Joseph Diaz has recently said that he wants to “retire” Abner Mares when this lock down ends. Mares responded by saying he doesn’t plan to retire yet and that it could be fun fighting him as a warm up fight. This is pretty basic trash talk for a fight that I really don’t see happening.Continue reading “Joseph Diaz calls out Abner Mares.”
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O’Shaquie Foster : one to watch
O’Shaquie Foster currently competes in the super featherweight division and holds a record of 17 wins and 2 defeats. Those two defeats came earlier in his career and he has since gone on a good run of wins. Over the last two years hes picked up wins over Jon Fernandez, Frank De Alba and AlbertoContinue reading “O’Shaquie Foster : one to watch”
Mayweather versus Pacquiao took place 5 years ago today
When looking back at the last decade in boxing its probably safe to say that Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao was the biggest boxing match to take place. Not in terms of attendance though 16,000 people is still a lot but more in terms of how it reached beyond even sports fans. It generated theContinue reading “Mayweather versus Pacquiao took place 5 years ago today”
5 recent fights to watch while in quarantine.
As theres no live boxing at the moment I decided to pick five fights from the last two years that you can watch while in quarantine. Starting off with Julio Cesar Martinez versus Jay Harris which took place on the 29th February 2020. This fight was fought at a frantic pace for the full 12Continue reading “5 recent fights to watch while in quarantine.”
The WBC light flyweight rankings and the interesting case of Armando Torres
It’s safe to say i’m not a huge fan of the WBC Light Flyweight rankings right now for good reasons in my opinion. All of the sanctioning bodies have some bad rankings and divisional rankings which sometimes don’t make sense but the WBC’s situation at Light Flyweight is on another level. Hekkie Budler (who isContinue reading “The WBC light flyweight rankings and the interesting case of Armando Torres”
The WBC rankings need to be sorted out.
The WBC are normally ok with who they rank but recently i’ve noticed they are just picking and choosing who they want to put as the number one ranked fighter whether they deserve it or not. At Light Fly they have Hekkie Budler as the number one contender even though he lost his last fightContinue reading “The WBC rankings need to be sorted out.”
Jack Catterall waits over a year for Mandatory shot.
Jack Catterall had a very good 2018 which saw him become mandatory challenger for the WBO in January 2019. Over a year later and he hasn’t yet had his world title shot and it doesn’t seem like he’ll get it any time soon. The WBO and WBC belts were unified which has left Jose CarlosContinue reading “Jack Catterall waits over a year for Mandatory shot.”
Robin Zamora wins rematch with Ramiro Blanco
Zamora won their first fight by controversial stoppage in what I at least saw as an upset. They were ordered to fight again and by accident their second fight became the biggest fight to take place in April of this year. The Corona Virus stopped all boxing events but Nicaragua still allowed this card toContinue reading “Robin Zamora wins rematch with Ramiro Blanco”
Petros Ananyan deserves to be ranked at Super Lightweight.
Ananyan pulled off the biggest win of his career when he beat Subriel Matias on the Tyson Fury versus Deontay Wilder 2 undercard. Matias was mandatory for a world title and so you would think that beating him would get you a shot yourself or at least a high ranking in an organisation. Instead hesContinue reading “Petros Ananyan deserves to be ranked at Super Lightweight.”
Top 5 Cruiser weight prospects (april, 2020)
Cruiserweight is a division which is going through a transitional period right now. With big names such as Usyk, Gassiev and Hunter moving up to heavyweight plus long time staples of the division Lebedev retiring its left the weight class with few notable names. The division does still have some good fighters such as Makubu,Continue reading “Top 5 Cruiser weight prospects (april, 2020)”
Boxing Fulcrum 