I’ll be following along on the Netflix event tonight with fight results and some commentary on the Serrano-Taylor rematch as well as the headliner.
JAKE PAUL UD8 OVER MIKE TYSON
Pretty underwhelming. Either you like the “event” or you don’t. I’m ok with it. Mike had very little and Jake went easy on him. Fair enough. We got a couple of great fights on the undercard and a lot of eyes were on boxing tonight. Just my personal opinion but this new era of boxing is going quite well. Events such as
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Results from Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY
O’SHAQUIE FOSTER SD12 over ROBSON CONCEICAO
Photo: SkySports.com
O’Shaquie Foster earned a 12-round split decision over Robson Conceicao to win back the WBC super featherweight title on Friday night in Verona, NY. The fight was very close, as was their last one despite the narrative surrounding that one, but Foster did enough to earn the nod this time. Official scores were 115-113 Foster, 115-113 Conceicao, 115-113 Foster.
Light heavyweight Padraig McCrory improved to 19-1 with 9 KOs with a points win over Leonard Carrillo (17-6, 16 KOs) on Friday in Belfast, Northern Ireland. McCrory scored a knockdown in round one but ended up with a 10-round decision. This was the 36-year old McCrory’s first action since a stoppage loss to Edgar Berlanga in February.
Full story on BoxingScene.com by Tris Dixon here:
Padriag McCrory outscores Leonard Carrillo in ProBox TV’s Belfast debut – Boxing News
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Weigh-in results for Saturday’s televised boxing cards:
FLOYD SCHOFIELD 134.4
RENE TELLEZ GIRON 134.4
WBA International Lightweight Title
DARIUS FULGHAM 167
CHRISTOPHER PEARSON 166.4
ERIC TUDOR 145.8
HAROLD CALDERON 146.6
ASA STEVENS 125
GAREN DIAGAN 125
DALIS KALEIOPU 130.8
MANUEL LERMA 131.8
JORDAN FUENTES 119
ROBERTO PENA 119.8
ROBSON CONCEICAO 129.7
O’SHAQUIE FOSTER 129.9
WBC Super Featherweight Title
RAYMOND MURATALLA 136.6
JESUS PEREZ 136.2
YAN SANTANA 126.8
EDUARDO BAEZ 125.7
ABRAHAM NOVA 131.4
HUMBERTO GALINDO 131.3
JAHI TUCKER 161.8
QUILISTO MADERA 161.8
DAMIAN KNYBA 259.1
RICHARD LARTEY HARRISON 288
BRYCE MILLS 139.8
MIKE OHAN JR. 1407.
ALI FELIZ 224.1
ORLANDO RASHAD COULTER 252.1
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PROBOXTV staged their wildly successful Wednesday night fights again this week and had another series of hotly contested bouts. The headliner saw Shurretta Metcalf win the IBF bantamweight title from Miyo Yoshida with a 10-round unanimous decision. Metcalf also beat Yoshida by decision last year before Yoshida had the title.
Lightweight Mykquan Williams was the star of the night as he showed a wide array of skills in stopping Lavisas Williams in eight rounds. Mykquan scored two knockdowns at the end of the first round and outboxed his foe consistently the rest of the way. Lavisas Williams battled valiantly throughout, but was outworked by his skillful opponent. A third knockdown in the eighth round ended the contest.
SHURRETTA METCALF UD10 over MIYO YOSHIDA
Shurretta Metcalf (14-4-1, 2 KOs) won the IBF bantamweight title from Miyo Yoshida (17-4, 0 KOs) via unanimous decision on Wednesday night in the main event of ProBox TV’s card. It was an evenly contested fight throughout with the scores coming in at 96-94, 97-93 and 99-91. The third card is ridiculous.
InTheCorner.net had it five rounds apiece.
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IBF junior middleweight champion Bakrahm Murtazaliev stopped Tim Tzyui in devastating fashion in the main event of Friday night’s PBC card on Amazon Prime. It was a spectacular showing for the 31-year old originally from Russia, as Tzyu’s come-forward style was perfectly made for him.
The Murtzaliev – Tzyu bout headlined the three televised fights on Amazon Prime, with one poor judging performance the only drawback of the event. All three fights featured plenty of action and the presentation was as good as we can expect from boxing telecasts these days. No major complaints.
