Foster And Nontshinga Make Championship Stands: Weekend Afterthoughts
Weekend After thoughts from Cliff Rold, who writes about the latest world title victories for Sivenathi Nontshinga and O'Shaquie Foster
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Adrian Curiel-Sivenathi Nontshinga II: Stats & Stakes
Junior flyweight has already delivered a fight of the year contender in 2024. Kenshiro’s lineal title defense against Carlos Canizales set a bar for the division this year, the same way his run atop the division has set a bar for what has been a strong and undersung era. 108 pounds isn’t always an attraction but its highs over the years have been red meat highlights for harcire fans. Classics like Carbajal-Gonzalez and Segura-Calderon stand the test of time and multiple champions from the division have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
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Review: The Secrets on Federal Street Are An Engrossing Read
For years, there were two things easily taken for granted about the short, tragic life of a junior lightweight champion who never was. The first was that Tyrone Everett was the victim of one of the worst decisions of the 1970s. The second was that Everett was murdered by his girlfriend when she caught him with another man.
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Can Adrian Curiel Stun Again?
By Cliff Rold - The nature of a stunning result can vary. Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson stunned the world. It may have stunned some neighboring ones too. Other results can feel just as shocking to those watching, even if the magnitude of the event is eons smaller. Last November, South Africa’s IBF junior flyweight titlist Sivenathi Nontshinga (12-1, 9 KO) appeared on his way to bigger fights in a division where unified and lineal titlist Kenshiro Teraji appeared to be looking for more unification. Undefeated,
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Teofimo Lopez’s Inconsistency is His Consistent: Weekend Afterthoughts
It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last. Boxing is chock full of tales of fighters who did enough to win the world championship only for the judges to leave them behind as a footnote. To these eyes, using superior defense, ring generalship, and according to CompuBox a narrow edge in punches thrown and landed, Jamaine Ortiz did enough last Thursday to lay claim to the lineal junior welterweight crown.
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Teofimo Lopez-Jamaine Ortiz: Stats & Stakes
Perhaps not since James Toney has boxing seen a talent quite like Teofimo Lopez at the elite level. Lopez, just 23, proved capable of defeating Vasyl Lomachenko to unify the lightweight division. Last year, he dominated undefeated Josh Taylor to capture history’s crown at 140 pounds.
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Fury-Usyk Postponement Cuts Deep: Weekend Afterthoughts
The biggest news of the weekend in boxing didn’t come from anything in the ring. February’s highest profile fight isn’t happening in February anymore with an errant elbow leaving us without the undisputed showdown between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
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Fury and Usyk Play Highlander: February Preview
There can be only one. A film analogy felt appropriate after the debut of the audacious preview commercial for the undisputed heavyweight clash dropped this week. Borrowing from western, gladiator, and anime influences among others, the point was driven home. A showdown is coming:
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Lightweight Shuffle Might Require Some Fan Patience
By Cliff Rold - It can be exciting to see a fighter collect all the belts in a single class. How they lose those belts is another matter. Sometimes, they lose them in pieces. Josh Taylor and Jermell Charlo are recent examples. Both assembled all the hardware at junior welterweight and junior middleweight respectively. Taylor defended all his straps once before inactivity and injury saw his waist whittle down from four belts to one. Eventually he lost the lineal throne, and his lone remaining belt, to Teofimo Lopez.
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Evolving Jaime Munguia: Weekend Afterthoughts
In boxing, contention is about position. Whether a fighter would be ‘favored’ to win one fight or another or not isn’t relevant. Getting a chance to find out is the only way anyone knows for sure.
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