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Zachary Gaskell

Zachary Gaskell is a journalist who covers fight nights for The Published Reporter. He has been a boxing fan since the days of Chavez, Holyfield, and Mike Tyson. He follows boxing, UFC, extreme sports and personally loves fighting and has trained in many different styles.

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Boxing / UFC / MMA

Canelo Crushes Cheekbone, Captures Championship

Zachary Gaskell May 10, 2021

Canelo is a man of action. He spoke like he fought. His every word and punch was designed to land with maximum impact, with maximum efficiency. Canelo chose both well. As the post fight interview concludes, he was asked if he had anything…

Boxing / UFC / MMA

Endgame: The Simple Solution To The Boxing / YouTube Drama

Zachary Gaskell Apr 16, 2021

ATLANTA, GA - This weekend YouTuber Jake Paul meets former MMA champion Ben Askren in a boxing match. The strange ongoing relationship between stars of the video platform playing at combat sports continues to draw mixed opinions from…

Boxing / UFC / MMA

Franics Ngannou Starches Stipe Miocic in Heavyweight Title Rematch

Zachary Gaskell Mar 28, 2021

LAS VEGAS, NV - UFC heavyweight gold was on the line last night as the former child laborer Francis “The Predator” Ngannou violently unseated champion Stipe Miocic in the 2nd. From the outset it was clear the puncher had evolved…

Boxing / UFC / MMA

Second Time Around – UFC 260 Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou II

Zachary Gaskell Mar 26, 2021

FALL RIVER, MA –This Saturday the UFC heavyweight title is on the line as part time firefighter and full time heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will make his five title defense tomorrow in a rematch with Francis Ngannou of Cameroon.…

Boxing / UFC / MMA

Art Of The Outside: Lawrence Okolie Wins WBO Title With Emphatic KO

Zachary Gaskell Mar 22, 2021

FALL RIVER, MA – The 6'5” Briton did a beautiful job of range management to win the WBO cruiserweight title last Saturday. Even better, to do it via viscous 6th round knockout. Okolie had no issue implementing his long reach to keep…

Boxing / UFC / MMA

Little Men, Big Fights: Chocolatito And Estrada Fight A Second Classic

Zachary Gaskell Mar 17, 2021

FALL RIVER, MA – Last weekend we saw a new candidate for for fight of the year. When pound for pound star Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez met Juan Fransisco Estrada for the 2nd time. Their meeting came in 2012 when Gonzales was…

Boxing / UFC / MMA

Middleweight Monster Marvelous Marvin Hagler Passes Away At 66

Zachary Gaskell Mar 15, 2021

FALL RIVER, MA – The world just lost it’s toughest living middleweight. Marvelous Marvin Hagler was the biggest and baddest of the Fab 4. He along with Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Thomas Hearns fought a round robin of…

Boxing / UFC / MMA

A Bridge Too Far: Jan Blachowicz Turns Back the Middleweight Maestro

Zachary Gaskell Mar 9, 2021

FALL RIVER, MA – UFC Middle weight champion Isreal Adesanya was undefeated in 20 fights with 15 KO’s. The rising star from Lagos, Nigeria and GLORY kickboxing seems to have finally met his match in the Octagon. Weighing well…

Boxing / UFC / MMA

Canelo Consistently Chases The Most Dangerous Game

Zachary Gaskell Mar 4, 2021

BROCKTON, MA – The public is wondering why the best pound for pound fighter on the planet beat up a Turkish man with all the name recognition of a chart at an eye doctors office last weekend. The long answer requires a PhD in…

Boxing / UFC / MMA

Breached Birth: How Isreal Adesanya Dives Into 205 With Both Feet; A Look Ahead to UFC 259

Zachary Gaskell Feb 25, 2021

BROCKTON, MA - Former Kickboxing and current UFC middleweight champion Isreal Adesanya, 31, is finally making the long anticipated step up in weight to 205. He moves up to face a new challenge at a new weight on March 6, 2021 at the…

Boxing / UFC / MMA

Rumble In The Jungle Fifty Years Ago Resurfaced In The Khabib Nurmagomedov Vs Justin Gaethje Fight…

Zachary Gaskell Feb 24, 2021

ABU DHABI - “I hit him with 3 or 4 good solid body shots. Ali pulled me into a clinch and asked, “Is that all you got George?” That was about all I had.”- George Foreman. That same question that broke a brooding monster in the rumble…