Despite previously floating the idea of giving Deontay Wilder a title shot, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman announced today that “bridgerweight” champion Lawrence Okolie has come to an agreement with interim champion Kevin Lerena for their ordered title consolidation. Lerena (30-3, 14 KO) is coming off a competitive decision loss to Justis Huni on the Anthony
Kazuto Ioka might be a future hall-of-famer but why are so few talking about him? One reason might be that his fights, at least for American audiences, are hard to find. Another is that his Japanese countryman, Naoya Inoue, has stolen all the headlines thanks to his spectacular style. Case in point: WBA bantamweight boss
By: Sean Crose On a snowy day back in the winter of 2017 I hopped on a Metro North in Connecticut and made my way down to Manhattan to cover the Genady Golovkin-Daniel Jacobs middleweight title fight. Defending champion Golovkin was at his peak at the time, going through one fighter after another while awaiting
ESPN News Services Jul 5, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Boxing star Ryan Garcia apologized Friday for his use of racial slurs against Black people and disparaging comments he made about Muslims during a recent livestream on social media. “I take all responsibility for my words,” Garcia wrote in a post on X. “Sorry everyone that
Ryan Garcia has formally been expelled from the WBC, meaning he’ll no longer be able to participate in any of the body’s sanctioned events after he took to social media yesterday to unload a series of comments and since-deleted tweets disparaging Blacks and Muslims. That prompted WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman to take immediate action, saying
William Zepeda’s latest opportunity to affirm his position as the top lightweight title contender in the world is to defeat a crafty fighter who came in two pounds heavier than him at Friday’s weigh-in. Giovanni Cabrera (22-1, 7 KOs) weighed 137 pounds — two pounds over the lightweight limit but right on the contracted weight
Golden Boy has finally revealed the supporting cast for Saturday’s showdown between WIlliam Zepeda and Giovanni Cabrera, which notably sees flyweight contender Ricardo Sandoval battle former light flyweight champion Angel Acosta. Sandova (24-2, 17 KO) is 20-1 in the last eight-ish years, the only loss a narrow majority decision to the very capable David Jimenez.
Queensberry may have taken bragging rights by sweeping Matchroom in the recent ‘5 Vs. 5’ showdown between the two promotional giants but the rivalry shows no signs of slowing down. Rumors abound that Matchroom’s WBC featherweight champion, Skye Nicolson, 10-0 (1 KO), is being lined up to defend her title against Queensberry’s Raven Chapman, 8-0
O’SHAQUIE Foster enters the Prudential Center ring tomorrow evening, defending his WBC super-featherweight title against Robson Conceição. The bout, against a former Olympic gold medallist, will serve as the co-feature to Shakur Stevenson’s contest with Artem Harutyunyan. While the likes of Stevenson (a three-weight world champion no less) may take these occasions in their stride,
SHAKUR Stevenson returns home tomorrow evening to defend his WBC lightweight title against Artem Harutyunyan in the Prudential Center, Newark. First and foremost, Shakur is not buying his opponent’s “stay humble” act. Harutyunyan has returned to the States using the same time-honoured strategies regularly employed by Manny Pacquiao: grinning and complimenting his opponent before unleashing
RYAN Garcia is back in the news cycle, and once again, it has nothing to do with boxing. Currently serving a ban for doping offences detected after his April win over Devin Haney, Garcia has been in hot water for damaging property at a hotel and recently fired advisor Lupe Valencia, accusing him of being
Mauricio Sulaiman today (July 4) announced that Ryan Garcia has been expelled from any WBC activity. Only yesterday, in a media conference call, the sanctioning body president voiced his support to a fighter who failed two VADA tests that resulted in his April 20 points victory over Devin Haney being changed to a no contest.
By: Sean Crose “Exercising my authority as president of the WBC,” World Boxing Council head Mauricio Sulaiman posted on social media Thursday night, “I am hereby expelling Ryan Garcia from any activity with our organization.” Garcia, a fighter now as well known for being controversial as he is for processing thunderous power, reportedly went off
ESPN News Services Jul 4, 2024, 09:37 PM ET The WBC has expelled boxing star Ryan Garcia from any activity with the organization after he repeatedly used racial slurs against Black people and disparaged Muslims in comments livestreamed on social media. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman announced the penalty Thursday on the social media platform X.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum continues to admit that he wasn’t thrilled with the official scorecards in the rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall, where Catterall took a unanimous decision on scores of 116-113 and 117-111, and 117-111. Talking to Sky Sports, Arum says he was in person for that fight and he’s convinced
This Saturday, undefeated rising star Shakur Stevenson will return to his native Newark, N.J., to defend his WBC lightweight world title against Artem Harutyunyan (12-1, 7 KOs) at the Prudential Center. The 12-round bout headlines a Top Rank on ESPN card. However, an even bigger battle looms – the battle to secure rights to Stevenson’s
Jul 4, 2024, 07:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson returns to the ring on Saturday to defend his WBC lightweight title against Artem Harutyunyan. The fight at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey (ESPN/ESPN+, 8:30 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at 6:10 p.m. ET), will be the main event of a
With Shane Mosley Jr set to return to the ring this weekend, taking on former titleholder Daniel Jacobs, he talks to boxing media about what this opportunity means for his career and his expectations for the fight. Here’s some of what Mosley Jr had to say down below. Mosley Jr on what he has to
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