Posted on 10/09/2020 By: Sean Crose The bubble inside the MGM Grand in Los Vegas, Nevada hosted a Top Rank card on Friday which was presented by Bob Arum’s Top Rank Promotions. The main event was a scheduled 12 round affair between the 31-1 Emanuel Navarrete and the 18-0 Ruben Villa. At stake was the
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Posted on 10/09/2020 By: Sean Crose The 31-1 featherweight Emanuel Navarrete faced off against the18-0 Ruben Villa inside the bubble at that MGM Grand in Las Vegas Friday evening. At stake was the vacant WBO featherweight title. The bout was aired live on ESPN, and was presented by Top Rank Promotions. The opening round saw
Vasiliy Lomachenko Isn’t Going Anywhere Anytime Soon: “I feel great and I feel young” Posted on 10/09/2020 By: Hans Themistode It’s been a great career for unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko. Through 398 amateur contests, the Ukrainian native picked up only one defeat, something he avenged on numerous occasions. His twin Olympic gold medals that
Posted on 10/08/2020 By: Sean Crose “Major announcement!” Danny Garcia posted on Twitter Thursday morning. “Garcia Vs Spence Welterweight Title Unification on FOX Sports PBC PPV on Saturday, Dec 5th. AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Fans will be in attendance! Tickets on sale Wed., Oct. 14 at 10 am CT. “ AT&T Stadium, home to
Emanuel Navarrete Makes His Featherweight Debut against Ruben Villa. What to Expect In This Showdown Posted on 10/08/2020 By: Rich Lopez One of the most dynamic and exciting fighters in boxing will be taking center stage on Friday night. After a short championship run at super bantamweight, Emanuel Navarrete is ready to make his featherweight
Posted on 10/08/2020 By: Hans Themistode On most lists, Terence Crawford is viewed as one of, if not the very best fighter in the world. At 33 years of age and riding a seven fight knockout streak, the Omaha native is in the prime of his life. But currently, there’s a fighter ten years younger
Posted on 10/08/2020 By: Hans Themistode For months now, Ryan Garcia hammered away at a heavy bag with a picture of Luke Campbell plastered to it. The two lightweight contenders had long agreed to terms for a matchup between them, but an official date had never been set. Now, after demanding one, Garcia can circle
Posted on 10/07/2020 By: Sean Crose The 12-0 Charles Conwell stepped into the ring at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut on Wednesday to face the 12-0 Wendy Toussaint in a scheduled 10 round junior middleweight affair. The fight was aired live as the main event of Showtime’s ShoBox: The Next Generation card. The first
Ronnie Shields Tells Canelo To Choose The Weight Class For Jermall Charlo Showdown: “Wherever He Wanna Fight, We Could Fight” Posted on 10/07/2020 By: Hans Themistode Canelo Alvarez can run, but he certainly can’t hide. That was the gist of what Ronnie Shields, head trainer for WBC middleweight titlist Jermall Charlo, wanted to get across.
Posted on 10/06/2020 By: Sean Crose With a single loss on his resume, Sergey Lipinets is continuing to aim for welterweight glory. On the 24th of this month, the 16-1 Kazakh fighter will battle the 17-0 Kudratillo Abdukakhorov at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino in the main event of a Showtime card that will be presented
Gervonta Davis Isn’t Worried About Leo Santa Cruz Wanting To Play It Safe Early On: “Most Don’t Last To The Second Half Of The Fight” Posted on 10/06/2020 By: Hans Themistode Gervonta Davis has never been a huge fan of the judges, electing to keep them out of 95 percent of his matchups. But while
Dillian Whyte Criticizes Deontay Wilder Over Split With Mark Breland: “He’s An Idiot” Posted on 10/06/2020 By: Hans Themistode Dillian Whyte v Mariusz Wach, Heavyweight bout , Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. 7th December 2019. Picture By Ian Walton. Earlier this year, the boxing world stood back and watched Deontay Wilder take hard shot after hard shot at
Roy Jones Jr. Stops By Boxing Insider Radio To Discuss His Ring Dominance And “Kill Or Be Killed,” Mentality Against Mike Tyson Posted on 10/06/2020 While Roy Jones Jr. may show flashes of his former self during short workout clips, the fact of the matter is, at 51 years of age, training every day just
Friday, October 9th Emanuel Navarrete vs. Ruben Villa Las Vegas (ESPN) Saturday, October 10th Sergey Lipinets vs. Kudratillo Abdukakhorov Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime) Saturday, October 17th Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez Las Vegas (ESPN/ESPN Deportes) Friday, October 23rd Artur Beterbiev vs. Adam Deines Moscow, Russia (ESPN) Saturday, October 24th Gervonta Davis vs. Leo Santa Cruz Uncasville,
Leo Santa Cruz Shouldn’t Be Written Off. Here’s Why. Posted on 10/05/2020 By: Sean Crose Leo Santa Cruz has been one of the more exciting boxers in the game for close to a full decade now, his appealing style – hand twitching tick and all – pretty much making for must see TV. Although he’s
Posted on 10/03/2020 By: Sean Crose Paul Kroll, a rising welterweight with a 7-0 record, faced off Saturday night against the 11-1-1 Lucas Santamaria. The first round was a relatively close affair. Kroll was rattled by a gut shot in the second, but emerged from the shaky moment seemingly no worse for wear to fight
Daniel Jacobs On Gabe Rosado’s Constant Trash Talk: “It’s Time To See If He Can Back It Up” Posted on 10/04/2020 By: Hans Themistode Trash talking, more times than not, usually leads to fistfights. But in the sport of boxing, it rarely does. Fighters have often gone back and forth both on social media and
Posted on 10/04/2020 By: Hans Themistode For the first time in what feels like forever for boxing fans, tickets to a live event will be made available tomorrow morning. For months now, COVID-19 has prevented all venues in the United States from allowing fans to witness their favorite boxers up close and personal. Yet, that