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Posted on 12/16/2022 By: Sean Crose Former heavyweight multi-titlist Anthony Joshua is on the hunt for a trainer. There’s nothing unique about his quest, of course. Fighters, often quite successful fighters, change trainers all the time – often to excellent results. Sugar Hill Steward for instance, turned Joshua’s countryman Tyson Fury into a wrecking machine.

Posted on 12/15/2022 By: Sean Crose It must be lonely being Shakur Stevenson. The undefeated two division titlist is hoping to get a crack at WBC lightweight title, currently being held, along with all the other lightweight titles, by one Devan Haney. First though Stevenson must face a mandatory contender. Problem is, no contender appears

Posted on 12/14/2022 By: Sean Crose “I feel like my talent and my skills do enough,” Jaron “Boots” Ennis said to FightHype in a video interview posted on Wednesday. “I’m not with the talking.” With twenty-nine wins, no losses and twenty-seven knockouts on his resume, one might assume that Ennis could simply let his fists

Posted on 12/13/2022 By: Sean Crose “There’s not a man born who can beat me,” WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury said to iFL TV. “I’m right out there on my own.” As always, Fury had lots to say during the brief video interview. He saved his venom, however, for –

Posted on 12/13/2022 By: Sean Crose The Monster strikes again. Naoya Inoue is now the undisputed bantamweight champion of the world courtesy of an eleventh round knockout of Paul Butler in Tokyo on Tuesday. Although he had entered the ring as the prohibitive favorite, the 23-0 Inoue had to make the fight happen himself, as

Posted on 12/12/2022 By: Sean Crose Twenty-three wins. Zero losses. All but three victories coming by way of knockout. Naota Inoue is most certainly in possession of a terrify resume. But this is no padded record. In a career that has lasted for ten years, the man known as “The Monster” has taken on a

Posted on 12/12/2022 By: Sean Crose Teofimo Lopez did not have a great night for himself on Saturday. Fighting in front of a hometown Madison Square Garden crowd, the former lightweight king faced the underrated Sandor Martin, who didn’t make things easy for him. Lopez earned a split decision win from the judges, but there

Posted on 12/10/2022 By: Sean Crose Michael Conlan impressed a hometown crowd in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Saturday by topping Karim Guerfi in the very first round. This was basically a story of body work as the southpaw Conlan crunched Guerfi to the body repeatedly, leading the Frenchman to stumble towards the ropes. Going low,

Posted on 12/10/2022 By: Sean Crose IBF featherweight titlist Ebony Bridges stepped into the ring in Leeds, England Saturday to defend her belt against Shannon O’Connell in a scheduled 10 round affair. Bridges moved her head well as she came forward in the first, though O’Connell was able to land well herself. In fact, Bridges

Posted on 12/10/2022 By: Sean Crose Although it was known that Luis Alberto Lopez might have a fair chance to best defending IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington when they met in the ring on Saturday, it’s doubtful many expected the man to actually dethrone Warrington in front of Warrington’s hometown crowd in Leeds, England. That,

Posted on 12/11/2022 By: Sean Crose Former lightweight kingpin Teofimo Lopez engaged in his second junior welterweight fight on Saturday night, as he faced Sandor Martin in a scheduled ten rounder at Madison Square Garden. The Lopez-Martin bout was the main event of a card aired live by ESPN. Photo: Top Rank Lopez answered the

Posted on 12/11/2022 By: Sean Crose It was a short, straight right that did it. In a flash, David Avanesyan found himself down and out in Omaha. Such things are apt to happen when one faces the likes of undefeated WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford. Although the fight hadn’t been a blow out, the tough

Posted on 12/09/2022 By: Sean Crose “It’s a very tough fight,” says IBF featherweight champion Josh Warrington on the eve of this title defense against Luis Alberto Lopez on Saturday in Britain. “Luis, he’s full on confidence isn’t he? He’s like a kid on whizz walking around like Ric Flair. He’s going to be full

Posted on 12/09/2022 By: Sean Crose The Ring Ceremony for USA Boxing Metro’s 2022 Ring Masters Competition is being held this Saturday, December 10th, at Madison Square Garden. Ring Masters has established itself as New York’s premiere amateur boxing competition, one which presents rising talent to the public. All of this year’s finalists will be

Posted on 12/09/2022 By: Sean Crose “He’s scared to death,” Manny Pacquiao has said to FightHype, “that’s my analysis on him.” The legendary fighter is speaking of Floyd Mayweather, who he claims has no interest in facing him in a rematch of their 2015 superfight. Although he officially retired from boxing after losing to Yordenis

Posted on 12/08/2022 By: Sean Crose He surprised a lot of people when he bested Vasyl Lomachenko some years back. Now, after a surprise loss of his own at short time later, Teofimo Lopez is working to establish himself at junior welterweight. A colorful, power punching New Yorker, Lopez is no doubt must see television,

Posted on 12/07/2022 By: Sean Crose Give Terence “Bud” Crawford this: he goes to the beat of his own drummer. The current WBO welterweight champion of the world was supposed to be facing fellow titlist Errol Spence Jr in a legit superfight before the end of the year, but in a maddening development for fans,

Posted on 12/07/2022 By: Sean Crose I’ve been writing about this sport for a while now and I’ve never seen a fighter go from thoroughly unpopular to popular and respected like Tim Bradley had. Bradley, who went by the nickname “Desert Storm,” was known by serious fight followers for years when he won a shocking