Josh Warrington suffered a shock loss to Mauricio Lara on Saturday in London, an early (and strong) leader for 2021 Upset of the Year, but the 30-year-old Warrington has received a lot of supports from fans in his home city and across the United Kingdom, and gave his thanks for that. “The support from the
(June 3, 2016) Undefeated 160-pound prospect Caleb Plant gained a fourth-round KO of Carlos Galvan on PBC on Spike at the Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Fl. Plant spent much of the first two rounds displaying his trademark showmanship and feeling out Galvan. Plant said his strategy entering the ring was, “To be sharp and
Daniel Dubois announced last week that he will be trained by Mark Tibbs moving forward. He still has a management contract in place with former coach Martin Bowers but has opted for a “fresh start” after the first loss of his professional career, against Joe Joyce last November. Joyce is likely moving on to a big
Posted on 02/15/2021 By: Hans Themistode Oscar Valdez almost couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Following a tenth-round stoppage win over fringe contender Jayson Velez in July of 2020, WBC super featherweight titlist Miguel Berchelt (37-1, 33 KOs) entered the ring, placed his arm around Valdez and posed for pictures. The win for Valdez was
With less than two weeks to go until his scheduled clash with WBC mandatory super middleweight challenger Avni Yildirim, Canelo Alvarez sat down with TUDN to discuss his current and future plans. First off, despite a brief sojourn to light heavyweight to maul Sergey Kovalev in 2019, Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KO) has no intention of
Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is not planning to retire until he’s around 37-years-old. Canelo turned pro at the young age of 15 in Mexico. Now at 30-years-old, he’s captured world titles at junior middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight. “[I’ll fight for another] six or seven years, that’s what we think, we ‘ll
Posted on 02/15/2021 By: Sean Crose Manny Pacquiao: “We told Bob I get $40 million and Crawford gets $10 million.” Teofimo Lopez: “If you can’t meet the terms, then like I said, I’m taking my talents somewhere else.” These two quotes are maddeningly indicative of modern boxing. Talk of money has replaced the fights people
Following his WBO junior middleweight title win over Patrick Teixeira over the weekend, newly-crowned world champion Brian Castano talks about his big win and where he wants to go from here. Check out some excerpts what he had to tell our friends from Fight Hub TV below… Castano on how he feels after winning the
The odds on the Josh Warrington-Mauricio Lara and Anthony Joshua-Andy Ruiz fights were comparable. Warrington and Joshua were more than 20-1 favorites entering those supposedly easy encounters, according to most Internet sports books. Eddie Hearn still was more shocked when Warrington lost to Lara Saturday night than when Ruiz upset Joshua in June 2019 at
Posted on 02/14/2021 By: Sean Crose “I know he trains all the time,” famed coach Freddie Roach told FightHub TV. “He sends me tapes all the time.” Roach was referring to a report that his most famous fighter, Manny Pacquiao, is back in training, a report that’s being interpreted as Pacquiao preparing to get in
(June 4) – As the world mourns the loss of Muhammad Ali, Saturday night’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN and ESPN Deportes telecast began with a “Ceremonial 10-Count” in memory of “The Greatest” and continued to pay tribute to him throughout the telecast that was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between hard-hitting Russian
Manny Pacquiao was recently named “champion in recess” by the WBA, which is basically that tip-toeing halfassed boxing speak for stripping him of the belt, but also recently said he’s training and gearing up to return to the ring, saying he’d have news “soon.” Pacquiao, who turned 42 in December, hasn’t fought since July 2019
Sitting in his hotel room at the Fantasy Springs Casino without a bead of sweat on him, JoJo Diaz realized it wasn’t going to happen. Try as he might, the final four pounds to get him down to his contracted limit of 130 just weren’t going to come off. He’d spent the bulk of Thursday
Posted on 02/14/2021 By: Sean Crose “I’m right here in Harlem,” Steven Galeano tells me. “I’m probably going to Florida next week or so for camp.” The 6-0 junior welterweight recently impressed again when he stopped Rynell Griffin in the second round of a scheduled six round fight. Yet Galeano wants that only to be
12:30 AM ET After losing his IBF junior lightweight belt on the scales when he missed the weight limit, JoJo Diaz appeared to be headed toward the second loss of his pro career Saturday night against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov. But a late rally allowed him to salvage an otherwise disappointing couple of days. Diaz and Rakhimov
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We had an eventful weekend in boxing for the first time in a bit, with big upsets, new titlists crowned, belts going vacant, and more. Here’s a look at what could be next for some of the biggest names we saw in action. Mauricio Lara and Josh Warrington With due respect to Brian Castano, pictured
If Josh Warrington wants the rematch Mauricio Lara is contractually obligated to give him, Eddie Hearn believes that the former IBF featherweight champion will avenge his knockout defeat. Mexico’s Lara brutally knocked out Warrington in the ninth round of what was supposed to amount to a tune-up fight for the previously undefeated Leeds native Saturday