There was never a concern over whether Ryan Garcia could draw a crowd outside of his home region. The question was always how many fans would be allowed to attend such an occasion given social distancing measures and health guidelines during a pandemic. Garcia’s off-the-canvas 7th round knockout win over England’s Luke Campbell topped a Jan. 2nd
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Cleveland, Ohio – Willie Nelson (27-3-1) is looking to make a big impact in 2021. Like many fighters, Nelson’s 2020 campaign was aborted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nelson has been a top contender in the super welterweight division the past several years but will campaign as a full fledged middleweight when he returns to
Ring City USA, the new sports media startup that debuted its Thursday night boxing series in November 2020 on NBC Sports Network, will take over Puerto Rico in less than one month to kick off their 2021 schedule. The March 4 event will take place at Felix Pagan Pintor Gym in Guaynabo, while the March
Dillian Whyte didn’t underestimate Alexander Povetkin. Whyte insists he took Povetkin seriously prior to their fight five months ago. He realized that Povetkin’s power would be the last thing to go, which made the Russian underdog, then 39 years old, a legitimate threat entering their 12-round fight August 22 for Whyte’s WBC interim heavyweight title.
Junior middleweight contender Dennis Hogan (28-3-1, 7 KOs) is hungry to secure another world title shot. Back in 2019, Hogan traveled to Mexico and lost a controversial twelve round decision to then WBO world champion Jamie Munguia. And then in December of the same year, Hogan took a big risk when he moved up to
Heavyweight Hasim Rahman Jr. remained unbeaten Friday night, knocking out journeyman Alejandro de la Torre in round two at the Salon de Eventos in Matamoros, Mexico. With the victory, Rahman, who is originally from Baltimore, Maryland and now lives and trains in Las Vegas, Nevada, improves to 10-0, 5 knockouts Friday was a rematch of their
A few weeks ago chatter of a potential fight between future Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2) and WBC interim lightweight champion Ryan “Kingry” Garcia (21-0) began on various social media outlets. The potential showdown was first discussed as an exhibition bout but that talk was squashed when Manny Pacquiao Promotions’ president Sean Gibbons revealed
Multi-division world champion, Humberto “Zorrita” Soto has registered as a candidate for the National Regeneration Movement party to become the Mayor of Ahome. “This give me the opportunity to do something for my beloved Los Mochis and do it with all the humility in the world,” Soto stated. Months before he had expressed his intention to be a candidate
Former world champion and 1984 Olympics gold medalist Mark Breland has come out swinging against his former understudy Deontay Wilder. Breland was Wilder’s career-long co-trainer along with Jay Deas, but after the former WBC champion dropped his first career defeat to the hands of Tyson Fury last February, the “Bronze Bomber” decided to contentiously split
Things may be progressing smoothly towards an undisputed heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, but it has still not been agreed as to who will have their name first on the poster. Contracts for the fight have been sent by Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, to Fury’s promoters, Bob Arum and Frank Warren,
Frank Warren, promoter for Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce, is hoping to nail down a deal for an April fight with Oleksandr Usyk. The contest would involve the interim-WBO heavyweight title. And the winner would get a mandatory shot at the victor of the planned full division unification between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Youtube star Jake Paul admits he was very surprised when five division world champion Floyd Mayweather called him out social media for a 2021 clash. Mayweather was scheduled to face older brother Logan Paul in an exhibition fight on February 20th, in a pay-per-view main event. The contest was officially postponed, with a new date being worked on.
Victory Sports and Entertainment frontman Mike Leanardi has been at the forefront of midwest and west coast boxing for years. Emerging as an integral part of team Badou Jack, which is a role Leanardi still retains, the Chicago born manager has built a stable of fighters alongside business partner Rick Torres that includes an eclectic
Puerto Rican contender Christopher Diaz, 26-years-old, explained that because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, opportunities to fight did not present themselves and the balance of his savings account plummeted. Diaz (26-2) understood that he could not continue with his arms crossed, since he had a family to support. Diaz knew he had to find some way to produce income.
Middleweight Raphael Igbokwe stopped hard-hitting Juan Carlos Rodriguez in round 3 Saturday night at the Oxigeno Human Playground in Heredia, Costa Rica. Igbokwe, who resides in the Houston, Texas suburb of Fresno, improves to 16-2, 7 knockouts. The southpaw Igbokwe was the more-accurate puncher of the two, landing straight left hands to the head of
Ukrainian standout Ivan Golub is looking to continue his push up the world ratings on February 20, as he features on One For All Promotions card at the Caribe Royale Resort, Orlando, Florida. Golub, who is guided by Split-T Management and DiBella Entertainment, holds an impressive 18-1 record with 14 of these victories coming within
UFC superstar Conor McGregor admits that he focused too much on a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao while preparing for last month’s rematch with Dustin Poirier. In the main event of UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi, Poirier knocked out McGregor in two rounds. In the weeks leading up to that fight, McGregor’s team was negotiating a
Kudratillo Abdukakhorov’s prolonged pursuit of a welterweight title shot will resume March 13. BoxingScene.com has learned that Abdukakhorov will face Javier Flores that night in a 10-round fight Showtime will televise from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Uzbekistan’s Abdukakhorov (17-0, 9 KOs) and Puerto Rico’s Flores (15-2, 13 KOs, 1 NC) will meet on