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Posted on 04/12/2022 By: Hans Themistode Shakur Stevenson is well aware of the golden opportunity waiting in front of him. With the former Olympic silver medalist less than three weeks away from taking on WBC super featherweight titlist, Oscar Valdez, he views their upcoming showdown as his de-facto coming out party. Presently, although Stevenson has

Posted on 04/12/2022 By: Hans Themistode There’s a loud and consistent thud that can be heard in the confines of a Dallas gym. As that deafening noise continues, Errol Spence Jr. sweats profusely as he blasts away at the heavy bag with head trainer Derrick James standing closely by his side. For the past several

Posted on 04/11/2022 By: Sean Crose “This is an interesting event,” Jackie Kallen tells me. “It’s going to be kind of fun and different.” Anyone who knows the fight world knows of Kallen, the Detroit native who found success as a high level boxing manager, success that made her a very powerful woman in what

Posted on 04/11/2022 By: Hans Themistode Photo by Ryan Hafey / Premier Boxing Champions There’s a certain art that’s associated with the sport of boxing. Of course, there’s the obvious, the barbaric actions of two fighters entering the ring shirtless, beating one another until someone shamefully says “no mas.” But boxing is more than just

Posted on 04/11/2022 By: Hans Themistode Generally, Gervonta Davis isn’t the most loquacious person when he walks into a room. Even as his fight dates draw near, the Baltimore native is calm, cool, and collected while his opponents are animated and truculent. However, despite his normally serene demeanor, Davis and Rolando “Rolly” Romero nearly came

Posted on 04/10/2022 By: Sean Crose Junior middleweight Tony Harrison appeared on Showtime’s PBC card Saturday night as the 28-3-1 Detroit native took on the 33-1 Sergio Garcia in a scheduled 10 rounder. The last time Harrison had entered the ring was nearly a year earlier, when he battled Bryant Perrella to a draw. Garcia’s

Posted on 04/10/2022 By: Sean Crose The 24-1 Erickson Lubin faced the 18-0-1 Sebastian Fundora for the WBC interim super welterweight title Saturday night at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. The scheduled 12 round affair was the main event of a televised Showtime/Premier Boxing Champions’ card. The opening chapter saw Lubin pick away at his

Posted on 04/10/2022 By: Hans Themistode ESTHER LIN/SHOWTIME Sebastian Fundora has often been the subject of criticism. Standing at nearly 6’6”, the 24-year-old towers over most heavyweights, let alone junior middleweights, the weight class in which he currently competes in. Although Fundora could use his freakishly tall frame to keep his opponents at bay, he

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 04/10/2022 By: Hans Themistode It was a picture-perfect start to Ryan Garcia’s 2021 fighting campaign. The extremely confident 23-year-old showed resolve and heart by picking himself up off the deck against Luke Campbell to register a seventh-round knockout win. While Garcia was ultimately hoping that his victory

Posted on 04/09/2022 By: Sean Crose On the surface of things, it looks like David and Goliath. Junior welterweight Erickson Lubin stands at just under 5’10 – common for the 154 pound weight realm. His opponent this Saturday night at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, however, stands nearly 6’6. That’s right, the 18-0-1 Sebastian Fondura

Posted on 04/09/2022 By: Sean Crose Don’t expect Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star, to test positive for banned substances after eating tainted beef. For while preparing for his May light heavyweight title bout against the formidable Dmitry Bivol, Canelo has decided to go vegan (engaging in a diet free of meat and animal by-products) For

Posted on 04/08/2022 By: Hans Themistode Joe Camporeale/USA Today Sports By and large, Canelo Alvarez is considered the best fighter that the sport of boxing has to offer. No matter the weight class and regardless of the credentials of his opponent, Alvarez has reigned supreme as he pillages world title after world title in countless

Posted on 04/08/2022 By: Hans Themistode While he holds an undefeated record and high placement in each of the four sanctioning bodies, Sebastian Fundora is consistently criticized for the manner in which he fights. Or rather, the manner in which he refuses to fight. At 6’6”, even heavyweights are forced to look toward the sky

Posted on 04/08/2022 By: Sean Crose “I don’t really have that many emotions,” Ryan Garcia said when asked by Fight Hub about tomorrow night’s return fight against Emmanuel Tagoe. “I just know I have a job to do, a mission to do, Saturday night.” First and foremost, that mission is to successfully get himself back

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 04/07/2022 By: Hans Themistode Following Floyd Mayweather’s lackluster boxing exhibition against YouTuber Logan Paul on June 6th, 2021, the newly inducted Hall of Famer stated shortly after, that it would likely be the last time he appeared in the ring. However, after further thought, Mayweather has changed

Posted on 04/07/2022 By: Hans Themistode Photo Credit: Henry Deleon Gervonta Davis has heard his fair share of criticism over the selection of his opponent. With the current Baltimore native set to defend his secondary 135-pound title against Rolando “Rolly” Romero on May 28th, in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, oddsmakers have pegged Davis as a considerable

Posted on 04/07/2022 By: Sean Crose Give longtime heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte this – he’s not going to let WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury get inside his head. As the clock winds down to the Fury-Whyte heavyweight title bout, which will go down in front of 94,000 people at Wembley Stadium on April

Posted on 04/05/2022 By: Hans Themistode Erickson Lubin has successfully peeled himself up off the canvas, both figuratively and literally. With the entire boxing world watching, the Florida native would lose in stunning fashion at the hands of Jermell Charlo in October of 2017. While initially embarrassed and acrimonious by the way things played out,