Welterweight Nicklaus Flaz has shown that a record is just a snapshot of the past, as he has revived his pro fighting career in only three bouts. Flaz is now set to be the co-feature on Wednesday Night Fights against Arizona’s Alfredo Escarcega Jr. in a 10-round main event on ProBox TV. Flaz (12-2, 8
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Shakur Stevenson and William Zepeda continued with their signature work in the boxing ring Saturday night, and what’s becoming clear is that the pair are best suited to fight each other next. In Monday’s episode of ProBox TV’s “Deep Waters,” analyst Chris Algieri said the current situations of each fighter leaves them looking for a
Shakur Stevenson is now a free agent after his last fight with his former promoter Top Rank Inc. on Saturday, a 12-round unanimous decision over Artem Harutyunyan in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey. Stevenson has made it clear he is going to explore all options as he voiced displeasure with Top Rank during the
In an important fight at lightweight, with both boxers battling to stay in contention, Liam Wilson, improving to 14-3 (8 KOs), scored a crowd-pleasing stoppage of Youssef Dib, 21-2 (11 KOs), brother of the former IBF champion Billy Dib, at the WIN Entertainment Center in Wollongong. Former world-title challenger Wilson, who lost to Oscar Valdez
Sam Goodman improved to 19-0 (8 KOs) with a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over Thailand’s Thactana “Rock man” Worawut, who lost for the first time and is now 25-1-1 (15 KOs). The junior-featherweight contender won via margins of 117-111, 117-113 and 119-109, but his manager Pete Mitrevski said after the fight that the Australian had
(Picture: Ezra Taylor could be in line to fight Carlos Lamela) Cruiserweights Samo Jangirov (8-5-3) and Marko Mononen (8-6) meet in a fight for the vacant BBU title September 7 in Katrineholm (Sweden). The contest is scheduled for eight rounds and as such need special permission from the Martial Arts Delegation. In the chief support,
In part III, the always topical subject of controversial scorecards is addressed as we attempt to plot our way to a boxing utopia. “Apparently the writer believes in pie in the sky,” was one of the comments on Part II of this series. Not quite, because while utopia – an imagined place or state in
Steven Navarro, the junior-bantamweight prospect from Los Angeles, returns in a six-round fight against Oscar Arroyo on August 10 at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Navarro, nicknamed “Kid Dynamite,” supports a main event between IBF featherweight champion Luis Venado Lopez and hometown hero Angelo Leo. “I had a lot of fun in my Top
By: Sean Crose Teofimo Lopez defended his WBO junior welterweight title against the 38-7-2 Steve Claggett Saturday night in Miami. Although he was expected to win, the 20-1 Lopez had a lot riding on his performance against Claggett, for numerous high profile fights loomed just over the horizon. Claggett had an impressive first while Lopez
By: Sean Crose The WBC junior bantamweight title was on the line Saturday night in Phoenix as the 44-3 defending champion Juan Francisco Estrada slipped between the ropes to face the 19-0 undefeated upstart Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez. The highly anticipated fight was scheduled for 12 championship rounds. The crowd was electric right from the opening
By: Sean Crose Gervonta Davis. Vasyl Lomachenko. Devin Haney. Teofimo Lopez. These men are all in the general weight realm of WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson. With a record of twenty-one wins against zero losses, the twenty-seven year old Stevenson would be a high profile opponent for any of the aforementioned names. Stevenson is more
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (July 3, 2024) – Boxing Insider Promotions is known for putting on competitive fights in which anything can happen. The company experienced a knockout of an event with its inaugural show at the TROPICANA ATLANTIC CITY on May 11, and Boxing Insider Promotions will do it again on FRIDAY, JULY 26. Boxing Insider
By: Sean Crose “I feel like me and Jack is the biggest fight you can make in the division without a belt being on the line,” former junior welterweight titlist Regris Prograis said in a press release to announce his August 24th bout against Jack Catterall. “We were actually supposed to fight a few years
By: Sean Crose “Exercising my authority as president of the WBC,” World Boxing Council head Mauricio Sulaiman posted on social media Thursday night, “I am hereby expelling Ryan Garcia from any activity with our organization.” Garcia, a fighter now as well known for being controversial as he is for processing thunderous power, reportedly went off
By: Sean Crose On a snowy day back in the winter of 2017 I hopped on a Metro North in Connecticut and made my way down to Manhattan to cover the Genady Golovkin-Daniel Jacobs middleweight title fight. Defending champion Golovkin was at his peak at the time, going through one fighter after another while awaiting
By: Sean Crose WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson put his title, as well as his undefeated 21-0 record, on the line Saturday night in his native Newark, New Jersey as he took on the 12-1 Artem Harutyunyan. The fight was a scheduled 12 rounder and was the main event of an ESPN Top Rank card.
By: Sean Crose There he was on Saturday at the Prudential Center in his native Newark, engaged in a hometown battle against a determined but outskilled Artem Harutyunyan. It was a perfect moment for WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson to set off fireworks on a Fourth of July weekend. The only problem was he didn’t.
By: Sean Crose “I’m excited about collecting all the belts and becoming undisputed,” says Jaron “Boots” Ennis on the eve of his IBF welterweight title defense against David Avanesyan. “July 13 is going to be fireworks,” Ennis continues, “don’t miss it.” It’s been a while since Ennis was seen in the ring, over a year