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Posted on 06/03/2022 By: Sean Crose The world is in for an undisputed lightweight championship fight this weekend, as WBA, IBF and WBO world titlist George Kambosos defends his belts against the highly skilled and undefeated WBC titlist Devin Haney. Kambosos surprised a lot of people last autumn when he bested the popular Teofimo Lopez

Posted on 06/03/2022 By: Sean Crose “It has been a long, hard journey,” George Kambosos Jr. said in the final press conference before his fight with Devin Haney this weekend. “Everyone knows that, but I’m ready for Sunday. All the tough moments have gotten me ready for Sunday, and I will shock the world again.

Posted on 06/02/2022 By: Sean Crose “I lost to the better man that night,” lightweight contender Rolando Romero says in the aftermath of his fight with Gervonta Davis. “I felt was doing a good job backing him up with my jab…I was winning the fight and I made a mistake and got caught. I will work

Posted on 06/02/2022 By: Sean Crose “This shit was posed to happen years ago but I ain’t complaining see y’all in #Chiraq#July23rd#WorkOrDie“ The above post was placed on Adrien Broner’s Instagram page on Thursday, accompanied by a pic of the former multi-titlist standing face to face with Omar Figueroa. Unless Broner has received faulty information or

Posted on 06/01/2022 By: Sean Crose Not so long ago, Danny Garcia was one of the biggest names in the fight game. He bested men like Amir Khan, Lucas Matthysse. Pauli Malignaggi, Erik Morales and Zab Judah. After a reign as a junior welterweight titlist, the Philly native moved up and tried his hand at

Posted on 06/01/2022 By: Sean Crose “Anthony Joshua (is) expected to head to Saudi Arabia for a summer rematch against Oleksandr Usyk.” So writes Sky Sports, which also states that the bout will likely go down “at Jeddah Super Dome, a record-breaking state-of-the-art arena in Saudi Arabia.” Should the report turn out to be true,

Posted on 06/01/2022 By: Sean Crose “Irish star Michael “Mick” Conlan is primed to make another charge at a featherweight world title,” Top Rank Promotions claimed in a Wednesday press release. “Less than five months removed from his valiant effort against WBA champion Leigh Wood, it is time for Conlan’s summer homecoming.” Miguel Marriaga will be Conlan’s

Posted on 05/31/2022 By: Sean Crose Undisputed junior middleweight champion of the world Jermell Charlo has his first defense as divisional kingpin lined up. For the World Boxing Organization has ordered that Charlo, it’s junior middle titlist, should face notable contender Tim Tzyo in the ring. In an announcement sent to the camps of each

Posted on 05/31/2022 By: Sean Crose Boxing Insider reported on Monday that a Ryan Garcia-Javier Fortuna battle was likely going down on July 16 in Los Angeles. Now that fight is officially a done deal (though at the moment no location has been named). The two men were supposed to square off once before, but

Posted on 05/30/2022 By: Sean Crose ESPN is reporting that former IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua is now going to team up with noted trainer Robert Garcia in the leadup to his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. It was the Ukraine’s Usyk who outboxed the popular Englishman Joshua last year, thus having Joshua

Posted on 05/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Javier Fortuna must certainly be happy. He’s finally getting his chance to face Ryan Garcia in the ring. The Massachusetts (by way of the Dominican Republic) fighter is, according to numerous reports, set to throw down with Garcia July 16th at the Crypto.com arena in LA. Garcia had made

Posted on 05/30/2022 By: Sean Crose Trainer Eric Kelly knows his way around the sport of boxing. “If Kelly looks familiar,” I wrote back in 2020, “it’s because he has been spotted everywhere, from Vice Sports (where he’s been a broadcaster), to commercials (he was in a Powerade ad) to the UFC (where he’s worked as a

Posted on 05/28/2022 By: Sean Crose The 17-1 Luis Melendez was on Saturday’s Davis-Romero Pay Pew View undercard at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center. The junior lightweight’s opponent was the 26-2-3 Eduardo Ramirez and the match was a scheduled ten rounder. The opening chapter was essentially a feeling out process for each fighter. The second round was

Posted on 05/28/2022 By: Sean Crose The undefeated rising junior middleweight Jesus Ramos appeared on Saturday’s Davis-Romero undercard, as the 18-0 fighter took on the 13-2-1 Luke Santamaria in a scheduled 10 rounder. The first round saw Santamaria try to find a way around or through the taller Ramos’ defense. In the second, Santamaria was

Posted on 05/29/2022 By: Sean Crose Erislandy Lara, a well known veteran of the fight game who was once seen as being a legit challenge to Floyd Mayweather, defended his WBA middleweight title Saturday night at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center against the colorful Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan. The scheduled twelve round affair was part of the Davis-Romero

Posted on 05/29/2022 By: Sean Crose Gervonta “Tank” Davis didn’t have an easy time of it last night at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn. In front of a sold out crowd the twenty-seven year old WBA lightweight champion had to get through a few scary moments when his opponent, undefeated number one contender Rolando “Rollie”

Posted on 05/29/2022 By: Sean Crose Twenty-six wins. Twenty-four by knockout. Major title belts in three divisions. Gervonta Davis was unquestionably one of the more interesting and talented fighters in the current boxing scene walking into Saturday’s bout with Rolando Romero at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center. The twenty-seven year old Baltimore native was putting his WBA

Posted on 05/28/2022 By: Sean Crose Showtime Pay Per View will be presenting Gervonta Davis’ WBA lightweight title fight against Rolando Romero Saturday night live from Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center. Before the main event between the two hard hitting undefeated fighters, however, there’s several interesting fights on the undercard. Photo: Showtime Erislandy Lara, a well known