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Does Adrien Broner Have A Chance Against Mikey Garcia?

Posted: July 24, 2017 in Uncategorized

This Saturday night will be an interesting one for the boxing world as Adrien Broner (33-2, 24 KO’s) takes on Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KO’s). This will be Mikey Garcia’s first fight at 140 pounds, as he moves up in weight again for better competition. Garcia has flourished every time he has moved up in weight, so there is nothing to warrant the thought of failure here. Broner has moved up in weight several times as well, but failed when he tried his luck at 147 pounds, so he will move back down to 140. This is an interesting fight because it will show if Adrien Broner has peaked and is on the decline, or if he still has what it takes to defeat (or at least hang with) a top tier fighter in or around his weight class.

So the question arises, does Adrien Broner have a chance to defeat Mikey Garcia? In my opinion the answer is no. But how will he lose? Will he be totally wiped out like he was against Marcos Maidana? Or will he make it an interesting fight and take it the distance? Broner was once upon a time one of my favorite fighters in the game. Lack of focus and bad life decisions however, have somewhat derailed his once very promising career. Broner was on the rise back in 2012 and 2013, obliterating everyone that stood in his way, and was on the fast track to the top of the boxing world. He defeated his toughest opponents to date in those 2 years (Antonio DeMarco and Gavin Rees) with relative ease. He was seemingly boxings golden boy, with all the talent in the world. Then he stepped up in competition to face Paulie Malignaggi, a decent fighter with no power, and Paulie gave him fits even though Broner escaped with a Split Decision victory.

Broner would step up the competition again after that in a fight with Marcos Maidana. Maidana exposed Broner for what he really was, a super talented fighter that just couldn’t get his head in the game. Maidana destroyed Broner in December of 2013, and that was the beginning of the decline. Since then, Broner has gone back to fighting second tier fighters, to collect some wins. In June of 2015, Broner tired his luck against a top fighter in Shawn Porter, and guess what, he lost again. Broner then took 2 more easy fights against relative no names and won easily. In February of 2017, Broner took a fight against Adrian Granados, which I think he should have won easily, and even though he did win, Granados gave him fits. It ended in a split decision victory for Broner. The time has come for Broner to test himself again. Broner will lose this fight against Garcia, simply because Garcia is amazing in the ring, but will he look good doing it? If Broner makes it a tough fight, he still has a future in the sport. But if he gets totally wiped out, he will become a forgotten talent.

Mikey Garcia is a beast. He continues to move up in weight and demolish everyone in his path. His career reminds me of the career of Andre Ward. Garcia has never shied away from facing the best fighters in his weight class. Combine that with the long layoffs and still having the ability to dominate when he returns to the ring, their paths are very similar. Garcia’s future is bright. He has moved up to 140 pounds, which is one of the most exciting divisions in boxing. He has plenty of opportunities to make great fights with other great fighters. If he defeats Broner, he will no doubt draw a lot of interest for other fighters. Broner is still a name that looks good on a fighters resume if he can defeat him, which i believe Garcia will. Garcia packs dynamite in both hands. He can hurt you with his left or his right, which is what makes him so dangerous. I believe he will carry his power up to Junior Welterweight and stop Broner in the later rounds.

-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE

Terence Crawford VS Julius Indongo On August 19th

Posted: July 1, 2017 in Breaking News
Tags: #Boxeo, #boxing, #boxingblog, #BoxingNews, #BoxingPredictions, #BoxingsFinest, #CrawfordIndongo, #DavidJukic, #ESPN, #IBF, #IBO, #insideringside, #JuliusIndongo, #MikeStafford, #TerenceCrawford, #TheRing, #Undefeated, #UndisputedChampion, #Unification, #USA, #WBA, #WBAsuper, #WBAundisputed, #wbc, #WBO

On August 19th 2017, Terence Crawford and Julius Indongo will go at each other in this unification bout, for the Undisputed Junior Welterweight Championship. Terence Crawford will defend his WBC/WBO/TheRing/Lineal Junior Welterweight championship, and on the flip side, Julius Indongo will be defending his WBAunified/IBF Junior Welterweight titles. The fight will take place at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln Nebraska, and will be live at 9pm ET on ESPN. This fight will be for all the marbles, as the winner will be crowned the first truly undisputed champion since Bernard Hopkins took all the Middleweight belts back in 2004.

