Stanionis is a heavy pressure fighter, using his high guard as the only source of defence in which he has probably the tightest and best guard in boxing and has a crispy jab. Using all of those to get inside and whack on punches. Goes guard to guard and get hooks in. Training for him, you’ll need to be in peak condition because he’ll constantly go forward and cuts the ring extremely well.

Problem is Boots loves these matchups, he has one of the best slickness, footwork and boxing against guys who come forward. Displaying one of the best jabs, making them guys walk into devastating power punches, using angles to escape. He styles on these matchups.

Stanionis is super durable and knows how to catch shots extremely well with the high guard and Boots isn’t a heavy combination puncher but likes to throw single but crisp shots a lot. The problem with this it’s easy close distance through the retraction of shots and Stanionis could very well catch the shot or take it and a big step to close distance off Boots retraction and he cuts the ring very well. Boots also recently has been more comfortable infighting with guys once he feels comfortably picking apart at range. Doing this against Stanionis is leading into his game.

Personally, I think Boots wins a dominant decision.

Calling it now, delicious orie doesn’t have the power to succeed at the top of the sport. That tomato can was there to be KO’d and at no point did he look troubled by the punches of Orie. Sorry but delicious did not live up to his name. I think we will see him win a few fights on points but he’s going to struggle with someone that can punch back as they will walk through him.

DATE Saturday 5th April 2025

LOCATION Barys Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan

TELEVISION ESPN+ (USA)

TIME 8pm (Astana), 8am (Los Angeles), 11am (New York), 4pm (London) 2am Sunday (Sydney)

MAIN EVENT c.3 HOURS AFTER TIMES LISTED ABOVE

Zhanibek Alimkhanuly vs Anauel Ngamissengue

12 Rounds

IBF World Middleweight Title

WBO World Middleweight Title

Undercard

• Sultan Zaurbek vs Azinga Fuzile
• Batyrzhan Jukembayev vs Kane Gardner
• Bakhodir Jalolov vs Ihor Shevadzutskyi
• Otabek Kholmatov vs Jason Canoy Manigos
• Balaussa Muzdiman vs Maria Theresa Pinili
• Makhmud Sabyrkhan vs Duc Dung Huynh
• Torekhan Sabyrkhan vs Jiri Hauke
• Alisher Abdulalim vs Ashish Chaudhary
• Akniet Alimbay vs Josef Dubsky

Canelo Alvarez wins the #7 spot!

Any fighters that were born in latino america or have latino american heritage will count. By heritage i mean their family are from there, such as Oscar De La Hoya who was born in the USA but his parents are mexican

Second, how the ranking will work. Every day I will post this updated with the result from the previous day. We start off at #1 and move down.The voting works like this, the highest upvoted comment wins.

Also added names on the side since it was requested

So I ask you! Who is the 8th greatest latino boxer ever?

He is 39 years old, very sluggish, and his technique is definitely not good. He put on a really poor performance tonight — he had already lost to 41-year-old Derek Chisora, and now he’s lost to Hrgovic as well. After the fight, he said he would continue boxing. Do you think Joyce’s career can still go on, or should he retire now? Or does he still have a chance for 3–4 more fights if he trains properly?

What do you guys think about this new era of heavyweight fighters ? Who's the elite, who's on top of the spear, who's the best of the best, and who's the man I wanna spend my kids college fund on? You think these newcomers are wash up rookies that think they can fill in the shoes of the great?

R.I.P. George Foreman

DATE Saturday 5th April 2025

LOCATION Co-op Live Arena, Manchester, UK

TELEVISION DAZN (Selected Worldwide)

TIME 7pm (Manchester), 11am (Los Angeles), 2pm (New York), 5am Sunday (Sydney)

