3:37 PM ET Former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. underwent successful surgery on his right knee on Tuesday in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and he’s scheduled to return to the ring in December, his team told ESPN Knockout. Ruiz (34-2, 22 KOs), 31, was hoping to face Charles Martin in October, but he finally made the
We knew it was coming this fall, and now we’ve got a working date. ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez reports that super flyweight rivals Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez are about “80%” through negotiations to meet in an October 16th rubber match. WBC super flyweight champion Estrada (42-3, 28 KO) and then-WBA champ Gonzalez (50-3,
Posted on 08/18/2021 By: Hans Themistode Plenty are split down the middle in terms of how they view the heavyweight clash between unified champion Anthony Joshua and former undisputed cruiserweight king, Oleksandr Usyk. With Usyk’s ability to outbox and outthink his opponents, rather than outmuscle them, there is a belief that no matter how big
Puerto Rican star and unified WBC/WBO Featherweight World Champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano plans to take full advantage of her opportunity on the SHOWTIME PPV event headlined by Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley when she faces super bantamweight world champion Yamileth Mercado on Sunday, August 29 from Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio. “It
8:30 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN YORDENIS UGAS WAS silent. He was happy, soaking in the moment. The 35-year-old had just received an unexpected call, offering him an opportunity he’d long dreamed of. The answer about whether or not he’d take a fight against boxing’s only eight-division champion, Manny Pacquiao, was never in doubt. Of course
Matchroom Boxing and DAZN make their return to Italy on October 1st with a card featuring unbeaten super-middleweight Daniele Scardina (19-0, 15 KO) taking on German veteran Juergen Doberstein (26-4-1, 7 KO). A lightweight matchup between Francesco Patera (24-3, 8 KO) and Devis Boschiero (49-6-2, 22 KO) is scheduled to be the co-headliner, which is
Posted on 08/17/2021 By: Sean Crose “He always works hard,” trainer Freddie Roach says of his most famous fighter, Manny Pacquiao, “his work ethic is the best in the world.” Now in his forties, Pacquiao was training to face young lion Errol Spence in a welterweight megafight on August 21st. A Spence eye injury, however,
I WOULD LIKE to start this week by offering up my congratulations to the Team GB Olympic boxing squad for their record medal haul at the Tokyo Games. There were some stirring performances from the boys and girls that were well worth getting up early for. The superb six medals from an 11-strong team, I
As WBA welterweight titleholder Yordenis Ugas gets set to put his belt on the line against a legend in Manny Pacquiao this weekend, Ugas tells Yahoo Sports that he’s been preparing for this moment for quite some time. And while this specific moment did pop up rather unexpectedly, he’s still ready to show the world
💥 Order #PacquiaoUgas on YouTube PPV NOW: https://pbcham.ps/PacUgasPPV Former Unified Heavyweight World Champion Andy Ruiz Jr., Former Two-division World Champion Sergio Martinez, and WBO World Super Welterweight Champion Brian Castaño pay tribute to boxing’s only eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by
John Fury called on Jake Paul to fight Tommy Fury on Tyson Fury’s undercard on July 24th for Fury-Wilder 3. His son also welcomed the bout, but was keen to point out that it’s a marathon not a sprint and that he will be not be rushing his career, after win number six. Subscribe to
Posted on 08/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode Brian Castano is still currently walking around with his fingers crossed. The WBO 154 pound titlist is fresh off a highly disputed split decision draw against unified champion, Jermell Charlo. The two clashed on July 17th, in Charlo’s backyard of San Antonio, Texas. Despite outworking his man, Castano was
Joshua Franco is now in position to land a dream fight for his next ring appearance. Or at least an upgrade in title status. The current top-rated junior bantamweight is the latest benefactor of the current efforts by the World Boxing Association (WBA) to reduce the number of titlists within its organization. Franco defended a
The WBA is continuing their pursuit of legitimacy after fallout from the Fox vs Maestre scandal rocked their organization, ordering their 115-pound “regular” champion to face the winner of the Estrada-Chocolatito trilogy. Before we go singing their praises for doing what any sensible sanctioning body would do when faced with a glut of in-house “champions”
Posted on 08/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode Regis Prograis is patiently waiting for news on when he’ll re-enter the boxing ring. The former 140-pound titlist and highly rated contender, isn’t sifting through offers on who his next opponent will be. The now 32-year-old is fully aware that a showdown between himself and former four-division champion, Mikey
A purse bid apparently will be required if Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter are to meet next in what, at least on paper, would be Crawford’s toughest welterweight fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that infrequent discussions over the past 3½ weeks between representatives for Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions (Porter) and Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc.
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 8:03 AM ET It seemed that the welterweight division was finally going to succeed in delivering a fight between two of the top boxers that’s been starved for big bouts. Everything was looking good in the lead-up until an eye injury for Errol Spence Jr. scuttled his fight against
Friday’s ESPN+ card from Dubai has been readjusted once again. The event was originally set to be headlined by Shavkat Rakhimov vs Kenichi Ogawa for the vacant IBF junior lightweight title, but that was postponed last week, and a cruiserweight bout between Ali Baloyev and Rolly Lambert Fogoum was made the new headline fight. That