O’Shaquie Foster defended his WBC junior lightweight world title with a split decision over Abraham “El Super” Nova on Friday evening at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The fighters took a look at one another in the early rounds but Foster began to take control by rounds six and seven, landing power shots on
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After a hectic night of boxing, with significant cards in Mexico, New York and Florida, one highlight reel was receiving some extra play today. Bruce Carrington, from Brownsville in Brooklyn, scored a viral knockout win over Bernard Torres, nailing his with a right hook that sent Torres flat, face down, on the canvas inside Madison
Super-middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga has spoken about being inspired by Puerto Rican greats who have gone before him. Born in New York to Puerto Rican parents, Berlanga fights Belfast’s Padraig McCrory at Caribe Royal in Florida next week, hoping to improve to 22-0 in his pursuit of a big fight with Canelo Alvarez. The 26-year-old,
The next fight for Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis won’t be so voluntary, after all. BoxingScene.com has learned that the IBF has ordered the unbeaten welterweight titlist to next defense versus Cody Crowley. The two sides were actually summoned to enter a 30-day negotiation period beginning on January 31. “IBF Welterweight Champion Jaron Ennis was promoted to
Trainer Colin Nathan has screamed himself hoarse in the corner last night. His fighter Sivenathi Nontshinga had won a thrilling rematch, reclaiming the IBF light-flyweight title from Mexican Adrian Curiel – In Mexico. They topped a Matchroom and DAZN show in Oaxaca. Last November, Curiel knocked out the South African with one of the best
Tonight, the eyes of the sporting world were supposed to be focused on Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, with Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk fighting to unify the heavyweight titles. But after Fury was cut in sparring three weeks ago, the fight was postponed and will now take place on May 18. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman
Bobby Benton has seen a few dramatic finishes. Trainer Benton was the lead voice in the corner of WBC super featherweight O’Shaquie Foster, as the duo picked up a split-decision over the northeastern based Abraham Nova. The bout was close. Foster seemed to land the cleaner punches, Nova was busier. CompuBox stats said the same.
Ramon Cardenas became a contender last night. His stunning sixth-round technical knockout of Israel Rodriguez Picazo was as dramatic as it was impressive. After a grueling back-and-forth bout on ProBox TV, Cardenas landed a shot that appeared to break Picazo’s jaw. In between rounds, the doctor was brought into the ring and would not allow
Popular American heavyweight Jared ‘The Real Big Baby’ Anderson will make his 2024 debut in April. Anderson boxes on April 13 in Corpus Christi, Texas, when he meets Ryad Merhy, as first reported by Mike Coppinger of ESPN. Anderson fought three times last year, twice as a main eventer. The Merhy fight will make it
Posted on 02/14/2024 By: Sean Crose At the age of 33, it’s clear that Jermall Charlo has had himself an interesting career. Although he’s yet to engage in a true superfight, he remains one of the more notable names in boxing. This now may have nearly as much to do with the man’s personal story
Posted on 02/16/2024 By: Sean Crose Junior welterweight Joseph Diaz took on Jesus Perez Thursday night in a scheduled ten round affair that DAZN covered live from the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California. Having lost three of his last four fights, the 33-4-1 Diaz was, at thirty one years of age, in need of a
Posted on 02/16/2024 By: Sean Crose The 21-2 O’Shaquie Foster defended his WBC junior lightweight title Friday night at Madison Square Garden. His opponent in the ESPN broadcast main event was the 23-1 Abraham Nova. The bout was scheduled for 12 championship rounds. Foster’s previous fight was a 12th round TKO of Eduardo Hernandez while Nova had
Posted on 02/17/2024 Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz By: Sean Crose It was just over ten years ago when Keith Thurman, then in his mid twenties, turned out the lights on Jesus Soto Karass with a thunderous three punch combination. That was at the Alamodome in San Antonio, on the undercard of the
Leonard Ellerbe weighs in on potential next opponents for Canelo Alvarez, with him giving his analysis that a fight against David Benavidez would be a much bigger PPV success than him potentially fighting Terence Crawford. Check out some of what he had to say below. Ellerbe on if Canelo fighting Crawford sells more than him
Less than two full weeks after announcing his retirement from boxing on social media, Shakur Stevenson now announces that he’ll be making his return this summer, with the hash tag ‘chasing greatness’ that followed. “I’ll fight any and everybody, this is what I do. See ya’ll in June,” Stevenson posted on X. When a commenter
Canelo Alvarez will return to action on Saturday, May 4, which has been expected, and the leading candidate to face the Mexican superstar appears to be Jermall Charlo. Joseph Santoloquito of The RING reported yesterday that Jermall, twin to Canelo’s most recent opponent Jermell, would be Canelo’s next opponent, and that belief has picked up
Regardless of whether they intend to fork over money for PBC’s inaugural Prime Video PPV on March 30th or even own a Prime subscription, boxing fans will enjoy two free matchups before Keith Thurman and Tim Tszyu kick off PBC’s new era. The featured attraction pits 20-year-old middleweight prospect Elijah Garcia (16-0, 13 KO), last
IBF super lightweight champion Subriel Matias has officially joined forces with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, which announced a “multi-fight co-promotional deal” alongside original promoter Fresh Productions. I am very excited about the deal we’ve reached with Matchroom,” said Matias. I can’t wait to show DAZN, Matchroom, all the big names out there and the world