BAKRAHM MURTAZALIEV KO3 TIM TZYU
Bakrahm Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) showed devastating power with both hands in stopping former champion Tim Tzyu (24-2, 17 KOs) in three rounds on Friday night in Orlando, FL. Tzyu was down three times in round two and once in round three. As Murtazaliev was pouring it on, Tzyu’s corner threw in the towel.
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There was plenty of boxing action overseas this weekend with the massive Beterbiev/Bivol matchup in Saudi Arabia while two separate championship cards were staged in Japan.
JUNTO NAKATANI KO6 OVER PETCH SOR CHITPATTANA
WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani scored an explosive sixth-round KO over challenger Petch Sor Chitpattana in the second of two boxing cards from Japan this weekend. Nakatani (29-0, 22 KOs) outclassed his fellow southpaw and used his faster, heavier hands to decide the fight at the 2:59 mark with a second knockdown.
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Tagged Artur Beterbiev, Dimitry Bivol, Seyia Tsutsumi, Takuma Inoue
Daniel Dubois added to his growing credentials with a dominant stoppage win over Anthony Joshua on Saturday September 21st. It was a pay-per-view event with 90,000 people in attendance with Dubois emerging as the man of the hour.
On the other side of the coin, Joshua lost for the third time in his last seven fights and is 6-4 over his last 10. Here’s a look at where Anthony Joshua stands at this point in his career.
Former 154-lb champions Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario fought to a 10-round draw on ProBox TV’s Wednesday night fights. Campaigning at middleweight, both fighters looked to get into the title mix with a good performance over a fellow former champ, but it didn’t work out that way for either.
Official scores were 96-94 Hurd, 96-94 Rosario, 95-95 even.
Hurd had the better jab but didn’t use it all that often and failed to follow up throughout the fight. Rosario put together the better combinations and sustained attacks, but not nearly as well as he did in his championship days.
Both fighters showed far less energy than they had in their glory days and even a big finish by Rosario in the 10th looked more like it was due to Hurd being out of gas.
Jarrett Hurd won his first belt at 154 with a 9th-round stoppage of Tony Harrison in 2017. After three successful defenses, Hurd lost multiple belts to Julian “J-Rock” Williams in 2019.
J-Rock promptly lost the belts to Rosario in 2020, then later that year Rosario gave them up to Jemell Charlo. Rosario was stopped in three of his next six fights.
After losing to Williams in 2019, Hurd went 2-2 with one of the losses by knockout.
Those setbacks made this a logical fight where the winner, if he could look impressive, would be able to vault back into title contention. Neither fighter looked impressive and there was no winner.
ProBox TV, on the other hand, was pretty impressive. Fights on YouTube for no subscription fee is a welcome sight in this era of streaming services and pay-per-views. The undercard fights were unknowns, but there was a lot of action. Over 10,000 people watched this event. This was my first time and I’ll be back in the future.
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Christian Mbilli remained unbeaten with a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Sergiy Derevyanchenko on Saturday night. Mbilli (28-0, 23 KO’s) battered the three-time title challenger, who fought through an injury to his left arm early in the bout. Scores were 100-90, 99-91 and 98-92.
Mbilli is ranked #1 at super middleweight by the WBC, #2 by the WBA, and #3 by both the IBF and WBO. Derevyanchenko (15-6, 10 KOs), at age 38, was a tough test for the younger (29) powerhouse and Mbilli came out very strong with volume punches that rocked the Ukranian.
Derevyanchenko weathered the early storm with movement and was scoring decent shots of his own going into the fourth round. That’s when an injury occurred to the left bicep and Derevyanchenko was forced to fight with just high right hand for the rest of the bout.
It was a game effort from Derevyanchenko, who rocked Mbilli late in the fight. There was no questioning the scorecards, but Mbilli didn’t feast on his injured, 38-year old opponent as he would be expected to with his reputation as a power puncher. The volume of punches was there, but no knockdowns were scored. At the same time, Dervyanchenko is as tough as they come, with competitive decision losses to Gennadiy Golovkin, Jermall Charlo and Jaime Munguia on his record.
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