Last week’s Big Question was on the Estrada-Chocolatito 2 fight, just a simple “who wins?” thrown out for everyone. Percentage wise, it was basically dead even. Estrada won the poll by a total of four votes. He did win the fight (full highlights), but personally, I think myself, every other Chocolatito voter, and my staff
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Marvin Hagler was a true fighting man. Marvelous Marvin defined toughness, incited violence and encouraged war inside the ring, so much so that the former middleweight giant would have looked down at the American Airlines Center this weekend with a mischievous snarl across his face. Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez delivered what was expected.
Top Rank is officially set to hit Kissimmee, Florida on April 24th with Emanuel Navarrete’s first featherweight title defense and more than half a dozen promising Puerto Ricans in tow, JUST ANNOUNCED – A vs. Featherweight title clash – A rising Super Middleweight monster with a historic KO1 streak on the line – 6 rising
Claressa Shields says she’d be willing to go down in weight one more time in order to face undisputed welterweight champion Jessica McCaskill, opening up the another possibility for Shields’ boxing career. Shields (11-0, 2 KO) is currently undisputed champion at junior middleweight, having already won world titles at super middleweight, then moving down to
Shannon Courtenay still has her vacant WBA bantamweight title fight on April 10 on Matchroom’s Benn-Vargas card, which will stream live on DAZN, but there’s been a change of opponent. Rachel Ball, who beat Courtenay last summer, was set for a rematch, but the 30-year-old Ball (7-1, 0 KO) is still battling effects from COVID-19,
It’s now official that Demetrius Andrade will defend the WBO middleweight title against Liam Williams on Saturday, April 17 on DAZN, and after a good while hearing Williams call him out, Andrade is ready to go. “Liam Williams, you got what you wanted,” said Andrade. “You ran your mouth, got your rating up and here
It’s Sunday morning, we had fights on the weekend, so you know what that means: Mandatory wild speculation! OK, a lot of it isn’t wild speculation, but some of it is! What’s next for some of the weekend’s biggest names we saw in action? Let’s rap about it. You and me. Let’s both turn our
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, one of the great fighters in the history of boxing, has died at age 66. His wife Kay shared the news on Facebook. Hagler fought as a pro from 1973-87, and reigned as middleweight champion of the world from 1980-87. He is remembered as one of the “Four Kings” of the 1980s
IBF super middleweight titleholder Caleb Plant is sitting in an ideal spot right now, more or less, as he awaits a possible autumn fight with Canelo Alvarez, which could crown the first-ever undisputed champion in the 168-pound division. Canelo (55-1-2, 37 KO) will first look to unify his WBC and WBA titles with the WBO
Teofimo Lopez spoke with Ak & Barak about his upcoming fight with George Kambosos Jr — which he says is happening on May 29, likely in Miami — as well as possible future fights with Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Devin Haney. For the Triller PPV event in May, Lopez said he has two slots for
None of today’s myriad weigh-ins offered more intrigue than that of David Benavidez, but “El Bandera Roja” came through drama-free, hitting the scale nearly a pound under the super middleweight limit at 167.2 pounds. Opponent Ronald Ellis, who had some scale issues of his own last year when he attempted to move to middleweight, came
Tonight at 9:30 pm ET streaming live on DAZN, former junior bantamweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai returns to face Kwanthai Sithmorseng in a 10-round main event from Thailand, with an eye on tomorrow night’s Estrada-Chocolatito 2 card in Dallas. Rungvisai (49-5-1, 42 KO) has won two straight since losing to Juan Francisco Estrada in their
David Benavidez wasn’t the only fighter who had some things to say ahead of this Saturday’s WBC super middleweight eliminator this weekend. Looking forward to the Showtime main event, Ellis says he’s hoping Benavidez will come to pressure him as he’s hoping to land some thudding power. Ronald Ellis “This isn’t my first time in
Three days after revealing the location for Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren on April 17th, Triller has unveiled the undercard, which includes a pair of previously known matchups and a bizarre freak fight. The only “respectable” match to be found pits former unified super lightweight champion Regis Prograis (25-1, 21 KO) against Ukrainian slugger Ivan
Junior welterweight prospect Brandun Lee continued tearing through his opposition to date, scoring a vicious third round knockout win over tough veteran Samuel Teah in tonight’s ShoBox: The New Generation main event. The 21-year-old Lee (22-0, 20 KO) looked like his usual self, brimming with confidence, full belief in his power, and sharp-shooting away on
Out of action since a career-first loss to Amanda Serrano in September 2019, former featherweight champ Heather Hardy will return to the ring atop an April 23rd all-women DiBella Entertainment event on UFC Fight Pass. The 39-year-old “Heat” (22-1, 4 KO), a dabbler in MMA, claimed the WBO belt in 2018 in a successful rematch
Tonight at 9 pm ET on Showtime, ShoBox: The New Generation returns with a four-fight card from Connecticut, with Brandun Lee returning to face Samuel Teah in the 10-round, 140-pound main event. The 21-year-old Lee is one of the most exciting prospects to hit the series in a while now, and this is another main
Top Rank’s collection of promising young fighters grew by one today with the addition of 2016 Olympian and unbeaten super lightweight Lindolfo Delgado, who will make his promotional debut as part of the May 22nd Jose Ramirez vs. Josh Taylor undercard. The 26-year-old Delgado (11-0, 11 KO), who joined forces with the ever-growing MTK/Rick Mirigian