Who Is Subriel Matias – Half-Hagler, Half-Zombie – Now #2 For IBF Super Lightweight World Title
You might not know who Subriel Matias is now, but the Puerto Rican, 140 lbs, super lightweight, nicknamed “Browny”, might be someone over the coming years, you find ending up on your tv screen more and more often. At 17 wins with 1 lone defeat, and 16 KOs, as well
Shakur Stevenson beats Joet Gonzalez, new WBO world champ
The WBO featherweight world title now belongs to Shakur Stevenson as he won the heated grudge match between Joet Gonzalez in twelve round bout for the vacant world title vacated by former world champ Oscar Valdez, as the two ended a contentious rivalry that was well documented leading up to
UPSET! NAVARRETE DEFEATS DOGBOE TO WIN WBO WORLD TITLE
Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete (25-1, 22 KOs) outboxed and to some extent outclassed former WBO junior featherweight champion Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe (20-0, 14 KOs) taking a twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Navarrete had an obvious height advantage
Jose Uzcategui now IBF super middleweight champion, Caleb Plant next
IBF super middleweight interim champion Jose Uzcategui will no longer have the interim title placed in front of his name as the 27-year-old power puncher is now the full-fledged world champion. Uzcategui, who stopped Andre Dirrell in their rematch earlier this year is one of the most ferocious punchers in the
Boxing Weekend Recap: Terence Crawford is good, Santa Cruz P4P?
Crawford, 3 division champ In the big fight of the weekend, the best fighter in the world currently (in my opinion), Terence “Bud” Crawford became a three-division world champion as he picked up a WBO welterweight title after previously holding a world title in the lightweight division and unifying the
Joe Smith Jr. Media Day Highlights
Hard-hitting light heavyweight contender JOE SMITH JR., (23-1 19 KO’s), held court in front of a tremendous crowd of New York City media on Tuesday afternoon at the Mendez Boxing Gym ahead of his highly anticipated 10-round clash with fellow contender SULLIVAN BARRERA (19-1, 14 KO’s) set for Saturday, July 15
Andre Dirrell wins ugly DQ over Jose Uzcategui
Super middleweight Andre Dirrell (25-2 16KOs) is one of the most unlucky fighters or he drives people crazy in the ring that they want to hit him after the bell, but it happened again as Jose Uzcategui (26-1 22KOs) was disqualified after knocking out Andre Dirrell with a left hook after
Billy Joe Saunders look as bad as possible in win
WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs) who was coming off a year-long layoff, won a very unimpressive twelve round unanimous decision over unknown Artur Akavov (16-2, 7 KOs) on Saturday night at the Paisley Lagoon Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. In his first title defense, Saunders failed to
Oscar Valdez stops foe in 2 rounds, wins WBO featherweight title
Oscar Valdez (21-0 18KOs) was nothing short of amazing in his first major step-up and exposure to the mass media in the co-main event slot on the Terence Crawford versus Viktor Postol card as Valdez stopped Matias Rueda (26-1 23KOs) in the second round. The fight which took place in
Jamel Herring-Denis Shafikov set for July 2nd
2012 U.S. Olympian Jamel Herring will get his chance at the big time as he takes the first major step-up of his career as he fights Denis Shafikov, who last fought Rances Barthelemy for the IBF lightweight title. The news first reported by Jake Donovan of BoxingScene.com explains that Herring will