Nathaniel Marrero
Sports Editor at NSM Today
Freelance Writer at Sports Illustrated
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5 days ago |
si.com | Nathaniel Marrero
The last time Galal Yafai stepped into the ring in his hometown of Birmingham, England, he earned the most impressive win of his career, stopping Sunny Edwards in the 6th round to become the interim WBC flyweight champion. Now, Yafai is set to return home to make the first defense of his title against Francisco Rodriguez Jr. on June 21 at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham.
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5 days ago |
si.com | Nathaniel Marrero
George Groves was one of the top super middleweights of his time, reaching the mountain top when he won the WBA super middleweight title with a 7th-round stoppage of Fedor Chudinov in 2017. Groves was also involved in a pair of huge fights vs Carl Froch, defeated Chris Eubank Jr en route to reaching the World Boxing Super Series final before losing to current WBO interim light heavyweight champion Callum Smith and retiring in 2019.
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5 days ago |
si.com | Nathaniel Marrero
Jermall Charlo did his part in setting up a fight vs Caleb Plant. Charlo was in prime form, delivering a dominant showing in his first fight in over 18 months to defeat Thomas LaManna by 6th-round stoppage on Saturday at the Michaelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. The stoppage victory was Charlo's first since 2019, when he stopped Dennis Hogan in the 7th round. "I'm back," Charlo said after the fight. "You gotta go through things to get better.
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5 days ago |
yardbarker.com | Nathaniel Marrero
Charlo kept the momentum going in the 4th round when he rocked LaManna with a left hook that was later ruled a knockdown between rounds after referee Mark Nelson missed the call. Charlo dropped LaManna for a third time in the 5th round when a straight right hand split LaManna's guard and he rocked him again at the end of the round with a stiff jab. At the start of the 6th round, after LaManna was checked by the ringside doctor and Nelson stopped the fight following the doctors' recommendation.
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6 days ago |
yardbarker.com | Nathaniel Marrero
Should Plant (23-2, 14 KOs) and Charlo (33-0, 22 KOs) win their respective fights, they'll likely face each other later in 2025. The latest betting odds from DraftKings heavily favor Plant and Charlo, making their eventual meeting feel like a formality as long as everything goes according to plan. Still, anything can happen in boxing. On May 2, Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia fought in separate bouts at Times Square in New York with plans for them to meet in a rematch in Saudi Arabia later in 2025.
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Rafael Espinoza vs Bruce Carrington on the undercard of Canelo vs Crawford makes plenty of sense. Going to be interesting to see the kind of undercard TKO will put together for September 12th.
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