29 Dec 2024

Year End Pound For Pound Female Rankings

1.CLARESSA SHIELDS    RECORD: 15-0, 3 KOsDIVISION: Middleweight unified champion; light heavyweight and heavyweight championLAST FIGHT: W (TKO2) Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, July 27NEXT FIGHT: TBA 2. KATIE TAYLOR  RECORD: 24-1, 6 KOsDIVISION: Junior welterweight undisputed champion, lightweight championLAST FIGHT: W (UD10) Amanda Serrano, Nov. 15NEXT FIGHT: TBA 3. AMANDA SERRANO  

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29 Dec 2024

Year End Pound for Pound Male Rankings

2. NAOYA INOUE    RECORD: 28-0, 25 KOsDIVISION: Junior featherweight (undisputed champion)LAST FIGHT: W (TKO7) Luis TJ Doheny, Sept. 3NEXT FIGHT: Jan. 24 vs. Sam Goodman 3. TERENCE “BUD” CRAWFORD    RECORD: 40-0, 31 KOsDIVISION: Junior middleweight (champion)LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Israil Madrimov, Aug. 3NEXT FIGHT: TBA 4. ARTUR BETERBIEV

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14 Dec 2024

Akhmadaliev Walks Through Espinoza, Calls Out Inoue

Uzbekistan’s Murodjon Akhmadaliev did a three round demolition over Ricardo Espinoza in Monte Carlo, taking a highly competent contender and completely outclassing him with a punch variety that few fighters in boxing possess. And based on the post fight interviews from both he and promoter Eddie Hearn, the intention of

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02 Nov 2023

O’Shaquie Foster Had Everything Against Him and Delivered like a True Champion, “Shocking” Hernandez in a Modern Classic

In the sport of boxing, the “B-side” fighter tends to have several hurdles that they must overcome if they want to secure an upset over the “A-side” or “home” fighter. Normally the fighter with these advantages happens to be a prospect on the rise, a contender who is a certified

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14 Jul 2023

The Andy Cruz as a Professional Era is Upon Us, But How Will it Unfold?

Tomorrow night in the co-main event to Alycia Baumgardner’s first undisputed title defense at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan, a potential future superstar will be stepping into the squared circle for the first time as a professional boxer. Andy Cruz was an all-time great Cuban amateur. He compiled a

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24 Jun 2023

Berlanga Tops Quigley at MSG

From Madison Square Garden- Undefeated super middleweight and Brooklyn star Edgar Berlanga (21-0, 16 ko) remains undefeated with a unanimous decision over Jason Quigley (20-3, 14 ko) by score of 116-108(twice) and 118-106. ITRBoxing scored the fight 115-109 for Berlanga.  After a tentative first two rounds, Berlanga scored knockdowns in

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23 Jun 2023

Weigh-In Results From the Hulu Theatre at Madison Square Garden 

Lightweights:  Ofacio Falco (134.8 lb) vs Pedro Vicente Scharbaai (133.5 lb) Jr. Middleweights Pablo Valdez (154 lb) vs Demian Daniel Fernandez (154 lb) Light Heavyweights Khalil Coe (176.2 lb) vs Buneet Bisla (173.6 lb) Flyweights Yankie Rivera Figueroa (111.2 lb) vs Christian Robles (111.2 lb) Jr. Welterweights Reshat Mati (140.6

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31 Mar 2023

Anthony Joshua + Derrick James = ?

For his second straight fight, former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) will be heading into battle with a new head trainer. He has joined forces with former ring magazine trainer of the year Derrick James, and moved his training camp to Houston, Texas for this fight. Joshua

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12 Mar 2023

Weekend Wrap Up: Tszyu and Pacheco Make Statements

Though we had no world championship fights this weekend, that does not mean that we were without some quality boxing. There were three major televised cards yesterday, one on Showtime, one on DAZN and one on ESPN+ in the US. The Showtime card was headlined by a son of a

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14 Feb 2023

Leigh Wood: A Fight Fan’s Type of Fighter

Boxing fans in the UK are some of the most diehard fans we have in the sport. They get behind their fighters and support them through thick and thin. For whatever reason, Leigh Wood (26-2, 16 KOs) has not grown to be as popular as some of his contemporaries across

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