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Crawford Destroys Benavidez

Posted: October 18, 2018 in Boxing Results
Tags: #BobArum, #Boxeo, #boxing, #boxingblog, #BoxingNews, #CrawfordBenavidez, #DavidJukic, #ESPN, #insideringside, #JoseBenavidez, #KO, #PoundForPound, #TerenceCrawford, #TKO, #TopRank, #TopRankBoxing, #USA, #WBO, #Welterweight

This past Saturday night October 14 2018, Terence Crawford (34-0, 25 KO’s) proved to everyone why he is the worlds top Pound For Pound fighter, as he defeated Jose Benavidez (27-1, 18 KO’s) to retain his WBO Welterweight title with a 12th round TKO victory. The fight started off slow, as Crawford was struggling to find his range against the much bigger challenger. Benavidez was seemingly un phased by any of Crawfords punches in the first few round. He looked to be walking right through them, and throwing back his own punches. The first 6 rounds of the fight were pretty hard to score, because even though Crawford was slightly out landing Benavidez, Benavidez was walking him down at will.

The 7th round was the turning point of the fight. Crawford started going to the body more, and it finally started paying off. Benavidez was clearly slower at this point, and the 7th round was target practice for Crawford. He won the fight mentally in that round, and Benavidez had nothing left. The next few rounds looked like Benavidez just ran out of ideas on how to fight Crawford, and Crawford took advantage, peppering him with combinations. The 12th and final round was a wild one. Crawford continued to land punches at will, and towards the end if the round, he nailed Benavidez with an uppercut that put him down. Benavidez would get up, but Crawford pinned him against the ropes and landed a huge right hook followed by a devastating left hand. The fight was stopped there, and Crawford retained his WBO Welterweight title.

-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE

CRAWFORD VS BENAVIDEZ: Breakdown & Prediction

Posted: October 11, 2018 in Predictions
Tags: #Boxeo, #boxing, #boxingblog, #BoxingNews, #CrawfordBenavidez, #DavidJukic, #ESPN, #insideringside, #JoseBenavidez, #KO, #ShakurStevenson, #TerenceCrawford, #TheRing, #TKO, #TopRank, #TopRankBoxing, #USA, #WBO, #Welterweight

This Saturday night, October 13th 2018, top pound for pound fighter Terence “Bud” Crawford (33-0, 24 KO’s) will defend his WBO Welterweight title against one of boxings top prospects Jose Benavidez (27-0, 18 KO’s). The fight will take place at the CHI Health Center in Omaha Nebraska, and will be live on Top Rank Boxing on ESPN at 10:30pm ET. In the co-feature, Shakur Stevenson (8-0, 4 KO’s) will face off against Duarn Vue (14-1-2, 4 KO’s) in a 10 round welterweight bout. Also on the card, Carlos Adames (14-0, 11 KO’s) and Joshua Conley (14-2-1, 9 KO’s) will go at it in a 10 round Junior Middleweight bout. Here is the breakdown and predictions:

TERENCE CRAWFORD

-Record: 33 – 0 – 0, 24 KO’s

-Weight Class: Welterweight

-Height: 5′ 8″

-Reach: 70″

-Notable Fights

Viktor Postol — Win, Unanimous Decision (12), 7/23/16. (Won TheRing & WBC Junior Welterweight titles)
Julius Indongo — Win, KO 3rd round (12), 8/19/17. (Won Undisputed Junior Welterweight title)
Jeff Horn — Win, TKO 9th round (12), 6/9/18. (Won WBO Welterweight title)

JOSE BENADIVEZ

-Record: 27 – 0 – 0, 18 KO’s

-Weight Class: Welterweight

-Height: 5′ 10″

-Reach: 74″

-Notable Fights

Mauricio Herrera — Win, Unanimous Decision (12), 12/13/14.
Jorge Paez Jr — Win, TKO 12th round (12), 5/15/15.
Frank Rojas — Win, KO 1st round (12), 6/9/18.

