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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

Posted on 11/22/2022 By: Sean Crose “I feel like we’re fighters at the end of the day,” Shakur Stevenson announced on a social media live stream. Clearly agitated by the fact he’s not getting high level opposition, the 19-0 fighter called out some of the bigger names out there, such as Isaac Cruz and William

Posted on 11/21/2022 By: Sean Crose Looks like the WBA is happy to let its “super” welterweight titlist Errol Spence square off against former titlist Keith Thurman. “The World Boxing Association (WBA),” the organization announced, “as it continues to develop its world title reduction plan, took the next steps in the welterweight division. After a

Posted on 11/21/2022 By: Sean Crose Speaking to ESPN’s Stephen A Smith, lightweight powerhouse Ryan Garcia indicated in no uncertain terms that he felt he was the one who pushed for the upcoming superfight between himself and Gervonta Davis to became a reality. “I had to chase him down but we finally made it happen,”

Posted on 11/19/2022 By: SeanCrose The 40-0  former world titlist Jaime Munguia returned to the ring on Saturday in Guadalajara to headline a main even broadcast live by DAZN. The 26 year old Munguia’s opponent in the scheduled 10 round middleweight affair was the unheralded 21-5 Gonzalo Coria. Suffice to say, Munguia, who had earned

Posted on 11/19/2022 By: Sean Crose “Anyone whose a world champion,” Jaime Munguia told me late in 2019, “I’d like to face him.” Munguia, who was a few days away from facing Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan at the time, was referring to the current crop of middleweight world titlists. Now, closing in on three years later,

Posted on 11/18/2022 By: Sean Crose He and Ryan Garcia are set to square off in what will undoubtedly be a superbout in 2023. Before Gervonta “Tank” Davis goes up against the fighter known as “King Ry,” however, he will highlight a Pay Per View event against the little known Hector Luis Garcia on January

Posted on 11/17/2022 By: Sean Crose While promoting his new adult beverage, VMC, Canelo Alvarez was asked about – you guessed it – boxing. The red haired star made it clear that recent surgery on his wrist has gone well and that he hopes to get back in the ring during the first half of

Posted on 11/17/2022 By: Sean Crose “I’m so pumped this fight is finally in place,” Ryan Garcia tweeted on Thursday afternoon. “I want it more than anything right now. I’ve put in the work, I’m at the prime of my career, and I know I’m going to be the biggest boxer in the world. That

Posted on 11/16/2022 By: Sean Crose Oscar De La Hoya is unimpressed with former protégé Canelo Alvarez’ performance against arch rival Gennady Golovkin last September. Canelo defeated Golovkin handily in their third battle, but De Ha Hoya tells FightHype Canelo shouldn’t have had to win by decision. “It was boring,” De La Hoya says of

Posted on 11/15/2022 By: Sean Crose Although his hoped for late 2022 fight with Anthony Joshua fell apart before either man signed a contract, WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury still says he wants to face former world titlist Anthony Joshua. In fact, Fury indicated to The High Performance podcast that he needs a

Posted on 11/15/2022 By: Sean Crose “Of course it’s been disappointing. That’s a fight that’s been on our radar for years,” WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford said to Kate Abdo on her The Good Fight podcast. He was referring, of course, to a failed attempt to make a major and much hoped for match between

Posted on 11/14/2022 By: Sean Crose Canelo Alvarez, having undergone a successful surgery on his left hand, claims that therapy is going well. Not only that, he wishes to return to the ring in the spring of 2023. “At the beginning,” Canelo told bet365, “the doctor had told me that I had to spend four

Posted on 11/14/2022 By: Sean Crose He may no longer be making one hundred million dollars or more for a fight, but Floyd Mayweather, who is now less than five years shy of fifty years of age, made a quick payday on Sunday. Battling social media influencer Deji Olatunji, Mayweather put on a boxing lesson before

Posted on 11/13/2022 By: Sean Crose It wasn’t a bad fight actually, at least it wasn’t until it’s off the wall ending. Cleveland native Montana love was putting his 18-0-1undefeated record on the line in front of a hometown crowd. His opponent, in the scheduled 12 round junior welterweight affair the 15-2 Steve Spark. The

Posted on 11/12/2022 By: Sean Crose The 22-0 Seniesa Estrada put her WBA women’s minimumweight title on the line Saturday against the 6-1-2 Jazmin Villarino in a scheduled 10 round battle that went down at the Palms Casino Resort in Vegas. The first round was fairly uneventful, but Estrada was definitely trying to get in

Posted on 11/13/2022 By: Sean Crose Undefeated WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly put his title belt on the line Saturday night at the Palms Casino Resort in Vegas. The 12-0 Alimkhanuly was looking to impress, as he had indicated other champions weren’t eager to get in the ring with him. If the Kazakh native were