Month: October 2024

It will be a dream pairing of talent when unbeaten welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis and unbeaten junior bantamweight Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez defend their belts in bouts staged at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on November 9 on DAZN. What’s more enticing is the possibility of bringing Ennis and Rodriguez back together for an even more

Official negotiations between unified middleweight titleholder Janibek Alimkhanuly and Hamzah Sheeraz have been extended by the World Boxing Organization, the WBO announced Thursday. The teams for Alimkhanuly and Sheeraz, the WBO’s No. 1 contender, had been assigned a deadline to reach a fight agreement by Wednesday, after which it would be sent to a purse

When Tyson Fury says that Oleksandr Usyk neither surprised him nor was particularly difficult to fight back in May, it really doesn’t matter whether you choose to believe him or not. All that really matters, in fact, is that Tyson Fury has decided to say it, more than once, and that, in saying it, he

For all the many macro debates to be had about what the International Boxing Hall of Fame is and should be, at this time of year, the focus shifts to the micro debates. Voters’ ballots are almost due — they have to be postmarked by next Thursday. And each name in each category on those

I rated Tim Tszyu highly before he entered the ring with Bakhram Murtazaliev – and I still rate him highly.  There are some fighters who seek to protect their records and their brands, and there are others who fight everybody constantly, provide us with the most consistent entertainment, and don’t get the same rewards –

Conor Benn could make his long-awaited ring return in the UK in the coming months, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. Britain’s Benn, 28, has been fighting in the US since two failed PED tests came to light in October 2022. According to Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, the British fighter would soon have a date to

The comeback continues for bantamweight Manny Flores, who stopped Victor Olivo in the first round with a body shot in Thursday’s main event at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Flores, 19-1 (15 KOs), a 26-year-old fighter from Coachella, California, landed a right hook to the body that sent Olivo, 21-5-1 (9 KOs), to the

Cutman Mike Rodriguez has spent a lifetime in boxing corners, where every second counts and mistakes can cost a fighter dearly. But it’s not just the vital moments in the ring that define Rodriguez; it’s the lasting bonds and lessons learned that have shaped his career.  Rodriguez has worked with titleholders like Manny Pacquiao, Dmitry

It was a cold Thursday morning in Mossley, England, just outside Manchester. On the second floor of a drafty mill, unbeaten Irish super middleweight Tommy Hyde was making preparations for his 10th professional fight with his new trainer, Lee Beard. It is certainly a change of scenery for the 25-year-old Hyde, 9-0 (6 KOs), who

It was tempting, when witnessing the crushed and concussed Tim Tszyu speak at the press conference that followed his stoppage defeat by Bakhram Murtazaliev, to wonder if the bubble that had grown around the golden boy of Australian boxing had burst. Tszyu, unusually in the circumstances of defeat, had perhaps emerged from losing for the