continue reading “Ceja and Rigondeaux Square off in WBC Title Eliminator”
It is always a commendable virtue when an underdog who succeeds in his first encounter with his rival gives an immediate rematch to the man that he just took the Title from, and that’s exactly what we are getting here. Gutsy WBO “Regular” Super-Featherweight Titlist 🇺🇸Andrew “El Chango” Cancio (20-4-2, 15KO) will have his re-match with talented former possessor of that Title Belt 🇵🇷Alberto “El Explosivo” Machado (21-1-0, 17KO) on Friday, June 21st at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Palm Springs, California. Continue reading “Immediate Rematch-a Change of Fortune, or Deja Vu (Andrew Cancio vs Alberto Machado II)”
It may have not been what former WBC Champion 🇺🇸Jermell “Iron Man” Charlo (31-0-0, 15KO) wanted, as he had revenge on his mind, but things happened, and current WBC Titleholder 🇺🇸Tony “Super Bad” Harrison (who was scheduled for this rematch) suffered an injury and tore ligaments in his ankle, forcing him to drop this fight date. As for Charlo, the show must go on, and they secured a replacement opponent quickly, and that replacement is power-puncher 🇲🇽Jorge Cota (28-3-0, 25KO) from Mexico. Continue reading “Remix to the Plans, Jermell Charlo Returns to the Ring”
Japanese P4P 3-Division Champion & reigning WBO Flyweight World Champion 🇯🇵Kosei Tanaka (13-0-0, 7KO) will return to the ring on Monday, August 24th, and he will look to make the 2nd defense of his current World Title against #1 WBO World challenger 🇵🇷Jonathan Gonzalez (22-2-1, 13KO) from Caguas, Puerto Rico. Continue reading “The Elite Takes on a Top Contender (Kosei Tanaka vs Jonathan Gonzalez)”
Returning to the ring one of Japan’s best fighters currently going today, RING-MAGAZINE/WBA Light-Flyweight Champion of the World ♛🇯🇵Hiroto Kyoguchi (12-0-0, 9KO) is looking to make his first defense of his reign by fighting #10 WBA contender 🇹🇭Tanawat Nakoon (11-0-0, 5KO) of Thailand. Continue reading “Thee Light-Flyweight Champion Returns”
Japanese great & fringe Hall-of-Famer 🇯🇵Kazuto Ioka (23-2-0, 13KO) in a headliner bout will get back in the ring on June 19th to take on solid battle-tested Super-Flyweight 🇵🇭Aston Palicte (25-2-1, 21KO) of the Phillipine’s in pursuit of the vacant WBO Super-Flyweight World Title Belt. Continue reading “A Great Fighter Taking a Second Crack at History-Kazuto Ioka vs Aston Palicte”
The fight in the ring fell short of the action that was expected after the heated face off and explosive weigh in during the build up through the week, but when the final scores were read 🇬🇧Josh Warrington remained IBF World Featherweight Champion, taking the split decision over rival 🇬🇧Kid Galahad. Continue reading “Warrington Takes Split Decision Over Galahad to Retain IBF Title”
Britain’s own 🇬🇧Tyson “Gypsy King” Fury (28-0-1, 20KO) put on a very sharp performance in his 2 rounds of action, befuddling German challenger 🇩🇪Tom Schwarz (24-1-0, 16KO), rendering him helpless, securing the TKO stoppage in what was a successful debut on the ESPN platform. Continue reading “A Stellar ESPN Debut for the British Heavyweight – Fury Knocks out Schwarz in 2 Rounds”
As much an inspiration as he was a great boxer, 🇺🇸Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield (44-10-2, 29KO) was a living embodiment of how much the human spirit can endure, and how you could ⚔️weaponize it as fuel towards your drive in pursuit of your goals. Holyfield had the ability to fight in all 3 ranges, inside, within the pocket, and outside. With his versatility being key to his attack, he also had a great chin, and loved the prospects of getting into a war if you took the fight to him. Continue reading “Talking Legends: Evander Holyfield”
Coming off of his 8 round points victory over Josef Zarahdnik in April, British welterweight Conor Benn (14-0-0, 9KO) is the main attraction for the first time in his career when he defends his WBA Continental Welterweight strap against Jussi Koivula (24-6-1, 9KO) of Finland in a 10 rounder at York Hall in London. Continue reading “Conor Benn set for first headliner against Jussi Koivula Friday”
An all business, no nonsense type of guy, and a proud Nigerian, Richard Ihetu (better known as) ♛🇳🇬Dick Tiger (60-19-3, 27KO) had been summed up by many of his peers during his tenure as a quality individual in addition to being a great fighter. Continue reading “Talking Legends: Dick Tiger”
