Posted on 04/10/2022 By: Sean Crose The 24-1 Erickson Lubin faced the 18-0-1 Sebastian Fundora for the WBC interim super welterweight title Saturday night at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. The scheduled 12 round affair was the main event of a televised Showtime/Premier Boxing Champions’ card. The opening chapter saw Lubin pick away at his
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12:51 AM ET Mikaela Mayer continued to show why she is one of the best female fighters in the world. In her first fight in her home state of California as a champion, Mayer scored a dominant unanimous decision win over Jennifer Han to retain her IBF and WBO junior lightweight titles at The Hangar
Gabriel Rosado has often been the underdog in his boxing career, but last night in San Antonio, he came in a solid if not crazy favorite against Shane Mosley Jr, only to find himself taking his 15th loss. It wasn’t the outcome Rosado (26-15-1, 15 KO) or most expected. The 36-year-old veteran has never quite
LAS VEGAS – Erickson Lubin luckily didn’t suffer quite as much physical damage as it seemed when he left the ring Saturday night at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. BoxingScene.com confirmed Sunday that X-rays at a local hospital early Sunday morning determined Lubin sustained a broken nose and a separated right shoulder during his brutal battle
Posted on 04/10/2022 By: Hans Themistode ESTHER LIN/SHOWTIME Sebastian Fundora has often been the subject of criticism. Standing at nearly 6’6”, the 24-year-old towers over most heavyweights, let alone junior middleweights, the weight class in which he currently competes in. Although Fundora could use his freakishly tall frame to keep his opponents at bay, he
1:21 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia has gone the 12-round distance for the first time in his career, in scoring a unanimous-decision victory over Emmanuel Tagoe on Saturday in San Antonio. The 23-year-old rising star remained undefeated via scores of 119-108, 119-108 and 118-109. Garcia (22-0, 18 KOs) scored a flash knockdown of Tagoe
Eimantas Stanionis protected his unblemished record following his unanimous decision victory over veteran Thomas Dulorme after 12 action-packed rounds of their welterweight affair, live on SHOWTIME from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Fight Night Recap: http://pbcham.ps/FightNight-041021 #StanionisDulorme #EimantasStanionis #Stanionis Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by
DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Benn vs van Heerden press conference. Note: We’ll add times and listings for the Spence-Ugas fight week events when Showtime releases them. DAZN and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Benn vs van Heerden weigh-in. ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Gavin Gwynne vs Luke Willis. The vacant British lightweight title
Las Vegas, Nevada – In a crossroads junior middleweight fight, former world champion Tony Harrison (29-3-1, 21 KOs) boxed his way to a ten round unanimous decision over Sergio Garcia (33-2, 14 KOs). (photos by Ryan Hafey, Esther Lin) The scores were 98-92, 100-90 and 100-90. Harrison was sticking a very hard jab in the
Posted on 04/10/2022 By: Hans Themistode It was a picture-perfect start to Ryan Garcia’s 2021 fighting campaign. The extremely confident 23-year-old showed resolve and heart by picking himself up off the deck against Luke Campbell to register a seventh-round knockout win. While Garcia was ultimately hoping that his victory would lead to a world title
2:13 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN They call him “The Towering Inferno,” a 6-foot-6, 154-pound boxer who can throw punches from seemingly all angles. Sebastian Fundora had dazzled with his height for the junior middleweight division to earn the No. 5 spot in ESPN’s ranking, but he had never been truly tested before the fight Saturday
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Opinion Young star Ryan Garcia tries to put away negative Emmanuel Tagoe. The sport is still a more exciting place with him back in it, writes Declan Taylor THE lightweight division has moved on drastically during Ryan Garcia’s 15-month absence and the 23-year-old has some catching up to do. Garcia had not beed seen since
Sebastian Fundora and Erickson Lubin put on a fantastic show in Las Vegas, trading brutal punches and thrilling knockdowns in a phenomenally entertaining action fight that ended with Fundora victorious after nine rounds from a courageous and appropriate corner stoppage by Team Lubin. Lubin (24-2, 17 KO) was the gambler’s favorite and a unanimous choice
Giovani Santillan knew Jeovanis Barraza had nothing left to offer – it was up to Santillan to decide whether or not he wanted to make it a short night. In the end, the aggressive 30-year-old welterweight from San Diego forced referee Thomas Taylor to halt his 10-round bout with Jeovanis Barraza of Colombia 33 seconds
Posted on 04/10/2022 By: Sean Crose Junior middleweight Tony Harrison appeared on Showtime’s PBC card Saturday night as the 28-3-1 Detroit native took on the 33-1 Sergio Garcia in a scheduled 10 rounder. The last time Harrison had entered the ring was nearly a year earlier, when he battled Bryant Perrella to a draw. Garcia’s
5:13 PM ET WBC women’s junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner will be making her first title defense April 16 against Edith Soledad Matthysse in Manchester, England. Baumgardner and her promoter, Matchroom Boxing, announced the fight Saturday as part of the Conor Benn-Chris van Heerden card. The 27-year-old Baumgardner (11-1, 7 KO), from Michigan, won her
Gennadiy Golovkin stopped Ryota Murata in the ninth round to unify the IBF and WBA middleweight titles, setting up a September trilogy fight with Canelo Alvarez. Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KO) had a slow start in this one, undeniably looking his age at the get-go, and realistically throughout the bout. This was not the Gennadiy Golovkin