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Last weekend was emphasized by two huge boxing cards in Recent York. On Friday in Madison Square Garden contained six fights for the title with unprecedented 17 titles on the line.

In the main event, the undisputed champion of the younger welterweight, Katie Taylor, defeated Amanda Serrano by the decision to remain invincible in the fight trilogy. It was a brilliant performance of Taylor, who decided to leisurely down the pace to guess Serrano and was not out of reach.

Also on the Alycia Baumgardner card she kept her undisputed junior lightweight championships, but defeated Jennifer Miranda in a less impressive way. Shadasia Green won the nervousness of Savannah Marshall, who united two titles of super medium weight. The behind schedule substitute Cherneka Johnson took advantage of her opportunity and became the undisputed weight champion with the victory of TKO nad Shurrett Metcalf.

On Saturday, at the Louis Armstrong stadium in Queens, the Ring III card made the lightweight master Shakur Stevenson changed his ordinary defensive approach to a more aggressive attack. He dominated the previously undefeated impact of William Zepeda’s power. Hamzah Sheeraz, debuting in a super medium weight, knocked out Edgar Berlang in the fifth round to get closer to Megafight to the unquestioned championships. Subirel Matias for the first time in his career took a distance in the necessary victory over Alberto Puello to win the title of WBC Junior D Whachcor. Andreas Hale took part in every fight both on the cards in Recent York and evaluates the performances of all the best fighters.


Friday report card

Katie Taylor: born

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Taylor: Nobody can deny that I won this fight

Katie Taylor believes that her third victory over Amanda Serrano was her most dominant victory in the trilogy.

It was not a slugfest from the previous two meetings. The pace was slower than their previous two fights, and the level of production was lower, which reduced the rating here, but Taylor finally fought for the fight against Serrano. Taylor used movement and a control hook and doubled on the right hand to control the long sections of the fight. Her performance has definitely proved that Taylor is a better warrior.

Amanda Serrano: D

Serrano had a terrible plan of the game against Taylor in the third fight. She decided on a box instead of a swarm and found herself after losing a decision, which was not as close as the first two fights. Serrano admitted in her interview after the fight that she did not believe that her strategy from the first two meetings would do work in the third, but her aggressive approach in these performances won fans and left the place for opinions that she should have achieved 2-0. Instead, she let Taylor fight the fight and lost a clear decision. Serrano is still one of the substantial ones, but it was not the right approach.

Alycia Baumgardner: C

The “bomb” did not show her crazy power against lightweight Miranda and did not necessarily impress those who have never seen her fight. He gets a tiny pass because it has been relatively inactive over the past few years. Nevertheless, she played safely, even though she was able to get novel fans with her power. Baumgardner promised in her interview after the fight that everything would be better from here, the approach that resembles fans, which made her an undisputed champion. He has all the tools to be a star.

Shadasia Green: B

Green was a significant weaker in her fight with the former undisputed master of the super medium weight Marshall and dug into a rather deep hole, having a point deducted in the 4th round for excessive hold. But the harsh talent and grit Green stretched her and won the divided decision about the United Master. It was not a perfect performance, but he proved that Green was a diamond in gritty, as she thought Jake Paul’s MVP. More importantly, she put herself on a potential hit with ESPN fighter No. 1 for a pound, Claressa Shields.

Cherno Johnson: born

Johnson was not even originally on the card, but he got a phone call to join MVP after Dina Thorslund’s withdrawal when she found out she was pregnant. Johnson fully took this opportunity and passed through Metcalf with the ninth round in the Bantamweight battle to become the first unquestioned Australian champion. She made a robust impression and is now in the best position to become a star.


Saturday report card

Shakur Stevenson: A

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Shakur Stevenson wins with a unanimous decision to maintain his title

Shakur Stevenson defeats William Zepeda to keep his lightweight WBC title.

Stevenson silenced those who called his dull style, remaining in his pocket and distinguishing idle in the dominant unanimous decision with Zeda. He did not have to perform an thrilling performance to defeat the offensive Zepeda, but he fought as if he wanted to prove his doubts. His fight could easily be in the main place, considering that Stevenson is one of the best pounds fighters in the world and defended his lightweight championships. He won the absurd 52.2% of his blows (295 of 565), survived every storm he encountered from Zepeda and won almost every round on the results cards (118-110, 118-110 and 119-109). This performance proves that he can win in almost every style he wants.