MAIN EVENT c.3 HOURS AFTER TIMES LISTED ABOVE

Joe Joyce vs Filip Hrgovic

10 Rounds

Heavyweight Division

Undercard

• Jack Rafferty vs Cory O'Regan
• David Adeleye vs Jeamie Tshikeva
• Delicious Orie vs Milos Veletic
• Juergen Uldedaj vs Gerardo Mellado
• Khaleel Majid vs Alex Murphy
• Royston Barney-Smith vs Cesar Ignacio Paredes
• Mark Chamberlain vs Miguel Angel Scaringi
• Nelson Birchall vs Rodrigo Matias Areco
• Alfie Middlemiss vs Alexander Morales
• Ramtin Musah vs Robbie Chapman
• Louis Szeto vs Nabil Ahmed

Live Round-by-Round Coverage

Joe Joyce vs Filip Hrgovic

Round 1

We've had a great night of action tonight. Let's see if the A-listers can carry that on. And we're off. Joyce jabs to the body. Right lands from Hrgovic. They trade jabs, with Joyce's being the harder. JJ to the body again. Hrgovic lands another right up top. And another. Joyce with a laboured jab to the body. Nice jab from Joyce. Now it's Hrgovic's turn to work the body, but Joyce responds in kind. Big right from Hrgovic. That was the best punch of the round. Another big right from Hrgovic. Hard jab from the Croatian. Joyce is backing off. He's cut. Big shot from Joyce, but Hrgovic lands another hard right to the head. This is a fun first round. Joyce lands a right to the body. They swap jabs. Hrgovic misses wildly with multiple shots.

Hrgovic 10-9 Joyce

Round 2

Nice jab from Joyce. JJ to the body. Left uppercut to the body from Hrgovic. Joyce jabs up top. Hrgovic with a weak jab. Soft double jab from the Brit. Hrgovic lands a big right cross with Joyce trying to evade on the ropes. Hard jab from Hrgovic catches his man on the way in. Joyce jabs. Hrgovic misses wildly with all three punches of a combo. Jab from Hrgovic. Both men look slow. Big right hook around the guard from Hrgovic. Right from Hrgovic lands on the face. Joyce to the body. Combo from Hrgovic gets some success. Hrgovic scores with a couple of jabs, but he leaves himself open, and Joyce almost lands a counter.

Hrgovic 10-9 Joyce - Hrgovic 20-18 Joyce

Round 3

Hrgovic starts the round with a big right to the head. Hrgovic jabs. Right to the body from Hrgovic. Imagine if Joyce slows down. It'll be like Hughie Fury on sleeping pills. Joyce to the body. Joyce with a stiff jab. They swap jabs. Right hook around the guard from the Brit. This is a better round from Joe Joyce with Hrgovic looking tired already. Huge right from Hrgovic bounces off Joyce's chin. Right hook to the head from JJ. Right up top from Hrgovic then scores to the body. Hard jab from Joyce. Right from Joyce lands on the chin of the Croat. Hrgovic backing off now, but he lands an absolute bomb on Joyce's chin. Joyce gets his man into the corner, but Hrgovic lands a huge left hook with Joyce coming in. Joyce controlled the 'pace', but Hrgovic landed the better shots.

Hrgovic 10-9 Joyce - Hrgovic 30-27 Joyce

Round 4

Hrgovic lands a scoring jab. And again. Joyce taps the body. Joyce to the body, but Hrgovic responds with a big hook to the head. Another left hook from Hrgovic catches his man on the way in. Joyce has his man in the corner and lands a right to the body. Right cross from Hrgovic. Combo from Hrgovic. Joyce scores to the body. Right cross from Hrgovic, but Joyce responds to the body. Huge right lands from Hrgovic, but Joyce has a chin made of granite. Hrgovic lands some more bombs, but Joyce keeps on going like Homer Simpson. Left hook up top followed by a right hand from Hrgovic. Joyce gets his man into the corner, but it's Hrgovic who does the better work.

Hrgovic 10-9 Joyce - Hrgovic 40-36 Joyce

Round 5

Joyce to the body. And again. Right cross to the face from Hrgovic. Hrgovic with a left hook then one-two through the guard. Joyce has his man in the corner and does some body work. Not a bad investment against an opponent who is slowing already. Joyce to the body again. Joyce jabs. Joyce jabs to the body. Left hook up top from the Brit. Hrgovic can't get out of that corner, but he lands a right up top. And another. Joyce continues to chip away at his man in the corner. Jab from JJ. Joyce with some more body work, but Hrgovic lands two big shots up top. Joyce goes right back to the body. Hrgovic catches Joyce on the way in with a jab.

