More March Predictions
I really hope this doesn't become a regular occurence but there's another bout that nearly slipped under the radar.
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The Present
Posts about contemporary and/or modern boxing.
The Tszyu-Fundora blogpost
I've been anticipating a last-minute change in the schedule and I'm somewhat surprised it took this long. Sebastian Fundora was originally scheduled to face Serhii Bohachuk for Charlo's "vacant" WBC title at 154lbs at the end of the month, this fight was
A Tale of Two Stoppages
On Saturday's card we saw Kholmatov-Ford and Lopez-Abe both end in TKOs after referee interventions. Were these the right decisions?
March 2024 boxing predictions
February could've gone better. Out of the 6 fights, I called the right winner in 4 of them.
* Teó getting at least one card was all but confirmed when Steve Weisfeld was announced to be judging. Bar that scorecard, I don't think it was a robbery
The Joshua-Ngannou blogpost
Since this one won't be mentioned in my March predictions on account of not being a title fight, I figure it warrants its own analysis because it's a big heavyweight contest that plenty will be interested in.
Francis Ngannou - with a record of 1 fight,
Thoughts on showboating
I've seen a lot of reactions to Ben Whittaker (AKA The Silver Surfer)'s antics recently. The two most common refrains are "it's disrespectful" and "boxing is supposed to be entertaining".
First of all, we have to address the elephant in
February 2024 boxing predictions
I normally like to make fight predictions closer to fight night since you never have the complete impression of a fighter until the weigh-in. But given how well I did in January (and given the standard of matchmaking), I feel confident enough to make it a little riskier.
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