William Zepeda: 100

Zepeda fought as he always fights, putting a entertaining 979 blows to his opponent. He gave Stevenson everything he could deal with with a relentless offensive approach, which was good enough to beat 33 other fighters, but Stevenson was too good to be overwhelmed by Zepeda’s results. Zepeda landed only 27.8% of his total blows and was too simple to find Stevenson, and Stevenson landed over 50%. Zepeda went away with a loss, but fans will want to see him again because of his thrilling style.

Hamzah Sheeraz: A

Sheeraz had to listen to Berlang’s conversation for months, about how she intends to perform a low work of the British who debuted in the great medium weight. Berlanga had the support of Recent York when they both met at the main event at the Louis Armstrong stadium, with Berlanga accompanying Fat Joe and Remy MA, performing the hit “Lean Back” for his entry. Ironically, Sheeraz forced Berlanga to “tilt back”, knocking Puerto Rican three times and collecting an impressive knockout in the fifth round. He proved that moving to 168 pounds was appropriate and now he is preparing for the winner of Canelo Alvarez and Terenka Crawford.

Edgar Lianga: f

For the whole conversation, which Berlanga did to Sheeraz (and Promoter Oscar de la Hoya), he could not support him and was blown up in five rounds. Hubris seemed to be the best of Puerto Rican, who appeared on the stage, winning his first 16 fights in the first round of Nokaut. In September he fought with Alvarez, which turned out to be too early in his career, in a unilateral unanimous loss of decision. He entered this fight full of confidence, but he was dropped three times in front of his home fans. I hope that this humiliating moment for Berlang will bring him to the laboratory to fix the holes in his game. He is talented, but he will have to carry out his restrictions.

Subriel Matias: B-

Matias won the decision for the first time in his career, a strenuous fight against Puello to become a WBC welterweight master. Matias, who entered the fight with 100% knockout to win, certainly tried to add another knockout to his record thanks to the full Puello press. He stayed on the front foot through almost the entire fight, bouncing off each part of the body of Puello. But he began to wear out behind schedule and had to stick to win the narrow majority. If Puello had power, it could be a different result.

Alberto Puello: C+

Puello was forced to cope with the relentless pressure of the artist Matias and almost escaped in his title. He fought the rear foot, knowing the storm and using a acute counter -inchration. He never allowed him to get away from him, going to the first warrior who went to all 12 rounds with Matias. Puello is cunning, but his lack of power eventually interfered with him.

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Liam Smith Puts Ben Whittaker to the Test Under Intense Pressure

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Liam Smith believes Ben Whittaker’s talent could take him to a world title, but questions how his style holds up against an opponent who keeps pressing after the early rounds. Ahead of the Conor Wallace fight, that remains an unanswered question about the 29-year-old.

Whittaker has been matched cautiously for someone with an Olympic silver medal and extensive amateur experience. His professional opposition has given him opportunities to display his reflexes, but little evidence of how those skills survive sustained pressure from a world-class light heavyweight.

“It’s difficult to win a round against Ben Whittaker fresh and sharp,” said Liam Smith during the panel discussion. “But a 12-round fight, they’re not the same fighters in the back half, the back six. To kind of get to fighters like that, you’ve got to be able to still have the mindset, ‘I’m going to be down after four or five rounds, but then it’s my type of fight.’”

The first Liam Cameron fight gave those concerns substance. Whittaker was having difficulty before both fighters went over the ropes and he could not continue. To this writer, the ending invited the argument that he wanted out as Cameron’s pressure became harder to manage. That interpretation remains debatable, and his impressive rematch victory deserves recognition.

His Olympic experience also deserves a fair reading. Whittaker beat Russia’s Imam Khataev 4–1 before losing to Cuba’s Arlen Lopez in the final. Those results hardly suggest he cannot compete with elite amateurs, but three rounds cannot answer Smith’s question about the later stages of a professional fight.

The matchmaking is harder to explain. Across two promoters, Whittaker has received the sort of gradual development usually reserved for fighters with considerably less amateur experience. At 29, he still needs a world-class professional opponent.

