Robert Easter and Rances Barthelemy squared off last night for the vacant WBA Regular World Title last night Las Vegas. The fight was more or less a very tactical fight to say the least in which neither man really decided to take the lead. Both men seemed content with trying to set traps for each other all night with nether man taking the bait. At the end of the day in fight that was extremely hard to score the matchup ended in an uneventful draw. Eric, Beeb, and Ringside Robert recap this fight as well as the rest of the past week's boxing action.
Although Khan had a few decent moments, Terence Crawford clearly showed his dominance in their fight this past Saturday night in New York at the Madison Square Garden. Crawford who was making the second defense of his WBO welterweight title wasted no time as he knocked Khan down in the first round with a counter right hand. Khan rose from the knockdown but just couldn’t seem to find a way to nullify Crawford’s boxing ability in this contest. The fight ended in a bizarre way in the sixth round when Crawford landed a shot clearly below the belt that appeared to land on Khan’s leg, not the cup area. Nevertheless, Khan claimed that he was hit in the genital area. He stated that he was in a lot of pain and told his trainer Virgil Hunter that he could not continue. The ref then waved off the fight after being instructed by Hunter to do so and Crawford was awarded a sixth round TKO victory. Eric, Beeb, and Ringside Robert recap this fight as well as the rest of the past week's boxing action.
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Crawford beats Khan via TKO . What did we think? What did you think? Tune in to find out.
Terence Crawford defends his WBO welterweight title next week against the former two time world champion Amir Khan. Most people aren’t giving Khan much of a chance but the highly skilled and lightning quick Brit could prove to be a tougher foe than people are expecting. Eric, Beeb, and Ringside Robert preview this fight and recap the rest of the past week's boxing action.
After a slow weekend of boxing action we look ahead to the following weekend that looks to be chock full of intriguing matchups. In what appears to be the most competitive and intriguing matchup on the schedule, this upcoming Saturday night, Christina Hammer takes on Claressa Shields in a winner take all showdown. This one is for all the marbles as both women look to become the undisputed unified women’s middleweight champion of the world. Another interesting fight on the schedule has unified lightweight champion defending his WBA and WBO lightweight titles against the very tough, rugged, and experienced former title challenger Anthony Crolla. Lomanchenko is the clear favorite going in but the durable Crolla always comes to fight and, given his track record, probably won’t go away quietly.
Eric, Beeb, and Ringside Robert will preview and predict these two fights and recap the rest of the past week's boxing action.
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Oleksandr Gvozdyk made his first defense of his WBC title, that he won from Adonis Stevenson, against Doudou Ngumbu this past Saturday night. Gvozdyk seemed to do just enough to nick rounds against the wild swinging Ngumbu. Then all of a sudden in the fifth round Ngumbu started limping and complained of an injury to his right calf and could not continue. Gvozdyk was declared the winner by fifth round TKO in what appeared to be a very uneventful fight. Eric, Beeb, and Ringside Robert recap this fight as well as the rest of the past week's boxing action.