PREDICTIONS:

Carlos Adames — def — Joshua Conley — via — TKO 7th round

Shakur Stevenson — def — Duarn Vue — via — KO 4th round

Terence Crawford — def — Jose Benavidez — via — TKO 9th round

-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE

INSIDE RINGSIDE: Pound For Pound (9/24/18)

Posted: September 25, 2018 in Pound For Pound
Tags: #Boxeo, #boxing, #boxingblog, #BoxingRankings, #CaneloAlvarez, #DavidJukic, #EleiderAlvarez, #ErrolSpence, #ErrolSpenceJr, #insideringside, #KO, #MikeyGarcia, #NaoyaInoue, #OleksandrUsyk, #PoundForPound, #SrisaketSorRungvisai, #TerenceCrawford, #TheRing, #TKO, #VasylLomachenko

1. Terence Crawford 33 – 0 – 0 (24 KO’s) Junior Welterweight U.S.A.

2. Vasyl Lomachenko 11 – 1 – 0 (9 KO’s) Junior Lightweight Ukraine

3. Saul Alvarez 50 – 1 – 2 (34 KO’s) Middleweight Mexico

4. Gennady Golovkin 38 – 1 – 1 (34 KO’s) Middleweight Kazakstan

5. Mikey Garcia 39 – 0 – 0 (30 KO’s) Lightweight U.S.A

6. Naoya Inoue 16 – 0 – 0 (14 KO’s) Bantamweight Japan

7. Oleksandr Usyk 15 – 0 – 0 (11 KO’s) Cruiserweight Ukraine

8. Errol Spence Jr 24 – 0 – 0 (21 KO’s) Welterweight U.S.A.

9. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 46 – 4 – 1 (41 KO’s) Junior Batamweight Thailand

10. Eleider Alvarez 24 – 0 – 0 (12 KO’s) Light Heavyweight Colombia

INSIDE RINGSIDE: Rankings By Division (9/24/18)

Posted: September 24, 2018 in Rankings
Tags: #AdonisStevenson, #AnthonyJoshua, #boxing, #boxingblog, #BoxingNews, #BoxingRankings, #CaneloAlvarez, #DavidJukic, #DeontayWilder, #DmitryBivol, #EleiderAlvarez, #ErrolSpence, #ErrolSpenceJr, #FloydMayweather, #GaryRusselJr, #GennadyGolovkin, #GeorgeGroves, #GervontaDavis, #GGG, #GGGboxing, #IBF, #insideringside, #IsaacDogboe, #JaimeMunguia, #JarretHurd, #JermallCharlo, #JermellCharlo, #KeithThurman, #KO, #leosantacruz, #LuisOrtiz, #MannyPacquiao, #Mexico, #MiguelBerchelt, #MikeyGarcia, #NaoyaInoue, #RegisPrograis, #sergeykovalev, #SrisaketSorRungvisai, #TerenceCrawford, #TheRing, #TKO, #USA, #VasylLomachenko, #WBA, #wbc, #WBO

Heavyweight — (No Limit)

Champ – Vacant

Anthony Joshua (22-0-0, 21 KO’s) IBF, WBA, WBO
Deontay Wilder (40-0-0, 39 KO’s) WBC
Luis Ortiz (29-1-0, 25 KO’s)
Gillian Whyte (24-1-0, 17 KO’s)
Joseph Parker (24-1-0, 18 KO’s)

Cruiserweight — (200 pound limit)

Champ – Oleksandr Usyk (15-0-0, 11 KO’s) RING, IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO

Mairis Briedes (24-1-0, 18 KO’s)
Murat Gassiev (26-1-0, 19 KO’s)
Denis Lebedev (31-2-0, 23 KO’s)
Yunier Dorticos (22-1-0, 21 KO’s)
Krzysztof Glowacki (30-1-0, 19 KO’s)

Light Heavyweight — (175 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Eleider Alvarez (24-0-0, 12 KO’s) WBO
Dmitry Bivol (14-0-0, 11 KO’s) WBA
Adonis Stevenson (29-1-1, 24 KO’s) WBC
Badou Jack (23-1-3, 13 KO’s)
Sergey Kovalev (32-3-1, 28 KO’s)

