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Posted on 12/11/2021 By: Sean Crose A rejuvenated Nonito Donaire returns to the ring Saturday night with a scheduled 12 round defense of the WBC bantamweight tile he won from Nordine Oubaali last May. The 41-6 Donaire’s opponent will be undefeated fellow Filipino, Reymart Gaballo, 24-0. Gaballo’s last opponent was the very game Emmanuel Rodriguez,

Posted on 12/10/2021 By: Hans Themistode Vasiliy Lomachenko is still pained by how incredibly close he was to achieving his ultimate goal. Roughly one year ago, the Ukrainian native was in possession of three of the four lightweight titles with an opportunity to add the final piece of the undisputed puzzle to his resume. Yet,

Posted on 12/10/2021 By: Sean Crose “I saw a guy who came too fast,” George Kambosos says of Teofimo Lopez on a recent Joe Rogan Experience podcast. “He needed to be matched with someone who was not going to take one step backwards.” Needless to say, Kambosos knows what he’s talking about when it comes

Posted on 12/09/2021 By: Sean Crose He was, or at least seemed to be, on everyone’s pound for pound list. Then came Guillermo Rigondeaux. For on a New York night in 2013, at Radio City Music Hall, of all places, Nonito Donaire, one of the most highly regarded and popular fighters on earth, was successfully

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 12/09/2021 By: Hans Themistode After spending yet another long stint on the sidelines, former unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman is seemingly on his way to returning to the ring. As first reported by Mike Coppinger of ESPN, Thurman and former WBA “Regular” 140-pound champion Mario Barrios, have

Posted on 12/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode From the moment Yordenis Ugas wrapped his WBA welterweight title around his waist, he envisioned a showdown against current unified champion Errol Spence Jr. While a matchup against the Dallas native is still one that he craves most, he has business to attend to first. As first reported by

Posted on 12/08/2021 By: Sean Crose Although he hasn’t arrived at a decision yet, former WBC heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder suggests that he may well retire from the ring. Known as the Bronze Bomber, Wilder was a pure knockout machine throughout his career – or at least until he first fought Tyson Fury in 2018.

Posted on 12/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode Despite the long list of knockouts and the undeniable drawing power of Gervonta Davis, Eddie Hearn believes his recent competition leaves much to be desired. The former three-division star is coming off the most grueling performance of his career this past Sunday night against Mexican native Isaac Cruz. While

Posted on 12/08/2021 By: Hans Themistode Since stomping into the backyard of Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater and mercilessly ripping away Lopez’s IBF, WBO, WBA, and WBC franchise titles, George Kambosos Jr. has continued to scout the competition in search of his next opponent. With several names near the top of the

Posted on 12/07/2021 By: Sean Crose Three giants of the sport of boxing: Roy Jones, Miguel Cotto and James Toney, are heading to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in New York. Joining them in the 2022 class will be women’s boxing champion turned UFC star Holly Holm, and legendary women’s boxer Regina Halmich among

Posted on 12/07/2021 By: Hans Themistode Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Boxin For a number of years now, Demetrius Andrade has urged Jermall Charlo to face him in the ring. With Houston’s Charlo in possession of the WBC middleweight title and Rhode Island’s Andrade holding firmly to the WBO crown, the multiple division titlist would love nothing

Posted on 12/07/2021 By: Hans Themistode For roughly a decade, Floyd Mayweather reigned supreme as boxing’s number one fighter in the world. During his time on top of the sport’s mountain top, Mayweather knocked off everyone who dared challenge him for supremacy. Amongst those who ultimately came up short, was a 23-year-old Canelo Alvarez. With

Posted on 12/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode For the first time in the career of Gervonta Davis, the hard-hitting Baltimore native had an opponent who refused to crumble underneath his normally deleterious power. The three-division titlist and current WBA “Regular” lightweight belt holder, defended his crown this past Saturday night against Isaac Cruz in front of

Posted on 12/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode For months on end, Caleb Plant listened to his naysayers dismiss his chances against Canelo Alvarez. The two clashed with all of the super middleweight marbles on the line on November 6th, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada earlier this year. Though Alvarez stated time and

Posted on 12/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode While he was touted as being a tough and rugged competitor, Isaac Cruz was expected to fold under the pressure of hard-hitting Baltimore native, Gervonta Davis. Despite those preconceived notions, Cruz more than held his own in front of a jam-packed crowd at Staples Center late last night in

Posted on 12/06/2021 By: Sean Crose Gervonta “Tank” Davis put his 25-0 record, as well as his WBA lightweight title, on the line against the 22-1-1 Isaac Cruz Sunday in a scheduled 12 round affair that Showtime Pay Per View aired live from LA’s Staple’s Center. The first round was extremely interesting. Cruz was all action,

Posted on 12/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode Eddie Hearn is becoming more and more agitated with the current confusion surrounding the lightweight division. At Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York City last weekend, road warrior George Kambosos Jr. pulled off one of the upsets of the year. The Australian native stomped into the backyard

Posted on 12/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode Gervonta Davis never appeared unnerved at any point in his career. As the now three-division world titlist prepares to enter the ring for the final time in 2021, the 27-year-old pugnacious knockout artist seems even more sure of himself. In just a few short hours, the Baltimore native will