WBA/IBF bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (21-0, 18 KOs), and widely considered one of the best fighters in the world ran through Michael Dasmarinas (30-3-1, 20 KOs) in three rounds on Saturday night at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Inoue dropped Dasmarinas with a body shot in round two and gave him

At the end of the year, everyone loves lists, and especially if your state is currently in shelter-in-place due to the national pandemic.  This year we have taken this to heart and wrote a series based around each of the four major promoters, Top Rank, Golden Boy, Matchroom/DAZN, and a

Tomorrow’s Top Rank on ESPN main event between WBO junior lightweight world champion Jamel Herring and Jonathan Oquendo will not proceed as scheduled after Herring tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this morning. For some fight fans this might come as a relief as Herring’s bout against Oquendo was met with little fanfare, as an astute fan

The words we have waited to hear “boxing is back,” is now upon us.  Tonight, on ESPN, at 7 PM EST, Top Rank Inc returns with a boxing card featuring a five-fight card headlined by 2016 Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson.  Stevenson, who won his first world title at the

In a statement made in the past hour on 2016 U.S. Olympian Mikaela Mayer’s Instagram page, the standout fighter has let it be known she had a positive result in her COVID-19 test, prior to her Tuesday, June 9th, ESPN co-main event fight against Helen Joseph. “I am heartbroken to

We have waited for a sense of normalcy, but sadly, the world has had other plans. That being said boxing returns one week from today, on June 9th, which is a Tuesday on ESPN, as well as Thursday with two fights card put on by Top Rank Inc.  The first

Super featherweight Albert Bell (15-0, 5 KOs) now holds the WBC Continental Americas super featherweight title after getting a ten-round decision over previously unbeaten Andy Vences (22-1-1, 12 KOs) of the San Jose, California native. Bell started fast, counter-punching with the faster hands of the two. The six-feet tall Bell

Super bantamweight Joshua Greer Jr. (19-1-1 11KOs) won the vacant WBC Continental Americas bantamweight title by stopping Daniel Lozano at the end of the seventh round in scheduled ten-round fight. Lozano didn’t answer the bell to start the eighth-round. Blue-chip prospect Gabe Flores Jr. (11-0 5KOs), the youngest fighter ever signed

Undefeated WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (38-0, 25 KOs) and No. 1 contender Jesse “Hollywood” Hart (25-1, 21 KOs) have been here before. The two fought in September of last year, with Ramirez prevailing via tight unanimous decision. The two will renew acquaintances Friday evening at the American Bank

Puerto Rican lightweight Jose Pedraza became a two-division world champion and the best active Puerto Rican boxer by picking up a unanimous decision over Ray Beltran to claim the WBO lightweight title Saturday night at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Pedraza just had more left as the 37-year-old