30 May 2023

Boxing Schedule: The Return of Claressa Shields

GWOAT Returns The biggest fight of the week will be an undisputed women’s middleweight bout with the undefeated champion, Claressa Shields taking on the ever-popular Maricela Cornejo, in a ten-round main event from the Little Caesars Arena. The bout is happening because Hanna Gabriels, who is the only fighter to

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26 Jan 2019

Maricela Cornejo not letting a loss define her career

Maricela “La Diva” Cornejo had the biggest fight of her career, the co-main event bout on ESPN, the Thursday before Gennady Golovkin versus Canelo Alvarez II, saw her lose to Franchon Crews-Dezurn in a tough ten-round bout that Cornejo never seemed comfortable in. The bout was for the WBC women’s

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13 Sep 2018

Cano, Crews-Dezurn win on ESPN2, Las Vegas card

Former WBA interim super lightweight champion Pablo “El Demoledor” Cesar Cano (31-7-1, 21 KOs) picked up a fifth-round technical decision over Ruslan Madiev (12-1, 5 KOs) on Thursday night the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Cano outworked Madiev in a battle that saw both combatants throw punches at each

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10 Sep 2018

Maricela Cornejo fights for WBC world title, Thursday night

Maricela Cornejo is the most googled female boxer currently yet she has never held a world title. Cornejo hopes to change that as she fights Franchon Crews-Dezurn for the WBC super middleweight title on September 13th in Las Vegas, Nevada at The Joint at the Hard Rock Casino. Cornejo has

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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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20 Aug 2018

Pablo Cesar Cano, Maricela Cornejo featured on Sept. 13th ESPN card

On Thursday, Sept. 13, two days before the highly anticipated rematch between Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez and Kazakh wrecking ball Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, another battle between Mexico and Kazakhstan will take place in the super lightweight division as Pablo “El Demoledor” Cesar Cano (30-7-1, 21 KOs) faces Ruslan Madiev (12-0, 5 KOs) in the 10-round main event of the Sept.

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25 Jul 2018

Alicia Napoleon set for first title defense, August 4th on TV

WBA Women’s Super Middleweight World Champion Alicia “The Empress” Napoleon, (9-1, 5 KO’s), of Lindenhurst, NY will make her first defense against WBC Silver Middleweight titlist Hannah Rankin, (5-1, 1 KO) of Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday, August 4 at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The bout a scheduled ten rounder will

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16 Jul 2018

Boxing Recap: Manny Pacquiao KO win, Prograis, Teofimo Lopez

HATE READING, BUT YOU CLICKED THE LINK – WELL LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/lukieboxing/episodes/2018-07-15T20_07_20-07_00 Pacquiao returns Manny Pacquiao all, but shut the doors on the career of Lucas Matthysse as the future hall of famer battered Matthysse into submission by way of a 7th round TKO. Pacquiao who had

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13 Jul 2018

Boxing Weekend Preview: Pacquiao returns, Teofimo Lopez on ESPN

Manny’s back? The man who carried most of my young adulthood interest in boxing, Manny Pacquiao will return this weekend on ESPN+ as part of the main event feature against Lucas Matthysse in Malaysia. Pacquiao is a huge question mark at the moment as he left his longtime coach Freddie

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12 Mar 2018

Boxing Weekend Recap: Boxing in the Rain, Mikey Garcia gets another belt and more

Skillful Violence, Valdez beats Quigg ? A post shared by Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) on Mar 11, 2018 at 9:25am PDT In a delightful main event between Oscar Valdez and Scott Quigg that was marred badly by Quigg missing weight by 2.8 lbs, which hung an ugly stain over an

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