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As the fight between undefeated top Lightweight contender Ryan Garcia and Javier Fortuna approached, this observer found himself not feeling the normal anticipation that I normally have prior to a fight where there is significant interest. For someone who covers Boxing on every level imaginable and does so full time, I would be lying to the reader if I said that every single fight had the same level of anticipation. In the days prior to this fight, the anticipation level at least for me seemed to bottom out. Perhaps it in part had to do with the fatigue that one can experience during a calendar year covering the sport of Boxing, but I thought to myself that the question going into this fight was in a way too simple. Would Javier Fortuna be able to impose his will on Ryan Garcia and pose more of a challenge than Garcia’s previous opponent Emmanuel was able to do earlier this year. There were times after all when Garcia’s fight with Tagoe, his first since returning from a hiatus to focu...

    The following are results from around the sport of Boxing for cards that took place between July 14-16, 2022. We would also like to let readers know that a feature discussing the recent bout between Ryan Garcia and Javier Fortuna will be released here on the website on Wednesday, July 20 th . Stay tuned. “And That’s The Boxing Truth.”     July 14 – RJJ Boxing – Yakama Legends Casino – Toppenish, WA   Welterweight Quinton Randall (10-0-1, with 2 Knockouts) scored an eight round unanimous decision over Ivan Pandzic (14- 2-1, with 8 Knockouts. Official scores were: 78-74 (On two scorecards), and 79-73 in favor of Randall.   Super-Middleweight Andrew Murphy (6-0, with 4 Knockouts) scored an eight round unanimous decision over Isiah Jones (9-7, with 3 Knockouts.) Official scores were: 80-74 (On two scorecards), and 79-73 in favor of Murphy.   Jr. Welterweight William Hernandez (9-2, with 5 Knockouts) scored an eight round unanimo...

  In April of this year, undefeated top Lightweight contender Ryan Garcia returned to the ring after more than a year’s absence from active competition to address his mental health , to score a dominant twelve round unanimous decision over former IBO world champion Emmanuel Tagoe. While Garcia was no doubt impressive in his first bout back in the ring after such a lengthy stretch of inactivity , as most Boxing fans know, the landscape of the 135 lb. Lightweight division has changed significantly since Garcia’s knockout win over Luke Campbell in January of last year, which was his last bout before taking time to address his mental health.     Shortly after Garcia’s victory over Campbell , one in which he overcame being knocked down before knocking Campbell out, there were many who felt that such a performance could well have put him on a short list of potential challengers to then Undisputed Lightweight world champion Teofimo Lopez. Since then as most know, Lopez lost t...

  Undefeated former WBO Super-Middleweight world champion Gilberto Ramirez scored a dominant fourth round knockout of former world title challenger Sullivan Barrera on Friday night at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. In the main event of a twelve bout card, Ramirez, now rated number five in the world in the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Light-Heavyweight ratings, quietly bided his time in the first two rounds against Barrera, who entered the fight rated number six in the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) Light-Heavyweight ratings.    What appeared to be setting up as a tactical chess match quickly changed late in the third round when Ramirez connected with a left hook to the liver of Barrera, who went down following a delayed reaction from the punch. Although Barrera was able to get up and survive the round, Ramirez knew he had his opponent in trouble and in round four he continued the attack dropping Barrera for the second time with another left hook to ...