Posted on 02/09/2024 By: Sean Crose Teofimo Lopez entered the ring to defend his WBO junior middleweight title in grand fashion Thursday night. Dressed as a ring master, the fighter known as “The Takeover” made his way through a literal circus act on the way to face Jamaine Ortiz in a scheduled 12 round affair
Month: February 2024
Posted on 02/09/2024 By: Sean Crose ESPN is reporting that junior welterweight champion Devin Haney is set to square off against the popular Ryan Garcia on the 20th of April in Las Vegas. This is a major bout, one which presents Haney with the opportunity to defeat one of the sport’s featured attractions while offering
Posted on 02/10/2024 By: Sean Crose Boxing fans of a certain age will likely remember a time when boxing could be found being broadcast on weekend afternoons courtesy of major American networks. CBS, NBC, and ABC, through it’s Wide World of Spots programming, turned fighters like Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Mile Tyson from relatively obscure
Posted on 02/12/2024 By: Sean Crose Well, that was fast. Mere weeks after announcing his retirement to the world, 26 year old Shakur Stevenson has changed his mind. According to a social media post, he’ll be returning to action in June. “I’m officially retiring from the sport of boxing,” Stevenson claimed in late January. “I’ll
Posted on 02/13/2024 By: Sean Crose Canelo Alvarez had some good news for Mexican fans on Tuesday. During an interview with Azteca, the undisputed super middleweight champion of the world indicated that he would continue his agreement with the network, meaning there will be no pay per view fees in Mexico for fans who want
Posted on 01/25/2024 By: Sean Crose WBC heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury sat across from WBA, WBO, and IBF heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk for an interview with Steve Bunce in the leadup to their February undisputed title match in Saudi Arabia. Fury Looked lean and relatively relaxed while Usyk appeared quite focused. “For me he was
Posted on 01/26/2024 By: Sean Crose Ryan Garcia thought he’d be fighting Rolando Romero next. “I understand that there has been a lot of confusion,” the popular boxer went so far as to post online, “but this fight is happening. I’m happy to announce this. Everyone is going to post this soon, don’t worry.” Suffice
Posted on 01/28/2024 By: Sean Crose At 35 years of age, and with a record of 32-6, former Canelo Alvarez opponent John Ryder aimed for a final chance at greatness Saturday night when he stepped into the ring at Phoenix’ Footprint Center to face Jaime Munguia in a scheduled 12 round super middleweight affair. The
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 01/29/2024 By: Sean Crose “By the way,” ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez posted Monday in Spanish on X/Twitter, “everything looks like it will be Charlo-Crawford for Canelo in 2024, in that order.” Should Rodriguez be proven correct, Canelo Alvarez, perhaps the biggest star in the sport, will have two
Posted on 01/30/2024 By: Sean Crose Shakur Stevenson has apparently decided to single handedly lower the retirement age by calling it a career at the ripe old age of 26. “I’m officially retiring from the sport of boxing,” he posted to social media early Tuesday morning. “I’ll be in the gym forever perfecting my craft
Posted on 01/30/2024 By: Sean Crose Ryan Garcia was planning on facing junior welterweight king Devin Haney. Then he spoke with Floyd Mayweather. “I’m hanging out with Floyd,” the 25 year old star told Fight Hype in an interview posted on Tuesday. “I’m not going to lie, Floyd’s pretty influential. He’s like why would you
Posted on 01/31/2024 By: Sean Crose It’s been a long time since Keith Thurman has been in a boxing ring. Then again, the onetime WBA welterweight champ doesn’t box all that frequently as a general rule. Indeed, the Floridian has only fought three times in the last five years. Although he’s faced his share of
Posted on 02/01/2024 By: Sean Crose Conor Benn may not be able to fight in his British homeland, but that’s not keeping him from squaring off against the relatively unknown Peter Dobson in Las Vegas. Although the welterweight battle will go down late in the afternoon on Saturday in order to to be seen in
Posted on 02/02/2024 By: Sean Crose It looked like there would finally be a new king of the heavyweight division. After what seemed like an eternity, a new undisputed champion would emerge when WBC titlist Tyson Fury took on WBA, WBO, and IBF titlist Oleksandr Usyk later this month in Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, it was
Posted on 02/03/2024 By: Sean Crose The enigmatic 22-0 welterweight Conor Benn looked to showcase his skills Saturday in a scheduled 12 round affair broadcast live from Las Vegas by DAZN . His opponent was the little known but undefeated 16-0 Peter Dobson. Whereas Britain’s Benn looked to impress, New York’s Dobson looked to shock
Posted on 03/04/2023 By: Sean Crose Showtime boxing ran a triple header on Saturday night from the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. The opening bout pitted the 16-0 Amilcar Vidal against the 13-0 Elijah Garcia in a scheduled 10 round middleweight affair. The first round saw Vidal trying to employ a range advantage with his
Posted on 05/30/2023 By Sean Crose Add Matchroom honcho Eddie Hearn to the large number of notables inside the fight game who are openly lauding the fact the long awaited Errol Spence-Terence Crawford undisputed welterweight title fight is finally becoming a reality. “I think it does great numbers,” Hearn said to DAZN regarding Spence-Crawford’s pay
Unbeaten heavyweight rivals Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke collide in a ‘Bad Blood’ showdown for the British and Commonwealth Titles on Sunday, March 31st at The O2 in London, live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and Peacock in the USA. (photos by Lawrence Lustig) Reigning champion Wardley (17-0, 16 KOs) is on