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Posted on 09/12/2022 By: Sean Crose Although he’s only fought twice since his surprising loss to Teofimo Lopez back in 2020, Vasyl Lomachenko is still one of the top players in the lightweight division. Indeed, the man wishes to take on undisputed divisional champ Devin Haney sooner rather than later. For now, however, the fighter

Posted on 09/11/2022 By: Sean Crose They last met four long years ago. Canelo Alvarez won that night, besting the feared Gennady Golovkin by virtue of a controversial judge’s decision. The fighters’ careers have gone in wildly different directions since that time. Canelo has, for the most part, remained the biggest name in boxing. Golovkin,

Posted on 09/10/2022 By: Sean Crose United Boxing Promotions hosted a card in Toronto Saturday featuring a scheduled 10 round middleweight affair between the 12-0 Sukhdeep Singh and the 18-4 Xhuljo Vrenozi. Singh showed solid effective aggression in the first while Vrenozi tried to maintain a degree of distance. The second saw Singh continue to

Posted on 09/09/2022 By: Sean Crose ShoBox: The New Generation returned on Friday night with a three bout card broadcast live from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Thing started off with a scheduled 8 rounder in the welterweight division where the 17-0-1 Janelson Bocachica squared off against the 24-1 Roiman Villa. Bocachica  came out aggressively in the

Posted on 09/08/2022 By: Sean Crose She may well be the greatest of all women fighters. She’s won gold medals, world titles and accolades. Yet Claressa Shields has yet to best Savannah Marshall, even though they did battle in the ring once before, back in 2012. Marshall won that amateur bout, but it’s been Shields

Posted on 09/08/2022 By: Sean Crose There has been much talk these past few days about WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury getting in the ring with former WBA, IBF and WBO titlist Anthony Joshua before the end of the year. Fury’s co-promoter, Bob Arum, however, doesn’t see a Fury-Joshua bout happening so soon.

Posted on 09/04/2022 By: Sean Crose The 12-0 Jose Venezuela took on the Edwin De Los Santos in a scheduled 10 rounder in the lightweight division on Sunday. The bout was the first of a scheduled four on the Andy Ruiz-Luis Ortiz pay per view card. The southpaw De Los Santos looked sharp and aggressive

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 09/07/2022 By: Sean Crose WBC and undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury has made it clear he’s willing to fight former WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua before this year is out. Anthony Joshua has responded in kind, saying he’ll be “ready in

Posted on 09/06/2022 By: Sean Crose Not only did WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury offer to fight Anthony Joshua on Monday, he’s now gone on to offer Joshua a 60/40 financial split of what would be a major heavyweight event. “I’m being bombarded,” Fury says in a video posted to

Posted on 09/06/2022 By: Sean Crose “I’m honored to be a part of this historic card,” says Crystina Poncher. There’s a lot for Poncher to be honored about. This Saturday the longtime Top Rank and ESPN broadcaster will host the highly anticipated undisputed middleweight title fight between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall. “These ladies have

Posted on 09/06/2022 By: Sean Crose Those criticizing social media star turned pro boxer Jake Paul for not engaging in solid enough competition since first entering the ring will probably nod in approval upon hearing who the brash Ohioan has lined up to be his next opponent. “My toughest test yet,” Paul tweeted on Tuesday.

Posted on 09/04/2022 By: Sean Crose Three time titlist Abner Mares returned to the ring at 36 years of age Sunday at LA’s Crypto.com Center. His opponent in the scheduled 10 round junior lightweight bout was the 25-4 Miguel Flores. Mares, who hadn’t fought in four years, looked terrific at first, dominating his man in

Posted on 09/05/2022 By: Sean Crose With a fight with WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk perhaps out of the question for this year, definitely not retired WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has decided he wants to finally square off with Anthony Joshua in what would clearly be an all British

Posted on 09/04/2022 By Sean Crose Fresh off an April win over Yuriorkis Gamboa, the 23-2-1 Isaac Cruz took on the 27-2-3 Eduardo Ramirez Sunday night in a scheduled 12 round lightweight affair as the co-main of the Andy Ruiz-Luis Ortiz pay per view card. Cruz began stalking his man straight from the opening bell.

Posted on 09/05/2022 By: Sean Crose Both Andy Ruiz and Luis Ortiz had a lot riding on their ring performances Sunday night at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. Former multi titlist Ruiz wanted to once again be regarded as a serious player in the heavyweight division. Ortiz, on the other hand, wanted to STILL be regarded

Posted on 09/03/2022 By: Sean Crose Juan Francisco Estrada had one goal Saturday night in Hermosillo – defeat Argi Cortes, preferably in impressive fashion. Having bested Chocolatito Gonzalez in a sizzling 2021 rematch, the 42-3 Estrada had a likely third fight with the legendary Nicaraguan lined up provided he first beat the 23-2-2 Cortes in

Posted on 09/03/2022 By: Sean Crose DAZN will be airing what is essentially viewed as a showcase fight for Juan Francisco Estrada this evening when the 42-3 world titlist takes on the 23-2-2 Argi Cortes in a scheduled 12 rounder at Hermosillo’s Centro de Usos Multiples. Estrada’s last fight saw the 32 year old win

Posted on 09/03/2022 By: Sean Crose Although many might argue the fight isn’t pay per view worthy, there’s no doubt Sunday’s Andy Ruiz-Luis Ortiz scrap – which will indeed be broadcast live on Fox pay per view – represents an interesting matchup between two high level heavies. Both Ruiz and Ortiz are at points in