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03-14-2021, 11:41 PM
Did anybody watch Estrada/Gonzalez 2? Over 2500 punches thrown. Pure heart and entertainment - Joseph Parker and Junior Fa should give it a watch, boxing's about punching not cuddling. If you haven't seen it, watch it. It will make your day better.
03-16-2021, 07:31 PM
03-16-2021, 07:40 PM
(03-14-2021, 11:41 PM)craigyid14 Wrote: [ -> ]Did anybody watch Estrada/Gonzalez 2? Over 2500 punches thrown. Pure heart and entertainment - Joseph Parker and Junior Fa should give it a watch, boxing's about punching not cuddling. If you haven't seen it, watch it. It will make your day better.
Still trying to find the time haha, I have tomorrow off so I'll give it a look then.
03-17-2021, 01:29 PM
03-17-2021, 06:37 PM
For those of you who have DAZN ($3 a month), this fight is a good one: https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/173140/173140
Hopefully, this one will also be on the cards:
March 20
DAZN
Lawrence Okolie vs. Krzysztof Glowacki
(WBO cruiserweight title)
Hopefully, this one will also be on the cards:
March 20
DAZN
Lawrence Okolie vs. Krzysztof Glowacki
(WBO cruiserweight title)
03-21-2021, 12:33 PM
Beterbiev stops Deines in ten, retains WBC/IBF titles
WBC/IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KOs) scored a tenth round TKO over game Adam Deines (19-2-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night in front of at the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia. Beterbiev dropped Deines at the end of round one. Deines came back well in round two, expending a lot of energy. Beterbiev continued to patiently stalk and finally lowered the boom in round ten. Deines beat the count, but his corner waved the towel. Time was 1:34.
It was Beterbiev’s first fight since unifying the WBC and IBF belts in October 2019 against Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
WBC/IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KOs) scored a tenth round TKO over game Adam Deines (19-2-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night in front of at the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia. Beterbiev dropped Deines at the end of round one. Deines came back well in round two, expending a lot of energy. Beterbiev continued to patiently stalk and finally lowered the boom in round ten. Deines beat the count, but his corner waved the towel. Time was 1:34.
It was Beterbiev’s first fight since unifying the WBC and IBF belts in October 2019 against Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
03-21-2021, 04:14 PM
Hooker-Ortiz Undercard Results
By Jeff Zimmerman at ringside
In the first TV fight on the DAZN in Fort Worth, TX and on the Ortiz-Hooker battle of Big D undercard, one of Golden Boy’s rising, young stars, cruiserweight Tristan Kalkreuth (8-0, 6 KOs) based out of Duncanville, TX, wasted little time and ambushed the outgunned Dustin Long (4-2-2, 4 KOs) fighting out of Tennessee at 1:18 of the first round of the schedule six. Kalkreuth went right after Long at the opening bell and unleashed a flurry of punches in the corner before Long finally crumbled to the canvas before the referee waived it off and gave Kalkreuth the knockout victory. Long laid on the canvas for several minutes, before he was put on a stretcher and taken out of the ring.
Kalkreuth, a towering 6’4”, is only 19 years old and continues to show the promise of a future world champion. Out of the ring, he is very soft-spoken and reserved, but once he enters the squared circle, he turns into a terror and could be a problem for years to come as he is still growing into his man’s strength. Kalkreuth is trained by world-renowned trainer Ronnie Shields.
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In a highly competitive back and forth battle, super lightweight Alex Martin (20-3, 6 KOs) bobbed and weaved over ten rounds to snatch the WBC Continental Americas super lightweight title from the aggressive Luis Hernandez (21-1, 19 KOs) out of Chihuahua, Mexico with a ten round unanimous decision with scores of 100-90 twice and 99-91.
The southpaw Martin stole a page from the legendary Roy Jones Jr fighting at various angles and off his back foot most of the night to frustrate the seek and destroy plan of Hernandez. Although Hernandez chased Martin around the ring and landed solid combos early in the fight, Martin countered with his own power shots. Starting in round seven and through the final bell, Martin decided to stay in the pocket with Hernandez and found success in doing so and would successfully move out of range of the stalking Hernandez. Although Hernandez was clearly the aggressor the entire fight, it was the cleaner, harder shots that won the judges over in a surprisingly wide unanimous decision. Martin leaves Fort Worth with the WBC Continental Americas super lightweight belt around his waist.
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Super lightweight George Rincon (11-0, 7 KOs) out of Dallas, TX, showed a diverse attack from the opening bell as he peppered veteran Luis Solis (25-12-4, 21 KOs) out of Mexico with a pinpoint right jab, right hook and left hand power shots to the head and body of Solis throughout the whole fight.
