Posted on 03/18/2021 By: Sean Crose The ads for the pay per view event were incredible, even by today’s standards. There was Mike Tyson, narrating in a ponderous voice how dangerous Donovan “Razor” Ruddock was. This was accompanied by slow motion footage of Ruddock knocking former heavyweight titlist Michael Dokes out with a single shot.
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Posted on 03/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson wasn’t kidding around when he said he wanted to return to the ring soon. After ending his decade and a half retirement late last year to take on future Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition matchup, Tyson announced to the
Posted on 03/17/2021 Rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis faces his most difficult test in pursuit of a world title shot as he headlines his first SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® against former world champion Sergey Lipinets. These formidable contenders meet in a 12-round, crossroads fight with welterweight world title implications on Saturday, April 10 live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m.
Posted on 03/16/2021 By: Sean Crose First things first – there was no one like Marvelous Marvin Hagler, and there never will be. Hagler, the undisputed middleweight champion of the world from 1980-1987, was unlike any fighter in his own time, much less today. Still, there is a fine line between the mindset of the
Posted on 03/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode If Jermall Charlo gets his hands on David Benavidez, he’s as confident as ever that the outcome won’t be a pretty one for the former super middleweight belt holder. Charlo, 30, has spent the past several months calling for a showdown between the pair. Despite campaigning one weight class
Posted on 03/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode Devin Haney hasn’t signed his name to any contracts just yet, but he knows a showdown against former multiple division champion Jorge Linares is most likely next for him. Currently, both sides are locked in negotiations with May being floated around as the target date. With Haney’s resume shallow
Posted on 03/15/2021 By: Sean Crose “I was the only person close to him until the last minute,” Kay Hagler, widow of middleweight great Marvelous Marvin Hagler posted on Monday, “and I am the only person that know how things went not even his (Hagler’s) family know all the details and I do NOT accept
Posted on 03/15/2021 By: Hans Themistode Despite Andre Ward hanging up his boxing gloves more than three years ago, fans have continued to hope and pray that he’ll wipe the dust off his boxing trunks and step into the ring one more time. But while Ward officially retired after defeating Sergey Kovalev for the second
Posted on 03/15/2021 By: Hans Themistode Roman Gonzalez didn’t want to sound like a sore loser immediately after. The future Hall of Famer respects the judge’s decision to hand the victory to Juan Francisco Estrada this past weekend but he vehemently disagrees with the result. Both Estrada and Gonzalez battled it out at the American
Posted on 03/14/2021 Shannon Courtenay will face Ebanie Bridges for the vacant WBA Bantamweight World Title at a venue to be confirmed on Saturday April 10, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S. and more than 200 countries and territories. Courtenay (6-1, 3 KOs), who stopped Dorota Norek in seven rounds on the Saunders vs. Murray undercard
Posted on 03/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode Danny Garcia is still licking his wounds courtesy of Errol Spence Jr. The two faced off on a FOX Pay-Per-View event in early December of 2020. On the night, Garcia was thoroughly outboxed and outgunned as the Dallas native proved to be far too much. For Garcia, the loss
Posted on 03/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode David Benavidez hadn’t even wiped the blood away from his gloves before turning to the camera and calling out his next opponent. “I wanna fight Charlo,” said Benavidez during a virtual press conference. “I think that would be a great fight. He was saying all this stuff that he
Posted on 03/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Cecilia Braekhus (36-2, 9 KOs) claimed her first contest against Jessica McCaskill (10-2, 3 KOs) a year ago was nothing more than a fluke. For the former undisputed welterweight world champion, it was the first time in her career that she didn’t get her hand raised following a fight.
Posted on 03/14/2021 Juan Francisco Estrada waited nearly ten years before he was given a shot at revenge. While the wait may have been long, it was also worth it. Both Estrada and former pound-for-pound star Roman Gonzalez met in the main event slot at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Texas. After sharing the
Posted on 03/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jermall Charlo continues to hoot and holler in the direction of David Benavidez. The current WBC middleweight titlist has warned the super middleweight contender on several occasions that he wants to move up in weight and knock him clean out. Never has Benavidez been one to back away from
Posted on 03/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Shawn Porter has always been confident. Whether he’s taking on an opponent in the ring or sauntering around in one of his more eye-catching wardrobes, the former two-time welterweight champion just exudes a certain confidence. Yet, when it comes to a possible showdown against WBO welterweight titlist Terence Crawford,
Posted on 03/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode In just over a month, Andy Ruiz Jr. will find out if the monotonous training he has done with new trainer Eddy Reynoso will yield winning results. The former unified heavyweight champion is set to take on fringe contender Chris Arreola on April 24th. While he’s focused on Arreola
Posted on 03/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Roman Gonzalez remembers the aches and pains that came from his contest against Juan Francisco Estrada in 2012. He also remembers getting his hand raised in the end. For the multiple division world champion, he’ll look to recreate that same winning feeling when they face off against one another