By: Sean Crose “The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has granted special permission to super featherweight world champion Lamont Roach Jr. to move up in class to face Gervonta Davis for the lightweight championship on December 14.” And so, with the above statement, it seems the hard hitting, popular and undefeated Gervonta Davis has
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By: Sean Crose It’s understandable why some, if not most, fight fans would consider super middleweight/light heavyweight Canelo Alvarez to be a bridge too far for junior middleweight Terence Crawford. One hundred sixty eight pounds is quite a weight advantage to hold over a one hundred fifty four pound fighter. Even at a catchweight it’s
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Friday, Sep. 27 DAZN, 2:00 pm ET, Shakiel Thompson vs River Wilson-Bent. A GBM show out of Sheffield, England. Thompson is a 6’3” middleweight nicknamed “Dr. Steel.” Wilson-Bent lost to Hamzah Sheeraz, another 6’3” middleweight, by 2nd round TKO about two years ago. Maxi Hughes and Hughie Fury are listed on the undercard! Channel 5
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Despite a bevy of domestic accomplishments and a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan-American Games, one could argue that Richard Torrez Jr’s biggest pre-Tokyo spotlight came when Mauricio Sulaiman used a clip of his loss to Bakhodir Jalolov to disingenuously claim that letting pros into the Olympics posed a clear a present danger. Suffice to
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Jaime Munguia is looking to make 2024 his busiest year since 2018, as Salvador Rodriguez reports that he’ll meet Ronald Gavril on December 14th in his native Tijuana. 2024 has already seen Munguia (44-1, 35 KO) stop John Ryder, fall to Canelo Alvarez, and most recently batter Erik Bazinyan this past Friday. The hope was
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Cuban junior middleweight prospect Yoenis Téllez will face big-punching Johan González on the October 19 bill topped by the IBF title fight between Bakhram Murtazaliev and Tim Tszyu. The show, at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, will also feature a bout between middleweights Mateo Tapia and Endry Saavedra. The Ronnie Shields-trained Téllez is fighting at the venue for the fifth
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