Solis had no answer for the southpaw Rincon, who paid homage to the rock-n-roll band KISS on his shorts. Rincon pressured Solis each round with right, left combinations and closed round two and four particularly strong, not letting Solis catch a breath. The veteran Solis hung around, but could not do any significant damage to Rincon, who kept coming forward and finally dropped Solis in round six, but the durable Solis quickly got back to his feet. In a virtual shutout, scores read 80-71 twice and 79-72 for the unanimous decision for Rincon who kept his undefeated record intact in front of his hometown fans.
Rincon and his brother Alex are both promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. Alex fought on the Ryan Garcia – Luke Campbell card in Dallas in January on the first big card of 2021. At 29, Rincon is looking to fast track his career after only eleven fights, and hopes to get a title shot in the next couple of years as he told Fightnews.com in an exclusive interview leading up to the fight.
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In an entertaining and spirited opening bout at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, TX, under the mega Texas Showdown between former 140lb world champ Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker and rising star Vergil Ortiz Jr for the WBO International welterweight title., Dallas’ own super bantamweight Hector Valdez (14-0, 8 KOs) faced Alberto Torres (11-4-3, 4 KOs) out of Sacramento, CA in an eight round scrap.
Valdez and the southpaw Torres traded shots in the center of the ring through the first few rounds, before Valdez started to let his hands go from round five to the final bell as he took control of the fight. Torres stood his ground and fired back against the local Valdez and did his best to slow him down.
Valdez came out firing in the final round looking for a knockout as he and Torres exchanged blows to the very end. The scores ready 78-74 twice and 79-73 for Valdez as he remained undefeated with the win. Valdez is part of the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy training team that includes Hector Beltran and Vergil Ortiz Sr.
By Jeff Zimmerman at ringside
In the first TV fight on the DAZN in Fort Worth, TX and on the Ortiz-Hooker battle of Big D undercard, one of Golden Boy’s rising, young stars, cruiserweight Tristan Kalkreuth (8-0, 6 KOs) based out of Duncanville, TX, wasted little time and ambushed the outgunned Dustin Long (4-2-2, 4 KOs) fighting out of Tennessee at 1:18 of the first round of the schedule six. Kalkreuth went right after Long at the opening bell and unleashed a flurry of punches in the corner before Long finally crumbled to the canvas before the referee waived it off and gave Kalkreuth the knockout victory. Long laid on the canvas for several minutes, before he was put on a stretcher and taken out of the ring.
Kalkreuth, a towering 6’4”, is only 19 years old and continues to show the promise of a future world champion. Out of the ring, he is very soft-spoken and reserved, but once he enters the squared circle, he turns into a terror and could be a problem for years to come as he is still growing into his man’s strength. Kalkreuth is trained by world-renowned trainer Ronnie Shields.
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In a highly competitive back and forth battle, super lightweight Alex Martin (20-3, 6 KOs) bobbed and weaved over ten rounds to snatch the WBC Continental Americas super lightweight title from the aggressive Luis Hernandez (21-1, 19 KOs) out of Chihuahua, Mexico with a ten round unanimous decision with scores of 100-90 twice and 99-91.
The southpaw Martin stole a page from the legendary Roy Jones Jr fighting at various angles and off his back foot most of the night to frustrate the seek and destroy plan of Hernandez. Although Hernandez chased Martin around the ring and landed solid combos early in the fight, Martin countered with his own power shots. Starting in round seven and through the final bell, Martin decided to stay in the pocket with Hernandez and found success in doing so and would successfully move out of range of the stalking Hernandez. Although Hernandez was clearly the aggressor the entire fight, it was the cleaner, harder shots that won the judges over in a surprisingly wide unanimous decision. Martin leaves Fort Worth with the WBC Continental Americas super lightweight belt around his waist.
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Super lightweight George Rincon (11-0, 7 KOs) out of Dallas, TX, showed a diverse attack from the opening bell as he peppered veteran Luis Solis (25-12-4, 21 KOs) out of Mexico with a pinpoint right jab, right hook and left hand power shots to the head and body of Solis throughout the whole fight.
Solis had no answer for the southpaw Rincon, who paid homage to the rock-n-roll band KISS on his shorts. Rincon pressured Solis each round with right, left combinations and closed round two and four particularly strong, not letting Solis catch a breath. The veteran Solis hung around, but could not do any significant damage to Rincon, who kept coming forward and finally dropped Solis in round six, but the durable Solis quickly got back to his feet. In a virtual shutout, scores read 80-71 twice and 79-72 for the unanimous decision for Rincon who kept his undefeated record intact in front of his hometown fans.
Rincon and his brother Alex are both promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. Alex fought on the Ryan Garcia – Luke Campbell card in Dallas in January on the first big card of 2021. At 29, Rincon is looking to fast track his career after only eleven fights, and hopes to get a title shot in the next couple of years as he told Fightnews.com in an exclusive interview leading up to the fight.
