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Women’s Boxing Rankings Per Pound: Natasha Jonas Takes Mikaela Mayer’s Top 10

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Natasha Jonas defeated Mikaela Mayer to defend her IBF welterweight title with a split decision victory on Saturday night at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool. Two judges scored the fight for Jonas 96:94 and 96:95, and the third one for Mayer 97:93.

Jonas (15-2-1, 9 KO) is a two-division champion and in 2012 she became the first British woman to box at the London Olympics.

Each round between Jonas and Mayer was close, with Jonas starting faster and landing more effective shots, including killer body shots. Mayer (19-2, 5 KO), a former junior lightweight champion making her welterweight debut, took over the fight in the final few rounds, smashing Jonas’ left eye and backing her up with powerful right hands.

“I know she’ll be absolutely devastated by the outcome because I was there,” said after the fight Jonas, who had a controversial draw with Terri Harper in 2020 and lost a brief decision to Katie Taylor in 2021. “I feel like the world has ended . She’s in my top two fighters I’ve ever fought. She is very talented. Her time will come again. She defeated many champions.”

Mayer felt she had done enough to win and asked for a rematch, which she felt he deserved.

“I hit cleaner shots,” Mayer said. “I think it’s worth seeing this fight again. She said it was one of the hardest fights she had ever fought. I didn’t have a rematch clause on my side, but I hope we can fight again. “

Jonas moves up three places to 6th behind Mayer, who drops to 8th.

Here are the current top 10.

1. CLARESSA TRICKSPrevious ranking: No. 1

RECORD: 14-0, 2 KOs
DEPARTMENT: The undisputed middleweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Maricela Cornejo, June 3
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


2. KATIE TAYLORPrevious ranking: No. 3

RECORD: 23-1, 6 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Undisputed junior welterweight champion and unified lightweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (MD10) Chantelle Cameron, November 25
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


3. AMANDA SERRANOPrevious ranking: No. 2

RECORD: 46-2-1, 30 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified featherweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD12) Danila Ramos, Oct. 27
NEXT FIGHT: March 2 vs. Nina Meinke


4. CHANTELLE CAMERONPrevious ranking: No. 4

RECORD: 18-1, 8 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Junior welterweight
LAST FIGHT: L (MD10) Katie Taylor, November. 25
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


5. SENIESA ESTRADAPrevious ranking: No. 5

RECORD: 26-0, 9 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified strawweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Yokasta Valle, March 29
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


6. NATASHA JONASPrevious ranking: No. 9

RECORD: 15-2-1, 9 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Welterweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (SD10) Mikaela Mayer, January 20
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


7. SAVANNAH MARSHALLPrevious ranking: No. 7

RECORD: 13-1, 10 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified super middleweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (MD10) Franchon Crews Dezurn, July 1
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


8. MIKAELA MAYERPrevious ranking: No. 6

RECORD: 19-2, 5 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Welterweight
LAST FIGHT: L (SD10) Natasha Jonas, January 20
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


9. JESSICA MCCASKILLPrevious ranking: No. 8

RECORD: 12-3-1, 5 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified welterweight champion
LAST FIGHT: DRAW (SD10) Sandy Ryan, September 23
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


10. DEFINE THE PERSONPrevious ranking: No. 10

RECORD: 49-3, 19 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Junior lightweight
LAST FIGHT: In (UD6) Agustina Marisa Belen Rojas, November 1
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


Formula

The rankings are based on a descending points system, where a first-place vote receives 10 points, a second-place vote receives 9 points, and so on.

Others who received votes: Yokasta Valle (4), Franchon Crews Dezurn (2), Hyun Choi (1)


How our experts voted

Nick Parkinson: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Serrano, 4. Cameron, 5. Jonah, 6. Bandstand, 7. Mayer, 8. Marshall, 9. McCaskill, 10. Crews-Dezurn

Salvador Rodríguez: 1. Taylor, 2. Shields, 3. Serrano, 4. Bandstand, 5. Cameron, 6. Marshall, 7. Jonah, 8. McCaskill, 9. Mayer, 10. Valley

Bernardo Pilate: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Serrano, 4. Cameron, 5. Marshall, 6. Jonah, 7. McCaskill, 8. Mayer, 9. Bandstand, 10. Crews-Dezurn

Charlie Moynihan: 1. Shields, 2. Serrano, 3. 3. Taylor, 4. Bandstand, 5. Jonah, 6. Mayer, 7. Cameron, 8. Person, 9. Marshall, 10. Choi

Claudia Trejos: 1. Shield, 2. Serrano, 3. Taylor, 4. Cameron, 5. Marshall, 6. Jonah, 7. Person, 8. Mayer, 9. Bandstand, 10. McCaskill