Super Middleweight — (168 pounds limit)

Champ – Vacant

George Groves (28-3-0, 20 KO’s) WBA
Gilberto Ramirez (38-0-0, 25 KO’s) WBO
Callum Smith (24-0-0, 17 KO’s)
David Benavidez (20-0-0, 17 KO’s) WBC
Jose Uzcategui (27-2-0, 23 KO’s)

Middleweight — (160 pound limit)

Champ – Saul Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KO’s) RING, WBA, WBC

Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KO’s)
Daniel Jacobs (34-2-0, 29 KO’s)
Billy Joe Saunders (26-0-0, 12 KO’s) WBO
Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0-0, 10 KO’s)
Jermall Charlo (27-0-0, 21 KO’s)

Junior Middleweight — (154 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Jarret Hurd (22-0-0, 15 KO’s) IBF, WBA
Jermell Charlo (31-0-0, 15 KO’s) WBC
Erislandy Lara (25-3-2, 14 KO’s)
Jaime Munguia (31-0-0, 26 KO’s) WBO
Brian Castano (15-0-0, 11 KO’s)

Welterweight — (147 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Keith Thurman (28-0-0, 22 KO’s) WBA
Errol Spence Jr (24-0-0, 21 KO’s) IBF
Terence Crawford (33-0-0, 24 KO’s) WBO
Shawn Porter (29-2-1, 17 KO’s) WBC
Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KO’s)

Junior Welterweight — (140 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Regis Prograis (22-0-0, 19 KO’s)
Josh Taylor (13-0-0, 11 KO’s)
Jose Ramirez (23-0-0, 16 KO’s) WBC
Keryl Relikh (22-2-0, 19 KO’s) WBA
Viktor Postol (29-2-0, 12 KO’s)

Lightweight — (135 pound limit)

Champ – Vasyl Lomachenko (11-1-0, 9 KO’s) RING, WBA

Mikey Garcia (39-0-0, 30 KO’s) IBF, WBC
Jorge Linares (44-4-0, 27 KO’s)
Robert Easter (21-1-0, 14 KO’s)
Jose Pedraza (25-1-0, 12 KO’s) WBO
Richard Commy (27-2-0, 24 KO’s)

Junior Lightweight — (130 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Miguel Berchelt (34-1-0, 30 KO’s) WBC
Gervonta Davis (20-0-0, 19 KO’s) WBA
Alberto Machado (20-0-0, 16 KO’s)
Tevin Farmer (26-4-1, 5 KO’s) IBF
Francisco Vargas (25-1-2, 18 KO’s)

Featherweight — (126 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Leo Santa Cruz (35-1-1, 19 KO’s) WBA
Garry Russel Jr (29-1-0, 17 KO’s) WBC
Carl Frampton (26-1-0, 14 KO’s)
Oscar Valdez (24-0-0, 19 KO’s) WBO
Josh Warrington (27-0-0, 6 KO’s) IBF

Junior Featherweight — (122 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Isaac Dogboe (20-0-0, 14 KO’s) WBO
Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-1-0, 11 KO’s)
Rey Vargas (32-0-0, 22 KO’s) WBC
Daniel Roman (25-2-1, 9 KO’s) WBA
Jesse Magdaleno (25-1-0, 18 KO’s)

Bantamweight — (118 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Zolani Tete (27-3-0, 21 KO’s) WBO
Naoya Inoue (16-0-0, 14 KO’s)
Ryan Burnett (19-0-0, 9 KO’s) WBA
Emmanuel Rodriguez (18-0-0, 12 KO’s) IBF
Juan Carlos Payano (20-1-0, 9 KO’s)

Junior Bantamweight — (115 pound limit)

Champ – Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (46-4-1, 41 KO’s) RING, WBC

