(Sept. 4 ,2022) Former unified heavyweight world champion Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz Jr. scored three knockdowns on his way to a unanimous decision victory over top contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz in their WBC Heavyweight Title Eliminator that headlined a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Sunday night from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. “Everyone was doubting
Letters • Premium To celebrate the career of Gennady Golovkin, set to fight Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez this weekend at the age of 40, we take a look at the 10 best boxers from Kazakhstan currently active 1 Gennady Golovkin By far Kazakh boxing’s greatest export, Golovkin, now 40, has terrified the middleweight division since 2010,
After passing up a shot at near-unification in favor of defending his homeland earlier this year, pound-for-pound great Vasiliy Lomachenko is officially set to return to the ring on October 29th opposite undefeated Jamaine Ortiz at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KO) ran roughshod over Richard Commey last December for his second
In a press conference that broke new ground for the amount of respect and appreciation on display, Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and Anderson “The Spider” Silva showed that fighters don’t have to exchange insults to spread the word on a matchup that promises to deliver fireworks. (photos by Esther Lin) The two sat for
Posted on 09/12/2022 By: Sean Crose Although he’s only fought twice since his surprising loss to Teofimo Lopez back in 2020, Vasyl Lomachenko is still one of the top players in the lightweight division. Indeed, the man wishes to take on undisputed divisional champ Devin Haney sooner rather than later. For now, however, the fighter
6:44 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Nate Diaz fought the final bout on his UFC contract last Saturday night, beating Tony Ferguson. That brings a boxing match between the wildly popular MMA fighter and Jake Paul — something both have talked about — closer to being a reality. Paul, the YouTuber-turned-prizefighter, will fight UFC legend
Jake Paul has had some pretty nasty interactions with prior opponents, but on the stage today with Anderson Silva, there was really nothing but respect and love shown between the two fighters, who will clash on Oct. 29 in a Showtime pay-per-view main event. The 47-year-old Silva has never been known as a trash talker,
Vasiliy Lomachenko, a three-weight world champion, will make his triumphant New York City return in the 12-round main event Saturday, October 29 against undefeated contender Jamaine “The Technician” Ortiz at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. The 10-round featherweight co-feature sees two-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Robeisy “El Tren” Ramirez attempt to author a career-best
Posted on 09/12/2022 By: Sean Crose He’s been at this game a long time, since he was pretty much just a kid in Mexico. Now, despite the fact that he lost his last fight, Canelo Alvarez remains on top of the boxing world. He’ll be knocked off his perch, however, should arch rival Gennady “GGG”
Chris Eubank Jr. promised he only needed to be 60% percent of himself on fight night to defeat Conor Benn, and that apparently also extends to his proclivities in the bedroom. The longtime 160 and 168-pound contender says he usually refrains from engaging in any copulation during training camp whenever he has an upcoming fight,
Jake Paul and Anderson Silva will meet face-to-face today in Hollywood, kicking off the promotion for their Oct. 29 Showtime pay-per-view main event. It is, on paper, the biggest test of the young boxing career of Paul (5-0, 4 KO), who hasn’t fought since his Dec. 2021 rematch win over Tyron Woodley. The 47-year-old Silva,
Posted on 09/11/2022 By: Sean Crose They last met four long years ago. Canelo Alvarez won that night, besting the feared Gennady Golovkin by virtue of a controversial judge’s decision. The fighters’ careers have gone in wildly different directions since that time. Canelo has, for the most part, remained the biggest name in boxing. Golovkin,
(Sept. 4, 2022) In his first fight in over four years, former three-division world champion Abner Mares (31-3-2, 15 KOs) fought Miguel Flores (25-4-1, 12 KOs) to an exciting majority draw after 10-rounds in their lightweight duel. Mares had a hot start to his ring-return, landing a series of sharp right hands early in round
Team USA’s path to gold at the 2022 USA Boxing International Invitational, which is set to begin tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. MT in Pueblo, Colo., is known as the brackets have been drawn. Full brackets can be found here. Light welterweight Emilio Garcia (Laredo, Texas) will kick things off for the Americans in the opening
Though not an official win due to their contest being an exhibition, Le’Veon Bell forced a stoppage against Adrian Peterson in the fifth round of their fight at tonight’s “Social Gloves” card in a pretty empty Banc of California Stadium. Bell, 30, and Peterson, 37, really didn’t do much at all for the first four
Over the years, Canelo Alvarez has grown an affinity for the superlative skillset of Oleksandr Usyk. In the midst of preparing for his third showdown against Gennadiy Golovkin, which takes place on September 17th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Alvarez admitted that he took time away from training camp to watch Usyk
YouTube and Facebook, 2:00 pm ET, Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva press conference. The first presser for the Oct. 29 Showtime PPV, this one’s in Hollywood, while the fight itself will be in Phoenix, which has a second presser the next day. Chael Sonnen, who fought Silva twice in UFC, will be hosting. Bad Left
Mostly unknown in the public eye, Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz burst onto the scene after a positive showing against Gervonta Davis in December of 2021. On the night, despite being a heavy underdog and relatively late replacement for Rolando “Rolly” Romero, Cruz stepped into the spotlight against Davis and performed well. Forced to go the distance
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