Julius Indongo has arguably been the most pleasant surprise in the Junior Welterweight division. Up until his 21 bout, no one was quite sure what to make of him. He was running through all of his opponents, but the level of skill in the competition he was facing, was mediocre at best. After going 20-0 against pretty much nobody, Indongo would finally get his title shot. He was the underdog against the hard hitting and feared Russian Eduard Troyanovsky, and no one really gave him a chance in that fight. Indongo accepted the tough challenge, and mashed Troyanovsky to record a 1st round knockout victory. Was it a fluke many were asking. Indongo then put his belt on the line in a unification bout against Ricky Burns, and took care of business as well, for a decision victory. He now holds every other belt that Terence Crawford does not.

Terence Crawford on the other hand, has been unconscious in the ring lately. He is simply fighting like a man possessed. Crawford has always been the best fighter in his weight class no matter what weight he was at, but in his last few fights he has stepped it up even further. There is such a huge gap between Crawford and the next best Junior Welterweight, that I honestly believe no one at 140 or even 147 stands a chance against him. Crawford, a natural righty, has seemingly completely abandoned the orthodox stance, and is fighting exclusively out of the southpaw stance now. And boy has it been working for him. His power has seemed to go up even more, even though he is fighting on his less dominant side. He seems to be truly ambidextrous. Usually when fighters step up the level of completion they face, they don’t look as good or have as much power. Crawford was built for “the moment”. The better the fighter in front of him is, the better he looks. It is simply amazing how he takes on top notch fighters, and makes them look like amateurs. Indongo, will unfortunately just be another stepping stone for Crawford.

-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE

PACQUIAO VS HORN: Breakdown & Prediction

Posted: June 29, 2017 in Predictions
Tags: #Boxeo, #boxing, #BoxingAfterDark, #boxingblog, #BoxingNews, #BoxingPredictions, #DavidJukic, #England, #ESPN, #JeffHorn, #KO, #MannyPacquiao, #Mexico, #MikeStafford, #Money, #PacquiaoHorn, #PBC, #ShaneMosleyJr, #TKO, #USA, #WBO, #Welterweight

This Saturday Night July 1st 2017, Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 MO’s) will put his WBO Welterweight title on the line against Jeff Horn (16-0-1, 11 KO’s). The fight will take place at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane Australia and will be live on ESPN at 9pm ET. In the co-feature, Teiru Kinoshita (25-1-1, 8 KO’s) and Jerwin Ancajas (26-1-1, 17 KO’s) will go at it for the IBF Super Flyweight title. Also on the card, Shane Mosley Jr (10-1, 7 KO’s) will be in action as he takes on David Toussaint (10-0, 8 KO’s) in a 10 round Middleweight bout. Here is the breakdown and predictions:

MANNY PACQUIAO

-Record: 59 – 6 – 2, 38 KO’s

-Weight Class: Welterweight

-Height: 5′ 6″

-Reach: 67″

-Notable Fights

Juan Manuel Marquez — Win, Split Decision (12), 3/15/08. (Won TheRing & WBC Super Featherweight titles)
Oscar De La Hoya — Win, TKO 8th round (12), 12/6/08.
Floyd Mayweather — Loss, Unanimous Decision (12), 5/2/15.

JEFF HORN

-Record: 59 – 6 – 2, 38 KO’s

-Weight Class: Welterweight

-Height: 5′ 9″

-Reach: 68″

-Notable Fights

Randal Bailey — Win, TKO 7th round (12), 4/27/16.
Ali Funeka — Win, TKO 6th round (10), 12/10/16.

Predictions:

Shane Mosley Jr — def — David Toussaint — via — Unanimous Decision

Derwin Ancajas — def — Teiru Kinoshita — via — TKO 7th round

Manny Pacquiao — def — Jeff Horn — via — TKO 8th round

-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE

INSIDE RINGSIDE: Pound For Pound (6/25/17)

Posted: June 25, 2017 in Pound For Pound
Tags: #andreWard, #Boxeo, #boxing, #BoxingAfterDark, #boxingblog, #BoxingNews, #BoxingRankings, #canelo, #CaneloAlvarez, #DavidJukic, #FloydMayweather, #GennadyGolovkin, #GGG, #GGGcanelo, #HBO, #HBOBoxing, #HBOPPV, #insideringside, #K2, #KovalevWard, #Mexico, #MikeyGarcia, #NaoyaInoue, #PBC, #PoundForPound, #PremierBoxingChampions, #rankings, #RomanGonzalez, #SaulAlvarez, #sergeykovalev, #shobox, #showtime, #ShowtimeBoxingInternational, #showtimechampionshipboxing, #ShowtimePPV, #TBE, #TerenceCrawford, #TMT, #USA, #VasylLomachenko

