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13 January 2025

 

No changes this week. 

 

On this day in 1948, Archie Moore -who many argue is the greatest light heavyweight who ever lived- crumbled at the feet of Ezzard Charles when he was KO’d in the eighth round during a ten-rounder. It was the third match between the two all-time greats, and Moore just couldn’t defeat Charles, which is convincing evidence that the greatest light heavyweight in boxing history may well be Ezzard Charles (though a certain middleweight would dispute that claim -any guesses?).

 

Charles-Moore I, II, and II took place in 1946, 1947, and 1948 during the reign of Gus Lesnevich. In 1952, Moore finally got his shot and took the light heavyweight crown from Joey Maxim, who took it from Freddie Mills, who took it from Lesnevich. By then he was the “Ole [read: Old] Mongoose.” 

 

Ezzard never got a title shot in his natural division, but he did take the heavyweight crown in 1949. Moore tried for it in 1955, but ran into a certain blockbuster from Brockton, Massachusetts.

 

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Tuesday, December 31-
 
Tokyo, Japan-
Junior Bantamweight- #1 Fernando Martinez vs, #3 Kazuto Ioka
Junior Lightweight- Hayato Tsutsumi vs. Rene Alvarado
 
Wednesday, January 8-
 
Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia-
WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE- Champion Jai Opetaia vs. David Nyika
Heavyweight- Justis Huni vs. Shaun Potgeiter
Light Heavyweight- Austin Aokuso vs. Leti Leti
 
Saturday, January 11-
 
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England-
Super Middleweight- Callum Simpson vs. Steed Woodall
 
Friday, January 17-
 
Commerce, California, USA-
Featherweight- Omar Cande Trinidad vs. Mike Plania
Super Middleweight- Ali Akhmedov vs. Malcolm Jones
 
Saturday, January 18-
 
Tokyo, Japan-
Flyweight- Lorenz Dumam-ag vs. Jukiya Iimura
Featherweight- Mikito Nakano vs. Hiroki Hanabusa
Featherweight- Kenji Fujita vs. Michael Casama
 
Friday, January 24-
 
Koto-Ku, Tokyo, Japan-
WORLD JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE- Champion/#2 P4P Naoya Inoue vs. #3 Sam Goodman
Strawweight- Goki Kobayashi vs. Yuni Takada
Welterweight- Jin Sasaki vs. Shoki Sakai 
Junior Featherweight- Toshiki Shimomachi vs. Misaki Hirano
 
Saturday, January 25-
 
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England-
Junior Welterweight- Dalton Smith vs. Walid Ouizza
 
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-
Super Middleweight- #7 Diego Pacheco vs. Steven Nelson
Lightweight- Andy Cruz vs. Omar Salcido
Junior Welterweight- Ernesto Mercado vs. Jose Pedraza
 
WOMEN’S BOXING:
 
Wednesday, January 8-
 
Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia-
Lightweight- Taylah Gentzen vs, Shauna Browne
 
Saturday, January 11-
 
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England-
Lightweight- #1 Caroline Dubois vs. #5 Jessica Camara
 
Friday, January 17-
 
Commerce, California, USA-
Junior Bantamweight- #2 Mizuki Hiruta vs. Maribel Ramirez
 
Saturday, January 18-
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA-
Featherweight- Tiara Brown vs. Calista Silgado
Junior Bantamweight- LeAnna Cruz vs. TBA
 
Tuesday, January 21-
 
Tokyo, Japan-
Strawweight- #3 at 102 Yuko Kuroki vs. Ye Kyeng Seo (AKA Ryu Kyung Suh)
Atomweight- #4 Nao Ugawa vs. Kaho Munetoshi
Atomweight- Honoka Kano vs. Riho Yoshida
Atomweight- Megumi Watanabe vs. Mont Blanc Miki
Strawweight- Kanae Maehara vs. Sazanami Valu
Bantamweight- Nana Yamashita vs. Nodoka Furukawa
 
Saturday, January 25-
 
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England-
Junior Featherweight- #3 Ellie Scotney vs. #4 Mea Motu
 


THE TRUE CHAMPIONS (men)

DivisionNameRecordNation
HeavyweightOleksandr Usyk23-0-0 (14)UKR
CruiserweightJai Opetaia27-0-0 (21)AUS
Light HeavyweightArtur Beterbiev21-0-0 (20)CAN
Super MiddleweightSaul Alvarez62-2-2 (39)MEX
Junior MiddleweightJermell Charlo35-2-1 (19)USA
Junior WelterweightTeofimo Lopez20-1-0 (13)USA
Junior FeatherweightNaoya Inoue27-0-0 (24)JPN
Junior BantamweightJesse Rodriguez21-0-0 (14)USA


THE TRUE CHAMPIONS (women)

DivisionNameRecordNation
Super MiddleweightSavannah Marshall 13-1-0 (10)England
MiddleweightClaressa Shields15-0-0 (3)USA
WelterweightLauren Price8-0-0 (2)Wales
Junior WelterweightKatie Taylor24-1-0 (6)Ireland
LightweightKatie Taylor24-1-0 (6)Ireland
Junior LightweightAlycia Baumgardner15-1-0 (7)USA
FeatherweightAmanda Serrano47-3-1 (31)Puerto Rico
BantamweightDina Thorslund23-0-0 (9)Denmark
FlyweightGabriela Fundora15-0-0 (7)USA
AtomweightTina Rupprecht14-1-1 (3)Germany

Teddy Atlas

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