
Ryan Songalia
Writer at Freelance
Reporter at Boxing Scene
Journalist. NJ native. Reporter at @RingMagazine. Bylines at ESPN, Rappler, Guardian, Esquire, Vice. @NewmarkJSchool alum. Father. @USABoxing bronze level coach
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1 week ago |
boxingscene.com | Ryan Songalia
Heading into Friday’s fight against Ryan Wilczak, Abel Gonzalez is feeling better than he normally does. The super middleweight prospect has been within 10lbs of the division’s weight limit for about a week – right where top boxers tend to be at that point in camp.
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1 week ago |
boxingscene.com | Ryan Songalia
Stephan Shaw had heard the criticism about him in recent years: he’s a talented, experienced heavyweight but he just doesn’t let his hands go enough. His reticence to throw had been a factor in his first defeat, a close but unanimous decision loss to Efe Ajagba in 2023, and a lack of initiative also contributed to his sixth round stoppage loss to Joe Goodall in the fight after that.
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1 week ago |
boxingscene.com | Ryan Songalia
Stephan Shaw took a big step in the direction of redemption, knocking out Raphael Akpejiori in one round Saturday night at Maryland Live Casino in Hanover, Maryland. Shaw, 21-2 (16 KOs), rocked Akpejiori, 18-2 (17 KOs), about 20 seconds into the first with an overhand right and two left hooks, and then sent him down with a left hook-right hand combo. The fight was stopped without a count as Akpejiori was knocked stiff onto the ring apron. The official time was 33 seconds of the first.
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1 week ago |
boxingscene.com | Ryan Songalia
It isn’t by accident that David Whitmire was given the nickname “The Body Snatcher.”His trainer, former middleweight title challenger Andrew Council, took one look at the adolescent teen who was ripping his opponents to the midsection and immediately assigned him the ring name that was most famously carried by former three-division champion Mike McCallum. Council also assigned him some homework. “Coming through the amateurs he started stopping people with body shots.
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3 weeks ago |
boxingscene.com | Ryan Songalia
The undercard for the Naoya Inoue vs. Ramon Cardenas fight, set for May 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, is starting to take shape. Rohan Polanco will face Fabian Maidana in a ten-round welterweight fight, while Emiliano Vargas will face an opponent to be named in an eight-round junior welterweight fight.
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How I spent my Thursday night: my boxer Sebastian Mazeneth just beat Angel Perez by decision at @TheGarden in the New York Ring Masters Championships finals! We still have to win again on Saturday but the championship is in reach! https://t.co/UIiV9DwjCQ

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