Damian Delgado Averhoff: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Serrano, 4. Cameron, 5. Bandstand, 6. Marshall, 7. Jonah, 8. Valley, 9. Person, 10. Mayer

Andrzej Feldman: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Serrano, 4. Bandstand, 5. Cameron, 6. Marshall, 7. Jonah, 8. McCaskill, 9. Mayer, 10. Person


ESPN expert poll

First place: Shields (6), Taylor (1)

Second place: Taylor (4), Serrano (2), Shields (1)

Third place: Serrano (5), Taylor (2)

Fourth place: Cameron (4), Estrada (3)

Fifth place: Cameron (2), Marshall (2), Jonas (2), Estrada (1)

Sixth place: Marshall (3), Jonas (2), Estrada (1), Mayer (1)

Seventh place: Jonas (3), Cameron (1), Mayer (1), Mcaskill (1), Persoon (1)

Eighth place: Mayer (2), McCaskill (2), Marshall (1), Persoon (1), Valle (1)

Ninth place: Estrada (2), Mayer (2), Marshall (1), McCaskill (1), Persoon (1)

10th place: Crews-Dezurn (2), Mayer (1), McCaskill (1), Persoons (1), Valle (1), Choi (1)

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Tsotne Rogova wins The Heartbeat of LA Boxing series and wins the WBC title

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Toro Promotions, Inc. launched its up-to-date boxing competition series, “The Heartbeat of LA Boxing,” last night at Pacific Palms Resort, which has been a huge success. The undefeated Tsotne “Mr. T” Rogova (10-0, 7 KO) won the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) United States heavyweight title, headlining an event that featured six professional debutants, including the renowned Walnut (California) High School student. Paolo “Pow” Barredo.

“This was definitely Southern California boxing at its best,” Toro promoter Azat Torosyan said after the fights. “You have to see a lot of shows to find a good one like tonight.”

In the co-main event, Rogova faced a tough challenge from Alexander “The Great” Flores (19-5-1, 17 KOs) before winning a 10-round unanimous decision in an action-packed bout. Rogova, a 2020 Ukrainian Olympian, dominated early after a second-round knockdown of Flores, who rebounded in the middle round before Rogova regained control.

Barredo, who celebrated his 18th birthday last week, faced featherweight Mychaquell “Myche” Shields (2-6), defeating him in the third round and earning a fourth-round stoppage. Barredo, the 2021 Junior Olympic champion, impressed in his professional debut.

Another great debut was made by Alexandro “El Capitan” Alvarado (1-0, 1 KO) of La Puente, who defeated Eduardo Mondragon “El Azteca” Lopez in the lightweight category. Alvarado, the 2021 California State Silver Gloves silver medalist, showed his potential after a third-round stoppage.

Other results included junior welterweight Sonny “The Bear” Robledo (10-0, 3 KO) maintaining his undefeated record with a six-round unanimous decision victory over Matt Gaver (3-10-2, 1 KO) and Hector Oros ( 1-0) rebounded from an early knockdown to defeat Alexander Robles (0-1) in a nearly four-round unanimous decision in the junior bantamweight division.

Riverside’s Oscar Trujillo Enriquez (1-0, 1 KO) made a memorable professional debut, defeating Jesse “Suavecito” Zuniga (0-1) in the second round with a devastating body shot. The action-packed evening ended with Santa Ana’s Michael “Chamuco” Bracamontes (10-2-1, 5 KO) narrowly defeating Los Angeles’ Arsen Poghosyan (3-3-1, 2 KO) by majority decision in a competitive junior weight bout featherlight .

The gala began with Mongolian flyweight champion Enkhmandakh “Machine Gun Magi” Khurkuu (4-0, 1 KO) defeating Richard Morales (1-8, 0 KO) from Westminster, Colorado, in the first round.

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“Eddie Hearn is a counterfeit” – Ryan Garcia

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Ryan Garcia has blasted promoter Eddie Hearn, saying he’s a “counterfeit” because he “turned his back” on Devin Haney after losing to him on April 20. Garcia believes Matchroom promoter Hearn is “counterfeit” for abandoning Haney (31-0, 15 KO) after he was defeated. He thinks this is low.

Ryan didn’t like how Hearn said he was seeded and was looking for a fight with Haney in the ring. He doesn’t understand how he would have managed not to look like he was “crazy” if he had been able to dominate Haney the way he did at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Modern York.

“Eddie Hearn said, ‘Ryan Garcia looked crazy in the ring before the fight.’ You can watch the fight, stupid,” Ryan Garcia said social mediatalking about his fight with Devin Haney on April 20. “I was literally normal.”

To be sincere, Ryan looked a little nervous in the lead-up to the Haney fight, but in the ring during the fight. He was 100% committed during the fight itself, which we saw clearly from the way he rocked Haney with a left hook to the jaw in the first round. Haney never recovered from Ryan’s lightning-quick shot.

