Unbeaten super welterweight prospect Joey Spencer continued his fast rise up the ranks with an impressive first-round KO victory over Isiah Seldon (14-4-1, 5 KOs). In a bizarre sequence of events, the 20-year-old Spencer (12-0, 9 KOs) dropped Seldon with a hard right hand. Seldon rose at the count of eight. When action resumed, Seldon
Month: January 2021
Way back in 2015, Joanna Jedrzejczyk had established her rule atop UFC strawweight (115 lb.) division with awe-inspiring displays of violence. Despite the Pole’s fan-friendly style and marketable heel persona, however, the promotion instead focused its efforts on 21-year-old young gun Paige VanZant. It seemed like a good move at the time; in addition being
Caleb Plant’s chances of remaining champ in his latest title defense proved to be a sure bet—literally for at least one Vegas bettor. The undefeated IBF super middleweight turned in a dominant performance in a 12-round shutout of mandatory challenger Caleb Truax in their Fox-televised main event Saturday evening at Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall
Posted on 01/30/2021 By: Sean Crose Heavyweight Michael Coffie appeared on Saturday’s Fox card, as he took on Darmani Rock in a scheduled 10 rounder. The 11-0 Coffie was previously seen stopping Joey Abell in the second round back in November. The 17-0 Rock had last been spotted retiring Lorenzo Smith way back in 2019.
2:39 PM ET Future Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao is still a world champion. Well, kind of. Pacquiao was designated by the WBA as a “champion in recess,” the sanctioning body said in a statement on Friday night. With the vacancy, Yordenis Ugas has been promoted to become the WBA’s top titleholder in the welterweight
Amateur The rescheduled European Olympic qualifier will be rescheduled again as the Boxing Task Force announce it will not be held in London in April THE European Olympic qualification event will be rescheduled once again. The event had to be cancelled after three days of competition last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The European
News Sean Michael Ham/TGB Promotions Caleb Plant shuts out former champion Truax to remain a leading figure in the super-middleweight division CALEB TRUAX was strong, gritty and determined but he could not claw a round off IBF super-middleweight Caleb Plant on Saturday (January 30) behind closed doors at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.
Former two-time super middleweight titleholder Anthony Dirrell will return to the ring on Saturday, Feb. 27, headlining a PBC on FOX show that almost nobody will be paying attention to, as it is set to go head-to-head with Canelo Alvarez’s return on DAZN. There was some talk of the 36-year-old Dirrell (33-2-1, 24 KO) possibly
The first PBC on Fox event of the new year revealed the next installment of the series. Former two-time super middleweight titlist Anthony ‘Dog’ Dirrell will headline a Feb. 27th Fox primetime card, as he will face Kyrone ‘Shut It Down’ Davis. The scheduled bout was announced during Saturday’s edition of PBC on Fox, which
Posted on 01/30/2021 By: Sean Crose IBF super middleweight titlist Caleb Plant took on the popular veteran Caleb Truax in defense of his championship belt in the main event of Saturday’s PBC card, which was broadcast live by Fox from LA’s Shrine Exhibition Center. The PBC made a big deal out of the 20–0 Plant
10:48 PM ET Caleb Plant retained his IBF super middleweight title with a unanimous decision win over challenger Caleb Truax on Saturday night at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. All three judges gave every round to Plant, who won 120-108 on all three scorecards in a dominant performance in which he
Errol Spence Jr and Yordenis Ugas may be heading for a three-belt unification fight at 147 pounds, following Ugas being promoted to WBA “super world champion” with Manny Pacquiao moved to “champion in recess.” The WBA’s move had a pretty clear destination, and this is it. Spence (27-0, 21 KO) has the WBC and IBF
Ismael Barroso may be pushing 40 years of age, but he believes he can compete and defeat any fighter at 140 pounds. The hard-hitting Barroso will face Nelson Paniagua in a stay-busy fight Saturday night at the Four Ambassadors Hotel in his adopted hometown of Miami, Florida. The 10-round bout will stream live on the
Errol Spence Jr. Appears To Call Out Yordenis Ugas: “All You Needed Was Something I Want” Posted on 01/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 28: Erroll Spence Jr. reacts in the ring after defeating Shawn Porter (not pictured) in their IBF & WBC World Welterweight Championship fight at Staples Center on September
4:11 PM ET Ryan Garcia’s dream of stepping into the ring to take on Manny Pacquiao will have to remain just that for now, according to his promoter. Golden Boy Promotions, which promotes the 22-year-old Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs), told ESPN Knockout that a fight between the two isn’t in the cards. “There’s nothing to
18-year-old super bantamweight prospect Chávez “The Beast” Barrientes (5-0, 4 KOs), from Las Vegas via Honolulu, remaining undefeated with a third-round knockout over Columbia, South Carolina’s Paul Carroll (4-2, 4 KOs). Barrientes sent the determined Carroll down with a right uppercut in the third and then battered him around the ring for the remainder of
Frank Warren hinted at a breakthrough in the Tyson Fury v Anthony Joshua talks and said there is a strong possibility Oleksandr Usyk will end up facing Joe Joyce. Warren also spoke about Liam Williams ahead of a potential Andrade bout, Carl Frampton as he bids to become a three-weight world champion, Daniel Dubois as
Heavyweight Michael Polite Coffie is living the dream right now. Maybe not his dream, per se, but the dream of every boxing fan who had delusions of grandeur when it came to stepping through the ropes and competing. The 34-year-old New Yorker actually did it. And he’s got promise in his new profession, compiling an
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