UNCASVILLE, Connecticut – Almost five years. That’s how long it has been since Adrien Broner indisputably, impressively won a fight. The only victory Broner has recorded since stopping Ashley Theophane in the ninth round of their April 2016 fight was a 10-round, split-decision win against Adrian Granados in February 2017. One could justifiably argue Granados
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Oscar Valdez already knows the feeling of having a major title around his waist, having done so at featherweight for three years. It’s the realization of pursuing the title he’s long envisioned since he first began fighting as a youth which raises the emotion level heading into this next adventure. “I’ve
UNCASVILLE, Connecticut – Robert Easter Jr. boxed well against Adrian Granados during the first three rounds of their 10-round fight 15 months ago. The former IBF lightweight champion then frustrated his handlers when he completely committed to fighting Granados on the inside. What they didn’t know at that time was that Easter hyperextended his right
Gavin Gwynne has warned Sean McComb that he could get knocked out quickly ahead of their highly-anticipated vacant Commonwealth lightweight title fight on Friday’s MTK Fight Night. Welshman Gwynne (12-2, 2 KOs) faces undefeated McComb (11-0, 5 KOs) at the University of Bolton Stadium on Friday – live in the US on ESPN+ in association
Hot welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz is open to the scenario of facing Olympian Josh Kelly in the future - if the British defeats EBU welterweight champion David Avanesyan on Saturday night at the SSE Arena in Wembley. “That would definitely be a good fight. I’ve seen people mentioning a fight between me and him before. I don’t
Mark Reyes Jr. is undefeated and has knocked out 12 of his 14 foes in professional fights. Janelson Figueroa Bocachica has watched clips from a few of Reyes’ knockout victories, but he still isn’t sold on his opponent’s power. Detroit’s Bocachica can’t wait to show Reyes just how steep of a step up in competition
When WBO junior lightweight champion Jamel Herring got the call on Monday from Jamie Conlan of MTK Global, Herring’s adviser, and was told that his already delayed title defense against Carl Frampton was being postponed, he was not at all surprised. Disappointed, yes, but not surprised. “I actually was hearing about this, honestly, for the
The COVID-19 pandemic prevented McWilliams Arroyo from seeing action in 2020, but the Puerto Rican boxer will now attempt to capture the flyweight crown of the World Boxing Council (WBC), on the 27th of February at the Hard Rock Hotel in Miami, Florida. Arroyo will go up against dangerous puncher Julio Cesar Martinez of Mexico.
Oscar Valdez believes he’ll challenge the best and most dangerous of boxing’s 130-pound champions Saturday night. Valdez thinks Miguel Berchelt’s size and power separate his Mexican rival from Gervonta Davis, Jamel Herring and Joseph Diaz Jr., who lost his IBF junior lightweight title at the scale Friday. The undefeated former WBO featherweight champion considers Davis,
Daniel Dubois announced last week that he will be trained by Mark Tibbs moving forward. He still has a management contract in place with former coach Martin Bowers but has opted for a “fresh start” after the first loss of his professional career, against Joe Joyce last November. Joyce is likely moving on to a big
Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is not planning to retire until he’s around 37-years-old. Canelo turned pro at the young age of 15 in Mexico. Now at 30-years-old, he’s captured world titles at junior middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight. “[I’ll fight for another] six or seven years, that’s what we think, we ‘ll
The odds on the Josh Warrington-Mauricio Lara and Anthony Joshua-Andy Ruiz fights were comparable. Warrington and Joshua were more than 20-1 favorites entering those supposedly easy encounters, according to most Internet sports books. Eddie Hearn still was more shocked when Warrington lost to Lara Saturday night than when Ruiz upset Joshua in June 2019 at
Sitting in his hotel room at the Fantasy Springs Casino without a bead of sweat on him, JoJo Diaz realized it wasn’t going to happen. Try as he might, the final four pounds to get him down to his contracted limit of 130 just weren’t going to come off. He’d spent the bulk of Thursday
If Josh Warrington wants the rematch Mauricio Lara is contractually obligated to give him, Eddie Hearn believes that the former IBF featherweight champion will avenge his knockout defeat. Mexico’s Lara brutally knocked out Warrington in the ninth round of what was supposed to amount to a tune-up fight for the previously undefeated Leeds native Saturday
On Saturday night, Joseph Diaz Jr. (31-1-1, 15 KOs) and Shavkat Rakhimov (15-0-1, 12 KOs) fought to a twelve round majority draw at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. The IBF super featherweight title was only at stake for Rakhimov – because Diaz was 3.6-pounds overweight on Friday. As Diaz lost the belt on the
Richard Commey sent a reminder to the lightweight division that there is still plenty of fight left in him. The 33-year old Ghana native enjoyed a celebrated return to the ring after a 14-month break, knocking out Jackson Marinez in the 6th round of their main event Saturday evening at MGM Grand Conference Center in
SSE Arena, Wembley – In a crossroads fight at super featherweight, Zelfa Barrett (25-1, 15 KOs) was forced to fight through some very tough moments to win a twelve round unanimous decision over former world champion Kiko Martinez (41-10-2, 29 KOs) Two scores of 118-111 were much wider than the action indicated, with the third judge
Avni Yildirim enters as a considerable underdog ahead of his upcoming challenge versus pound-for-pound king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. That hasn’t prevented an entire nation from standing tall with its favorite son. As much has been acknowledged by the super middleweight contender, who vows that the Feb. 27 unified 168-pound title fight will end with his