Shakur Stevenson revered Frank Martin at one point. Actually, it wasn’t that long enough. The former Olympic silver medalist respected his skills and even more, admired his willingness to fight any and everyone, including him. After struggling to find an opponent, Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) was as happy as could be once Martin officially agreed
Month: September 2023
Posted on 09/18/2023 “I feel happy,” says former world titlist Jorge Linares. “I’m trying to take care of myself. All of the time, inside the gym and outside of the gym. I try to have a very comfortable life.” At 38 years of age and with 55 fights on his resume, the man deserves a
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman is looking forward to the upcoming fight between undisputed super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and challenger Jermell Charlo. Charlo, the undisputed junior middleweight champion, will move up by two weight divisions to challenge Canelo on September 30 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Showtime PPV will carry
As we near the September 30th fight date for Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo, Showtime has released its second full installment of All Access, highlighting behind the scenes footage of both fighters in training camp. In this second episode training camp is in full swing as both fighters put in both the time to train
ON the face of it, if there was one type of fight the handlers of Joe Joyce would have been desperate to avoid throughout his career it would have been this: a rematch. After all, a rematch, by its very nature, implies a need for change and malleability on the part of the defeated fighter,
Junto Nakatani was extended the distance for the first time in a title fight but remained unbeaten and with his crown still in tow. The unbeaten two-division titlist made the first successful defense of his WBO junior bantamweight title of Mexico City’s Argi Cortes. Nakatani scored three knockdowns Monday evening at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.
Ryan Garcia’s return is still planned for November, according to promoter Oscar De La Hoya. De La Hoya provided an update, though nothing concrete, during tonight’s Golden Boy show in Commerce, Calif., on DAZN. “Ryan Garcia is coming up. We’re getting his date ready, mid-November, late-November,” the promoter said. “He’ll be back stronger, better, wiser
A GREAT favourite of mine in the journeyman class from the late 1950s and the 1960s is Tommy Tiger, a Nigerian boxer who settled in Leicester. He took part in 120 professional contests, managing to win only 30, but he was popular around British rings during that period. Nowadays there are many journeymen with records
I WANTED to dislike Prince Patel. I wanted him to live up (or down) to the reputation that preceded him. I hoped to come away with a file full of controversial quotes, outrageous self-promotion and uncalled-for insults. But something unexpected happened. A couple of hours in the Prince’s company left me actually liking a man
Commerce Casino & Hotel – Three-division and five-time world champion Yokasta Valle (29-2, 9 KOs) successfully defended her IBF and WBO Minimumweight World Championship titles against Maria Santizo (11-3, 6 KOs) of Guatemala City, Guatemala. The two went head-to-head with nonstop action throughout the world championship fight. The judges scored the bout in favor of
Kenshiro Teraji will face Hekkie Budler in the main event of a big card from Tokyo’s Ariake Arena on Monday, with Tenshin Nasukawa and Junto Nakatani also returning on the card. Teraji will be defending his WBC and WBA 108 lb titles against South Africa’s Budler in the show’s main event, with Nasukawa taking on
Ruben Villa is one of only two opponents who has beaten Luis Alberto Lopez in a professional fight. Lopez learned from that defeat and went on to win the IBF featherweight title. The Mexican champion defended that belt for the second time Friday night, when he defeated Joet Gonzalez unanimously in a 12-round main event
Highlights We’ve got a world title fight on MONDAY! In the MORNING! From JAPAN! Actually, TWO world title fights, with Kenshiro Teraji facing Hekkie Budler and Junto Nakatani taking on Argi Cortes! Plus Tenshin Nasukawa! BIG BOY REMATCH: Zhilei Zhang and Joe Joyce square up a second time on Saturday from the UK! SLEEPER ALERT:
Cayden Griffiths was supposed to make his professional boxing debut this past Friday night in Corpus Christi, Texas. That’s the bad news. The good news is that he got all his homework done for the week. Welcome to the life of a 17-year-old prizefighter. But the Californian isn’t like most teenagers about to make their
Posted on 09/17/2023 By: Sean Crose Undefeated lightweight William Zepeda squared off against popular veteran Mercito Gesta Saturday night in Commerce, California. Their scheduled twelve rounder was the main event of a Golden Boy card broadcast live on DAZN. Coming in at 27 years of age, and with a 28-0 record, the rising and hard
William Zepeda was a buzzsaw tonight, totally overwhelming a brave but out-matched Mercito Gesta in their lightweight main event on DAZN. Zepeda went to 29-0 (25 KO) with a one-sided TKO win, when Gesta’s corner called for the fight to be stopped at 1:31 of round six. Zepeda, 27, was just relentlessly throwing at the
Name: Zhanibek Alimkhanuly Age: 30 Twitter: @qazaqstyle Nationality: Kazakh From: Zhilandy, Kazakhstan Height: 182 cm Stance: southpaw Record: 14-0 (9) Division: middleweight Next fight: ‘Qazak style’ is preparing to take on Germany’s IBF middleweight belt-holder, Vincenzo Gualtieri, in a ‘unification’ bout on October 14 in Rosenberg, TX. When and why you started boxing: I was six years old. Why? Because there
Mike Coppinger, ESPNSep 15, 2023, 10:16 PM ET Emanuel Navarrete will defend the WBO junior lightweight title against Robson Conceicao on Nov. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, it was announced on Friday’s “Top Rank on ESPN” broadcast. The fight, which will be Navarrete’s third of 2023, will serve as the chief-support bout to
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