01 Aug 2022

Meet Chadda Cornelio Phipps, The Boxer With An Impressive Amateur Career

Chadda, a/k/a Cornelio Phipps, might be easy to overlook. He is a professional winner, but not always a show-stealer. Undefeated in American tournaments since 2018, with over a hundred amateur fights, and double-digit national title wins, Phipps has the pedigree for greatness. Now is the time we show a bit

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29 May 2021

Nonito Donaire Turns Back Time, KO’s Oubaali.

May 29th, Carson, CA – Nonito Donaire (41-6, 27 KOs), is now a nine-time world champion, as the man who one day will be in the hall-of-fame knocked out WBC bantamweight world champion, Nordine Oubaali (17-1, 12 KOs), in main event of a fight being held at the Dignity Health

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16 Dec 2020

Chris Van Heerden’s World Title Shot Against “Boots” Ennis, Justified Hard-Decision

Chris Van Heerden could’ve stayed in South Africa and been a star in luxury and comfort – but that was of no interest. For the past half-a-decade, Van Heerden has been in the L.A.-area training at the Wild Card Boxing Club, and then Churchill Boxing Club, formally known as Wild

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30 Sep 2020

Paul Kroll Seeks Redemption Through The Ring, Co-Main Event FS1 Oct.3rd

Former amateur stand-out Paul Kroll (7-0, ), a welterweight out of Philadelphia, PA, will return to the ring this weekend, on Saturday, October 3rd, 2020, on FS1, against Lucas Santamaria (11-1, 7KOs), as Kroll will get his first intriguing bout as a professional, and hopefully pole-vault his career to the

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24 Jul 2020

Remembering A Legend, R.I.P. Nazim Richardson

This year sucks. Yeah, I said it 2020 sucks. Another gut-punch hit us today as Brother Nazim Richardson, one of the pillars of the Philadelphia boxing community as the man who first took his son’s, Rock and Tiger Allen, to the Happy Hollow Recreation Gym in Germantown, Richardson was a

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06 Aug 2019

Next up, Jason Sosa, the new main event in Philly this weekend

What a weird week for Top Rank.  Carl Frampton, a former featherweight world champion, who had two fantastic bouts with Leo Santa Cruz, suffered broken bones from a freak injury in the hotel lobby while having coffee on fight week, Monday to be exact. One man’s loss is another’s gain,

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14 May 2019

Julian Williams: The Modern Philly Great

#AndTheNew Boxing, not unlike life, one setback, and things just seem different. Philadelphia’s Julian “J-Rock” Williams was viewed as one of the most promising 154 lbers in the world, but after a knockout loss to Jermall Charlo in 2016, it seemed as though his story might be one of “what-if”

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15 Mar 2019

Tevin Farmer wins hometown title defense

Farmer defends title at home IBF super featherweight world champion Tevin Farmer (29-4-1 6KOs) was forced to dig deep in his hometown title defense against a game Jono Carroll (16-1-1 3KOs) in a main event bout from The Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pa, on a card promoted by Matchroom USA,

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15 Mar 2019

“The Nail” and “Mean Machine” hit Philly on March 30th

The Nail and the Mean Machine are ready for their South Philly close-up. WBC and lineal light heavyweight champion Oleksandr “The Nail” Gvozdyk will make the first defense of his world title against Doudou Ngumbu on Saturday, March 30 at the 2300 Arena. In the 10-round co-feature, Gvozdyk’s stablemate, top

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17 Dec 2018

Tevin Farmer earned his place in the sport of boxing

IBF super featherweight world champion Tevin Farmer is one of boxing’s most unlikely stories. Farmer, a journeyman boxer, who seemed destined to be fodder for prospects has revived his career into that of a world title run and a rumored high-paying four-fight contract on DAZN that makes him one of

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