Claressa Shields says she’d be willing to go down in weight one more time in order to face undisputed welterweight champion Jessica McCaskill, opening up the another possibility for Shields’ boxing career. Shields (11-0, 2 KO) is currently undisputed champion at junior middleweight, having already won world titles at super middleweight, then moving down to
Promoter Frank Warren believes WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is more than capable of shocking Canelo Alvarez, who holds the WBC, WBA world titles. The two champions will collide on May 8th in a three belt unification. Canelo is a tremendous favorite to win the fight – with only three outings at the
Posted on 03/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode Danny Garcia is still licking his wounds courtesy of Errol Spence Jr. The two faced off on a FOX Pay-Per-View event in early December of 2020. On the night, Garcia was thoroughly outboxed and outgunned as the Dallas native proved to be far too much. For Garcia, the loss
7:53 PM ET “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler died at the age of 66 on Saturday. The Boxing Hall of Famer and sports icon was known as one of the best middleweight fighters in the sport’s history. Hagler became the undisputed middleweight champion in 1980 and defended the crown 12 times, until his defeat against “Sugar” Ray
Shannon Courtenay still has her vacant WBA bantamweight title fight on April 10 on Matchroom’s Benn-Vargas card, which will stream live on DAZN, but there’s been a change of opponent. Rachel Ball, who beat Courtenay last summer, was set for a rematch, but the 30-year-old Ball (7-1, 0 KO) is still battling effects from COVID-19,
Austrian middleweight Marcos Nader (22-1-1) is now ready for another attempt to reach the top in professional boxing and faces German Alexander Pavlov (11-1) a defense of the IBF International title. Nader was a young prospect with Team Sauerland when he turned pro in 2009. However, while promising he couldn’t quite make it and after
Posted on 03/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode David Benavidez hadn’t even wiped the blood away from his gloves before turning to the camera and calling out his next opponent. “I wanna fight Charlo,” said Benavidez during a virtual press conference. “I think that would be a great fight. He was saying all this stuff that he
12:01 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN The great fighter retires with his fortune and his faculties intact. Then he stays retired — resisting the urgings of the promoters, the public and the ferocious power of his own ego that which made him great in the first place. It’s boxing’s most unlikely story. And its happiest. And
It’s now official that Demetrius Andrade will defend the WBO middleweight title against Liam Williams on Saturday, April 17 on DAZN, and after a good while hearing Williams call him out, Andrade is ready to go. “Liam Williams, you got what you wanted,” said Andrade. “You ran your mouth, got your rating up and here
Two familiar results came of Anthony Mundine’s latest comeback—a loss and a subsequent retirement declaration. The former super middleweight titlist suffered his third straight defeat, coming in a 1st round knockout at the hands of Michael Zerafa in an all-Aussie showdown Saturday at Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. Mundine was floored twice before the bout
Posted on 03/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Cecilia Braekhus (36-2, 9 KOs) claimed her first contest against Jessica McCaskill (10-2, 3 KOs) a year ago was nothing more than a fluke. For the former undisputed welterweight world champion, it was the first time in her career that she didn’t get her hand raised following a fight.
6:06 PM ET WBC junior bantamweight world titlist Juan Francisco Estrada will face WBA titleholder Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez in the main event of a DAZN card Saturday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Gonzalez defeated Estrada in 2012 by unanimous decision to defend his WBC junior flyweight title. Since that day, the boxing
After being out of the ring for 7 months, David Benavidez was not only in the best shape he’s ever been in, but he had zero ring rust on his way to a round 11 TKO victory of a rough and rough Ronald Ellis. But the real fireworks came in the post fight interview, when
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It’s Sunday morning, we had fights on the weekend, so you know what that means: Mandatory wild speculation! OK, a lot of it isn’t wild speculation, but some of it is! What’s next for some of the weekend’s biggest names we saw in action? Let’s rap about it. You and me. Let’s both turn our
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American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas – For the WBC, WBA super flyweight titles, Juan Francisco Estrada (42-3, 28 KOs) won a twelve round split decision over Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (50-3, 41 KOs). The scores were 115-113 for Gonzalez, 117-111 for Estrada and 115-113 for Estrada. They initially met eight years ago, with Gonzalez winning a
Posted on 03/14/2021 Juan Francisco Estrada waited nearly ten years before he was given a shot at revenge. While the wait may have been long, it was also worth it. Both Estrada and former pound-for-pound star Roman Gonzalez met in the main event slot at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Texas. After sharing the