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Posted on 08/06/2022 By: Sean Crose Texan Maurice Hooker appeared on Saturday’s Ortiz-McKinson card at Dickies’ Arena in Fort Worth. The 27-2-3 super welterweight battled the 15-1-1 Blair Cobbs in a bout scheduled for ten. Cobbs rocked and then dropped Hooker at the end of the first. Hooker beat the count and went on to trade

Posted on 08/06/2022 By: Sean Crose “The undercard boxers,” Jake Paul’s MVP Promotions stated in a Saturday press release, “who were set to fight today as part of the Jake Paul & Amanda Serrano MVP event spent countless hours training both physically and mentally to prepare to fight on one of the biggest stages of

Posted on 08/07/2022 By: Sean Crose The 18-0 Vergil Ortiz headlined a main event at Dickies’ Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on Saturday when he faced a fellow undefeated fighter, the 22-0 Mike McKinson. The battle was scheduled for 12 in the welterweight division. The bout opened with an accidental headbutt in the first which

Posted on 08/06/2022 By: Sean Crose Marlen Esparza, the 21-1 WBA and WBC flyweight titlist, took on the 19-1-1 Eva Guzman Saturday night at Fort Worth’s Dickies’ Arena. The fight was scheduled for ten two minute rounds. Esparza went for the immediate win right off the bat, swinging a punch with bad intentions at Guzman’s

Posted on 08/04/2022 By: Sean Crose There’s no doubt that it has not been a great year for Ukraine, the eastern European nation engaged in an all out war with Russian forces. WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk returned to his Ukrainian homeland after Russia began its invasion last winter. He’s since been

Posted on 08/05/2022 By: Sean Crose Eighteen fights. Eighteen wins. Eighteen knockouts. Virgil Ortiz’ record has spoken for itself up to this point in his career. The undefeated 24 year old Texan has established himself as a hard hitting powerhouse at welterweight. He’ll be facing another undefeated fighter this Saturday night, when he squares off

Posted on 08/05/2022 By: Sean Crose Featherweight Michael Conlan reutrns to the ring this Saturday at the SSE Arena in Belfast to take on Miguel Marriaga in a scheduled twelve rounder. This is an important fight for Conlan, whose last fight ended in a brutal but memorable defeat at the gloved fists of Leigh Wood.

Posted on 08/04/2022 The Main Event for Boardwalk Boxing’s 10-bout card promoted by and headlined by Rising Star Promotion’s Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (31-5-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday, Aug. 20 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall has been set. The popular Millville, N.J. fighter will face ring veteran Saul Roman (46-15, 38 KOs) of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico in an 8-round

Posted on 08/04/2022 The full card for the long-anticipated trilogy showdown featuring world champions Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin on Saturday, September 17 is complete. Led by super-flyweight sensation Jesse Rodriguez in a co-main title battle against Israel Gonzalez, other thrilling matchups will fill an exciting night leading into the most anticipated fight of the year.  The

Posted on 08/03/2022 By: Sean Crose “It’s no different than Omaha,” WBO welterweight titlist Terence “Bud” Crawford told FightHub. “Just a little bit hotter.” The native Nebraskan had just been asked about the searing heat in Dallas, where the interview was taking place. I’ve often found that sometimes a fighter’s words and behavior outside the

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 08/03/2022 By: Sean Crose Canelo Alvarez is certainly having a memorable year for himself. After dropping a decision to Dmitry Bivol in a light heavyweight title throwdown last May, the red haired star is now set to face none other than arch rival Gennady Golovkin this September

Posted on 08/02/2022 By Stephanie Kent Nearly fifty years after Muhammad Ali and George Foreman met in Kinshasa, Zaire, Taschen pays homage to the Rumble in the Jungle with a special edition of Norman Mailer’s The Fight.  This version takes Mailer’s account of the boxing match and presents it alongside photography from renowned sports photographers Neil

Posted on 08/02/2022 By: Sean Crose “He’s on hold pending the outcome of the Usyk fight with Joshua,” promoter Bob Arum told FightHype of his fighter, WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. There have been many questions regarding the towering Englishman since his destruction of longtime contender Dillian Whyte last spring in the UK.

Posted on 08/01/2022 By: Sean There’s an expression in Hollywood – if you’re going to steal, steal from the best. Keith Thurman has apparently taken those words to heart. Danny Garcia returned to the ring after a lengthy absence Saturday night, beating Jose Benavidez in impressive fashion. In the post fight interview, the fighter known

Posted on 08/01/2022 By: Sean Crose “Michael Conlan could have taken a much less risky fight for his return to the ring at the SSE Arena on Saturday night,” writes former titlist Carl Frampton for the Belfast Telegraph, “but to his credit he is jumping in with Miguel Marriaga who is a major threat despite

Posted on 07/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Things just haven’t been working out for Jake Paul lately. After Tommy Fury was unable to come to America to face the fiery cruiserweight on August 6th, Hasim Rahman Jr, son of former heavyweight champ Hasim Rahman, agreed to take Fury’s place. It certainly looked like it could be

Posted on 07/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Undefeated junior welterweight Gary Anutanne Russell, 15-0, stepped into the ring at the Barclay’s Center Saturday night to face the 29-1-1 veteran Rances Barthelemy in a scheduled 10 rounder. Russell started aggressively in the first, but Barthelemy rattled his man in the final minute of the round. The second

Posted on 07/30/2022 By: Sean Crose The 20-2 heavyweight contender Adam Kownacki squared off against the 16-1 Ali Eren Demirezen in a scheduled 10 round affair Saturday at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York. Both big men threw heavy leather in the first, with Kownacki proving to be the more active of the two.