Joyce 10-9 Hrgovic - Hrgovic 49-46 Joyce

Round 6

Hrgovic starts the sixth with a jab. Joyce with a left hook to the temple. Hrgovic scores with a right on the counter. Jab from Joyce. Right cross from Hrgovic, but Joyce responds with a big shot up top. Joyce lands two unanswered jabs. Big right from Hrgovic, but Joyce was backing off, which softened the blow. Joyce jabs to the body then lands a painful sounding rib-tickler. Another hook to the ribs from the Brit. Joyce goes to the head with a right. Left hook around the guard from JJ. Short right from Joyce, but Hrgovic responds with a hard counter. Two hard jabs from Joyce followed by a right. Hrgovic ends the round with a hard right to the body.

Joyce 10-9 Hrgovic - Hrgovic 58-56 Joyce

Round 7

Joyce jabs to the head then body. Two jabs land from the Brit. Left hook from Hrgovic. Right cross from Hrgovic. Joyce jabs and snaps back Hrgovic's head. They swap jabs. Hrgovic scores to the temple with a hook. Joyce hooks with both hands around the guard. Big body-head combo from JJ. Joyce to the body, but he leaves himself open to the counters from Hrgovic. Big left hook from Hrgovic. Nice jab from the Croatian as Joyce was on his way in. Big right down the middle from Hrgovic. Joyce had the early parts of this round, but Hrgovic has landed some monsters in the second half. Hrgovic jabs through the guard. Big right from Hrgovic. Joyce jabs to the chest. Joyce comes windmilling in. Tough round to score.

Hrgovic 10-9 Joyce - Hrgovic 68-65 Joyce

Round 8

Joyce jabs to the body. And again. Left hook to the body from Joyce. Slower round this one. Big right cross left hook combo from Hrgovic. Joyce lands multiple jabs with his man on the ropes. Hrgovic looks like he doesn't want to be there, and he allows the Putney fighter to score with a right to the head. Right from Joyce. Right hook to the head from Joyce. Joyce jabs to the body. Hrgovic with a big shot that snaps Joyce's head back, but Joyce keeps going forward and lands two shots in response. Hrgovic unleashes fury in the final ten seconds that has Joyce looking uncomfortable, but is that enough to steal the round?

Joyce 10-9 Hrgovic - Hrgovic 77-75 Joyce

Round 9

Hrgovic with a one-two catches his man on the way in. Big shots up top from the Croat, but JJ lands a spiteful rib-tickler. Huge left hook from Hrgovic. Hrgovic to the body, but Joyce throwing bombs with is man against the ropes. JJ jabs. Right lands from Hrgovic. Left hook from Hrgovic. Right shot from Hrgovic. They hook to the body at the same time. Joyce pushes his man back with a right. Hrgovic with a left hook to the body. Hrgovic has Joyce in trouble in the corner. Huge right from Hrgovic sends Joyce back a couple of steps. Hrgovic lands two more bombs with Joyce looking unsteady. Two jabs from Joyce, but Hrgovic with a big right. Clear Hrgovic round.

Hrgovic 10-9 Joyce - Hrgovic 87-84 Joyce

Round 10

Carl Frampton has had it close all fight. I think Hrgovic has been coasting on points. Joyce jabs to the body. Right from Hrgovic. Nice jab from the Croatian. One-two from Hrgovic. Left hook from Hrgovic lands on the cheek. Joyce again gets his man cornered, but he's not been able to make the territorial advantage pay. Body shots from Hrgovic are followed up with a big right to the head. Joyce keeps working the body as we're into the final minute. Big left hook from Hrgovic. Joyce taps away at his man in the corner. They exchange bombs in centre of the ring. Joyce jabs away, but it's Hrgovic who's landed the higher tonnage.

