Jose Pedraza has acclimated well to the junior welterweight division after a rough stretch a few years ago. A win in his next fight could move him into the elite level at 140 pounds. Pedraza will face Jose Ramirez on February 5 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. The 12-round bout will stream
Month: December 2021
Posted on 12/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode Danny Garcia is still mulling over his next career move. After a widely successful run at 140 pounds which resulted in a unified championship reign, Garcia has spent the past seven years of his career as a full-fledged welterweight. Although Garcia would go on to win a world title
2022 is just a day away, and boxing is just about to start getting back into the swing of things following pretty much a dead week in the holiday season. As such, the staff predictions also return. Last “season,” as it were, Patrick L. Stumberg walked away with the championship, for which he has received
“Prince” Charles Martin is on the rise again in the stacked heavyweight division. He faces Luis “King Kong” Ortiz on January 1, 2021, to open the New Year. The former world title-holder is looking as good as ever in the ring and determined to regain the world heavyweight championship in the new year. #CharlesMartin #OrtizMartin
According to Eddy Reynoso, head trainer and manager of Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, says there is no chance that his boxer will face Oleksandr Usyk. In a recent interview, Usyk – who is currently the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion – said he was willing to drop back to cruiserweight for a chance
Posted on 12/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode If you laid eyes on David Diamante, there appears to be a permanent smile plastered to his face. Why wouldn’t there be? Diamante is being paid handsomely for something he loves quite possibly more than anything in the world, calling fights. Prior to almost every Matchroom Boxing broadcast, Diamante
News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Kiko Martinez wins the prize for Boxing News comeback of the year. Plus Kamil Sokolowski is the journeyman of the year THE BOXING NEWS COMEBACK OF THE YEAR 2021 1. Kiko MartÍnezOkay, we know Kiko didn’t really go anywhere. But his return to the world rankings at the age of 35
News Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Eddie Hearn is the Boxing News promoter of the year. Plus more in our 2021 review BOXING NEWS PROMOTER OF THE YEAR 2021- EDDIE HEARNTHE promoter a section of hardcore fans love to hate was unquestionably the hardest working promoter in 2021. Across 10 different countries, Hearn promoted or co-promoted 44
News Ryan Hafey/PBC Tyson Fury versus Deontay Wilder wins the Boxing News 2021 event of the year award THE BOXING NEWS EVENT OF THE YEAR 2021 1. TYSON FURY-DEONTAY WILDER IIIThere were ‘bigger’ events, in terms of attendance levels, but the third contest between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder trumped the lot for worldwide interest.
News Al Bello/Getty Images Tyson Fury’s final punch to finish his epic rivalry with Deontay Wilder wins the 2021 knockout of the year award KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR 2021 1. TYSON FURY w ko 11 DEONTAY WILDERAfter 29 rounds, it had to end this way. It had to be clean, there could be no judging
News Melina Pizano/Matchroom George Kambosos’ victory over Teofimo Lopez is the upset of 2021 UPSET OF THE YEAR 2021 1. GEORGE KAMBOSOS JNR w pts 12 TEÓFIMO LÓPEZIF anyone bar George Kambosos Jnr or his team tell you they knew the Aussie was going to beat Teófimo López be very, very suspicious of that person’s
Amateur • Issue • Premium Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Galal Yafai and Lauren Price are the male and female amateur boxers of 2021. John Dennen reviews the Olympic year BRITISH boxing has never had a year like 2021. It surely won’t again for another century. Amid a global pandemic, that for the first time in their
Less than two months after claiming super featherweight gold in her biggest win to date, Alycia Baumgardner has signed a “multi-fight promotional deal” with Matchroom Boxing. Baumgardner (11-1, 7 KO), whose sole prior defeat came by 2018 split decision to future super lightweight champion Christina Linardatou, came out of virtually nowhere to demolish Terri Harper
Tyson Fury and his team were granted the purse split sought for a potential mandatory title defense. Whether or not that fight materializes could come down to the response from the other side. BoxingScene.com has learned that the World Boxing Council (WBC) has approved a prior request from Top Rank, Fury’s co-promoter who called for
Posted on 12/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode Ryan Garcia was on the verge of making 2021 his breakout year. On the second day of the new year, the 23-year-old proved he was more than just some flashy fighter by picking himself up off the deck against Luke Campbell to score a seventh-round stoppage victory. From there,
Prepare your fainting couches and smelling salts, boxing fans, because 2022 is starting off hot, hot, hot. If a worth-every-penny (?) Luis Ortiz-Charles Martin New Year’s Day PPV somehow weren’t thrilling enough to risk heart palpitations, maybe the pending January 4th announcement of Logan Paul vs KSI 3 will push you over the edge. Logan
The narrative around WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade remains that the career-defining fight continues to escape him. The 33-year-old Andrade (31-0, 19 KOs) has faced the likes Jason Quigley, Liam Williams, Luke Keeler, Maciej Sulecki, and Artur Akavov ever since winning the vacant 160-pound crown in 2018 against Walter Kautondokwa. Rival promoters, as well as
Posted on 12/29/2021 By: Hans Themistode Photos by Esther Lin Most of the boxing world was left shellshocked when it was announced that Canelo Alvarez would move up from 168 pounds to the cruiserweight division to take on WBC belt holder Ilunga Makabu. Although the Mexican star once captured a world title at 175 pounds
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