Lomachenko, Pedraza make weight for ESPN world title clash
Tomorrow from Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, WBA lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko will take on WBO lightweight world champion as well as in the co-main event WBO super bantamweight world champion Isaac Dogboe will look to defend his title against Emmanuel Navarrete, on ESPN. blue-chip
Cecilia Braekhus last headliner for HBO Boxing, Saturday
Unified women’s welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus will look to put all four of her major world title on the line the WBO/WBA/WBC/IBF on the line against lesser-known Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes in a 10-round main event to conclude HBO’s 45 year tenure with boxing, at the StubHub Center in Carson, Ca. Women’s
Demetrius Andrade arrested with gun in Rhode Island
Reports surfaced yesterday at 4 PM from a report in the Providence Journal, three-time world champion in two weight divisions and current WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade was arrested Thursday after Providence police caught the world champion with an unregistered gun at 2:30 AM in the morning. Andrade told officers
Xavier Martinez no longer fighting tomorrow on TMT card
View this post on Instagram My opponent was not able to get into the states and had to be sent back to Mexico, so unfortunately I will not be fighting tomorrow night. A post shared by Xavier Martinez (@xavier_a_martinez) on Dec 6, 2018 at 1:43pm PST Blue-chip featherweight Xavier Martinez
Floyd Mayweather’s return to be exhibition match
Floyd Mayweather’s New Year’s Eve bout with Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa will have no consequences towards either fighters record as the judges will not be needed for this one, literally. The nine-minute bout will have no official winner or loser if it goes the full duration and is meant as pure
Ryan Garcia’s brother, Sean Garcia, wins in O.C.
“Sugar Rush” Sean Garcia (3-0 1KO), the brother of Golden Boy Promotions fighter Ryan Garcia, picked up a four-round decision over Anthony Torres (0-2) at The Hanger in Costa Mesa, Ca, as part of the Fight Club O.C. show. Garcia controlled the whole fight winning every round and outboxing the opponent,
HBO throws the towel in on boxing: A look at what went wrong
On Saturday night, HBO Boxing will put together its final boxing card (for the time) being featuring Cecilia Braekhus vs. Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes in the main event of a ten-round world title unification bout at The StubHub Center in Carson, CA. The event ends a 45-year tenure in the sport of
Claressa Shields, the forgotten pound-for-pound fighter
Claressa Shields is the pound-for-pound fighter that doesn’t get mentioned amongst pound-for-pound fighter based on her gender, rightfully or wrongly, as some writers feel uncomfortable adding a female fighter to an all male pound-for-pound list. Shields, a 2012 and 2016 women’s Olympic gold medalist, has seen her stature as a
Vasyl Lomachenko returns on ESPN this Saturday at MSG
One of Top Rank’s biggest stars at the present moment, three-division world champion and two-time gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko will return this Saturday, December 8th at the historic Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Lomachenko, the current WBA lightweight champion will be facing WBO lightweight champion Jose Pedraza,
FINAL THOUGHTS ON WILDER VS. FURY
Looking back on Wilder vs. Fury Despite what everyone says about the results, opinions, this and that, Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury exceeded expectations on all levels. The pay-per-view buy rate looks to be in the mid 300k range, which is similar to Canelo Alvarez’s pay-per-view debut and the bout