Former WBO bantamweight champion Emmanuel Rodriguez is still shocked that he came out on the losing end of a twelve round split decision, in Saturday’s fight with undefeated Filipino Reymart Gaballo. Their showdown took place on Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. With the victory, Gaballo walked away with the vacant WBC interim-bantamweight
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Gennadiy Golovkin doesn’t need to look very far in search of his next willing challenger. Former junior middleweight titlist Jaime Munguia has seen his name floated as a person of interest to next take on the two-time middleweight titleholder. That fight very much remains in play after Golovkin had his way with miserably overmatched mandatory
Former super middleweight champion George Groves believes Billy Joe Saunders has not done enough to earn a highly lucrative fight with Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. On Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Canelo captured the WBC, WBA super middleweight titles with a one-sided battering of unbeaten Callum Smith over twelve rounds. Smith
Can one of the most improbable match-ups and mouthwatering fights be spoken into existence? Errol Spence Jr. was ringside scouting Canelo Alvarez in person Saturday in San Antonio and saw first hand how the Mexican superstar stopped Callum Smith in a unanimous decision victory. Before the fight, Spence stepped aside from the spectacle and talked
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas – For the WBC, WBA super middleweight titles, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) battered previously unbeaten Callum Smith (27-1, 19 KOs) to win a wide twelve round unanimous decision. Canelo became a legit four division world champion with scores of 119-109, 119-109 and 117-111. Smith came out jabbing at the
It wasn’t easy, but Chris Van Heerden finally came to the conclusion, like so many did, that 2020 was going to be a wash for his career, a lost year that hopefully led to something bigger and better in 2021. Even normal would be all right for the South Africa native, who gave up so
The Big Drama Show is back. Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin returned to the ring on Friday night in historic fashion. The two-time world champion not only closed the show, he earned a division-record 21st successful defense of his IBF and IBO world middleweight titles. (photos by Melina Pizano) Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, who has
Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez is back. For the first time in 20 months, the former super middleweight titlist made his way to a boxing ring for a sanctioned prizefight. Ramirez dug deep to turn away a determined but outmatched Alfonso Lopez in a 10th round knockout win Friday evening at Galveston Island Convention Center in Galveston,
Former bantamweight world champion Emmanuel Rodriguez and unbeaten rising contender Reymart Gaballo made weight their showdown for the vacant interim WBC Bantamweight World Championship Friday before they meet in the main event of a SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION this Saturday, December 19 in a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Amanda Westcott) Also stepping on the scale
Hard-hitting super featherweight contender Jeremiah Nakathila has finished the bittersweet year of 2020 on a high. The Namibian, who is currently ranked No. 3 by the WBO at 130 pounds, put his WBO Global title on the line against Emmanuel Amos last Saturday in his hometown of Windhoek, Namibia. Nakathila wasted no time in the
Wild Card Boxing Club, Hollywood, California – In a battle of undefeated super welterweights, Charles Conwell (14-0, 11 KOs) broke down and stopped Madiyar Ashkeyev (14-1, 7 KOs) in nine rounds. It was a solid first for both, with Conwell landing the better looking shots and Ashkeyev doing good work while staying on the move. In the
Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs), the former light heavyweight champion the world and one of the most dangerous punchers in recent years, will return against fast-rising knockout artist and Olympic Silver medalist Bektemir “Bully” Melikuziev (6-0, 5 KOs) in a 178-pound catchweight battle scheduled for 12 rounds. The event will take place Saturday, Jan.
Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles – Philippine Olympian Eumir Marcial (1-0) had a successful pro debut by scoring a four-round unanimous decision over Andrew Whitfield (3-2, 2 KOs) in their middleweight showdown. (photos by Sean Michael Ham) Marcial, a native of Lunzuran, Zamboanga City, won every round against Whitfield, of Lewiston, Idaho, although
In the epitome of a crossroads fight, former three-time light heavyweight world titleholder Sergey Kovalev and up-and-comer Bektemir “Bek Bully” Melikuziev will meet on Jan. 30 in the main event of a DAZN card at the Luzhniki Arena in Moscow, sources told BoxingScene.com on Wednesday. The fight will headline its own card and is not
Tim Tszyu didn’t need very long to end 2020 on a high note. The rising junior middleweight contender made quick work of New Zealand’s Bowyn Morgan, scoring a pair of knockdowns en route to a 1st round knockout Wednesday evening at Bankwest Stadium in Parramatta, Australia. Tzzyu floored Morgan twice within a span of mere seconds, the latter
The fight is only a few days away. Canelo Alvarez and Callum Smith have arrived in Texas for their upcoming high stakes showdown, for the WBA and WBC super middleweight titles. (photos by Ed Mulholland) The contest takes place this coming Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, live on DAZN in 200+ countries and on TV Azteca
More viewers watched Shakur Stevenson’s second fight at the junior lightweight limit than his debut at 130 pounds. Nielsen Media Research revealed Tuesday that ESPN’s telecast of Stevenson’s easy, 10-round, unanimous-decision victory over Toka Kahn Clary was watched by an average of 1,281,000 viewers. ESPN’s entire three-bout broadcast, which lasted two hours and 24 minutes,
Muhammad Waseem is targeting a knockout win this weekend as he prepares to fight in Pakistan for the first time during his professional career. Former world title challenger Waseem (10-1, 7 KOs) will go up against hard-hitting Jeny Boy Boca (14-6, 12 KOs) at the Governor House in Lahore on December 19. It sees ‘The