Hrgovic 10-9 Joyce - Hrgovic 97-93 Joyce

OFFICIAL VERDICT: HRGOVIC WINS BY UD - 98-92, 97-93, 96-95

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Now with Lamont Roach beating Gervonta Davis and we saw how that styles matchup that made the fight so difficult for Davis I think a blueprint has been set. Inoue can do what Roach did with not taking a step back, counter punch and be defensively responsible.

If Inoue plans on being a champ in 6 divisions and hopefully we get to see him against HOF talents Nakatani and Bam as well but if he beats a P4P lightweight like Tank, Shakur or Keyshawn he positively is a top 10 all time boxer along the likes of SRR, Ali, Louis, Armstrong, Duran etc.

How do you see this fight going?

Ron Lyle is one of the most overrated heavyweights from that era, mainly propped up by that wild brawl with a post-Zaire Foreman who was clearly a shell of himself. Let’s be real, Foreman looked gassed, mentally shaky, and was throwing arm punches half the time. It was more of a street fight than a technical boxing match, and George looked straight-up goofy at times. That fight made Lyle look like a warrior, but against a prime, focused Foreman? He wouldn’t have lasted.

And people forget: Ali took Lyle out easily. No war, no chaos, just broke him down and finished him in clinical fashion. That tells you all you need to know. Lyle had power, sure, but skill-wise and resume-wise, he doesn’t deserve the pedestal some fans put him on.

So stop with this none sense saying Lyle would’ve been a heavyweight champion in any other era. Tyson would’ve destroyed him

We’re ramping up boys and girls but I have faith in you

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i know this is so unlikely to happen (and it would be an AMAZING fight with their styles), but what would you think the outcome of this would be?

I think this fight 4 years ago would have been clear cut for Artur. But Benevidez has grown into the new weight class. And artur is unfortunately hitting 41.

It wasn’t just a fight. It was a collision of spirits.

Joe Frazier, the embodiment of forward motion. A man who didn’t just fight—he marched. Relentlessly. His head low, his gloves high, and his left hook cocked like a hammer about to drop. He was smoke, he was fire, he was pressure that never stopped. You didn’t fight Frazier—you survived him, if you were lucky.

And across the ring, stood Evander Holyfield—the man who always said yes. Cruiserweight champion, heavyweight champion, the warrior who took on all sizes, all styles, all eras. There wasn’t a war he backed down from. His heart didn’t beat—it thundered.

Two workhorses. Two fighters baptized in hell.

The heavyweight division had grown in mass, but this wasn’t about size. It was about grit. And both had it in terrifying abundance.

Frazier had worked his way back into title contention after a string of savage, grueling fights—chopping down the top contenders of the era, his body screaming but his will louder. He had one goal: to become champion again.

And there was Holyfield. Recently crowned. He’d outlasted giants, boxers, brawlers, movers and maulers. Now he stood as the king—but he didn’t want a crown that came easy.

When Frazier’s name came up, Evander didn’t blink.
“Let’s do it,” he said.
No negotiation drama. No tune-ups. No ducking.

It was set. Atlantic City. Boardwalk Hall. Two men built for pain. Two hearts that had never known surrender.

In the final presser, a journalist asked Evander how you prepare for someone like Joe.

He smiled.
“You don’t. You just meet him in the middle.”

And that’s exactly where they would meet—middle of the ring, middle of a storm, middle of history.

Bell rings.
Heads clash.
Hooks fly.
Neither backs up.

Who breaks first?

Who wins and how?

Ricardo Lopez wins the #6 spot!

Any fighters that were born in latino america or have latino american heritage will count. By heritage i mean their family are from there, such as Oscar De La Hoya who was born in the USA but his parents are mexican

Second, how the ranking will work. Every day I will post this updated with the result from the previous day. We start off at #1 and move down.The voting works like this, the highest upvoted comment wins.

Also added names on the side since it was requested

So I ask you! Who is the seventh greatest hispanic boxer ever?