As many expected, David Benavidez (31-0, 25 ko) beat down and stopped the perfectly competent Anthony Yarde in the seventh round in the main event of Ring IV in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. What few expected was that he would then announce a move up to cruiserweight in a challenge to

In order to beat Brian Norman Jr, I believed Devin Haney was going to need to recreate his career best performance against then top jr. welterweight Regis Prograis to even have a chance at beating the surging young champion and brutal power puncher. And that’s exactly what he did.  After

In what was supposed to be his stiffest test to date (and the matchup I was personally most intrigued by), Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez was smooth like butter in an utter domination of quality champion Fransisco “Puma” Martinez, giving him a boxing lesson for nine rounds before brutally knocking him out

In his first time fighting past six rounds, young Abdullah Mason showed an entertaining mix of skill and dig-down to grind out a unanimous decision against England’s Sam Noakes over twelve brutal rounds by scores of 115-113 (twice) and 117-111 to become the youngest active champion in boxing. ITRBoxing scored