News Dave Thompson/Matchroom Mauricio Lara comes out of nowhere to stunningly stop Josh Warrington in a huge upset UNHERALDED Mexican Mauricio Lara sensationally stopped Josh Warrington in a stunning upset at the SSE Arena in Wembley. Boasting a spotless 30-0 record heading into the bout, Warrington had vacated his IBF featherweight title only last month
Month: February 2021
SSE Arena, Wembley – Mauricio Lara (22-2, 15 KOs) pulled off a massive upset as he beat down and knocked out unbeaten former featherweight champion Josh Warrington (30-1, 7 KOs) in the ninth round. Warrington had vacated the IBF title in the weeks leading up to this return, before the sanctioning body had ordered him to
Posted on 02/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Missing weight isn’t always a sign that a certain fighter didn’t take training camp seriously. With that being said, when you come in three and a half pounds over the limit, it is an immediate red flag. For Joseph Diaz (31-1, 15 KOs), the seemingly disciplined super featherweight always
British boxing is back in the ring after January’s shutdown, and Leigh Wood has given us an early year highlight, knocking out Reece Mould in nasty fashion to win the vacant British featherweight title. The end came in the ninth round of what had been a gritty, tough fight from both men, with Wood (24-3,
Whether as the chief support or in his recently upgraded headlining act, the goal remains the same for Richard Commey. The former lightweight titlist returns to the ring for the first time in 14 months, having not fought since a crushing 2nd round stoppage at the hands of Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12KOs) in Dec. 2019
Posted on 02/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Richard Commey (29-3, 26 KOs) was hoping to make his return to the ring in a much quieter way. With Joe Smith Jr. and his dance partner Maxim Vlasov being removed from the card due to Vlasov’s positive COVID-19 test, Commey has subsequently been moved to the main event
Josh Warrington makes his return to the ring today on DAZN and Sky Sports (UK), as the now former featherweight titlist faces Mauricio Lara in the Matchroom Boxing main event. Warrington, 30, recently vacated the IBF title, but plans to stay at 126 pounds and seek bigger fights, feeling the IBF weren’t going to help
Feature • Issue • Premium A young Derek Rowe stands between Jack Dempsey and Reg Gutteridge, as Jack Solomons smiles on the left-hand side Derek Rowe has had lunch with Muhammad Ali, chauffeured Henry Cooper, drunk tea with Ted Kid Lewis and been thrown out of clubs with Terry Downes. In his own words, the
Issue • Opinion Getty Images These 10 fighters are synonymous with their hairless domes 1. MARVIN HAGLER This middleweight legend is regarded as one of the finest fighters of all time – and rightly so. Watching the hellacious Hagler tear into an opponent was one of the most exhilarating sights in sport. 2. KELLY
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says his fighter’s division rival, WBC champion Tyson Fury, loves to make unexpected phone calls to wind people up. “Sometimes I’ve woken up and it’s like 12:30 and I’ve just seen missed call, Fury FaceTime. I’ve called him back a couple of times
Posted on 02/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jaime Munguia has always had a difficult time calling out anyone. It could be because of his soft-spoken approach or the fact that he doesn’t want to ruffle any feathers. Whatever the case is, the former Jr middleweight titlist has always gone with the more diplomatic approach when deciding
5:15 PM ET Hopefully JoJo Diaz enjoyed holding his IBF junior lightweight belt at the weigh-in for Saturday’s fight against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov. It was the last time he’ll have it for a while. Diaz was stripped of the title after he failed to make weight on Friday. Diaz weighed 133.6 pounds, well over the division’s
As Jackson Marinez gets ready for tomorrow evening’s ESPN lightweight main event, taking on former titleholder Richard Commey, Marinez isn’t sulking about his much debated loss to Rolando Romero last time out. Instead Marinez tells RingTV that he’s taken the loss as a test from which he’ll come back even stronger. And looking towards Commey
On March 4, 2017, Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) unified boxing’s glamour division with a split-decision victory over Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) on Saturday, defending his WBA belt and picking up Garcia’s WBC crown on boxing’s biggest stage in primetime on CBS from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™. Keith Thurman built his
Joseph Diaz Jr. was congratulated by the emcee of Friday’s weigh-in for making weight for his 130-pound title defense against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov on Saturday night. The problem, of course, is that Diaz didn’t even come close to meeting his contractual obligation for what was supposed to be his first defense of the IBF junior lightweight
Posted on 02/12/2021 By: Sean Crose ‘We’re the top two guys people want to see,” former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield recently told the Last Stand Podcast. “There’s no reason to do it with anybody else other than Tyson.” Holyfield is talking, of course, about a third fight with arch rival Mike Tyson. Even though both
Amateur Nouchka Fontijn takes revenge win over World champion Lauren Price at the Bocskai tournament in Hungary WELSH star Lauren Price and Nouchka Fontijn have a rivalry that spans European, World and now Bocskai finals. In Hungary on Friday (February 12) the Netherlands’ Fontijn scored a split decision revenge win over Price, who had beaten
Joseph Diaz Jr is set to make the first defense of his IBF junior lightweight title Saturday night on DAZN (Feb. 13, 8 pm ET), as he faces Russia’s Shavkat Rakhimov in a main event from Indio, Calif. Diaz (31-1, 15 KO) took the belt from Tevin Farmer just over a year ago in Miami
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