Tuesday 26 December 2023

How Wilder went to sleep at Day of Reckong

 
Before his heavyweight fight against Joseph Parker on Saturday, Deontay Wilder said he wasn’t susceptible to “ring rust,” pointing out that a year and six days removed from his previous fight, he’d scored a first-round knockout the last time out, reports www.al.com/sports.
But that was more than 14 months ago, and Parker gave Wilder the third loss of his professional career by unanimous decision at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the co-feature fight on the Day of Reckoning card.
The judges’ scoring reflected the one-sided nature of the 12-round fight as they had it 118-111, 118-111 and 120-108 for Parker.
“Dangerous fight, tough fight, we trained very hard for this,” said Parker, The Associated Press reported. “We had great momentum coming into this fight. The strategy was to stay calm, stay relaxed, stay focused ... every minute of every round. This is a great finish to the year.”
Wilder entered the ring on Saturday with a 43-2-1 career record that included 42 knockouts. Both losses and the draw came against Tyson Fury, the WBC world heavyweight champion – a title he took from Wilder.
Parker trains with Fury, and before the fight said the champ’s advice had been to stay out of the way of Wilder’s right hand. And Parker did.
Wilder dubbed himself Dr. Sleep before the fight because of what he planned to do to Parker. But Wilder was in the sixth round of the fight before he seemed to wake up. By that time, Parker had landed a big right and a left hook in the fourth round as the best connections in the first five rounds.
In the eighth round, Parker hurt Wilder with a right, and the Alabama native had to hold on during a barrage from the New Zealand fighter to survive to the bell.
After that, it was desperation mode for Wilder, but he could never connect with the right against Parker.
“My timing was off a little bit,” Wilder said. “He did a great job of avoiding a lot of my punches. I did feel like I had the upper hand, but things happen. We move on to the next step.”
A former WBO world heavyweight champion, Parker improved to 34-3, retained his WBO inter-continental heavyweight crown and won the vacant WBC international heavyweight title.
Before Saturday’s right, Wilder had fought once since he suffered back-to-back losses to Fury on February 22, 2020, and October 9, 2021, in WBC world heavyweight championship fights. Wilder knocked out Robert Helenius in the first round on October 15, 2022, in Brooklyn, New York.


Saturday 9 September 2023

Oct. 28: Mock me if Ngannou beat me, says Fury

Reigning WBC heavyweight world champion, Tyson Fury, says the boxing world should "laugh" at him if he is beaten by Francis Ngannou in their fight in Saudi Arabia on October 28.
Fury, 35, will face former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou, who has no professional record in boxing.
The French-Cameroonian Ngannou's record in MMA stands at 17 wins in 20 fights.
Briton Fury's WBC title will not be on the line against against Ngannou.
"I need to be on my A-game," Fury said. "There's more on the line now than in a boxing fight."
Fury and 37-year-old Ngannou came face-to-face at a news conference on Thursday in London, which was heavily saturated by references and compliments to Saudi Arabia.
The country has been criticised for using sport to sportwash their image and have reportedly paid millions to bring Fury's bout with Ngannou to the region.
Their contest will take place under the official rules of professional boxing, with three judges ringside adopting the 10-point must system.
Fury is a two-time world champion and defeated Derek Chisora at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in December to extend his unbeaten record to 33 wins and one draw.
"If I lose to an MMA guy I'll never be able to show my face in public again," he added. "It's going to ridicule me - people will chuck it at me forever.
The Morecambe fighter's decision to fight boxing novice Ngannou rather than a credible opponent has been lambasted by purists, particularly after super fights against Anthony Joshua and unified champion Oleksandr Usyk could not be agreed.
"There's more riding on this than ever before," Fury said.
"Whether the media want to take it as a joke, make no mistake Tyson Fury will leave zero stones unturned and I will come in as my fittest and strongest I've ever been to defeat this man.
"If I'm not and I get knocked out, then I want you all to laugh at me. That's what I want, because I deserve it."

Caption: Tyson Fury (left) and Francis Ngannou, during a news conference on Thursday in London, ahead of their October 28 bout in Saudi Arabia.




Friday 31 March 2023

NPFL 2023 season Matchday 11 results, scorers

*Shooting Stars     3  Plateau United 2
Yakubu Adams - Plateau (25th min)
Samuel Ayanrinde - 3SC ( 44th min)
Samuel Ayanrinde - 3SC (52nd min)
Ghali Falke           - 3SC (60th min)
Jimmy Iteji        -Plateau (+90min)

*Bendel Insurance 1 Akwa United 1
Imade Osehenkhoe - Insurance (2nd min)
Cyril Olisema- Akwa Utd (34th min)

*El-Kanemi Warriors 1 Remo Stars 2
Andy Okpe - Remo (55th min)
Junior Maduka - Remo (80th min)

*Dakkada FC        1 Bayelsa United 1
Robert Christian Mizo-Bayelsa (04th min)
Mmekut Udosen - Dakkada (15th min)

*Abia Warriors     2 Enugu Rangers  1
Jimoh Gbadamosi - Abia (09th min)
John Uche Akabueze-Rangers (26th min)
Uche Moses           -Abia (90+2 min)