1. Andre Ward 32 – 0 – 0 (16 KO’s) Light Heavyweight U.S.A.

2. Gennady Golovkin 37 – 0 – 0 (33 KO’s) Middleweight Kazakstan

3. Roman Gonzalez 46 – 1 – 0 (38 KO’s) Junior Bantamweight Nicaragua

4. Terence Crawford 31 – 0 – 0 (22 KO’s) Junior Welterweight U.S.A.

5. Vasyl Lomachenko 8 – 1 – 0 (6 KO’s) Junior Lightweight Ukraine

6. Saul Alvarez 49 – 1 – 1 (34 KO’s) Middleweight Mexico

7. Sergey Kovalev 30 – 2 – 1 (26 KO’s) Light Heavyweight Russia

8. Guillermo Rigondeaux 17 -0 -0 (11 KO’s) Junior Featherweight Cuba

9. Naoya Inoue 13 – 0 – 0 (11 KO’s) Junior Bantamweight Japan

10. Mikey Garcia 36 – 0 – 0 (30 KO’s) Lightweight U.S.A.

INSIDE RINGSIDE: Rankings By Division (6/25/17)

Posted: June 25, 2017 in Rankings
Tags: #AdonisStevenson, #andreWard, #AnthonyJoshua, #Boxeo, #boxing, #BoxingAfterDark, #boxingblog, #BoxingNews, #Canada, #canelo, #CaneloAlvarez, #CBS, #Cruiserweight, #Cuba, #DavidJukic, #DeontayWilder, #England, #ErislandyLara, #ErrolSpenceJr, #ESPN, #FloydMayweather, #GaryRussellJr, #GennadyGolovkin, #Germany, #GGG, #GuillermoRigondeaux, #HBO, #Heavyweight, #insideringside, #JamesDegale, #judges, #K2, #KeithThurman, #KellBrook, #KO, #leosantacruz, #London, #LuisOrtiz, #MannyPacquiao, #Mexico, #Middleweight, #MiguelCotto, #MikeStafford, #MikeyGarcia, #Money, #Montreal, #OleksandrUsyk, #PBC, #Poland, #Quebec, #rankings, #Russia, #SaulAlvarez, #sergeykovalev, #ShawnPorter, #showtime, #Superman, #TerenceCrawford, #TKO, #TMT, #UK, #USA, #VasylLomachenko, #Welterweight, #WladimirKlitschko

Champ – Tyson Fury (25-0-0, 18 KO’s) RING

Anthony Joshua (19-0-0, 19 KO’s) IBF, WBA
Deontay Wilder (37-0-0, 36 KO’s) WBC
Wladimir Klitschko (64-5-0, 53 KO’s)
Kubrat Pulev (25-1-0, 13 KO’s)
Luis Ortiz (27-0-0, 23 KO’s)

Cruiserweight — (200 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Oleksandr Usyk (12-0-0, 10 KO’s) WBO
Murat Gassiev (24-0-0, 17 KO’s) IBF
Tony Bellew (29-2-1, 19 KO’s)
Mairis Brides (22-0-0, 18 KO’s) WBC
Denis Lebedev (29-3-0, 22 KO’s) WBA

Light Heavyweight — (175 pound limit)

Champ – Andre Ward (32-0-0, 16 KO’s) RING, IBF, WBA, WBO

Adonis Stevenson (29-1-0, 24 KO’s) WBC
Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26 KO’s)
Eleider Alvarez (23-0-0, 11 KO’s)
Artur Beterbiev (11-0-0, 11 KO’s)
Joe Smith Jr (22-1-0, 18 KO’s)

Super Middleweight — (168 pounds limit)

Champ – Vacant

James DeGale (23-1-1, (14 KO’s) IBF
Gilberto Ramirez (35-0-0, 24 KO’s) WBO
George Groves (26-3-0, 19 KO’s) WBA
Andre Dirrell (26-2-0, 16 KO’s)
Callum Smith (22-0-0, 17 KO’s)

Middleweight — (160 pound limit)

Champ – Saul Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KO’s) RING

Gennady Golovkin (37-0-0, 33 KO’s) IBF, WBA, WBC
Daniel Jacobs (32-2-0, 29 KO’s)
David Lemieux (38-3-0, 33 KO’s)
Billy Joe Saunders (24-0-0, 12 KO’s) WBO
Andy Lee (35-3-1, 24 KO’s)

Junior Middleweight — (154 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Erislandy Lara (24-2-2, 14 KO’s) WBA
Jermell Charlo (29-0-0, 14 KO’s) WBC
Miguel Cotto (40-5-0, 33 KO’s)
Demetrius Andrade (24-0-0, 16 KO’s)
Austin Trout (30-3-0, 17 KO’s)