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In an entertaining and spirited opening bout at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, TX, under the mega Texas Showdown between former 140lb world champ Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker and rising star Vergil Ortiz Jr for the WBO International welterweight title., Dallas’ own super bantamweight Hector Valdez (14-0, 8 KOs) faced Alberto Torres (11-4-3, 4 KOs) out of Sacramento, CA in an eight round scrap.
Valdez and the southpaw Torres traded shots in the center of the ring through the first few rounds, before Valdez started to let his hands go from round five to the final bell as he took control of the fight. Torres stood his ground and fired back against the local Valdez and did his best to slow him down.
Valdez came out firing in the final round looking for a knockout as he and Torres exchanged blows to the very end. The scores ready 78-74 twice and 79-73 for Valdez as he remained undefeated with the win. Valdez is part of the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy training team that includes Hector Beltran and Vergil Ortiz Sr.
03-21-2021, 08:37 PM
First time I've seen Vergil Ortiz fight. Reminds me a little of Frazier. Great fight:
Ortiz stops Hooker in fire fight
By Jeff Zimmerman at ringside
This was perhaps the biggest fight in Dallas Boxing history between two Dallas born and bred fighters in rising star Vergil Ortiz Jr (17-0, 17 KOs) and former 140lb world champ Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (27-2-3, 19 KOs) in what was definitely one for the books as both fighters went right after each other from the opening bell. But in the end, the young hungry lion, Ortiz Jr., was not to be denied as he came away with the knockout victory in round seven against Hooker in front of a raucous crowd in Fort Worth, Texas at Dickies Arena and shown live on DAZN. The card was promoted by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions.
Ortiz came forward and took the fight to Hooker in round two and had him against the ropes at times, but Hooker quickly got away. In round three, Hooker used his long reach and his powerful right hand early, but Ortiz quickly closed the distance going to the body and then upstairs with his big right hand. Hooker also went to the body with straight right hands and an overhand right in what quickly became a firefight, similar to the Hooker-Ramirez showdown up the road in Arlington, TX in July 2019, a knockout win for Ramirez who is also the stablemate of Ortiz and both trained by one of the best in Robert Garcia.
Hooker, however, ended round three with two big left hooks and was clearly in the fight as Ortiz acknowledged with a smirk as the round ended. Hooker started off round four strong as he used his length and right hand to keep Ortiz at distance. However, the power of Ortiz was evident as he snapped Hooker’s head back a couple of times and like a shark was constantly on the attack. Ortiz showed great footwork and moved his head side to side and cut off the ring as he stalked Hooker the rest of the round. Both guys exchanged powerful right hands as the bell sounded. Ortiz once again teed off in round five as Hooker spent most of the round covering up against the ropes.
Ortiz finally put Hooker on the canvas after a flurry of punches at the end of round six, but Hooker got back to his feet and went toe to toe with Ortiz as the crowd went crazy. And finally, in round seven of the scheduled twelve, Ortiz dropped Hooker again with a right hand body shot and Hooker went down in pain with an apparently broken hand as referee Laurence Cole immediately waved it off at 56 seconds for the TKO victory as Ortiz Jr. became the new WBO International welterweight champ.
Oscar De La Hoya, promoter for Ortiz Jr, told Fightnews.com before the fight this was a great test for his prized pupil.
“This was the perfect fight to make at this time of his career. Hooker’s going to present to him a different style than what he is used to. He’s going to give him angles, he’s going to give him speed. He’s going to think a little in there, he has Crawford’s corner.”
Ortiz did acknowledge after the fight that Hooker was his toughest test to date but was never hurt.
De La Hoya also predicted what was to come in this Texas showdown between two of the best fighters from Dallas during this era.
“Once a fighter gets hit, everything changes game plans go out the window,” De La Hoya told Fightnews.com before the fight. “Your composure goes out the window and you get into a survival mode. You try to bring in plan B, plan C and nothing works and suddenly you find yourself knocked out. That’s what’s great about boxing. That’s what’s great about having two elite fighters in the ring at the same time.”
De La Hoya was spot on as both guys showed they were world class fighters tonight. Soon after his thrilling win, Ortiz immediately called out WBO welterweight champ Terence Crawford, who was in attendance, after the fight.
Crawford dismissed fighting Ortiz to the media after the fight, but thought he fought a good fight and did what he had to do but didn’t see him as a threat. Crawford also has his sights on finally facing Manny Pacquiao or perhaps Shawn Porter next.
In the end, Ortiz at 22, is well on his way to superstardom and could one day be the face of boxing and a pound for pound great. But on this night against fellow Dallas native, Maurice Hooker, Vergil Ortiz Jr. showed he was the best in Big D, not far from where they both grew up and became world class fighters. It was a great night for Dallas boxing.
