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Size didn’t matter. Not Friday night in the world of boxing, it didn’t. Although Gustavo Lemos showed up heavy to face rising star Keyshawn Davis, the popular Davis turned him into a human punching bag, regardless. After working to avoid the shots of an aggressive Lemos in the first, Davis dropped his man courtesy of a

By: Sean Crose IBF welterweight kingpin Jaron “Boots” Ennis defended his crown Saturday night in a rematch against Karen Chukhadzhian, who he had previously defeated. Although Ennis was clearly the favorite walking in, Chukhadzhian was his mandatory opponent. Therefore, Ennis took on the Ukrainian contender in his hometown of Philadelphia. Being a defending champion has

By: Sean Crose ProBox TV presented the fight world with an interesting matchup on Wednesday as lightweights Chris Colbert and Omar Salcido squared off in a scheduled ten round affair in Plant City, Florida. Colbert was returning to the ring for the first time since suffering his first knockout loss last December. Salcido hadn’t fought

By: Sean Crose Tim Tszyu was recently asked whether or not he now regretted not stopping his bloody fight with Sebastian Fundora back in March. “No, I don’t,” he said (vis CBS), “because I got to show the world who I am and something like that is priceless.” Although it appeared Tszyu lost the fight

By: Sean Crose “This is long overdue,” Oscar De La Hoya said on Fight Hype Friday morning, “but I had to get the legal facts in order before clapping back.” The Hall of Fame fighter turned high end promoter then went on to address a lawsuit filed against his company, Golden Boy Promotions, as well

By: Sean Crose The popular Tim Tszyu squared off against Bakhran Murtazaliev Saturday night in Florida. Tszyu, 24-1, had been out of the ring for about a half a year, and was aiming to remove the IBF junior middleweight belt from around Murtazaliev’s waist. It wasn’t meant to be. Murtazaliev not only defeated Tszyu, the

By: Sean Crose Although he was in possession of the IBF junior middleweight title belt, Bakhram Murtazaliev was not a well known or highly regarded figure heading into last weekend. That all changed on Saturday night when the now 23-0 fighter battered the popular and well respected Tim Tszyu at the Caribe Royale in Orlando,

By: Sean Crose It was pretty much a given that the heavyweight division now belonged to men between 6.5 and 7 feet tall. Lennox Lewis was the first to dominate years ago, then Wladimir Klitschko. Then came the three fighters who were seen as the division’s future: Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. All

By: Sean Crose Looking like a Bond villain, WBC, WBA, and WBO heavyweight champion of the world Oleksandr Usyk took part in a press conference Wednesday with former WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to promote their Decemeber 21st rematch in Saudi Arabia. The first fight between the two men, which went down in May, was

By: Sean Crose WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball retained his title Saturday night by repeatedly dropping, then stopping, a very game Ronny Rios. Although the 21-0-1 Ball dominated the fight, his nose got pretty busted up throughout the bout. “My nose always goes,” he said afterward, “it’s boxing, you’re going to get a little nosebleed.

By: Sean Crose This weekend’s undisputed light heavyweight title bout between unbeatens Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol is rightfully drawing a lot of attention. While it’s true the winner will be declared the undisputed light heavyweight champion of the world, he will also enter the pantheon of all time light heavyweight greats – and that’s

By: Sean Crose “There was a lot of names on the table,” David Benavidez stated on social media Tuesday, “but I wanted to give my fans the best fight possible. I reached out to David Morrell and his team to make this happen and we got the contract done. This fight really gonna be a

By: Sean Crose “Errol Spence Jr’s return fight confirmed,” claimed Forbes, “and it could be a war.” Although not known for it’s boxing coverage, Forbes was correct. Former welterweight titlist Spence will be returning to the ring, and yes, the fight could be a war. For his opponent will be Sebastian Fundora, he of WBO

By: Sean Crose One of the most anticipated fights in boxing will finally be going down Saturday in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, fans will finally get to see the 23-0 Dmitry Bivol square off against the 20-0 Artur Beterbiev. The winner will not only become the

By: Sean Crose Artur Beterbiev is the new undisputed light heavyweight champion of the world – but not everyone agrees that should be the case. After wining a majority decision over Dmitry Bivol in a razor sharp, high end affair, Beterviev was seen by many online as having been gifted a decision he didn’t’ deserve

By: Sean Crose It was without doubt a major event in the sport of boxing. Undefeated light heavyweight titlists Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev squared off in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to find out once and for all who the king of the division truly was. And now that the fight is over and done

By: Sean Crose Nobody thought IBF heavyweight titlist Daniel Dubois was a second rate opponent for Anthony Joshua. They just didn’t think the man would literally lay a beating on the popular former titlist. Yet that’s exactly what Dubois did from the opening round on Saturday night in London. Joshua, one of the most popular

By: Sean Crose Dmitry Bivol has done what few have done before – beaten the great Canelo Alvarez in a boxing ring. And while some could argue that moving up once again to light heavyweight was a bridge too far for Canelo, or that he was starting to show signs of wear and tear when