Ronald Eliis is well aware of his status as a massive underdog this weekend. That doesn’t dismiss the fact that fights are settled in the ring and not on paper. It hasn’t been lost on Ellis that his higher-profile opponent, David Benavidez (23-0, 20KOs) has discussed the division’s elite throughout the buildup to their clash
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Rising undefeated super lightweight prospect Brandun Lee passed his latest test in dominating fashion in the highly anticipated main event on ShoBox: The New Generation, registering a devastating third-round knockout over Samuel Teah Wednesday night from Mohegan Sun Arena and live on SHOWTIME. Click here to watch Brandun Lee’s entry for ‘Knockout of the Year’
Raymond Ford believes he’s the best prospect in boxing, and he wants to underline that with another stand-out performance as he steps up against Aaron Perez over eight rounds at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Saturday night, live worldwide on DAZN. Ford (8-0 4 KOs) had a great finish to 2020 with
Undefeated mandatory challenger George Kambosos is promising to do a real number on IBF, WBC Franchise, WBA, WBO lightweight world champion Teofimo Lopez. At the moment, the lightweight division is one of the hottest weight classes in the sport. Besides Lopez, there are big names like Ryan Garcia, Gervonta Davis and Devin Haney. Some observers
Brandon Adams hopes his spectacular knockout of Serhii Bohachuk leads to a high-profile fight in the junior middleweight division. Adams understands, though, that upsetting a previously undefeated knockout artist might hurt his cause in the short term. Ukraine’s Bohachuk was 18-0 entering their 10-round fight Thursday night and he had won each of his professional
Almost seven months later, Cecilia Braekhus is just as sure Jessica McCaskill didn’t do enough to beat her in their welterweight title fight. Braekus believes she should’ve won their 10-round championship match August 15 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. None of the judges agreed with the former champion’s assessment of their closely contested fight, which she lost
To commemorate the 50th anniversary for the fight of the century and his win over Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier was memorialized with a bronze statue in his adopted hometown of Philadelphia on Monday. The 9-foot-tall, 1,600-pound statue designed by Chris Collins captures Smokin’ Joe connecting with his trademark left hook on Ali, much like he
Claressa Shields is willing to shed seven more pounds to fight Katie Taylor, but only for what she considers an appropriate purse. Shields declared her willingness to box the unbeaten Taylor at a catch weight of 147 pounds after defeating Marie-Eve Dicaire on Friday night to fully unify the 154-pound titles. Ireland’s Taylor is women’s
The immediate discussion amongst the team for David Benavidez regarding his future at super middleweight was that he would have to be put to the test in order to remain in the division. From that slightly awkward conversation came the hard part—finding the right opponent for his first fight back following his second title reign.
Heavyweight contender Carlos Takam is looking for the biggest fight possible, according to his promoter Joe DeGuardia. Last year, Takam was hoping to become the opponent for WBC world champion Tyson Fury – for a planned voluntary defense in December. The fight never happened when Fury canceled his plan to make a year-end ring return.
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida – The odds obviously aren’t in favor of Billy Joe Saunders knocking out Canelo Alvarez when they meet May 8. Saunders’ promoter hopes to ensure that a neutral panel of judges will at least afford the undefeated southpaw a realistic chance of upsetting the Mexican superstar on the scorecards. Eddie Hearn –
Caleb Plant has guaranteed that for the first time in history there will be a fighter who unifies all four titles in the super middleweight division – but he promises everyone that Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will not be the one to do it. After three defenses of the IBF world title, Plant will
Light heavyweight contender Steve Geffrard (18-2) won his first fight in three years when he defeated veteran Denis Grachev via unanimous decision at the sold out out Delray Beach Boxing Club in Delray Beach, Florida on March 4th. The final scores of the 8 round main event were 79-71 twice and 78-72. Geffrard’s last ring
Shakur Stevenson expects Jamel Herring to beat Carl Frampton in their upcoming fight for Herring’s WBO junior lightweight title. Stevenson also anticipates that he’ll fight for that championship in his next fight, just not against Herring. The former WBO featherweight champ thinks Herring will move up from the 130-pound division to the lightweight limit of
WBC lightweight world titlist Devin Haney and former titleholder Jorge Linares have come to terms to fight for Haney’s belt, Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez, Linares’ co-promoter, told BoxingScene.com. The fight is penciled in to headline to a Matchroom Boxing card on DAZN card on May 15 at a site to be determined. Matchroom
All that is left for Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez is to officially make weight on the eve of fight night. The pair of junior bantamweight title claimants have complied with all pre-fight safety weight checks ahead of their long-anticipated championship rematch. Both boxers were well within the accepted limit seven days out
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida – There was great debate about whether Canelo Alvarez deserved to win the last time he boxed a smart, skillful southpaw. Six-and-a-half years later, the four-division champion is completely confident that he is much more equipped to beat Billy Joe Saunders than he was when he encountered Erislandy Lara. Alvarez edged Lara
Claressa Shields continued toying with world champions and making history Friday night. The self-professed “GWOAT” completely out-classed Marie-Eve Dicaire in their women’s 154-pound title unification fight in Flint, Michigan, Shields’ hometown. All three judges scored each of the 10 rounds for the undefeated Shields, who won 100-90 on their cards in the main event of