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Posted on 12/03/2022 By: Sean Crose It looked like it was shaping up to be a pretty good fight. WBC featherweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez may have been the favored walking in to face the largely unknown Samuel Carmona, but the undefeated former Olympian had clearly travelled to Glendale, Arizona to win. Although Martinez was

Posted on 12/04/2022 By: Sean Crose Juan Francisco Estrada battled for the WBC super flyweight title on Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona by taking on the legendary Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez for the third time. The first fight between the two men, which had gone down back in 2012, saw Gonzalez emerge with the victory. The

Posted on 12/03/2022 By: Sean Crose Make no mistake about it – Derek Chisora is a game and honorable fighter. But even longtime experienced pros like Chisora can only take so much punishment. And punishment is what the Englishman received on Saturday in London. Taking on WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury for the

Posted on 12/02/2022 By: Sean Crose “We know it’s going to be a great fight, a war for the fans,” Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez said of this Saturday’s WBC junior bantamweight title throwdown between himself and old nemesis Juan Francisco Estrada. “But we have faith in God that we’re going to come out victorious. We’ve worked

Posted on 12/02/2022 By: Sean Crose “We weren’t expecting this fight, but we were preparing for any type of fighter, a technical boxer, a come-forward fighter,” says WBC featherweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez. “Now we’ve got an ex-Olympian, we’re prepared and as always, we’re willing to give everything in the ring.” Martinez will be making

Posted on 12/01/2022 By: Sean Crose “Let’s go! Ready to work!” WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury bellowed after Thursday’s press conference to promote his title fight on Saturday against longtime contender Derek Chisora. “Cannot wait for Saturday night.” This will be Fury’s first fight since he knocked out Dillian Whyte

Posted on 12/01/2022 By: Sean Crose “These last few days I got carried away with the passion and the love I feel for my country,” Canelo Alvarez posted on social media Wednesday, “and I made comments that were out of order so I want to apologize to Messi and the people of Argentina.” Hopefully, that

Posted on 11/30/2022 By: Sean Crose “We’ve had a great training camp and I’m desperate to get in the ring for the trilogy with Román.” So says Juan Francisco Estrada on the eve of his third fight with the legendary Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez. “I’m happy and I feel it will be a great fight like

Posted on 11/30/2022 By: Sean Crose “I ain’t worried about the check and all that right now,” Regis Prograis said on social media Tuesday afternoon. “That’s all going to be good.” Prograis, who knocked out Jose Zepeda last weekend for the WBC junior lightweight title made waves earlier in the day when he tweeted that

Posted on 11/29/2022 By: Sean Crose Although some may be critical, WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury is at least keeping busy. After pretty much knocking Dillian Whyte senseless last spring, the towering Englishman made an awkward attempt to face fellow Brit Anthony Joshua in what would have clearly been a

Posted on 11/28/2022 By: Sean Crose WBC middleweight titlist Jermall Charlo  approached WBA light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol Saturday night at the Regis Prograis-Jose Zepeda fight in Carson, California. The exchange was captured on video by Fight Hype. The brief conversation, which appeared quite cordial, involved Charlo wanting to meet Bivol at a catchweight for

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 11/28/2022 By: Sean Crose Canelo Alvarez was apparently none too thrilled with Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi’s locker room behavior after Argentina defeated Mexico at the World Cup on Saturday. Canelo argued that , in a video clip of Messi celebrating in the locker room with his

Posted on 11/26/2022 By: Sean Crose After getting knocked out by a howitzer of an uppercut from Tyson Fury last spring, Dillian Whyte was hoping to return to form on Saturday when he took on undefeated fellow heavyweight Jermain Franklin in London. Franklin showed he could hang with longtime contender Whyte in the first, standing

Posted on 11/27/2022 By: Sean Crose The vacant WBC junior welterweight belt was on the line Saturday in Carson, California as former world titlist Regis Prograis took on Jose Zepeda in a scheduled 12 rounder. The main event of a pay per view Fite card, Prograis-Zepeda had been widely viewed beforehand as a pairing of

Posted on 11/25/2022 By: Sean Crose “It’s a must-win fight on Saturday,” said promoter Eddie Hearn at the final press conference for the Dillian Whyte -Jermaine Franklin heavyweight bout, which goes down this weekend in London. Hearn’s fighter, Whyte, was last spotted getting knocked out in brutally memorable fashion last spring by WBC and lineal

Posted on 11/24/2022 By: Sean Crose It’s obvious that Tyson Fury wants to become undisrupted heavyweight champion of the world. In order for that to happen, however, the WBC and lineal heavyweight champion must meet and defeat WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Usyk. A Fury-Usyk match seems plausible, after all, as Usyk, like

Posted on 11/24/2022 By: Sean Crose Undefeated heavyweight Joe Joyce made his presence felt this past autumn when he crushed Joseph Parker in six rounds showing that his heavy punches can successfully take out a ranked and well known former titlist. Since that time Joyce has expressed his willingness to take on the biggest names

Posted on 11/23/2022 By: Sean Crose He was 24-0 entering the ring that night in London. All but five of his fights had ended within the distance. What’s more, the man’s Creole tinged accent and colorful Louisiana background made for good television (part of the reason why he had been an HBO attraction). Best of