What's Best in Boxing today?

[hopkins]

There are less boxing fights today than there ever were, but there is still some great talent out there. Saturday night, on the undercard of a very boring heavyweight main bout, was an exciting fight with Abudllah Mason, a very young and skillful boxer - here are the highlights. He's so quick you will appreciate the slow motion replay to understand what's going on! I often watch fights on YouTube at half-speed, in order to fully appreciate fighters' technique. Enjoy!

Here is a rare interview of Mason:

 

[hopkins]

Very exciting fight today between Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery for the unified bantamweight title.

Inoue was dropped in the first round (a "first" for him). He seemed awkward in that first round - something was "off". It was a wake up call (paradoxically).

He fully recovered and dropped Nery in the second round with a beautiful counter hook. It was all downhill for Nery from there on. Nery was stopped by a barrage of blows in the 6th. The final blow was a very short right that he obviously did not see coming. That last right hand looks like a simple slap, but it put Nery to sleep.

Inoue is physically impressive - combining great speed and power (hence "The Monster"). But he is also a skillful defensive fighter with great timing and footwork.

 

[hopkins]

Lomachenko, 36 years old, completely outclasses Kambosos and ends the fight in the 11th round with two knockdowns leading to Kambosos' father throwing in the towel:

The lightweight division should see some exciting fights in the near future.