{"id":696970,"date":"2026-07-17T17:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696970\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T17:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:04:34","slug":"sam-noakes-faces-denys-berinchyk-august-29-in-crucial-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696970\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Noakes Faces Denys Berinchyk August 29 In Crucial Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add EBoxing News 24as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Queensberry announced Tuesday that Noakes (18-1, 16 KOs) will face Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KOs) on the August 29 undercard headlined by Moses Itauma and Filip Hrgovic in London.<\/p>\n<p>On paper, the fight looks like a chance for Noakes to rebuild after his defeat to Abdullah Mason last November. Berinchyk is now 38 years old and hasn\u2019t fought since Keyshawn Davis stopped him to win the WBO lightweight title in February 2025. Still, Berinchyk\u2019s style makes him a dangerous opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Mason showed there is a blueprint for beating Noakes. After spending the early rounds exchanging punches, Mason changed tactics midway through the fight. He boxed behind his jab, used his footwork, and refused to remain stationary. The adjustment left Noakes chasing him around the ring, struggling to cut off the distance or land the power shots that had made him effective early. Instead, he walked into repeated jabs and steadily fell behind.<\/p>\n<p>Berinchyk has built much of his career on movement, awkward angles and ring craft rather than raw power. While age and the knockout loss to Keyshawn raise legitimate questions about how much he has left, he doesn\u2019t need to be at his peak to make life uncomfortable for Noakes if he can still dictate the pace with his feet.<\/p>\n<p>The burden now falls on Noakes to show he has developed since the Mason defeat. If he has improved his ability to pressure mobile opponents, he should have the youth, size and punching power to win. If not, Berinchyk has the experience and style to force Noakes into the same frustrating type of fight that exposed weaknesses in his game less than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Olly Campbell is a boxing journalist who has covered the sport since 2014, providing ringside reporting and technical analysis of major bouts. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, tactical adjustments, and the details that shape high-level competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queensberry announced Tuesday that Noakes (18-1, 16 KOs) will face Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KOs) on the August 29&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-696970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}