That does not prove his handlers doubt him, but it gives reason to question what they are waiting to see. Wallace can help answer Smith’s concerns if he keeps Whittaker working beyond the comfortable early rounds.

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Filip Hrgovic Aims for Heavyweight Rematch: I Want My Shot

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Filip Hrgovic has named a potential rematch as his most desirable fight, rather than a more likely title defence against mandatory challenger Frank Sanchez.

The Croatian did, of course, become a world heavyweight champion in August, claiming the vacant IBF title with a stunning ninth-round stoppage of Moses Itauma.

Throughout their contest, Hrgovic was getting thoroughly outboxed and even suffered a second-round knockdown, before managing to take advantage of a severely fatigued Itauma.

As a result, the 34-year-old fulfilled his long-term ambition of becoming a major champion but, soon enough, will be ordered to face leading contender Sanchez.

It was agreed, after all, that the winner of Itauma-Hrgovic would need to defend his belt against the Cuban, who accepted step-aside money under the condition that he is entitled to an immediate title shot.

From the perspective of Hrgovic, however, a unification match with former foe Daniel Dubois is far more appealing, given that it would present him with a shot at revenge and the chance to claim another title.

Speaking with The Stomping Ground‘El Animal’ highlighted this as his preferred option, despite suffering an eighth-round stoppage defeat to ‘Dynamite’ in June 2024.

“That Dubois rematch would be the best fight for me. And to get my revenge – to get [a] unification – that will be the best fight for me. But we’ll see.”

While Hrgovic, clearly, is determined to exact his revenge on Dubois, he must first defend his IBF title against Sanchez while Dubois, as the WBO champion, is entering a rematch with Fabio Wardley on October 17.

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Filip Hrgovic Dominates Rico Verhoeven in Epic Showdown

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Derek Chisora is backing Rico Verhoeven to beat IBF heavyweight champion Filip Hrgovic in a proposed fight, dismissing Hrgovic’s victory over Moses Itauma as the young challenger simply getting tired.

That prediction overlooks how much Verhoeven would be giving away in boxing experience, power and overall ability. His size helped him compete against Oleksandr Usykbut the 6’6″ Hrgovic would reduce that advantage while presenting a heavier punching threat.

The matchup has been discussed for the December 11 Tyson Fury–Anthony Joshua undercard in Cardiff, although no deal has been announced. Hrgovic’s IBF mandatory challenger, Frank Sanchez, remains an obstacle after already stepping aside for the Itauma fight.

“Hrgovic would lose that fight,” Chisora told Seconds Out. “Moses Itauma didn’t get beat, Moses Itauma beat himself.

“It’s not like Moses Itauma left that ring with a beatdown, he just got tired. Hrgovic was far off in rounds, he couldn’t even landed the punches, he [Moses] just got tired.

“Itauma didn’t come out of that ring and say, ‘oh my goodness, I got my a** whooped’.”

That dismissive excuse ignores how championship boxing actually works. Fatigue does not occur by accident. Blocking concussive punches, wrestling out of clinches, and constantly retreating from a relentless 245-pound puncher burns through stamina rapidly. Itauma learned the hard way that early success evaporates if you cannot sustain the pace.

Verhoeven suffered that exact fate against Usyk, wilting the second the Ukrainian dialed up the pressure in the eleventh round. Hrgovic makes that endurance deficit even more dangerous. Rico cannot rely on superior size against a fighter who matches his height and hits considerably harder. Verhoeven built a legendary kickboxing resume, but five-round bouts provide zero preparation for surviving twelve rounds against a seasoned Olympic medalist with proven late-round stopping power.

Hrgovic showed real vulnerability when Daniel Dubois stopped him, proving his chin is not invincible. The Croatian possesses vastly superior seasoning when it comes to operating inside a grueling boxing firefight. Verhoeven came apart as Usyk piled on clean punches in the championship rounds, revealing that kickboxing dominance does not translate to twelve-round punch resistance.

Chisora gladly points out Hrgovic’s defensive holes, yet he stays silent on how Rico survives his own glaring deficits. Between ring generalship, inside fighting, and raw professional boxing experience, Hrgovic holds every meaningful card. Verhoeven earned respect simply by going deep against Usyk, but dethroning an experienced heavyweight champion demands a reservoir of endurance the kickboxer has never possessed.

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