Mikaela Mayer called on the junior lightweight world champions for a fight. One of them was mandated to answer. WBO female junior lightweight world champion Ewa Brodnicka will make the sixth defense of her title in a 10-round showdown against mandatory challenger Mayer on Halloween evening, Saturday, Oct. 31 from the MGM Grand Las Vegas Conference
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Mario Barrios can’t think of a better way to celebrate his one-year anniversary as a secondary titleholder, than in the ring defending that very belt. Last September, Barrios secured a 12-round win over Batyr Akhmedov (7-1, 6KOs) for the title. And now the reigning WBA 140-pound title claimant from San Antonio will return to the ring in
David Oliver Joyce has opened up following his battle with Ionut Baluta at York Hall over the weekend. Joyce came up short in the fight, with Baluta coming out on top, and the Irishman has revealed he will sit down with his family to discuss his future. Joyce said: “It wasn’t my night on Saturday.
Former unified junior middleweight champion Jeison Rosario returned home on Monday and was met by reporters at the Puerto Las Americas Airport in the Dominican Republic. This past Saturday night, Rosario staked his IBF, WBA world titles in a unification with WBC champion Jermell Charlo. Their bout headlined a Showtime pay-per-view event from the Mohegan Sun
Clearly, the rivalry between unified titlists Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor will have to be settled in the ring as neither were particularly impressed with what the other had to offer in their most recent ring appearances. Less than a month after Ramirez turned away a stiff challenge from former titlist Viktor Postol, Scotland’s Taylor
One of Ruben Villa IV’s favorite things to do is finishing his afternoon road work by running up a hill in Riverside, California that overlooks the entire city. Up there, he can breathe, relax and bask in the beauty of his surroundings. As he prepares for the biggest fight of his life, a 126-pound world
UNCASVILLE, Connecticut – Sampson Lewkowicz was worried early Sunday morning about the former champion he promotes. Jeison Rosario felt dizzy and nauseous after Jermell Charlo stopped him with a jab to the body early in the eighth round of their 154-pound title unification fight at Mohegan Sun Arena. Rosario got the wind knocked out of
Mohegan Sun, CT. – WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (31-0, 22 KOs) picked up the most significant win of his career with a twelve round unanimous decision over the ultra-game Sergiy Derevyanchenko (13-3, 10 KOs). (photos by Amanda Westcott, Leo Wilson) The scores were 116-112, 117-111 and 118-110. Charlo was working a jab at the
Mohegan Sun, CT. – In a unification clash for the WBC, IBF, WBA junior middleweight titles, Jermell Charlo (34-1, 18 KOs) knocked out Jeison Rosario (20-2-1, 14 KOs) in the eight round. Rosario had been down three times in the contest. Charlo came out jabbing and utilizing the jab. A series of shots sent Rosario
Rising super welterweight prospect Charles Conwell (12-0) is currently training for his October 7th showdown against fellow unbeaten prospect Wendy Toussaint (12-0). The fight is part of a ShoBox quadruple header that will take place at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Tonight at the same venue, Jermall Charlo will defend his WBC middleweight title
One of the sport’s power players is proclaiming that Jermall Charlo is the preeminent middleweight on the planet. “Jermall Charlo is the best middleweight in the world right now,” Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe told BoxingScene.com in an interview. “There are few other guys at 160, namely Canelo, who will have something to say about
The grand finale of two three fight cards, with an intermission (Showtime PPV, 7 PM EST), will give us the first three-belted man at Jr. middleweight since Winky Wright. That it comes by way of a veritable round robin in the last half decade only adds more punctuation to this still enduring ride in the
Two of the most iconic combat sports athletes could be on a collision course to fight one another. UFC star Conor McGregor took to social media on Friday and stated that the next time he’s engaged in a sanctioned fight, it will be in a boxing ring, and not an MMA cage. “I’m boxing Manny Pacquiao next
Josh Taylor is ready to take the next step on the path to crowning an undisputed junior welterweight king. The reigning unbeaten, unified titlist returns to the ring this weekend, where he will face mandatory challenger Apinun Khongsong. Both boxers made weight for their ESPN+ headliner, which airs live from York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England (Saturday,
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson would embrace the scenario of facing Anthony Joshua in an exhibition fight for charity. Tyson, 54-years-old, is scheduled to return to the ring on November 28 in an eight round exhibition fight with 51-year-old former four division champion Roy Jones Jr. The contest will be the first for Tyson since
It’s too soon to say whether superstar Canelo Alvarez, promoter Golden Boy and broadcaster DAZN will work out their issues but they are least trying to. Representatives from all three camps spent more than eight hours speaking to each other on a video conference on Wednesday in an effort to smooth things over, multiple sources
Sergiy Derevyanchenko has previously gotten close, but the proverbial cigar by way of a big win has escaped him against elite opposition. Derevyanchenko’s (13-2, 10 KOs) two losses have come to the hands of Daniel Jacobs in 2018 and Gennadiy Golovkin in 2019 in competitive clashes of which some observers argued he was the victor.
Nestor Bravo survived his stiffest test to date to remain unbeaten, though failing to improve his fighting stock in the process. A pair of point deductions for excessive holding provided anxious moments for the Puerto Rican lightweight, who managed to outpoint Jose Luis Gallegos over 10 rounds Wednesday evening at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles,