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Barclays Center, Brooklyn – WBA “regular” lightweight champion Gervonta Davis (27-0, 25 KOs) was surprised that Rolando Romero (14-1, 12 KOs) went down as hard as he did in the sixth round. In what was a competitive fight, Romero stepped in to throw a right and was countered by a big left hand that dropped

NEW YORK – Gervonta Davis didn’t land many punches on Rolando Romero on Saturday night, but he made his last shot count. The counter left hand Davis landed as Romero attempted to hit him with a right hand abruptly ended their fight late in the sixth round at a sold-out Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Romero

Former two division world champion Timothy Bradley is expecting Gervonta Davis to retain his WBA “regular” lightweight title over Rolando Romero in style. Davis will defend the WBA strap against Romero on Saturday night, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The fight is headlining a Showtime Pay-Per-View card. Romero is viewed by some as a

Gervonta Davis doesn’t exactly see a one-punch knockout as the most satisfying outcome against Rolando Romero on Saturday night. The hard hitting Baltimore native believes it would be more appealing to apply a steady beatdown of his brash opponent in their 12-round, WBA “World” lightweight  title bout this Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Rolando “Rolly” Romero did not appreciate what he felt was a reckless move from Gervonta Davis after their weigh-in Friday afternoon in Brooklyn. Outside of the Barclays Center, the site of their 12-round WBA “World” lightweight title bout on Saturday night, both fighters moseyed up to the center of the stage to flex for the

Davis vs. Romero will see five-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis defend his WBA Lightweight Title against unbeaten No. 1 ranked contender and mandatory challenger Rolando Romero on Saturday, May 28 live on SHOWTIME PPV from Barclays Center in Brooklyn headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Amanda Westcott) The pay-per-view telecast begins at

Rolando Romero can’t say Isaac Cruz did enough to upset Gervonta Davis in their 12-round fight December 5. Romero credits Cruz for exposing weaknesses in Davis’ game, though, that the undefeated contender is confident he’ll exploit when they square off Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Cruz caught Davis with the type of flush

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall appear to be set for their long-discussed middleweight championship. With confirmation of their fight date—BOXXER founder and CEO Ben Shalom has indicated early September—will come random drug testing. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the pair of unbeaten middleweights will both be tested through the Voluntary

Otto Wallin will essentially stay busy in another non-televised fight Thursday night in Dearborn, Michigan. Assuming the favored heavyweight contender defeats Rydell Booker in their 10-round main event, his promoter hopes to land the Swedish southpaw a more meaningful fight later this year. Wallin would welcome a rematch with Tyson Fury at any point, but

Eddie Hearn has little doubt about the merits of Devin Haney’s ability inside the ring, but he is perhaps a bit apprehensive about some of the circumstances surrounding his former charge. Hearn, the former longtime promoter of the WBC lightweight titlist from Oakland, feels that Haney’s needs will not be looked after all that stringently

Gervonta Davis believes even Rolando Romero himself doubts the trash his opponent Saturday night has talked during the buildup toward their fight. Romero repeatedly has predicted that he’ll knock out Davis in the first round of their 12-round fight for Davis’ secondary WBA lightweight title. Davis’ rival claims that he is too big, too strong,

Deontay Wilder is almost never at a loss for words. (photo by Ryan Hafey) A hometown presentation in his honor nearly brought the former WBC heavyweight champion to that point, as Wilder (42-2-1, 41KOs) fought back tears while addressing his adoring public Tuesday afternoon in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A ceremony was held to present a life-size

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Anthony Joshua is slated to face Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch on July 23 in the Middle East. In September, Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) lost for the second time in his career when he dropped his WBO, WBA, IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles to Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) in

Jose ‘Chon’ Zepeda is making power moves ahead of the biggest fight of his career. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the veteran junior welterweight contender has entered a multi-fight managerial deal with longtime influential industry figure Rick Mirigian. The deal comes as Zepeda awaits word on his mandatory title shot versus lineal/WBC/IBF/WBO champ Josh Taylor (19-0,

Promoter Ben Shalom of BOXXER is expecting fireworks when Hughie Fury and Michael Hunter meet in a WBA heavyweight title eliminator. Shalom says the fight will take place on July 2 in Manchester. Both boxers are reportedly on board with the fight and the event should be announced officially in the near future. Hughie Fury (26-3,

Amir Khan thinks welterweight contender Conor Benn has a chance to become the next biggest star in the British boxing firmament…on the express condition that Benn will have to, at some point, ditch the has-beens for legitimate contenders.   Khan, the Bolton, England, native who managed to become one of the biggest names in British

The next fight for Janibek Alimkhanuly will either be a first shot at the full WBO middleweight title or his first official defense of the belt. A destructive second-round knockout of England’s Danny Dignum saw Kazakhstan’s Alimkhanuly emerge as the interim WBO middleweight titlist this past Saturday at Resorts World Las Vegas. Days before the

Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum expects WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to delay a final decision on his boxing future until the outcome of the upcoming rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. Back in April, Fury knocked out mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte before a crowd of 94,000 at Wembley Stadium in London. After the fight,