December 2024 – Page 6 – Sugar Bert Boxing

BoxingNews24 December 30, 2024

Illness Forces Fernando Martinez To Withdraw From Ioka Rematch

IBF world super flyweight champion Fernando Martinez (17-0, 9 KOs) has pulled out of his rematch against former four-division world champion Kazuto Ioka (31-3-1, 15 KOs) due to a case of influenza for their previously scheduled fight on December 31st. Rematch Delayed There’s no word…

BoxingNews24 December 30, 2024

Hearn Wants Jai Opetaia For Usyk: Is This A Joke Or Boxing’s New Reality?

Promoter Eddie Hearn wants his fighter, IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia, to be the next opponent against unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to defend his titles. That would be 100% unfair to the top contenders in the heavyweight division if Opetaia were allowed to fight…

BoxingScene December 30, 2024

Tim Tszyu, Devin Haney and Anthony Joshua lead the way among those who won’t be sorry to see the end of 2024

It hasn't been sweetness and light for everyone in the last 12 months. The BoxingScene writers name some of those within boxing who will be glad to see the back of 2024. Who most needs 2024 to end? Kieran Mulvaney:…

BoxingScene December 30, 2024

Lucas Bahdi KO6 Ashton Sylve

One of the central tensions and inherent beauties of boxing is its open format – the world of possibilities available to either combatant at any moment. In other sports, a clock and a scoreboard impart linear limitations that, at some point during competition, can create…

EastSideBoxing December 30, 2024

Hearn Likes Oleksandr Usyk Vs. Jai Opetaia: “Such A Good Style Match-Up”

What further challenges are there out there for unified two-weight king, current heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk, and what fights, if any, motivate Usyk himself? After having unified the cruiserweight and the heavyweight belts, Usyk has done more than enough to go down as a great,…

BoxingScene December 30, 2024

Ranking the decades in heavyweight boxing

According to at least one BoxingScene commenter , we are presently in the midst of the “worst heavyweight era ever.” Not all opinions are good ones, of course, and brief recourse to a history book – and to the series of heavyweight main events…

EastSideBoxing December 30, 2024

Manny Pacquiao Jr Looking At A Pro Career In 2025

Over the years, indeed the decades, we’ve seen some ‘boxing juniors,’ sons, or daughters, of great fighters try and emulate their parents, or make their own way in the toughest sport on the planet. Some did well – Laila Ali, Guty Espadas Jr, Wilfredo Vazquez…

EastSideBoxing December 30, 2024

Dave Allen Says Johnny Fisher’s Team Have Reached Out For Rematch

It was one of the wildest, most fun heavyweight slugfests of the year, a fight that really was as close to a bar room brawl as could be imagined between two pro boxers. It was also one of the most controversial decisions of the year…

BoxingScene December 30, 2024

Our contributors’ unpopular boxing takes from 2024

The BoxingScene writers have thought long and hard to bring you their takeout from 2024 that may not be shared by all... What is your unpopular take of 2024? Kieran Mulvaney: Boxing is going to deeply regret prostituting itself to Turki Alalshikh.…

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