Juan Francisco Estrada (37-3-0, 25 KO’s)
Khalid Yafai (24-0-0, 15 KO’s) WBA
Jerwin Ancajas (30-1-1, 20 KO’s) IBF
Kazuto Ioka (23-1-0, 13 KO’s) WBA
Roman Gonzalez (47-2-0, 39 KO’s)

Flyweight — (112 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Moruti Mthalane (36-2-0, 24 KO’s) IBF
Artem Dalakian (17-0-0, 12 KO’s) WBA
Andrew Selby (10-0-0, 5 KO’s)
Cristopher Rosales (28-3-0, 19 KO’s) WBC
Sho Kimura (17-1-2, 10 KO’s) WBO

Junior Flyweight — (108 pound limit)

Champ – Hekke Budler (32-3-0, 10 KO’s) RING, IBF, WBA

Ryoichi Taguchi (27-3-2, 12 KO’s)
Ken Shiro (13-0-0, 7 KO’s) WBC
Carlos Canizares (21-0-1, 17 KO’s)
Milan Melindo (37-3-0, 13 KO’s)
Felix Alvarado (33-2-0, 29 KO’s)

Strawweight — (105 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Wanheng Menayothin (51-0-0, 18 KO’s) WBC
Knockout CP Freshmart (18-0-0, 7 KO’s) WBA
Hiroto Kyoguchi (10-0-0, 7 KO’s)
Byron Rojas (24-3-3, 10 KO’s)
Vic Saludar (18-3-0, 10 KO’s) WBO

Money Fighters Trump All Logic: The Shady Career Of Canelo Alvarez

Posted: September 23, 2018 in Personal Thoughts
Tags: #Boxeo, #boxing, #boxingblog, #CaneloAlvarez, #CaneloGGG, #CaneloGGG2, #DavidJukic, #IBF, #insideringside, #KO, #Middleweight, #OscarDeLaHoya, #TKO, #WBA, #wbc, #WBO

Throughout the history of Boxing, the man they call the “Money Fighter” has gotten away with murder, both inside and outside of the ring. The term “Money Fighter” can best be defined as, the fighter that is the main attraction in the sport at the moment. They fighter that grosses the most money because the fans adore him. one of the biggest examples of a money fighter getting away with things outside of the ring would probably be Mohamed Ali. Yes Ali did a lot of great things in his life, such as contributing to society with awareness about racial injustice and things of that sort. But Ali also did a lot of things that were questionable, but people loved him so it flew under the radar. Another example would be Mike Tyson. We all love “Iron Mike” but we also know that Mike has a very checkered past, and the second chances he got were endless. Why?? Simply because he made the sport of boxing a ton of money, and was one of the most exciting fighters to watch in the ring of all time.

This decades money fighter will unfortunately be Canelo Alvarez. Putting aside Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao of course, because they are at the ends of their careers. Canelo Alvarez’s outside of the ring life was semmigly normal, until this year, when he got busted for Clenbuterol. Alvarez and Oscar de La Hoya insisted that the positive test was due to the problems of tainted meat in Mexico, which actually is a real problem. There have been several fighters from Mexico last year and this year that tested positive for the banned substance, but never a fighter of Canelo’s magnitude. Lets say that he unknowingly ingested the drug. How stupid is he for not training in America? He’s got the money to do it, and he’s got an A+ team around him. Did they really not realize this could happen? The answer is quite simple. He knew what he was doing, and he did knowingly take Clenbuterol. How could he not know? He also knew that the punishment for him would be a slap on the wrist, compared to other fighters not of his stature.

For those who don’t know, Clenbuterol is a banned substance, that allows you to burn fat without losing any muscle mass, and it boosts your energy levels at the same time. It can also be used as a masking agent for other performance enhancing drug and steroids. It was a genius plan if you ask me. He got shredded, upped his energy, and had almost a year to prepare for his rematch against the aging Gennady Golovkin because of the 6 month suspension he had to serve for the positive test. There was no appeal!!! That should tell you everything you need to know on the matter.