Ortiz stops Hooker in fire fight
By Jeff Zimmerman at ringside
This was perhaps the biggest fight in Dallas Boxing history between two Dallas born and bred fighters in rising star Vergil Ortiz Jr (17-0, 17 KOs) and former 140lb world champ Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (27-2-3, 19 KOs) in what was definitely one for the books as both fighters went right after each other from the opening bell. But in the end, the young hungry lion, Ortiz Jr., was not to be denied as he came away with the knockout victory in round seven against Hooker in front of a raucous crowd in Fort Worth, Texas at Dickies Arena and shown live on DAZN. The card was promoted by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions.
Ortiz came forward and took the fight to Hooker in round two and had him against the ropes at times, but Hooker quickly got away. In round three, Hooker used his long reach and his powerful right hand early, but Ortiz quickly closed the distance going to the body and then upstairs with his big right hand. Hooker also went to the body with straight right hands and an overhand right in what quickly became a firefight, similar to the Hooker-Ramirez showdown up the road in Arlington, TX in July 2019, a knockout win for Ramirez who is also the stablemate of Ortiz and both trained by one of the best in Robert Garcia.
Hooker, however, ended round three with two big left hooks and was clearly in the fight as Ortiz acknowledged with a smirk as the round ended. Hooker started off round four strong as he used his length and right hand to keep Ortiz at distance. However, the power of Ortiz was evident as he snapped Hooker’s head back a couple of times and like a shark was constantly on the attack. Ortiz showed great footwork and moved his head side to side and cut off the ring as he stalked Hooker the rest of the round. Both guys exchanged powerful right hands as the bell sounded. Ortiz once again teed off in round five as Hooker spent most of the round covering up against the ropes.
Ortiz finally put Hooker on the canvas after a flurry of punches at the end of round six, but Hooker got back to his feet and went toe to toe with Ortiz as the crowd went crazy. And finally, in round seven of the scheduled twelve, Ortiz dropped Hooker again with a right hand body shot and Hooker went down in pain with an apparently broken hand as referee Laurence Cole immediately waved it off at 56 seconds for the TKO victory as Ortiz Jr. became the new WBO International welterweight champ.
Oscar De La Hoya, promoter for Ortiz Jr, told Fightnews.com before the fight this was a great test for his prized pupil.
“This was the perfect fight to make at this time of his career. Hooker’s going to present to him a different style than what he is used to. He’s going to give him angles, he’s going to give him speed. He’s going to think a little in there, he has Crawford’s corner.”
Ortiz did acknowledge after the fight that Hooker was his toughest test to date but was never hurt.
De La Hoya also predicted what was to come in this Texas showdown between two of the best fighters from Dallas during this era.
“Once a fighter gets hit, everything changes game plans go out the window,” De La Hoya told Fightnews.com before the fight. “Your composure goes out the window and you get into a survival mode. You try to bring in plan B, plan C and nothing works and suddenly you find yourself knocked out. That’s what’s great about boxing. That’s what’s great about having two elite fighters in the ring at the same time.”
De La Hoya was spot on as both guys showed they were world class fighters tonight. Soon after his thrilling win, Ortiz immediately called out WBO welterweight champ Terence Crawford, who was in attendance, after the fight.
Crawford dismissed fighting Ortiz to the media after the fight, but thought he fought a good fight and did what he had to do but didn’t see him as a threat. Crawford also has his sights on finally facing Manny Pacquiao or perhaps Shawn Porter next.
In the end, Ortiz at 22, is well on his way to superstardom and could one day be the face of boxing and a pound for pound great. But on this night against fellow Dallas native, Maurice Hooker, Vergil Ortiz Jr. showed he was the best in Big D, not far from where they both grew up and became world class fighters. It was a great night for Dallas boxing.
03-23-2021, 05:40 PM
Tank Davis indicted in hit-and-run incident
WBA lightweight and super featherweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis has been indicted on 14 counts in Baltimore Circuit Court revolving around a hit-and-run incident on November 5. He is facing up to a year in prison on some of the most serious charges according to the Baltimore Sun.
Davis, driving a $200k Lamborghini, reportedly ran a red light and struck another vehicle, injuring its occupants. Davis and a female companion then allegedly fled the scene in a black Camero that came to pick them up.
WBA lightweight and super featherweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis has been indicted on 14 counts in Baltimore Circuit Court revolving around a hit-and-run incident on November 5. He is facing up to a year in prison on some of the most serious charges according to the Baltimore Sun.
Davis, driving a $200k Lamborghini, reportedly ran a red light and struck another vehicle, injuring its occupants. Davis and a female companion then allegedly fled the scene in a black Camero that came to pick them up.