27 Aug 2024

BRIGHT FUTURES: 10 Prospects to Watch

Intro by Nigel Stewart To me, defining what makes a prospect is simple; anybody that is at the beginning of their career that looks like they have the “goods”. Anyone that has watched boxing more than casually should knows that not all prospects are built the same. As we always

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16 Feb 2024

Foster vs Nova: Official Weigh-In Results

Main Event: 12 Rounds for Foster’s WBC Junior Lightweight Title O’Shaquie Foster (21-2, 12 KOs): 130.0lbs Abraham Nova (23-1, 16 KOs): 129.0lbs Co-Main Event: 10 Round Junior Lightweight Bout Andres Cortes (20-0, 11 KOs): 130.0lbsBryan Chevalier (20-1-1, 16 KOs): 129.0lbs ESPN Opener: 10 Round Featherweight Bout Bruce Carrington (10-0, 6

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09 Apr 2023

Shakur Stars in Lightweight Debut, Eyes Undisputed Crown

Shakur Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) had been labeled “boring” at times on his way up the ranks. Being someone who enjoys watching high level boxing as much as I do an all out war, I never agreed with those opinions. Regardless of what was said in the past, ever since

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07 Apr 2023

Weigh-In Results: Shakur vs Yoshino

Main Event: 12 Round WBC Lightweight Title Eliminator Shakur Stevenson: 134.4 lbs Shuichiro Yoshino: 135.0 lbs Co-Feature: 10 Round Heavyweight Bout Jared Anderson: 247.4 lbs George Arias: 236.6 lbs ESPN Opener: 10 Round Lightweight Bout Keyshawn Davis: 134.2 lbs Anthony Yigit: 134.8 lbs ESPN+ Undercard Results 8 Round Heavyweight Bout

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06 Apr 2023

Shakur vs Yoshino Presser Recap

Photos via Mikey Williams, Top Rank Boxing Today was the official press conference for this weekend’s Top Rank Boxing show that will take place Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Shakur Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs) is headlining in his hometown as he makes his lightweight debut.

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04 Apr 2023

Boxing Schedule: Shakur, ShoBox, ‘Bam’ and Inferno…

Want more columns like this subscribe to my newsletter here. Shakur is Now A Lightweight The best fight of the week or most notable one will see two-division world champion, Shakur Stevenson taking on Japan’s Shuichiro Yoshino, with the WBC lightweight #1 contender spot on the line. Stevenson is trending

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27 Feb 2023

Main Card for Shakur vs Yoshino Finalized

The ESPN televised portion of the April 8th Top Rank Boxing card has been officially announced. The card will take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Shakur Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs) will be headlining at his hometown arena for the second straight outing, making his debut in

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15 Jan 2023

Weekend Boxing Report: Efe Beats Shaw, Tank vs. Ryan, and Joshua’s New Trainer

It wasn’t all that pretty, but the 2016 Olympian Efe Ajagba didn’t allow Stephan Shaw to have a storybook moment as Ajagba jabbed his way to a 10-round decision over Shaw in a tactical fight that saw all three judges score the fight 96-94 for Ajagba.  The fight was strange.

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10 Jan 2023

Stacked Top Rank Card On Saturday, and Kim Clavel Top Fight Weekend.

Saturday, January 14th, ESPN | 7 PM PST, undercard ESPN+ Top Rank’s First Fight Card Of 2023. A very interesting fight takes place on Saturday night on ESPN, as the card is stacked with competitive heavyweight boxing topping the bill. The night should tell us a lot about Stephan Shaw,

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20 Dec 2022

2022 Prospect of the Year Under 10 Fights: Keyshawn Davis

2022 Winner: Keyshawn Davis 2021 Winner: Amari Jones Combined Record Of Opponents: 107-22-4 |  The most heavily hyped U.S. Olympian from the 2020 Olympic class has set himself up as a young fighter to watch. Though most might think of him as a slick boxer, I see Davis, as a very effective

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