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Now displaying: August, 2019
Aug 26, 2019

WBO mandatory challenger Anthony Yarde took a major step up in class as he challenged WBO Light Heavyweight Champion Sergey Kovalev in Russia yesterday. There were a lot of questions being asked of both men in the lead up to this matchup and they were answered quite clearly yesterday. For Yarde the question was raised: is this too much too soon? And for Kovalev the question was: did he have enough left to compete at the top level and still hang with the young guns or at least enough to deal with the athletically gifted Yarde? Well it was clear that the latter proved to be true. Kovalev appeared to be controlling the first half of the fight with his powerful stiff jab but Yarde started to change things up a bit in the seventh round as he became more aggressive and started to get inside and work Kovalev’s body. Then in the eighth Yarde looked like he was one or two punches away from stopping Kovalev and it all started with a huge left hook to the body followed up with a big right hand to the head. Kovalev was able to hold on and Yarde seemed to have punched himself out in the eighth and could not reproduce the same fireworks from there on out. Then in the eleventh Kovalev landed a short power jab that put Yarde down for good and he was not able to continue. Credit to Yarde for his valiant effort but one has to ask: was he prepared for this huge task with only eighteen fights under his belt against nondescript competition?Eric and Beeb will answer that question and recap this fight as well as the rest of the past week's boxing action.

 

 

Aug 19, 2019

Promoter Eddie Hearn announced last week that the Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz rematch is a done deal scheduled for December 7 in Saudi Arabia. Ruiz and his team state the total opposite and claim they haven’t formally agreed to anything yet and Ruiz has even gone as far as saying that he will not go to Saudi Arabia to fight Joshua. This whole thing looks to be a hot mess with both sides seeming to not be on the same page. Eric, Beeb, and special guest Michael Montero from Boxing Monthly and RingTv.com will weigh in on this topic as well as recap WBO World Super Bantamweight Champion Emanuel Navarrete’s one-sided three round destruction of Francisco De Vaca.

 

 

Aug 12, 2019

Vergil Ortiz Jr. passed his biggest test to date by stopping the tough and highly experienced Antonio Orozco in the sixth round. Orozco made Ortiz Jr. work hard for the victory by applying constant pressure in all of the six rounds before being stopped for the first time in his career. Eric and Beeb recap this fight as well as the rest of the past week's boxing action.

 

 

Aug 5, 2019

Heavyweight veteran and three time title challenger Chris Arreola took on the up and coming power punching Adam Kownacki in what was looked at as crossroads fight for both men. The 38 year old Arreola was trying to prove that he still had what it takes to compete at a high level against the top fighters in the division while Kownacki was looking to prove that he was a threat to the big names in the division and worthy of a title shot. The fight was competitive in spots and was fought in a phone booth at close range with both men setting a record for the most combined punches thrown and landed in a heavyweight fight with a total of 667 punches landed and 2172 thrown. Although Arreola had his moments, Kownacki appeared to land the cleaner shots and at a higher rate over twelve hard fought rounds which was enough to secure him a unanimous decision victory. Eric and Beeb recap this fight as well as the rest of the past week's boxing action.

 

 

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