Ryan Songalia
Writer at Freelance
Reporter at Boxing Scene
Journalist. NJ native. Reporter at @Boxingscene. Bylines at ESPN, Rappler, Guardian, The Ring, Vice. @NewmarkJSchool alum. Father. @USABoxing bronze level coach
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3 weeks ago |
boxingscene.com | Ryan Songalia
NEW YORK — Richardson Hitchins may be returning home as a champion, but he never forgot where he came from. The man known as “Africa” around the local New York scene is from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to be exact, the cross section of Utica Ave & President St., between Rochester Ave. to be even more precise.
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3 weeks ago |
boxingscene.com | Ryan Songalia
By the time Norman Neely steps into the ring on June 21, he will have been inactive for 15 months. The fight, an eight-round heavyweight bout against Virginia’s James Willis, will be broadcast live on ESPN+ from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, giving Neely a big audience to return to after being kept out of the ring by injuries since last March.
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3 weeks ago |
boxingscene.com | Ryan Songalia
In four straight fights over the past year, Kolbeinn Kristinsson has seen the same outcome play out. The Icelandic heavyweight prospect has had all of his opponents retire on their stools, a pattern which makes “The Ice Bear” joke that he is the heavyweight “No-Mas-Chenko.”“It must suck to fight me, I guess,” the 37-year-old from Reykjavik jests after the previously unbeaten Mike Lehnis remained on his stool after the sixth round of their fight on Saturday night in Nuremberg, Germany.
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3 weeks ago |
boxingscene.com | Ryan Songalia
In four straight fights over the past year, Kolbeinn Kristinsson has seen the same outcome play out. The Icelandic heavyweight prospect has had all of his opponents retire on their stools, a pattern which makes “The Ice Bear” joke that he is the heavyweight “No-Mas-Chenko.”“It must suck to fight me, I guess,” the 37-year-old from Reykjavik jests after the previously unbeaten Mike Lehnis remained on his stool after the sixth round of their fight on Saturday night in Nuremberg, Germany.
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4 weeks ago |
boxingscene.com | Ryan Songalia
After a bitter result in his last fight, Vito Mielnicki Jnr is returning to his home state with a chip on his shoulder. Mielnicki, 20-1-1 (12 KOs), saw a 12-fight winning streak end in his last fight in February, when he had to settle for a majority draw against unbeaten middleweight Connor Coyle at Madison Square Garden. One judge scored the fight in his favor, 96-94, while the other two had it even at 95 apiece. “I didn’t fight my best.
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