Posted on 01/19/2024 By: Sean Crose “No way, Sugar Ray” read the cover headline. Alongside those words – staring right at me at the Walden Bookstore in Waterbury’s Naugatuck Valley Mall – was the one and only Roberto Duran. I’m not sure a chill went down my nine year old spine at that exact moment,
Month: January 2024
Posted on 01/20/2024 By: Sean Crose Natasha Jonas was able to hold on to the IBF welterweight title on Saturday when she won a close and rather controversial split decision over former American titlist Mikaela Mayer. “I thought I did enough to win,” Mayer stated afterward. ” I outpunched her and outworked her, landing clean
Posted on 01/22/2024 By: Sean Crose “To be honest I believe that is the hardest test,” WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol says of fellow light heavyweight titlist Artur Beterbiev. “Why? Because he is stronger. I know that he is physically stronger than Canelo (Alvarez).” Considering the fact that Bivol defeated then pound for pound
Posted on 01/23/2024 By: Sean Crose Sadam Ali. Liam Smith. Gary O’Sullivan. Gabriel Rosado. Sergiy Derevyanchenko. These are not the biggest names in boxing. They are, however, the names of notable boxers who have plied their trade over the last ten years at least. And they’ve all been defeated by Jaime Munguia. Indeed, the now
By his own admission, Moses Itauma doesn’t have any idols or people who he looks up to as inspiration. But even he couldn’t help but feel a little starstruck when he was first introduced to Mike Tyson. The pair met in Saudi Arabia in October, when Itauma, who is promoted by Frank Warren, was fighting
Christina Cruz has never been about the hype. For the native New Yorker, it’s the work that matters, and that hasn’t changed as she prepares for her first world title fight this Saturday in Phoenix against IBF flyweight champion Gabriela Fundora. So when I asked Cruz, one of the most decorated female amateurs to lace
Peter Dobson has always wanted a big-time opportunity, but after waiting around for years, the old veteran began losing hope. But, just when ring rust was forming and inactivity was becoming the norm, Dobson (16-0, 9 KOs) was thrown a lifeline. On February 3rd, the 33-year-old will officially return to the ring when he takes
If momentum truly is a thing, John Ryder had all of it in the world. He hit the cruise control button against Mike Guy, knocked out Jozef Jurko, and scored back-to-back upsets over Daniel Jacobs and Zach Parker. All of those steps led him to the front door of Canelo Alvarez. It was the biggest
The first knockout loss of Callum Smith’s career understandably still stings the former WBA super middleweight champion. With the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO light heavyweight titles all out of his reach in the foreseeable future, Smith isn’t sure whether he’ll continue to fight. The 33-year-old Liverpool native believes he can still win at the
Sergiy Derevyanchenko definitely wants an opportunity to avenge his close loss to Jaime Munguia in their memorable battle 7½ months ago. The Ukrainian veteran’s manager, Keith Connolly, informed BoxingScene.com that he intends to revisit that fight with Munguia’s representatives at Golden Boy Promotions if the unbeaten Mexican contender doesn’t secure an opportunity to challenge Canelo
Mikaela Mayer is hoping what she feels was her gracious post-fight conduct will compel Natasha Jonas to give her a rematch. Last Saturday night at M&S Bank Arena in Jonas’s hometown of Liverpool, England, Jonas retained her IBF 147-pound title with a close split-decision win over Los Angeles’s Mayer. The two went toe-to-toe in a
Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery inch closer to a deal that would provide by far their largest audience to date. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the aforementioned undisputed junior featherweight championship matchup is targeted to take place on May 6—a Monday—at the famed Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. A deal was long in place for the
Former world champion Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jr. (33-4-1, 15 KOs) of South El Monte will kick off the first Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN card of 2024 in a 10-round super lightweight main event against the tough Jesus “Ricky” Perez (24-5, 18 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico. The action will take place at The Commerce
Bakhram Murtazaliev will have to fight on the road and during Ramadan for his first bid at a major title. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the vacant IBF junior middleweight title fight between Russia’s Murtazaliev and Germany’s Jack Culcay will take place on April 6 at Stadthalle Falkansee in Berlin. AGON Sports, who won a January
Kenshiro Teraji and Carlos Canizales lived up to all the hype, with Teraji escaping by majority decision to retain his WBC and WBA 108 lb titles today in Osaka, Japan. Teraji won two cards of 114-112, with the third even, 113-113. Bad Left Hook unofficially scored the fight 114-112 for Teraji. This was a fantastic
Tuesday day! Podcast day! What a day! First Half: Jaime Munguia takes on John Ryder this Saturday and it looks like a pretty good card from Golden Boy overall! PLUS: Stop trying to make everyone well-rounded, it’s boring! Matchroom has a show on Saturday with a possible sleeper main event! Intermission: Neighbors! What’s their problem,
Matchroom has unveiled a quartet of shows for this coming spring, including world title fights, a final eliminator, a clash of two top super featherweights, and a rematch of one of last year’s biggest upsets. Things kick off on March 23rd when British/Commonwealth super lightweight champion Dalton Smith (15-0, 11 KO) steps onto the world
A solid UK domestic tussle is on the horizon, as Florian Marku and Chris Kongo have signed on for a grudge match “expected to take place in March.” The pair’s longstanding animosity boiled over last August when Kongo (14-2, 7 KO) crashed an interview with Marku (13-0-1, 8 KO) ahead of “The Albanian King’s” 54-second
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