Everyone loves Canelo. Thats not an opinion, thats a fact. Because of this, he has also gotten away with murder in the ring. Canelo Alvarez is 50-1-2 (34 KO’s), but the fact of the matter is, his real record should be 47-4-3 (34 KO’s). Canelo fought to a draw with Austin Trout (got the win on paper), he was beaten by Erislandy Lara (got the win on paper), and he was beaten twice by Gennady Golovkin (got a draw and a win). For christ sake, when Canelo fought Mayweather, one judge scored it a draw. Mayweather won 10-11 rounds of that fight! Golovkin outlanded Canelo in both of their fights, and doesn’t have a win to show for it. So the 47 wins that Canelo actually does have, were against outclassed opposition. Every time he fights a top fighter, he losses or draws, but some how, some way, gets the win. Its a sad truth of boxing unfortunately. And it will continue to be a sad truth. But Canelo will keep on ticking, because he is a fan favorite, which makes a ton of money for the sport.

-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE

Joshua KO’s Povetkin

Posted: September 23, 2018 in Boxing Results
Tags: #AlexanderPovetkin, #AnthonyJoshua, #Boxeo, #boxing, #boxingblog, #BoxingNews, #DavidJukic, #EddieHearn, #England, #Heavyweight, #insideringside, #JoshuaPovetkin, #KO, #Russia, #showtime, #TKO, #UK, #USA

Yesterday, September 22nd 2018, Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KO’s) successfully defended his WBA/WBO/IBF World Heavyweight titles against Alexander Povetkin (34-2, 24 KO’s). Povetkin looked good early as he displayed his superior hand speed in round 1. He landed a brutal combination finishing with a vicious left hook which seemed to break Joshuas nose. Blood began to pour from it, and Joshua clearly looked bothered by the damage to his nose. Povetkin continued the combinations in round 2, as AJ certainly looked frazzled and dumbfounded by Povetkin’s early success.

In the 3rd round, Joshua seemed to find his range, and was being much more effective as he boxed Povetkin from the outside. The 4th was more of the same, as Joshua seemed to be gaining control of the fight. Povetkin, at age 39, seemed to be losing steam in the 5th round, and the fight would not last much longer. In the 7th round, AJ landed a huge right hand that badly stunned Povetkin, and a few punches later, he would go down. Povetkin, on dream street, somehow got up from the knockdown, and was somehow allowed to continue, even though he had no legs under him, and was clearly almost out on his feet. Joshua bombarded hime with punches, and Povetkin would go down again, this time for good. Joshua remains the unified World Heavyweight champion, with a 7th round KO victory.

-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE

JOSHUA VS POVETKIN: Tale Of The Tape & Prediction

Posted: September 22, 2018 in Predictions
Tags: #AlexanderPovetkin, #AnthonyJoshua, #boxing, #BoxingNews, #DavidJukic, #EddieHearn, #England, #insideringside, #JoshuaPovetkin, #KO, #TKO, #UK, #Wembly

Today, Saturday September 22nd 2018, Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KO’s) will defend his WBA/WBO/IBF World Heavyweight titles against Alexander Povetkin (34-1, 24 KO’s). The fight will take place at Wembley Stadium in London England, and will air live on Sky Sports at 1pm ET. The fight will also be available for viewing on Dazn.com at the same time. In the co-feature, Yvan Mendy (40-4-1, 19 KO’s) and Luke Campbell (18-2, 15 KO’s) will go at it in a 12 round Lightweight bout. Here is the tale of the tape and predictions:

Alexander Povetkin	Tale of The Tape	Anthony Joshua
34	Wins	21
1	Losses	0
24	KOs	20
0	Draws	0
35	Total Fights	21
69%	KO%	95%
6’2″	Height	6’6″
75″	Reach	82″
Orthodox	Stance	Orthodox
Kursk, Russia	Nationality	Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
September 2nd, 1979	Date of Birth	October 15th 1989

PREDICTIONS;

Luke Campbell — def — Yvan Mendy — via — Decision

Anthony Joshua — def — Alexander Povetkin — via — TKO 9th round

-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE

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