26 Aug 2018

Jose Pedraza, a two-division world champion after beating Ray Beltran

Puerto Rican lightweight Jose Pedraza became a two-division world champion and the best active Puerto Rican boxer by picking up a unanimous decision over Ray Beltran to claim the WBO lightweight title Saturday night at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Pedraza just had more left as the 37-year-old

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26 Aug 2018

De’von Abraham, “Chema” Delgado fight to a draw

Hayward, Ca featherweight De’von Abraham (3-0-1 2KOs) and Jose Maria “Chema” Delgado (1-0-3 1KO) fought to a draw at the Agua Caliente Resort and Casino in Rancho Mirage, Ca on Saturday night. The bout was ugly. Delgado pressed the action early with Abraham standing right in front of him. Abraham

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23 Aug 2018

Ray Beltran vs. Jose Pedraza Press Conference Quotes

The stakes are high for WBO lightweight world champion Ray Beltran and challenger José  “Sniper” Pedraza, with the winner expected to fight WBA lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko later this year. Beltran and Pedraza met at the final press conference for the next edition of “Top Rank on ESPN”, which will take place Saturday

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23 Aug 2018

Maricela Cornejo vs. Franchon Crews do battle for WBC world title on ESPN

Fan-favorite Maricela Cornejo will now do battle for the WBC super middleweight against Franchon Crews on September 13th at The Joint in the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout was elevated from an interim title bout after a confusing sequence of events on Twitter. Below is the

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23 Aug 2018

Ruben Villa returns Friday in Southern California

For the third time in his young career, featherweight Ruben Villa (12-0, 5 KOs) faces a well-experienced veteran looking to upend his hot start. Villa, who turned 21 in April, headlines Thompson Boxing’s “Locked n’ Loaded” event against Jose Santos Gonzalez (23-6, 13 KOs) of Mexico this Friday night from Omega Products International in Corona, Calif. Gonzalez is no stranger to

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07 Aug 2018

Ray Beltran focused on Jose Pedraza fight

Ray Beltran scratched and clawed and spent nearly 19 years as a pro boxer before earning his first world title. He outpointed Paulus Moses on Feb. 16 in Reno, Nevada, to win the vacant WBO lightweight title, a lifelong dream finally fulfilled. A native of Los Mochis, Mexico, Beltran is now a

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30 Jul 2018

Boxing Recap: Mikey Garcia beats Easter, Ito wins belt

Mikey Garcia dominates Easter Jr Mikey Garcia continues his career run through 4-division as he dominated and separated himself from IBF lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. in a fight Easter never seemed to feel comfortable in. Garcia from the early bell pressed forward and though he may have lost a

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25 Jul 2018

BIG FIGHTS AWAIT MIKEY GARICA, BUT FIRST ROBERT EASTER

4-division world champion Mikey Garcia is in the prime of his career and his Los Angeles, CA homecoming against IBF lightweight world champion Robert Easter Jr. on Saturday, July 28th at the Staples Center appears to be one of the noteworthy moments of what seems to be the beginning of

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21 Jul 2018

Fenderson shocks Madera in Stockton upset

In front of a lively and packed crowd at the San Joaquin Fairgrounds in Stockton, Ca, middleweight Jerhed “The Underdog” Fenderson (3-6 2KOs) stopped Quilisto “Kilo The Kid” Madera (10-2 7KOs) of Stockton, Ca in Madera’s first ever hometown fight. Fenderson the day prior missed weight by five pounds, but Madera opted to

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18 Jul 2018

Boxing Preview: Jaime Munguia real?, Usyk vs Gassiev, Stockton fights

Jaime Munguia [HBO, Las Vegas, 7 PM PST] Jaime Munguia is massive. He also has a lot of power and that is something boxing writers especially ones who are not in love with the sport fall for. At Munguia’s media day, the WBO super welterweight champion had a lot of

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