07 Sep 2022

Andy Ruiz Defeats Luis Ortiz, Plus Everything Else

newsletter pod youtube web Share Despite seeing Andy Ruiz Jr. drop Luis Ortiz, three times, his low output saw an incredibly close fight go his way, for one simple reason. Ruiz Jr. just didn’t throw all that much.  Ruiz, one of the most marketable heavyweights based on his look (a

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06 Sep 2022

Weekend Fight Results Wrap-up

ALL OF YOUR NOTABLE FIGHT RESULTS FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND Saturday 09/03 SUPER WELTERWEIGHT – Liam Smith(32-3-1) beat Hassan Mwakinyo(20-3) by technical knockout in the 4th round LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT – Dan Azeez(17-0) beat Shakan Pitters(17-2) by unanimous decision (117-111, 117-112, 115-113) *BBBOC BRITISH LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP SUPER WELTERWEIGHT – Natasha

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23 Aug 2022

Is Jared Anderson next up in the heavyweight division?

After a career long layoff, Jared “Big Baby” Anderson (11-0, 11 KOs) returns to the ring this weekend at the Hard Rock Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma on ESPN. He fought four times in 2021, with the most recent one being on Heisman Night in December. He picked up the two

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13 Mar 2022

Heavyweight Rankings

WBC Champion: Tyson Fury WBA Champion: Oleksandr Usyk IBF Champion: Oleksandr Usyk WBO Champion: Oleksandr Usyk ITRBoxing’s Rankings

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10 Dec 2019

What To Take Away From Anthony Joshua Beating Andy Ruiz Jr.

Anthony Joshua beat Andy Ruiz Jr. this Saturday night in Saudi Arabia in an underwhelming bout that aired in the afternoon in the U.S. on DAZN, that seemingly righted the ship of the heavyweight division, having the Olympian Joshua beat Ruiz Jr., a solid fighter, who will now go down

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04 Dec 2019

Andy Ruiz vs Anthony Joshua II – Joshua’s legacy is on the line

When looking at the rematch of the most shocking heavyweight bout in some time, that saw 2012 Olympic gold medalist, Anthony Joshua getting knocked out by Andy Ruiz Jr., a chubby Mexican-American, who had been recently released by his former promoter, Top Rank, one has to look at all that

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02 Jun 2019

Andy Ruiz stops Anthony Joshua, U.K. fighters look bad on the undercard

Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz Jr (33-1, 22 KOs) stopped WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) in round seven on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to become the first Mexican heavyweight champion as well a pull off a massive upset. Ruiz coming in at

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10 Jul 2018

Boxing Recap: No Ramirez, No Problem – Top Rank Results

Ramirez didn’t return home In what was supposed to be a homecoming for WBC super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez instead saw him as a member of the crowd as his opponent Danny O’Connor suffered a form of kidney failure forcing him to collapse, taken to a hospital and removed from

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04 Jul 2018

Jose Ramirez ready for homecoming with world title on Saturday

The homecoming is almost here. WBC super lightweight champion Jose Ramirez will make the first defense of his title against Danny O’Connor on Saturday at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, a short drive from Ramirez’s hometown of Avenal. Ramirez-O’Connor and the 10-round welterweight showdown between Egidijus Kavaliauskas and Juan Carlos Abreu will be televised live on

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26 Jun 2018

“Mean Machine” tops Ramirez vs. O’Connor undercard

The Mean Machine, Egidijus Kavaliauskas, is looking to cement his name as a welterweight to watch when he defends the NABF title against Juan Carlos Abreu, July 7 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno as the ESPN-televised co-feature to Jose Ramirez’s WBC super lightweight title defense against Danny O’Connor. The undercard will

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