Heavyweight contender Raphael Akpejiori (12-0, 12 KOs) has continued to rise in the ranks after returning on Saturday night in Miami and scoring another knockout win, in the first round. All 12 of his opponents have been stopped within the first two rounds. Akpejiori, 30-years-old and standing at 6’8, would like to get himself in
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Mikey Garcia is hoping a potential junior welterweight bout against Regis Prograis will not only satisfy his bank account, but the approval of the public. The 33-year-old Garcia, a former four-division titleholder, is reportedly in talks to face Prograis, one of the top contenders in the 140-pound division, in a fight that would be promoted
Former WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez expects Caleb Plan to present a tough challenge for Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez – if the two beltholders meet in the ring this fall. Canelo, who holds the WBC, WBA, WBO super middleweight titles, would like to face Plant, who holds the IBF’s title, in a unification showdown
Memo Heredia has all of the respect in the world for Guillermo Rigondeaux, but the well-known strength and conditioning coach is preparing IBF bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero for the fight of his life – which takes place on August 14th in a Showtime televised main event. Heredia is very familiar with Rigondeaux and is
David Morrell Jr. has never been shy about pursuing opportunities far beyond his youth and experience. The latest win leaves the 23-year-old Cuban southpaw seeking out the very best that the super middleweight division has to offer. “I would love to fight Caleb Plant,” insisted Morrell about the reigning IBF super middleweight titlist. The claim
A few days removed from flying around the world to Los Angeles, eight-division world champion and boxer laureate Senator Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs), who hails from Sarangani Province in the Philippines, had the head gear on and sparred four rounds with two taller and younger southpaws at world-famous Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Boxing
Lyndon Arthur did his part of the bargain as he stopped Italy’s Davide Faraci in the ninth round at the Royal Albert Hall in London to set up his rematch with Anthony Yarde. The light-heavyweight should have co-headlined the show with Yarde, but his opponent, Emin Atra, pulled out. That fight is likely to go
Oscar De La Hoya does not plan on futzing around in the kiddie pool for long. The boxing icon and founder of Golden Boy Promotions made his boldest declaration to date for a comeback during an in-studio appearance on Mike Tyson’s podcast Hotboxin’ With Mike Tyson. After a few warm-up exhibition bouts, De La Hoya
Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles – In his quest to capture another world title, light heavyweight contender Gilberto Ramirez (42-0, 28 KOs) crushed the more experienced Sullivan Barrera (22-4, 14 KOs) in four rounds. Ramirez was working the jab in the first round and keeping Barrera at a distance. The second round was closer, as Barrera
Mihai Nistor survived two knockdowns to score two of his own, having the final say in a second-round knockout of Baltimore’s Colby Madison in a wild heavyweight shootout Friday afternoon at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. Both fighters were down once each in rounds one and two, with Madison unable to continue following
Gilberto Ramirez feels that a showdown between him and superstar countryman Canelo Alvarez will be inevitable once he wins a title–or a few–at light heavyweight. The former super middleweight titleholder and current light heavyweight contender recently signed with Golden Boy Promotions after spending the past several years embroiled in promotional issues. But Ramirez, 30, hopes
Andrew Moloney was once on course to defend his version of a junior bantamweight title in Oklahoma prior to the pandemic. He will now head to the Midwestern state in hope of regaining that very belt. BoxingScene.com has learned that the third fight between Joshua Franco and Australia’s Moloney will take place August 14 at
Gilberto Ramirez is set for his Golden Boy Promotions debut. The unbeaten former super middleweight titlist collides with Miami’s Sullivan Barrera (22-3, 14KOs) in the main event of Friday’s DAZN show live from Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. Both boxers made weight for the light heavyweight bout, which tops a four-fight telecast beginning
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (41-0, 27 KOs) and Sullivan Barrera (22-3, 14 KOs) hosted their final press conference today at Banc of California Stadium, home of their July 9 fight which will be streamed live on DAZN. They were joined by several members of the undercard, including Joseph Diaz Jr.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has made it clear that currently there is no mandatory challenger to WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Fury will return on July 24th, when he faces former champion Deontay Wilder in a trilogy fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Last year, Dillian Whyte was getting close to
The antiquated ways of testing for marijuana in the state of Nevada has officially gone up in smoke. A watershed moment came of the most recent monthly agenda hearing as held by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), whose five-member chairperson panel voted unanimously to no longer offer disciplinary action for combat sport athletes who
The fight reached a point where Chris Colbert knew that he wasn’t going to stop Tugstsogt ‘King Tug’ Nyambayar. That was never going to be an excuse for the unbeaten junior lightweight to stop fighting like he wanted to close the show in style. An entertaining if one-sided affair came from Colbert’s twelve-round, unanimous decision
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, will be keeping a very close eye on this month’s trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. Fury will defend the WBC title against Wilder on July 24, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The winner would certainly become a frontrunner