Category: Their Stories

Their Stories – Get to Know King George…How His Victory Over Teofimo Lopez Affects Everyone’s Short Term Outlook on Their Careers (George Kambosos Jnr.) ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

Written by Trรฉ Berry IIIโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ | 11/29/2021

Unless you’ve been in some sort of food-induced coma for the weekend after ๐ŸฆƒThanksgiving festivities (that reference is for those in the States), Australia’s ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บGeorge “Ferocious” Kambosos (20-0-0, 10KO๐Ÿ‘Š) shook up the pot heavily with his monumental defeat over ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธTeofimo Lopez to win all of the highest ranked belts in the Lightweight division. The victory makes him the first Australian-born fighter to become a Lineal Champion since ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บKostya Tszyu achieved that status back in 2001. Continue reading “Their Stories – Get to Know King George…How His Victory Over Teofimo Lopez Affects Everyone’s Short Term Outlook on Their Careers (George Kambosos Jnr.) ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ”

Their Stories: The Curtain is Closed, and the Show is Over For Showtime – A Respect Commanding Journey Comes to an End, As The Sun Sets on a Career (Shawn Porter) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Written by Trรฉ Berry IIIโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ–Š๏ธย | 11/21/2021

To start, yes…we know people tend to not take retirement seriously pertaining to the sport of boxing given its history of boxers walking away, only to get the itch back to recapture that sense of belonging…but listening to ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธShawn Porter (31-4-1, 17KO๐Ÿ‘Š) last night after his bout with Terence Crawford, the pain exuded through his demeanor in falling a little bit short in his Herculean effort against arguably the best…and analyzing the ๐Ÿ“ƒblueprint of his career as one who literally fought every (already established) top flight Welterweight in various different capacities, it appears as if the 34 year old Porter was serious about his declaration to call it quits. Continue reading “Their Stories: The Curtain is Closed, and the Show is Over For Showtime – A Respect Commanding Journey Comes to an End, As The Sun Sets on a Career (Shawn Porter) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ”

Their Stories: Making His Mark As 21st Century Road Warrior On Path To Greatness (Oleksandr Usyk) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Written by Trรฉ Berry III๐Ÿ–Š๏ธย | 09/21/2021

What is greatnessโ“ย it can be defined in a multitude of waysโ€ฆ heavily nuanced on intangibles, circumstances, consistency, guile, and brazen stubbornness to never accept anything less. An underrated component to greatness when it comes to boxing is when a fighter not only takes it to the road for his big fights, but makes a habit of it, andย ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆOleksandr Usyk (18-0-0, 13KO๐Ÿ‘Š)ย not only thrives on those occasions โ€“ he dominates and sets a new standard in his foes backyard, as Continue reading “Their Stories: Making His Mark As 21st Century Road Warrior On Path To Greatness (Oleksandr Usyk) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ”

Their Stories: The Gamblers Plight – His Natural Penchant To Always Seek, and Fight the Best Available Options (Vasiliy Lomachenko) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Ukrainian boxing maestro ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆVasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko (14-2-0, 10KO๐Ÿ‘Š) brings many things to the table that became the focal point of his performances, and his presence in the current boxing pantheon. Such components to that ๐Ÿงฉpuzzle is his all-around overall skill, natural physical tools, graceful movement, boxing guile, and his flare for the dramatic. Continue reading “Their Stories: The Gamblers Plight – His Natural Penchant To Always Seek, and Fight the Best Available Options (Vasiliy Lomachenko) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ”

Their Stories: The No-Nonsense Guy That Boxing Needs More of (Jose Carlos Ramirez) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Written by Trรฉ Berry III๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ | 05/19/2021

When the name ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธJose Carlos Ramirez (26-0-0, 17KO๐Ÿ‘Š) pops up in your head, or becomes a talking point in a boxing discussion, I can speak for all of us when I say…there is no filler associated to his name, and he is one that is always willing to get down to business with a no-nonsense disposition, void of gameplaying. Continue reading “Their Stories: The No-Nonsense Guy That Boxing Needs More of (Jose Carlos Ramirez) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ”