This past weekend we sent our lead correspondent Jack Kelly and senior writer Dakota McCormick to cover Reyes Boxing’s “Down & Dirty 5” in Lowell, Mass. At this event, the duo ran into world title contender at the 130 lbs division, Abraham Nova, who is coming off a massive win

Heavyweight Jonnie Rice started his career with a draw against Justin Davenport in 2014, probably around the same time most modern fight fans who talk about the business of boxing started to watch the sport. The 2021 feel-good story provided a sequel in 2022, and in 2023 Rice did it

Saturday, January 14th, ESPN | 7 PM PST, undercard ESPN+ Top Rank’s First Fight Card Of 2023. A very interesting fight takes place on Saturday night on ESPN, as the card is stacked with competitive heavyweight boxing topping the bill. The night should tell us a lot about Stephan Shaw,

GLENDALE, Ariz. (Dec. 20, 2022) — A new junior lightweight king will be crowned in the desert. Mexican star Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete and Australian contender Liam Wilson will fight for the vacant WBO junior lightweight world title Friday, Feb. 3, at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Navarrete, the reigning WBO featherweight world champion, hopes

This Saturday Teofimo Lopez (17-1, 13 ko) takes on Sandor Martin (40-2, 13 ko) for Lopez’s NABF & WBO International Junior Welterweight Titles/WBC final eliminator. Though Martin is a pretty massive underdog going into this fight, much the same way as he was against Mikey Garcia, you would have no

Former New England Welterweight Champion and current 140lb contender Mike “Bad Man” O’Han Jr (16-1, 9 KOs) has the opportunity of a lifetime ahead of him this weekend. He will be featured on the undercard of Saturday Night’s Top Rank Boxing card, which takes place at the heralded Madison Square

NEW YORK (Nov. 21, 2022) — Junior welterweight contender TeofimoLopez will have a new “Heisman Night” foe. Jose “Sniper” Pedraza contracted a non-COVID-related illness, and Lopez will now face former European champion Sandor Martin on Saturday, Dec. 10, at Madison Square Garden. Lopez-Martin, scheduled for 10 rounds, is a final eliminator for the WBC world title. Brooklyn native

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 12, 2022) —The script underwent some last-minute changes. Janibek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly was supposed to blow out Denzel Bentley, but the London native had other ideas. Alimkhanuly made the first defense of his WBO middleweight world title with a unanimous decision (116-112 2x and 118-110) over Bentley on Saturday evening at Pearl Concert Theater at

NEW YORK (Nov. 9, 2022) — Rising junior welterweight Tiger Johnson, who starred for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics, intends on capping his 2022 campaign with a standout performance at The World’s Most Famous Arena. Johnson steps up in his first scheduled eight-rounder against Mike O’Han Jr. on Saturday, Dec. 10, at

The middleweight division needs help. Seriously. The best guy in the division on paper is Gennadiy Golovkin, who is now 40 years old. The next best is Jermall Charlo, who has been out of the ring for a year and a half. Of the top 15 middleweights, a list I