Odelia "Thunder" Ben Ephraim lost by unanimous decision tonight against European junior featherweight champion Tania "La Violencia" Alvarez at Casal Cultural i Recreatiu in Castellbisbal, Spain. Both fighters threw constantly in an exciting phonebooth style fight. The 25 year old French challenger told The Jewish Boxing Blog, "I felt mentally prepared, and I won the first three rounds by a good margin." She then admitted, "But then I felt tired. I don't know if it was because of the diet." Ben Ephraim weighed in the lightest of her career for this fight, but she thought she cut weight intell ..read more

Both Odelia "Thunder" Ben Ephraim and Tania "La Violencia" Alvarez weighed in under the junior featherweight limit of 122 pounds ahead of their clash tomorrow at Casal Cultural i Recreatiu in Castellbisbal, Spain. The contest is for Alvarez's European junior featherweight title. Ben Ephraim (5-3) is a 25 year old from Blagnac, France. She weighed 119.5 pounds, the lightest of her pro career. Her previous lightest came before her last fight when she was 122.8 pounds in June. Her heaviest was 126 in her debut in 2021. To this point, she has been a career featherweight. Alvarez (11-1, 2 KOs) ca ..read more

Then the World Moved On: The Brutal Truth Behind the Max Baer-Frankie Campbell Fight By Catherine Johnson Brown Glove Books, 2024 Many Jewish boxing fans have long idolized Max Baer. By reexamining his deadly fight against Frankie Campbell in her wonderful book Then the World Moved On, Catherine Johnson convincingly argues Baer is more deserving of condemnation than idolization. A son of Italian immigrants, Frankie Campbell first made his name in fistic circles in San Francisco. Something of a crude slugger, he took his fan-friendly style to Los Angeles and eventually became a popular figure ..read more

This past Saturday, Joshua Feldman dominated Brian Shakoane on route to a first round stoppage victory. The 5-0 junior middleweight from Cape Town, South Africa discussed the fight today with The Jewish Boxing Blog. "Quite honestly, I actually didn't have any game plan for the fight coming in," Feldman revealed. "It was mostly just getting in the ring and deciding on the go how I was going to assess the fight." That Josh didn't have a game plan was a surprising revelation. Not because it showed any lack of preparation as boxers often don't have game plans, especially when fighting opponents w ..read more

Yonatan Landman beat Albert Commey by sixth round TKO at Bukom Boxing Arena in Acra, Ghana today. Landman outboxed his toughest test as a pro. It was his second fight in eight days. Landman and Commey were announced as 118 pounds each, but Commey, a 39 year old from Accra, looked huge compared to Landman. Yonatan told The Jewish Boxing Blog, "The plan was to get inside as much as I could." Early in the first, Yonatan got inside and absorbed a chopping right from Commey. Landman then began to jab cautiously from the outside, land two body shots, and get out. The rest of the round he tried to ..read more

"King" David Malul punctuated a five-punch combination with a frighteningly destructive overhand right in the third round of his fight against Zachary "Mississippi Baby" Davis at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, New York, USA tonight. Malul was patient early, showing educated aggression. Davis, a 25 year old with a four-inch height advantage, jabbed well in the first. Malul, who represents Queens and is turning 22 years old in two days, showed a big improvement from his debut, a first round KO victory in which he was knocked down twice. David used his double jab, kept his hands up, and se ..read more

Joshua Feldman and Doron Zinman both won their fights at Box Camp Booysens in Johannesburg, South Africa today. Feldman shined in a first round TKO victory over Brian Shakoane while Zinman overcame a tough opponent, Masibulele Mjoli, scoring a knockdown to win by unanimous decision. Feldman, a 20 year old junior middleweight nicknamed "The Maccabee," came out hammering Skhakoane's body and then moving to get out of range. Shakoane,  a 32 year old from South Africa's Northwest province, went for broke firing hard wild shots at the taller Feldman. Josh, a southpaw from Cape Town, executed ..read more

David Malul and Zachary Davis weighed in ahead of their welterweight+ clash tomorrow at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, New York, USA. The event is promoted by Star Boxing. Malul (1-0, 1 KO) came in at 147.4 pounds, the weight of a deck of cards above the welterweight limit. He was 146.5 for his debut. Davis (0-4) weighed 146.2 pounds. His lightest was 139, which he has done twice, including last month. His heaviest was 154.5 pounds, which he weighed a year ago. After his weight was announced, Davis repeatedly clapped his hands enthusiastically. Malul was calm while standing on the scal ..read more

Junior middleweight Joshua Feldman and featherweight Doron Zinman fight in separate bouts tomorrow at Box Camp Booysens in Johannesburg, South Africa tomorrow. The tournament is promoted by Boxing 5 Promotions. Feldman (4-0, 2 KOs) weighed in at 153.4 pounds. Though this is his fifth fight, it's his seventh weigh-in. His weight has been between 152.5 and 154 pounds each time, which shows remarkable professionalism on his part. His opponent, Brian Shakoane (1-3, 1 KO), came in at 152.7 pounds. Throughout his career he has been the B-side, so he's taken fights in different classes. His lightest ..read more

Mike Clancy scored a huge upset by knockout as a late substitution, the defining moment of his career. It was such a surprise victory, it would be mentioned among the biggest upsets for decades to come. Residing in Manhattan and fighting under an assumed name, he fought anywhere from 115 pounds up to 126. Extremely tough, Clancy wasn't exactly Einstein's cousin. He was once told he'd box in the semifinal (now called the co-main event or chief support). "Who is this guy Sammy Final?" he wondered aloud. Adding to the Record Much of Clancy's record hasn't made its way onto his BoxRec page yet ..read more