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Aknediz and Houle respect the limit

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4 years ago

February 23, 2022

Sophia

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The Quebecer Mazlum Akdeniz respected the limit of 140 pounds on the eve of his fight against the Mexican Erick Encinia which will be presented Thursday evening at the Cabaret du Casino de Montreal.

Akdeniz (15-0, 8 KOs) posted a weight of 139.6 pounds, against 140 for his opponent. This will be the left-hander’s first final since the start of his professional career.

Akdeniz is undefeated in 15 fights, while Encinia (14-5-1, 5 KOs) suffered a majority decision loss in their last outing in October. On the other hand, Encinia has already managed to snatch a victory by majority decision in Poland. It was last May.

In action in the semi-finals, Marie-Pier Houle swung the scale to 145.8 pounds. It will be for Houle (4-0-1, 2 K.-O.) a first duel since the events of August 28 at Stade IGA. His opponent Jeanette Zacarias Zapata died of injuries sustained during the fight. Houle will face Yamila Esther Reynoso, a former rival of Marie-Ève Dicaire.

Sophia

Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.

Fights

Itauma was number one in the heavyweight rankings. Joshua the tenth

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2 hours ago

December 23, 2025

Madelyn

Itauma was number one in the heavyweight rankings. Joshua the tenth

World Boxing Organization (WBO) has published the heavyweight rankings as of December 2025 on its official website.

The undefeated British is in first place. Moses Ithauma He last entered the ring in August (13-0, 11 KOs), and won the WBO Inter-Continental belt by knocking out his compatriot Dillian Whyte.

Second place went to Filip Hrgovic (19-1, 14 KOs), who defeated Briton David Adeleye by unanimous decision in August. The representative of Croatia has the WBO International title. China’s Zhang Zhilei (27-3-1, 22 KOs) rounded out the top three.

A British heavyweight world champion Fabio Wardley The former holder of the interim belt (20-0-1, 19 KOs) was promoted after Oleksandr Usyk relinquished his WBO title.

The representative of Ukraine was excluded from the ranking because he had championship titles according to other versions (WBC, WBA, IBF).

Famous heavyweight Vladislav Sirenko (22-1, 19 KOs), ranked 14th, left the rankings. In his last fight, he suffered an unexpected defeat against Englishman Solomon Dacres.

World Boxing Organization rankings (WBO) heavyweight title:

Champion: Fabio Wardley (Great Britain)

Moses Ithauma (England)
Filip Hrgovic (Croatia)
Zhang Zhilei (China)
Daniel Dubois (Great Britain)
Jared Anderson (USA)
Derek Chisora (Great Britain)
Nelson Hisa (Albania)
Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan)
Richard Thores (USA)
Anthony Joshua (Great Britain)

Source: Sport UA

Madelyn

I am a sports writer and journalist who has written for various online publications including Sportish. I’m originally from the UK but currently live in Toronto, Canada. I’m also an author on Sportish and have written several articles on a variety of sports-related topics.

Fights

Hearn surprises with statement about Jake Paul’s future after fight with Joshua

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8 hours ago

December 23, 2025

Madelyn

Hearn surprises with statement about Jake Paul’s future after fight with Joshua

British organizer Eddie Hearn Reacts to speculation some boxing fans have that the fight will go ahead jake paul And Anthony Joshua it was fake.

“Even now people say, ‘Oh yeah, it was definitely a fixed battle.’ Today a guy commented on one of my posts: ‘Yes, it was definitely staged.’ I reply: ‘Do you realize you broke his jaw in two places?’

He may never be able to box again. Almost no one talks about this. People think it’s simple; They connect your jaw with wire, tighten a few screws, and move on. However, there were many fighters who broke their jaw and never entered the ring again.

And yes, “no, that moment might be real, but everything else…” – as if we were actors here. Everything was 100% real. There was no strategy, no agreement, no scenario.

Anthony wanted to get in as early and clean as possible. Unfortunately, the only time he actually hit cleanly was in the sixth inning. And unfortunately, this happened to Jake too.

We didn’t want this to happen to Jake. In the end, we wanted to win and end the war, but he accepted such dangers and took such risks on himself in the war. We hope he can recover,” Hearn said.

The video of the fight in which Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul is available on our website.

Source: Sport UA

Madelyn

Fights

Joshua picks opponents for Jake Paul after brutal knockout

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9 hours ago

December 23, 2025

Madelyn

Joshua picks opponents for Jake Paul after brutal knockout

British heavyweight Anthony Joshua Who could be the next opponent of the American blogger jake paulIf he decides to continue his career.

“Jake’s got spirit. He’s got guts. He did everything he could, and my hat’s off to him because, first of all, not a lot of fighters would get in the ring with me, but Jake did. Secondly, even after he got knocked down, he kept trying to get back up. I trust him.”

So America, I believe you have a guy who could potentially come back again and his heart is still in it. He should dust himself off, come back, and maybe sell this arena in 2026. Maybe against Gervonta Davis or Ryan Garcia,” Anthony said.

The video of the fight in which Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul is available on our website.

Source: Sport UA

Madelyn