5:42 PM ET The WBA announced on Sunday they are temporarily suspending judge Carlos Sucre, pending an evaluation, after his outlier scorecard for Saturday’s junior bantamweight world title unification fight between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez. Sucre scored the fight 117-111 for Estrada, who won the fight by split decision. Jesse Reyes scored
Month: March 2021
History • Issue • Premium Gamma Rapho/Getty Images Alex Daley on the pride of Bootle, Johnny Cooke BOXING is a young man’s sport. No right-minded person who has witnessed the comings and goings of fighters for many years would dispute that. So, as a rule, it’s advisable for any successful amateur with pro ambitions to
The May 8 fight between Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders will have an official venue announced this week, and it looks like AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will likely be the destination for the DAZN-streamed bout. Hearn hinted over the weekend in Dallas that Canelo-Saunders would take place “very close” to the arena where
When Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez fought for the first time in 2012, the boxing industry and the streaming media world were a whole lot different than they are today. That year, the Olympics streamed on YouTube for the first time, an upstart called Spotify was entering its second year, and for the first
Posted on 03/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode Danny Garcia is still licking his wounds courtesy of Errol Spence Jr. The two faced off on a FOX Pay-Per-View event in early December of 2020. On the night, Garcia was thoroughly outboxed and outgunned as the Dallas native proved to be far too much. For Garcia, the loss
7:53 PM ET “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler died at the age of 66 on Saturday. The Boxing Hall of Famer and sports icon was known as one of the best middleweight fighters in the sport’s history. Hagler became the undisputed middleweight champion in 1980 and defended the crown 12 times, until his defeat against “Sugar” Ray
Shannon Courtenay still has her vacant WBA bantamweight title fight on April 10 on Matchroom’s Benn-Vargas card, which will stream live on DAZN, but there’s been a change of opponent. Rachel Ball, who beat Courtenay last summer, was set for a rematch, but the 30-year-old Ball (7-1, 0 KO) is still battling effects from COVID-19,
Juan Francisco Estrada admits he wasn’t sure what Michael Buffer would announce as he read the scores Saturday night. Estrada doesn’t think Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez did enough to beat him in their 12-round, 115-pound title unification fight. The WBA/WBC super flyweight champion wouldn’t have been surprised, though, if their back-and-forth fight would’ve resulted in a
Posted on 03/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode David Benavidez hadn’t even wiped the blood away from his gloves before turning to the camera and calling out his next opponent. “I wanna fight Charlo,” said Benavidez during a virtual press conference. “I think that would be a great fight. He was saying all this stuff that he
12:01 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN The great fighter retires with his fortune and his faculties intact. Then he stays retired — resisting the urgings of the promoters, the public and the ferocious power of his own ego that which made him great in the first place. It’s boxing’s most unlikely story. And its happiest. And
As was made official last night, Demetrius Andrade will defend his WBO middleweight title against Liam Williams on Saturday, April 17, streaming live on DAZN. Williams (23-2-1, 18 KO) has called for the fight for some time, and now he’s got the shot. “I’ve been quite vocal saying I’ll smash him, and I actually am
After being out of the ring for 7 months, David Benavidez was not only in the best shape he’s ever been in, but he had zero ring rust on his way to a round 11 TKO victory of a rough and rough Ronald Ellis. But the real fireworks came in the post fight interview, when
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Premium • Reports Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME Now David Benavidez just needs to avoid pressing the self-destruct button again FOR all his pronouncements about reaping the spoils of boxing, David Benavidez has a curious relationship to success. There was that time, in 2018, when his dalliance with a certain powdery white friend briefly derailed his white-hot career
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Ronald Ellis was not happy with the referee’s stoppage, in his TKO defeat at the hands of former two-time world champion David Benavidez. Benavidez kept his perfect ring record intact with an 11th-round technical knockout victory against veteran Ronald Ellis in their WBC super middleweight title eliminator on Saturday night at Mohegan
Posted on 03/14/2021 Juan Francisco Estrada waited nearly ten years before he was given a shot at revenge. While the wait may have been long, it was also worth it. Both Estrada and former pound-for-pound star Roman Gonzalez met in the main event slot at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Texas. After sharing the
3:10 AM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Cameron Wolfe Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Broncos for two seasons with the Denver Post Graduate of the University of Houston A native of Jackson, Miss. Juan
News Melina Pizano/Matchroom Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez serve up a glorious rematch, though one of the scorecards is not well received SUPER-FLYWEIGHT standouts Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez combined to produce a fantastic fight in their long-awaited rematch, with Estrada edging his old rival on a split decision at the American
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