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Posted on 06/17/2022 By: Sean Crose Canelo Alvarez may have lost his fight last month against Dmitry Bivol, but he’s still one of the most formidable and popular fighters in the business. It’s easy to forget that Canelo was fighting above his natural weight when he battled Bivol for a light heavyweight title, after all.

Posted on 06/17/2022 By: Sean Crose The man has never lost a fight. Not once. What’s more, light heavyweight titlist Artur Beterbiev has never gone the distance. Not once. Not in all of his 17 professional bouts. He’s stopped every opponent he’s faced within the distance. Needless to say, Beterbiev is not a fighter one

Posted on 06/16/2022 By: Sean Crose Danny Garcia is returning the ring. With a planned July 30th comeback match against Jose Benevidez at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center, the guy known as “Swift” is readying himself to fight for the first time since he was decisioned by Errol Spence in December of 2020. Yet the 34 year

Posted on 06/16/2022 By: Sean Crose On July 20th, former heavyweight titlist Vitali Klitschko will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY’s, ESPN’s big annual awards show. Klitschko, who once held the WBC heavyweight title (his brother Wladimir held the division’s other major belts), is now the mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital city.

Posted on 06/12/2022 By: Sean Crose So yeah, super middleweight Edgar Berlanga successfully bested Romer Angulo at the Theater in Madison Square Garden on Saturday. That he did so while fighting in what used to be called a Scientific Style (the goal being winning through tactical skills like hitting and moving rather than brawling) should

Posted on 06/14/2022 Errol Spence reportedly pleaded guilty last week to DWI misdemeanor charges in Dallas County, Texas. Spence was intoxicated while racing through Dallas in his sport’s car during the early morning hours of October 10th, 2019. Video caught footage of his Ferrari flipping, kicking up debris, and ending up a complete wreck. The

Posted on 06/14/2022 By: Sean Crose Siting in a barber’s chair, heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury took part in a video interview released Tuesday on Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions site. Frank Warren himself, one of Fury’s promoters, was in on the chat. Fury’s future plans were brought up – as was Anthony Joshua, who is going

Posted on 06/13/2022 By: Sean Crose He’s successfully made the jump from social media to boxing, so it makes perfect sense that 5-0 boxer – and ubiquitous celebrity – Jake Paul has decided to weigh in on national politics. “Biden accomplishments,” the 25 year old tweeted over the weekend. “1. Highest gas prices 2. Worst

Posted on 06/13/2022 By: Sean Crose After breaking down in emotional gratitude on Sunday during his induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in New York, Floyd Mayweather was back to his old self on Monday. For Mayweather, along with Japan’s Rizin Fighting Federation, announced a September exhibition against Mikura Asakura, known as Japan’s

Posted on 06/13/2022 By: Sean Crose “New phase in my career, new training team and new broadcaster @DAZNBoxing”. So former heavyweight multitilist Anthony Joshua posted on social media Monday. Joshua, who has long been a featured attraction on Britain based SKY Sports, has officially made the jump to the DAZN streaming service. Perhaps the move

Posted on 06/12/2022 By: Sean Crose It’s perhaps the biggest honor the storied and historic sport of boxing has to offer – induction to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. Former longtime heavyweight kingpin Wladimir Klitschko was inducted on Sunday. Unlike other inductees such as Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins and Roy

Posted on 06/12/2022 By: Sean Crose Throughout a career that lasted over 25 years, Floyd Mayweather was known for being cool under fire. Rarely ever rattled in the ring, Mayweather proved during the handful of moments he was actually challenged that he could deal with the pressure. Check out his ’09 fight with Shane Mosely

Posted on 06/12/2022 By: Sean Crose The hard hitting Edgar Berlanga returned to the ring Saturday night to take on veteran Roamer Angulo in a scheduled 10 round affair at the Theater in Madison Square Garden. The super middleweight match was the main event of an ESPN card. The first was a feeling out process

Posted on 06/12/2022 By: Hans Themistode The opening act of Edgar Berlanga’s career went better than expected. The Puerto Rican native hollered loudly following 16 consecutive first-round knockouts, before screaming, “I’m a monster.” Yet, with each concussive victory, Berlanga was slowly but assuredly placing more pressure on his broad shoulders. Admittedly, Berlanga responded well. Against

Posted on 06/11/2022 Although Josue Vargas was forced to learn the hard way, the 140-pound contender was confident that he would bounce back from his devastating first round knockout defeat at the hands of Jose Zepeda. But while Vargas picked up a fairly close unanimous decision victory against Nicolas Pablo Demario earlier this year, he

Posted on 06/10/2022 By: Sean Crose The 14-3-2 Esteban Bermudez battled the 15-0 Hiroto Kyoguchi in Guadalajara Friday evening for Kyoguchi’s WBA super world light flyweight title. The bout was scheduled for 12 rounds and was broadcast live by the DAZN streaming service. Bermudez tried to get through Kyoguchi’s high guard in the first. Bermudez

Posted on 06/10/2022 By: Sean Crose The 10-0 rising heavyweight Bakhodir Jalolov stepped into the ring at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino Friday night to square off against the 11-2-1 Jack Mulowayi in a scheduled eight round affair that was the main event of a Showtime Showbox card. Mulowayi pawed at his man with

Posted on 06/10/2022 By: Sean Crose “Appreciate you,” the young man in the ESNews video says as he hugs the woman, “appreciate you.” Appreciate is a word the young man knows well, for judging by the crowd in the footage, he is appreciated by a lot of people. It’s good to be Ryan Garcia, make