Welterweight — (147 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Keith Thurman (27-0-0, 22 KO’s) WBA
Errol Spence Jr (22-0-0, 19 KO’s) IBF
Shawn Porter (27-2-1, 17 KO’s)
Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KO’s) WBO
Kell Brook (36-2-0, 25 KO’s)

Junior Welterweight — (140 pound limit)

Champ – Terence Crawford (30-0-0, 21 KO’s) RING, WBC, WBO

Viktor Postol (28-1-0, 12 KO’s)
Julius Indongo (22-0-0, 11 KO’s) IBF, WBA
Antonio Orozco (26-0-0, 17 KO’s)
Regis Prograis (20-0-0, 17 KO’s)
Adrian Granados (18-5-2, 12 KO’s)

Lightweight — (135 pound limit)

Champ – Jorge Linares (41-3-0, 27 KO’s) RING, WBA

Mikey Garcia (36-0-0, 30 KO’s) WBC
Terry Flanagan (33-0-0, 13 KO’s) WBO
Robert Easter (19-0-0, 14 KO’s) IBF
Denis Shofikov (38-2-1, 20 KO’s)
Sharif Bogere (29-1-0, 20 KO’s)

Junior Lightweight — (130 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Vasyl Lomachenko (8-1-0, 6 KO’s) WBO
Orlando Salido (44-13-4, 31 KO’s)
Jezreel Corrales (21-1-0, 8 KO’s) WBA
Miguel Berchelt (31-1-0, 28 KO’s) WBC
Takashi Miura (31-3-2, 24 KO’s)

Featherweight — (126 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Leo Santa Cruz (33-1-1, 18 KO’s) WBA
Garry Russel Jr (28-1-0, 17 KO’s) WBC
Carl Frampton (23-1-0, 14 KO’s)
Lee Selby (24-1-0, 9 KO’s) IBF
Abner Mares (30-2-1, 15 KO’s)

Junior Featherweight — (122 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Guilliermo Rigondeaux (17-0-0, 11 KO’s) WBA
Jesse Magdaleno (25-0-0, 18 KO’s) WBO
Rey Vargas (29-0-0, 22 KO’s) WBC
Nonito Donaire (37-4-0, 24 KO’s)
Moises Flores (25-0-0, 17 KO’s)

Bantamweight — (118 pound limit)

Champ – Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-0-2, 19 KO’s) RING, WBC

Jaime McDonnell (29-2-1, 13 KO’s)
Juan Carlos Payano (18-1-0, 9 KO’s)
Zhanat Zhakiyanov (27-1-0, 18 KO’s) WBA
Zolani Tete (25-3-0, 20 KO’s) WBO
Rau’Shee Warren (14-2-0, 4 KO’s)

Junior Bantamweight — (115 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Naoya Inoue (13-0-0, 11 KO’s) WBO
Wisaksil Wangek (43-4-1, 39 KO’s) WBC
Roman Gonzalez (46-1-0, 38 KO’s)
Carlos Cuadras (36-1-1, 27 KO’s)
Juan Francisco Estrada (35-2-0, 25 KO’s)

Flyweight — (112 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Kazuto Ioka (22-1-0, 13 KO’s) WBA
Donnie Nietes (40-1-4, 22 KO’s) IBF
Diago Higa (13-0-0, 13 KO’s) WBC
Juan Carlos Reveco (38-3-0, 19 KO’s)
McWilliams Arroyo (16-3-0, 14 KO’s)

Junior Flyweight — (108 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Perdo Guevara (30-2-1, 17 KO’s)
Kosei Tanaka (9-0-0, 5 KO’s) WBO
Ryoichi Taguchi (25-2-2, 11 KO’s) WBA
Milan Melindo (36-2-0, 13 KO’s) IBF
Carlos Canizales (17-0-1, 14 KO’s)

Strawweight — (105 pound limit)

Champ – Vacant

Chayaphon Moonsri (47-0-0, 17 KO’s) WBC
Thammanoon Niyomtrong (15-0-0, 7 KO’s) WBA
Byron Rojas (19-3-3, 9 KO’s)
Jose Argued (20-3-1, 12 KO’s) IBF
Carlos Buitrago (30-2-1, 17 KO’s)

Ward Stops Kovalev

Posted: June 19, 2017 in Boxing Results
Tags: #andreWard, #Boxeo, #boxing, #boxingblog, #BoxingNews, #DavidJukic, #HBO, #HBOBoxing, #HBOPPV, #IBF, #insideringside, #KO, #LightHeavyweight, #PoundForPound, #sergeykovalev, #TKO, #USA, #WardKovalev, #WardKovalev2, #WBA, #WBAsuper, #WBAundisputed, #WBO