“If I had been spaced out like that in the ring, how would I have managed to land a perfect counter left hook in front of his jaw? You stupid Eddie Hearn. You stupid idiot. “Oh, Ryan was pissed in the ring.” I’m fed up with Eddie Hearn. This guy is a fraud,” Garcis said.

Ryan shouldn’t take Hearn seriously as he could just be flapping his gums to have something to talk about as his former player Haney was really overworked. All the demanding work Hearn put into him was wasted.

After this loss, you could understand why Hearn wanted to leave the sinking ship Haney before it sank. It is useless now. Haney’s career has hit rock bottom and won’t be resurfaced with Hearn’s facilitate.

He won’t want to sign a contract with Haney and then make a costly and time-consuming transaction rebuild work on him, which could take two years and involve four or five confidence builders. Haney isn’t a huge enough attraction.

“You have to question what Eddie Hearn said. He said: “I looked at Ryan and he was really in bad shape.” I had a six pack and was ready to go. I came demanding. I drank a lot of fluids and ate a lot. I don’t usually do this.

“I don’t know how he gains so much weight. His weight went from 140 to 158. I was 156. Eddie Hearn said: “He was shaking and looking everywhere.” No, I wasn’t. Watch the fight. I wasn’t broken. How can I fight so broken?” Garcia said.

Many fans wonder how Haney gains so much weight after rehydrating after fights, but weight manipulation in sports requires policies to prevent this from happening. On fight night, weights should be additionally checked to ensure that fighters do not hydrate more than 5 pounds, as it is risky to have someone hydrate more than 20 pounds and employ their size to win. This is not only unfair, but can endanger the lives of opponents.

“If you’re really drugged, how can you fight in front of millions of people and fight for 12 rounds? These people are stupid. I’d like to see Eddie Hearn and say, “Are you stupid?” Your fighter wasn’t fighting well and wasn’t even your fighter at the time. And when he was beaten, you turned your back on him. You are a counterfeit cheater. Fuck you, Eddie Hearn,” Garcia said.

All that acting that Ryan did to make Haney think he was crazy may have also fooled Hearn into thinking he was out of his mind. Many people believed that Garcia was either showing signs of early schizophrenia or was under the influence of drugs.

“Forget you, Eddie Hearn, for trying to create the narrative I had in mind before the fight. You’re just an idiot. It’s a curse for him because you tried to lie to me so many times. Now look at your promotion,” Ryan said.

Again, we don’t know what Hearn’s purpose in the conversation was, as he may have been trying to generate interest in the fight by telling some elevated tales.

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Daniyar Yeleussinov submits Joe Noynay twice and scores in round five in Kazakhstan

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Daniyar Yeleussinov celebrates his victory over Zoltan Szabo during their super welterweight fight at York Hall in London. (Image: Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images)

by Francisco Salazar |

Daniyar Yeleussinov returned to fighting after a long break and hopes to be successful in a modern weight class.

Yeleussinov stopped Joe Noynay twice, winning by fifth-round knockout on Saturday night at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Yeleussinov improved his record to 12-0, 7 by knockout.

Southern midfielder Yeleussinov was acute from the opening bell. About 30 seconds before the end of the first round, a left to the body sent Noynay to one knee. Noynay managed to defeat the enumerator and get out of the round.

Less than a minute into the fourth round, a series of punches, including left hands to the head and body, knocked Noynay to the canvas. Noynay got down on both knees but beat the count given by referee Martin Pawlak.

Noynay continued to play, but Yeleussinov’s accuracy and striking speed surpassed him. Yeleussinov was the aggressor and took Noynay down, beating him up for most of the fight. As round five ended, Noynay’s corner made a clever move to keep Noynay from taking more punishment and preventing him from answering the bell in round six.

Saturday’s victory over Noynay was Yeleussinov’s first fight since a one-sided win over Juan Hernan Leal in December 2021 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Yeleussinov won a minor welterweight world title belt.

The 33-year-old is from Kayinda, Kazakhstan and currently lives in Miami, Florida.

Chris Glover, who has worked with Jeleussinov and his team, stated that Jeleussinov will likely return to action and fight at 154 pounds.

Yeleussinov was an outstanding amateur, winning an Olympic gold medal in 2016. Yeleussinov signed with Matchroom Boxing and made his professional debut in April 2018, fighting a total of 10 times under the Matchroom banner. Yeleussinov defeated the likes of Reshard Hicks, Alan Sanchez and former lightweight titleholder Julius Indongo by knockout.

Noynay, who lives in Paranaque City, Philippines, has a record of 23-5-2, 11 KOs. Noynay previously fought on May 16, losing by knockout to once-defeated Jin Sasaki.

The 29-year-old split two fights with junior lightweight title challenger Liam Wilson and former junior lightweight world champion Kenichi Ogawa.

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