Mario Barrios didn’t know what to expect beyond fight night when sharing a card with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis last Halloween. Even in the months that passed, the thought of facing the fast-rising star never really crossed his mind until he got the phone call from his team. “I was pretty surprised to hear his name
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Four weeks out from a big fight, some folks out there are surely thinking it. But we’ll go ahead and say it. Tyson Fury is the most physically daunting heavyweight champion who’s ever lived. And when you blend athletic ability with a gargantuan 81-inch, 273-pound frame, it’s hard to imagine anyone who’s ever appeared in
Unbeaten super welterweight prospect Leon Lawson will battle hard-hitting Nathaniel Gallimore in a 10-round showdown that headlines FS1 PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes Sunday, June 27 from The Armory in Minneapolis. FS1 PBC Fight Night begins at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT and will feature unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Atif Oberlton taking on
Jermall Charlo imitated Canelo Alvarez when the topic of meeting Demetrius Andrade in a title unification fight came up at his post-fight press conference early Sunday morning. The unbeaten WBC champion jokingly referred to Andrade as a “horrible fighter,” the same criticism Alvarez offered when he got into a shouting match with Andrade after Alvarez’s
Former two division champion Danny Garcia is not expecting the upcoming clash between Errol Spence and Pacquiao to go the full distance. Pacquiao, 42-years-old, has been out of the ring since July of 2019 – when he won a twelve round split decision over unbeaten Keith Thurman to capture the WBA welterweight crown. On August
Julian Williams will have to wait yet a little longer for his comeback bout. BoxingScene.com has learned that Williams has suffered an unspecified injury while training that has forced him to withdraw from his upcoming fight against Brian Mendoza. Philadelphia’s Williams (27-2-1, 16 KOs, 1 NC) and Albuquerque’s Mendoza (19-1, 13 KOs) were supposed to
The scores were 118-109, 119-109 and 120-108. Montiel was coming off a first round destruction of veteran James Kirkland. Charlo was in action back in September, when he turned back Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Charlo came forward at the start of the first and was taking the fight to Montiel. Charlo was shooting a stiff jab and
Anderson Silva looked far more like a world-class boxer than his ex-middleweight champion opponent, carrying his skills over from the UFC cage to win a split decision over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in their sanctioned eight-round bout on the Tribute to the Kings at Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico. All three judges saw it 77-75
Don Haskins Center, El Paso – For the WBC flyweight world title, Marlen Esparza (10-1, 1 KO) came off the floor to become a world champion with a ten round unanimous decision over Ibeth Zamora (32-7, 12 KOs). The scores were 97-92, 95-94 and 96-94 for Esparza. There were many observers who felt the contest
Jermall Charlo acknowledged Thursday that Juan Macias Montiel has a lot of power. The unbeaten WBC middleweight champion clarified, though, that Montiel will encounter an opponent unlike anyone he has previously fought when they square off Saturday night in Houston, Charlo’s hometown. Each of Montiel’s 22 professional wins have come by knockout, including a first-round
It takes a lot for the humble yet confident Naoya Inoue to break character. The level of trash talk that has come from fellow three-division and reigning bantamweight titlist John Riel Casimero has yet to do the trick. Instead, Inoue focuses on the stuff that matters which for this week means the next defense of
Unbeaten WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo went face-to-face with the hard-hitting Juan Macias Montiel Friday during the official weigh-in before they meet live on SHOWTIME this Saturday, June 19 from Toyota Center in Houston headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Esther Lin) Friday’s weigh-in also featured rising lightweight contender Isaac Cruz and
Alongside Freddie Roach and Buboy Fernandez, Justin Fortune has been one of the key coaches guiding the evolution of all-time great fighter Manny Pacquiao over the last two decades in the United States. The former fighter-turned-trainer Fortune believes the 42-year-old Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) will turn back the clock and beat the heavily-favored Errol Spence
The news surrounding Oscar De La Hoya’s exhibition-style ring return has created a Las Vegas logjam. Media reports have swirled of the Hall of Fame former six-division champion moving forward with a planned boxing exhibition versus UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort. The matchup will headline a Triller Fight Club Pay-Per-View show targeted for September
The verbal feud between heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Dillian Whyte has fired right back up. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Wilder is scheduled to return to the ring on July 24th, when he attempts to regain the WBC world title in a trilogy fight with Tyson Fury at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Whyte was in
There was never a moment for as long as she has been a boxer where Mikaela Mayer couldn’t envision herself one day becoming world champion. The only thing that didn’t go according to plan on the night she brought that to fruition were the surrounding parts. Her one-sided ten-round unanimous decision victory over previously unbeaten
WBC, WBA and IBF junior middleweight world champion Jermell Charlo has promised to punish unbeaten Brian Castano, who holds the WBO’s version of the world title. The two champions will collide in a full division unification on Saturday, July 17, in a Showtime televised main event from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The winner
HALL OF FAME promoter Frank Warren today announced that Joe Joyce will face former World title challenger Carlos Takam at SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday July 24, live on BT. Joyce will be risking a guaranteed World title challenge when he tackles French star Takam (39-5-1, 28 KOs), who went ten rounds with Anthony Joshua