Junior middleweight Ardreal Holmes Jr. ensured that local fans got what they came for Thursday night in Flint, Michigan, schooling Hugo Noriega in a 10-round main-event fight. Holmes (16-0, 6 KOs), a Flint native, secured a 97-93 result on two judges’ scorecards and 96-94 by the other judge to record a well-deserved unanimous decision victory
By: Sean Crose Canelo Alvarez and Edgar Berlanga are meeting this Saturday night in Las Vegas as the main event of a pay per view card. Most are expecting Canelo to win, and with good reason. Canelo may be getting a bit long in the figurative tooth, but there’s no denying a Berlanga win would
An intriguing clash of undefeated super bantamweights is back on the schedule after Queensberry Promotions announced a November 2nd Birmingham show headlined by Liam Davies vs Shabaz Masoud. The pair were initially set to meet in July before Davies (16-0, 8 KO) withdrew due to illness, leaving Masoud (13-0, 4 KO) to pitch an eight-round
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has wiped out the super middleweight division over the last four years, and not many credible contenders currently remain in the weight class for the 168-pound king. The next man who’ll get to throw his name in the hat is Edgar Berlanga on Saturday night in what many assume will be a
Timothy Bradley Jr.Sep 12, 2024, 07:50 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga is not the blockbuster matchup some might expect to see during the festive Mexican Independence
By Declan Taylor SUPER-featherweight newcomer Josh Warrington might have a few more pounds to play with but he has hailed his father-trainer Sean O’Hagan’s ‘incredible’ eight stone weight loss. Warrington makes his 130lb debut at Wembley on Saturday September 21st in a challenge for Anthony Cacace’s IBF title. But while the Leeds Warrior will be
EDGAR BERLANGA believes he will face the best version of Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night. Alvarez defends his three super-middleweight titles against the unbeaten Berlanga, who has 43 fewer fights on his record and is eight years younger than the Mexican star. Canelo’s career is nearing its 20th year, and there are those who believe
Matchroom Boxing announced this afternoon that WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson, slated to meet former super featherweight champion Joe Cordina on the October 12th Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol undercard, “has undergone immediate surgery” for a hand injury and will instead return in “early 2025.” The newly signed Stevenson (22-0, 10 KO) meant to kick
Terri Harper has paid her dues. The former WBC junior lightweight titleholder was barely 21 years old when she turned professional and fought her way up from nowhere to take her place on the front line as women’s boxing exploded in popularity. On Sept. 28, Harper will challenge newly crowned WBO lightweight belt holder Rhiannon
By: Sean Crose “Due to a hand injury sustained by Shakur Stevenson, he is unable to compete against Joe Cordina on the Bivol-Beterbiev undercard at the upcoming Riyadh Season event on October 12 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.” So Matchroom Boxing, which promotes Stevenson, stated in a Wednesday press release. “The WBC World Lightweight Champion has
Sep 11, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson has pulled out of his WBC lightweight title defense against Joe Cordina on Oct. 12 because of a hand injury, Matchroom Boxing announced Wednesday. Stevenson had surgery on the hand and was expected to return to the ring in early 2025, Matchroom said. The
IT’S hard to know what Edgar Berlanga will bring to the party this Saturday evening. A verified puncher at a certain level, the knockouts have dried up of late (last fight aside). Canelo, meanwhile, can bang with the best, but with 60-plus fights under his belt and a lack of mobility at the higher weights,
Ardreal Holmes Jr. is set for a homecoming in Flint, Michigan, as the junior middleweight made weight ahead of his Thursday fight on DAZN. Holmes will headline Salita Promotions’ “Big Time Boxing USA” card at the Dort Federal Event Center. Holmes, the favorite, weighed in Wednesday at 153.4 pounds, while his opponent, Hugo Noriega, came
By: Sean Crose “It’s easy to say you’ll knock me out,” Canelo Alvarez told Edgar Berlanga at a Tuesday press conference on Wednesday, “but it’s much more difficult to do it. Saturday night is gonna be very difficult for him, for sure. I’ve prepared for the knockout. I love the feeling of a knockout and I’m gonna
With the news breaking that Shakur Stevenson’s fight with Joe Cordina is going in the dumpster now that Stevenson has had to withdraw due to an injury suffered in training camp, his Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn talks about what happened and what will be the plan for Stevenson now. Hearn on Stevenson injuring himself and
Sep 11, 2024, 03:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez will put his WBC, WBO and WBA super middleweight world titles on the line against Edgar Berlanga on Saturday, Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs) was the undisputed champion at 168 pounds before the IBF stripped him of
After spending months entangled in boxing politics with Dalton Smith and then a prolonged period on the treatment table, unable to nail down a date with Harlem Eubank, Adam Azim will instead return to action against Ohara Davies on October 19th. Azim, 11-0 (8 KOs), will be relieved to finally have a fight over the
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderSep 11, 2024, 07:46 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Many of the most powerful figures in the fight game will
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