(Photo via Nigel Roddis, Getty Images) “He’s the person that boxing is supposed to use and abuse”. That’s what Lukie Kettle had to say about Luis Alberto Lopez on his YouTube channel “LukieBoxing” earlier this week, and it couldn’t be any more true. With the current structure in the sport

Joshua’s Return Saturday, April 1st, 11 AM PST | DAZN It is Anthony Joshua fight week, but it sure doesn’t feel that way, yet. His opponent Jermaine Franklin is seemingly having legal issues with his promoter, and it feels very similar to Chris Algieri when he sued people prior to

The featherweight division is influx with the recent absence of Shakur Stevenson, leaving room for new voids to be filled. This is the Editor-In-Chief of ITRBoxing.com, Lukie, take on the division currently. 01. Emanuel Navarrete Why: This is the guy. Might not be the most technical of fighters per say,

WBC Champion: Rey Vargas WBA Champion: VACANT IBF Champion: Luis Alberto Lopez WBO Champion: Rafael Espinoza

A Chocolatito Masterclass Despite his opponent coming in overweight, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, looked the part of an all-time great, doing what all-time greats do, beat good fighter, as he shut down Julio Cesar Martinez, early and often en route to a 12-round decision. Gonzalez is fluid, relaxed, and poised as his

FRESNO, Calif (March 4, 2022) — Jose Ramirez returned to the friendly Central Valley confines and got back on track. Ramirez defeated former two-weight world champion Jose Pedraza by unanimous decision (116-112 3x) Friday evening at Save Mart Center in the junior welterweight main event. Ramirez (27-1, 17 KOs) returned to the win column following last

It was almost a year ago, when Joet Gonzalez faced Shakur Stevenson in Reno, Nevada. That was for the WBO featherweight title, a title that is now vacant as Stevenson has moved up to 130 lbs, and in Gonzalez’s return is fighting for what seems to be #1 spot for

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

WBC Continental Americas super featherweight champion, Albert Bell picked up an eight-round decision over Frank De Alba from the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada. Bell boxed a slick and smart fight that the fans somewhat unfairly booed since it was techincal and tactical. The fans noticeably showed displeasure during

We have grown accustomed to developmental fights and learning how to watch our favorite fighters fight in bouts that might not merit excitement prior, but we appreciate their skills and so forth and so on. It is sort of the catch-22 with boxing, you might watch a lot of mismatches