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Posted on 07/31/2022 By: Sean Crose Size didn’t much matter on Saturday night as Jose Benavidez proved to be no match for a smaller and older Danny Garcia. Having been out of the ring for about a year and a half after losing to Errol Spence, there were questions as to how well Garcia would

Posted on 07/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Danny Garcia returns to the ring on Saturday night to face Jose Benavidez Jr after being essentially out of action since he lost to welterweight powerhouse Errol Spence around a year and a half ago. The fight will be broadcast live on Showtime from Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center, a kinda/sorta

Posted on 07/29/2022 By: Sean Crose Golden Boy boxing returned to the DAZN airwaves Thursday night as Jousce Gonzalez faced Jose Angulo in the main event of a “Fight Night Card” broadcast live from the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in California. The 16-2 Angulo was the more active of the two in the first round of

Posted on 07/29/2022 By: Sean Crose “I don’t think it’s dead or close to dead,” Showtime honcho Stephen Espinoza has told Fight Hype about negotiations for a Terence Crawford-Errol Spence welterweight superfight. “Were a little bit stuck,” he admits in the interview, “but I don’t think anyone’s ready to throw in the towel, least of

Posted on 07/28/2022 By: Sean Crose Mayweather Promotions’ CEO Leonard Ellerbe responded to Oscar De La Hoya’s recent interview with FightHype where the Golden Boy claimed Gervonta “Tank” Davis, a potential uber-opponent for De La Hoya’s protégé, Ryan Garcia is not a significant pay per view attraction. “Gervonta Davis can get on pay per view

Posted on 07/28/2022 By: Sean Crose He was brimming with confidence, perhaps justifiably so, with his record of 27 wins against zero defeats. Jose Benavidez Jr wasn’t supposed to beat Terence Crawford in front of Crawford’s home town audience that night in 2018, but the Arizonan was ready to shock the world. “I don’t think

Posted on 07/27/2022 By: Sean Crose “It shouldn’t be that tricky to make,” Oscar De La Hoya says in a fascinating interview with FightHype, “but since you have two guys that are A-side, it’s going to be a little back and forth.” The Golden Boy is talking about a potential high profile match between his

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 07/26/2022 Sean Crose You remember the pop culture event of Summer 2017, don’t you? That was the summer when brash UFC star Conor McGregor stepped into the boxing ring to face the great Floyd Mayweather. The fight ended predictably, in a Mayweather victory by stoppage, though McGregor

Posted on 07/25/2022 By: Sean Crose “I’ve been doing these events for seven or eight years now,” says trainer of note John Scully. He’s speaking of amateur boxer reunions, where former ring successes such as himself, Marlon Starling, and Michael Olajide gather to reminisce and generally have a good time among their peers. The fifty-four

Posted on 07/25/2022 By: Sean Crose “At the end of the day, I don’t pick my opponents,” Danny Garcia said in the summer of 2014. “My manager, Al Haymon does, and I never go against him.” This was not the sort of thing fans wanted to hear from the Philadelphia fighter at the time. For the

Posted on 07/23/2022 By: Sean Crose Respected and veteran British broadcaster Johnny Nelson knows his boxing. Not only is he a notable presence in the sport, he was a longtime holder of the WBO world cruiserweight title. When Nelson speaks, people listen. That’s why his words about former heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder, uttered during an

Posted on 07/23/2022 By: Sean Crose Featherweight contenders Isaac Dogboe and Joet Gonzalez threw down in a scheduled 10 rounder for a WBO mandatory position Saturday night in Minnesota. The fight, which was aired live on ESPN+, was of extreme importance for each man. The 23-2 former world titlist Dogboe and the 25-2 Gonzalez started

Posted on 07/22/2022 By: Sean Crose “I don’t dodge nobody,” featherweight contender Joet Gonzalez told FightHype in the lead up to Saturday’s match against Isaac Dogboe. “There’s a lot of fighters out there, they start demanding some fights and they don’t even fight. They fight punching bags, you know, easy paychecks, but me, I’m here

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 07/21/2022 By: Sean Crose Floyd Mayweather took to reminiscing a bit during an interview with FightHype that was posted on Wednesday. “Oscar De La Hoya,” the former pound for pound great said, referring back to the leadup of his 2007 superbout with the “GoldenBoy” himself, “chose the

Posted on 07/21/2022 By John “Gutterdandy” Walker Ukrainian heavyweight boxing legend and current Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, was presented with the Arthur Ashe Award For Courage Wednesday night at the 2022 ESPY awards. Known as “Dr. Ironfist” during his boxing career, where he amassed a glittering record of 45-2 with 41 wins coming by

Posted on 07/20/2022 By: Sean Crose Tyson Fury, who claims to be retired, is still regarded by many as the WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world. Therefore, when Tyson talks, fans listen. And Tyson likes to talk – oftentimes a lot. A recent statement from the towering Englishman is certainly leading to eyebrows

Posted on 07/19/2022 By: Sean Crose “I’m gonna be a hundred-percent honest with you, Brian,” former world titlist Adrien Broner told Showtime broadcaster Brian Custer. “I ain’t with none of this shit they got goin’ on.” And with those words, a Zoom video conference to promote Broner’s August 20th fight with Omar Figuera turned into

Posted on 07/19/2022 By John “Gutterdandy” Walker Finland’s Robert Helenius provided one of heavyweight boxing’s highlights of 2021 when he destroyed the heavily hyped Adam Kownacki for the second time in two fights on the undercard of the final bout in the Fury vs Wilder trilogy in Las Vegas. “The Nordic Nightmare” had already stopped