History In 1980 Marvin Hagler achieved his ultimate goal, although ‘a handful of people made the whole country look bad’ Wembley Arena, London, England – September 27, 1980. It was on this day that a great fighter’s hard-earned coronation as world middleweight champion was overshadowed by events that led to the fight being referred to
Month: March 2021
Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez put on an instant classic tonight in Dallas, but as happens in boxing, even the best fights are susceptible to controversy once it’s all over. Estrada (41-3, 28 KO) won a split decision, but judge Carlos Sucre scoring the fight 117-111 for Estrada was quickly and widely criticized.
Super flyweight world champions Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez went face to face at the official weigh-in ahead of their unification rematch at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Saturday night, live worldwide on DAZN. (photos by Ed Mulholland) >>>>CLICK HERE FOR THE LIVE SCORECARD<<<< Estrada and Chocolatito renew their rivalry
Posted on 03/13/2021 By: Sean Crose The 24-0 lightweight Jose Matais Romero appeared on Saturday’s Showtime card, facing off against the 20-1-1 Isaac Cruz in a scheduled twelve round affair. The fight went the distance, though it wasn’t the most entertaining affair. Romero either became concerned about Cruz’ power early, or simply had a game
7:45 PM ET Associated Press Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1987, died Saturday. He was 66. Wife Kay G. Hagler confirmed the death on Facebook on the verified Marvelous Marvin Hagler Fan Club page. “I am sorry to make
IBF super middleweight titleholder Caleb Plant is sitting in an ideal spot right now, more or less, as he awaits a possible autumn fight with Canelo Alvarez, which could crown the first-ever undisputed champion in the 168-pound division. Canelo (55-1-2, 37 KO) will first look to unify his WBC and WBA titles with the WBO
Jessica McCaskill cannot wait for the opportunity to end any lingering debate about whether she is a better fighter than Cecilia Braekhus. McCaskill pulled off a huge upset August 15, when she beat Braekhus by majority decision in their 10-round welterweight title fight. Chicago’s McCaskill left Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC and
Posted on 03/13/2021 By: Hans Themistode Jermall Charlo continues to hoot and holler in the direction of David Benavidez. The current WBC middleweight titlist has warned the super middleweight contender on several occasions that he wants to move up in weight and knock him clean out. Never has Benavidez been one to back away from
Premium • Reports MTK Global The tenacious Deniz Ilbay makes Lewis Crocker work hard for his victory BELFAST welterweight Lewis Crocker topped MTK’s bill at the Bolton Whites Hotel and maintained his 100 per cent record. The wide margin of victory over Cologne’s Deniz Ilbay at the conclusion of 10 highly entertaining rounds, though, fails
Feature MTK Global Lee McGregor is looking to add Karim Guerfi’s European bantamweight title to his British and Commonwealth belts, but it won’t be easy (A version of this article was first published in the November 5, 2020 issue of Boxing News, before the Guerfi-McGregor fight was twice postponed.) IN only his 10th fight, Lee
Tonight at 8 pm ET on DAZN, Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez headline a card that features seven world titles at stake over three fights, plus three more bouts on the undercard. Wil Esco will be on the live, round-by-round call for the top three fights on the show — Estrada-Chocolatito 2, McCaskill-Braekhus
(September 28, 2019) The Spence vs Porter pay-per-view co-main event saw unbeaten David “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez (22-0, 19 KOs) regain the WBC Super Middleweight World Championship from two-time champion Anthony “The Dog” Dirrell (33-2-1, 24 KOs) with a ninth-round TKO victory. “Everything just fell in place perfectly,” said Benavidez. “From the suspension to all
He is one of Scotland’s brightest boxing prospects, and in this all-out body assault on trainer Dominic Ingle, Willy Hutchinson shows us why he has been given the nickname ‘The Hurricane’. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport Boxing Facebook Group
While he is obviously biased, Jose “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (17-0-2) is very confident that his cousin Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (50-2) will come out with a victory when he faces Juan Francisco “Gallo” Estrada (41-3) on Saturday night in Dallas in a rematch of their 2012 fight that Gonzalez won by unanimous decision. The fight will top
Posted on 03/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode Roman Gonzalez remembers the aches and pains that came from his contest against Juan Francisco Estrada in 2012. He also remembers getting his hand raised in the end. For the multiple division world champion, he’ll look to recreate that same winning feeling when they face off against one another
Youtube star Jake Paul has now taken aim at cruiserweight prospect Tommy Fury, who is the younger brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Paul and Fury have been trading worlds on social media in the last few weeks. The feud first began when Tyson Fury called for a fight between his younger brother and
Posted on 03/12/2021 By: Hans Themistode In just over a month, Andy Ruiz Jr. will find out if the monotonous training he has done with new trainer Eddy Reynoso will yield winning results. The former unified heavyweight champion is set to take on fringe contender Chris Arreola on April 24th. While he’s focused on Arreola
6:13 PM ET Tyson Fury’s heavyweight unification fight against Anthony Joshua is not a done deal, according to an interview Fury on Friday. “I’m not training anymore,” Fury told Alex Steedman and Barry Jones on a Top Rank broadcast on ESPN+. “I’m not training no more. I’ve never stopped training since December 2017, and even
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