The Boxing Truth®

There was much anticipation heading into the fourth BKB Boxing card on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. In it’s nearly two year history the concept/sport known as BKB: Big-Knockout Boxing has established itself as a new venue for the sport of Boxing and has also become known for consistently producing action-packed excitement with each card.  This card, much like previous BKB cards would be no different.  The night’s action began with an exciting Heavyweight battle between Julian Pollard and Elijah McCall. From the opening bell both fighters were willing to engage each other and each had periods of effectiveness in the first round.  Although both fighters would continue to let their hands go in the second round it was Pollard who would begin to stand out from McCall by landing combinations highlighted by his right hand.    McCall was able to be effective during periods where he was able to step in on the ...

Over the last two years since the concept known as BKB debuted in July 2013 readers have become accustomed to this observer’s coverage of the sport’s new venue. From its initial inception as a modernized form of Bare-Knuckle Boxing, which saw the introduction of specifically designed Boxing gloves where the knuckles were exposed inside of the glove to the introduction of the fighting area in which all fights under the BKB format take place known as the “BKB Pit” it has not taken long for the concept of BKB to evolve. Following the first two BKB cards where fights were fought with the knuckle exposed Boxing gloves, BKB underwent a slight revamp and name change. The knuckle exposed gloves were replaced by traditional Boxing gloves that weighed between eight and ten ounces depending on the weight class in which a fight takes place. Along with the change in gloves, BKB was renamed Big-Knockout Boxing. One thing that did not change when the third BKB card took place last A...

Undefeated IBF Welterweight world champion Kell Brook dominated IBF number one contender Jo Jo Dan on Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, England. The champion, who was making the first defense of his title, controlled the fight from the opening bell keeping Dan at distance and landing his right hand seemingly whenever he threw it. Brook stunned Dan with a right hand early in the second round and moments later dropped the challenger with a right uppercut. This would be followed by a second knockdown seconds later from another right hand. The battle tested Jo Jo Dan simply could not deal with the champion’s hand speed and power. Brook would continue to dominate the action and would drop Dan for the third time as a result of a barrage of punches in round four. Despite being outclassed, Dan showed his mettle and arose from the knockdown. Brook however, would send the challenger down for a fourth time as a result of a left hook just prior to the end of th...

The latest chapter in the storyline of the potential full unification of the Light-Heavyweight division took place on March 14th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada where undefeated unified WBO/IBF/WBA Light-Heavyweight world champion Sergey Kovalev defended his crown against former WBC world champion Jean Pascal. A fight that presented an interesting clash of styles between a fighter in Kovalev who is known for his punching power going against an opponent in Pascal who has an unorthodox style that combines hand speed, power, and who has the ability to execute his offense in spurts. Prior to this fight I stated that for Pascal to be successful in this fight I believed that he needed to establish himself as an elusive target,  look to play the role of counter puncher, and look to capitalize on openings that Kovalev might leave as well as find a way to nullify the champion’s consistent pressure. It was not surprising to see the fight begin with Kovalev looking to immed...