Last night Saturday June 17th 2017 on HBO PPV, Andre “S.O.G” Ward (32-0, 16 KO’s) defeated Sergey Kovalev (30-2-1, 26 KO’s) for the second time Via TKO in the 8th round. In what was a shocking turn of event, Ward turned the fight around and knocked Kovalev out with body shots. In the co-feature, Guillermo Rigondeaux (18-0, 12 KO’s) got a first round KO victory over the undefeated Moises Flores (25-1, 17 KO’s), on a very controversial call at the end of the first round. Both fighters seemed to fight past the bell of the opening round, and Rigondeaux ld anded a punch after the bell that knocked Flores out. The fight should have been called a no decision, but was instead called a KO victory for Rigondeaux. Dmitry Bivol (11-0, 9 KO’s) was also victorious over the gun shy Cedric Agnew (29-3, 15 KO’s), as he defeated him with a 4th round TKO.

Ward VS Kovalev 2 started in similar fashion as their first fight. Kovalev was on the attack from the opening bell, and Ward was on his heels being very defensive, while trying to counter punch. Kovalev out landed Ward in all of the first 6 rounds except one, and it seemed like Ward was far behind on the scorecards again. Ward however did commit to the body of Kovalev, and it would end up paying dividends. Ward’s slick and effective body punching would soften up Kovalev’s mid section, and have him looking gassed by the 5th round. Kovalev was breathing heavy and losing steam, just like in their first meeting.

Ward started coming alive in the second half of the fight, just as he he in the first fight. In the 7th round, he came right out with a huge right hand that hit Kovalev right on the money, and then continued with a sustained body attack. In a tight 7th round however, Sergey Kovalev seemed to be tiring some more, even though he was the aggressor for most of the round. In the 8th round, Kovalev seemed to start really being bothered by Andre Ward’s body punching mid way through the round. With about a minuted left in the 8th, Ward landed a spectacular straight right hand which really stunned Kovalev, and Ward would go on the attack with Sergey backing up. Kovalev, looking like he was about to keel over, got pinned against the ropes took 3 more hellacious uppercuts to the gut, and referee Tony Weeks stopped the fight. Kovalev simply looked as if he could no longer defend himself because of the sustained body punishment.

-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE

WARD VS KOVALEV 2: Breakdown & Prediction

Posted: June 17, 2017 in Predictions
Tags: #andreWard, #Boxeo, #boxing, #BoxingAfterDark, #boxingblog, #BoxingNews, #BoxingPredictions, #DavidJukic, #GuillermoRigondeaux, #HBO, #HBOBoxing, #HBOPPV, #IBF, #insideringside, #K2, #KO, #LightHeavyweight, #MoisesFlores, #RigondeauxFlores, #sergeykovalev, #TKO, #USA, #WardKovalev, #WardKovalev2, #WBA, #WBAsuper, #WBAundisputed, #WBO

Tomorrow night Saturday June 17th 2017, we will have the rematch between Andre Ward (31-0, 14 KO’s) and Sergey Kovalev (31-1-1, 26 KO’s). Ward will be defending his WBA/WBO/IBF Light Heavyweight title, and the vacant TheRing title will also be on the line. The fight will take place the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Paradise Nevada, and will be live on HBO PPV at 9pm ET. In the co-feature, Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KO’s) will put his WBAsuper Super Bantamweight title on the line against Moises Flores(25-0, 17 KO’s). Here is the breakdown and predictions:

ANDRE WARD

-Record: 31 – 0 – 0, 14 KO’s

-Weight Class: Light Heavyweight

-Height: 6′ 0″

-Reach: 71″

-Notable Fights

Carl Froch — Win, Unanimous Decision (12), 12/17/11. (Won WBC/TheRing Super Middleweight titles)
Chad Dawson — Win, TKO 10th round (12), 9/8/12.
Sergey Kovalev — Win, Unanimous Decision (12), 11/19/16. (Won WBA/IBF/WBO Light Heavyweight titles)

SERGEY KOVALEV

-Record: 31 – 1 – 1, 26 KO’s

-Weight Class: Light Heavyweight

-Height: 6′ 0″

-Reach: 72″

-Notable Fights

Nathan Cleverly — Win, TKO 4th round (12), 8/17/13. (Won WBO Light Heavyweight title)
Bernard Hopkins — Win, Unanimous Decision (12), 11/8/14. (Won WBA/IBF Light Heavyweight titles)
Andre Ward — Loss, Unanimous Decision (12), 11/19/16.

Predictions:

Guillermo Rigondeaux — def — Moises Flores — via — Unanimous Decision

Andre Ward — def — Sergey Kovalev — via — Unanimous Decsion

-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE

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