*Gombe United     1 Kwara United 0
Anayor Ogbonna (37th min)

*Sunshine Stars    1 Doma United 1
Ibrahim Yusuf -Sunshine (13th min)
Nwabueze Pascal -Doma Utd (15th min)

*Enyimba FC        1 Nasarawa United 1
Chukwuemeka Obioma - Enyimba (14th min)
Emmanuel Ogbole - Nasarawa (74th min)

*Niger Tornadoes 2 Wikki Tourists 0
David Okoromi (21st min)
Mark Daniel     (75th min)

*Lobi Stars   pp Rivers United pp

Tuesday 28 March 2023

NPFL 2023 season Matchday 11 fixtures

Wed: March 29

Bendel Insurance vs Akwa United
Dakkada FC        vs Bayelsa United
Abia Warriors     vs Enugu Rangers  
Gombe United     vs Kwara United
Lobi Stars           vs Rivers United
Sunshine Stars    vs Doma United
Elkanemi Warriors vs Remo Stars
Enyimba FC        vs Nasarawa United
Shooting Stars     vs  Plateau United
Niger Tornadoes vs Wikki Tourists

NPFL 2023 season Matchday 10 results, scorers

*Dakkada FC 1 Niger Tornadoes 2
David Okoromi - Tornadoes (6th min)
Jonas Emmanuel- Tornadoes (15th min)
Aniekan Ekpe Okon - Dakkada (94th min)




*Wikki Tourists 1 Sunshine Stars 1
Idris Guda- Wikki (50th min)
Cletus Emotan Eba- Sunshine (87th min)

*Kwara United 2 El-Kanemi Warriors 0
Omaka Anthony (79th min)
Samad Kadiri     (88th min)

*Enyimba 1 Bendel Insurance 1
Chukwuemeka Obioma- Enyimba (44th min)
Imade Osarenkhoe- Insurance (81st min)

*Rivers United 1 Abia Warriors 1
Nweke Kalu-Warriors (48th min)
Morice Chukwu-Rivers (+90th min)

*Enugu Rangers 2 Bayelsa United 1
Alex Oyowah - Bayelsa (36th min)
Godwin Obajeh - Rangers (48th min)
Chiderah Ezeh  -Rangers  (87th min)

* Akwa United 2 Shooting Stars 0
Ubong Friday (53rd min)
Taiye Muritala (55th min)

* Doma United 2 Lobi Stars 0
Daniel Barnabas
Maurice Chigozie

*Plateau United 2 Gombe United 0
Izuchukwu Chimezie (32nd min)
Emmanuel Silas Nenrot (89th min)

*Remo Stars  1 Nasarawa United 0
Samuel Anakwe (16th min)

LEADING SCORERS:
Chukwuemeka Obioma- Enyimba (8 goals)
Imade Osarenkhoe- Insurance (7 goals)
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Caption:

Imade Osarenkhoe (left), being challenged by an opponent during a NPFL game this season.


 



NPFL 2023 season Matchday 10 fixtures:

Sat: March 25
Dakkada FC    vs Niger Tornadoes
Sun: March 26:
Enugu Rangers vs Bayelsa United
Wikki Tourists vs Sunshine Stars
Enyimba           vs Bendel Insurance
Remo Stars vs Nasarawa United
Plateau United vs Gombe United
Kwara United  vs El-Kanemi Warriors
Rivers United   vs Abia Warriors
Doma United    vs Lobi Stars
Akwa United   vs Shooting Stars

Sunday 26 February 2023

NPFL 2023 season Matchday 9 results, scorers

*El-Kanemi Warriors 1 Kwara United 2
David Chijioke Nnaji - El-Kanemi (20th min)
Jide Fatokun              -Kwara (61st min)
Godwin Oshagbemi   -Kwara (72nd min)

*Nasarawa United 2 Remo Stars 0
Joshua John (08th min)
Emmanuel Ogbole (47th min)

*Gombe United 3 Plateau United 2
Anayor Ogbonna -Gombe (12th min)
Albert Hilary       -Plateau (18th min)
Rahman Olanrewaju - Gombe (24th min)
Moses Adikwu Vincent - Plateau (47th min)
Mahamadou Souley Salamoun- Gombe (90th min +)

*Bendel Insurance  1 Enyimba 0
Imade Osehenkhoe (23rd min)

*Shooting Stars  2 Akwa United 2
Joshua Akpan - Shooting (15th min)
Uche Collins    -Akwa (20th min)
Ahmadu Liman- Akwa (25th min)
 Ajani Ibrahim - Shooting (45th min+)

*Lobi Stars  2 Doma United 0
Josepe Junior Atule (07th min)
Umar Abba               (09th min)

*Sunshine Stars  1 Wikki Tourists 0
Samson Olasupo (57th min)

*Niger Tornadoes 1 Dakkada FC 0
David Okoromi (42nd min)

*Bayelsa United 1 Enugu Rangers 1
Godwin Obaje - Rangers (06th min)
Robert Christian -Bayelsa (40th min)

*Abia Warriors  vs Rivers United