Posted on 03/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode Terence Crawford was a bit stunned as he watched his stablemate Maurice Hooker succumb to a seventh-round stoppage defeat at the hands of Vergil Ortiz Jr. last night. The WBO welterweight belt holder was even more surprised by what took place soon after. Immediately following Ortiz Jr.’s win, he
8:40 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Lawrence Okolie announced himself on the big stage with a bang when he knocked out Krzysztof Glowacki in the sixth round to capture the
Twitch, 6:30 pm ET, Ring City USA prelims. Prelims for the Serrano-Bermudez card. BLH will have live coverage. NBCSN and Twitch, 9:00 pm ET, Amanda Serrano vs Daniela Bermudez. If nothing happens to this main event, it’s a really good one. Serrano and Bermudez are both top 10 fighters pound-for-pound, fighting for a pair of
WBO #3 ranked lightweight Denys Berinchyk (15-0, 9 KOs) continued his quest for a world title shot with yet another victory, when he stopped Chilean fight veteran Jose Sanchez within three rounds at the Ice Terminal in Brovary, Ukraine. This time the master of the unpredictable, whose ring entrances will make Prince Naseem Hamed extremely
Posted on 03/20/2021 There were no feel out rounds as Marcelino Nicolas Lopez (37-2-1, 22 KOs) and Jairo Lopez (27-12, 18 KOs) began banging in the middle of the ring at Dickies Arena, in Fort Worth Texas. Yet no matter how badly Jairo wanted to will himself to the win, Marcelino simply wouldn’t allow it.
Posted on 03/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode Danny Garcia has put the entire Jr middleweight division on notice. Following his most recent defeat at the hands of unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. this past December, Garcia (36-3, 21 KOs) sat back and contemplated his next move. Ultimately, the former two-division champion decided that it would
6:13 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show After a 519-day absence, Artur Beterbiev picked up where he left off as he extended his 100% knockout record with a tenth-round TKO win
Michel Rivera dominates and ultimately scores an eighth-round knockout over Anthony Mercado in their scheduled eight-round super lightweight bout on February 27, 2021, live on FS2 from the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles, CA. Fight Night Recap: http://pbcham.ps/FightNight-022721 #RiveraMercado #Highlights Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW
In the immediate aftermath of Vergil Ortiz’s stoppage win over Maurice Hooker, our friends at Fight Hub TV caught up with Terence Crawford to get his impressions of the fight, Ortiz saying he wants to fight him next, and when we might ever see him in the ring against Errol Spence. Check out what Crawford
Russia’s Artur Beterbiev, in his first bout in 17 months, knocked out Adam Deines in the 10th round to retain his WBC and IBF light heavyweight world titles Saturday at Megasport Arena in Moscow. Beterbiev (16-0, 16 KOs) authored a fitting encore to his October 2019 TKO over Oleksandr Gvozdyk, the bout that solidified his
Posted on 03/20/2021 Anabel Ortiz saw her reign as the WBA minimumweight champion truncated at Dickies Arena, in Fort Worth Texas against Seneisa Estrada. Known for her aggressive nature, Estrada followed her normal game plan. Meaning, she didn’t show her opponent any respect from the very beginning. The opening frame saw Ortiz back peddling and
1:43 AM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show
News With ferocious intensity Vergil Ortiz drops and stops Maurice Hooker in Texas VERGIL ORTIZ tore into Maurice Hooker with a furious intensity to make sure of seven-round victory at the Dickies Arena in Forth Worth. Ortiz set a fierce pace from the first round, tearing into the former champion as he cranked out straight
Vergil Ortiz Jr kept his undefeated record by stopping Maurice Hooker in the seventh round of a terrific action fight tonight, but the bigger story coming out of it might be what could happen next, and whether or not it should. Hooker is a training stablemate of WBO welterweight titleholder Terence “Bud” Crawford, who was
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is only a few days away from his anticipated rematch with Alexander Povetkin, which takes place on March 27 in Gibraltar. Back in August, Whyte was knocked out in five rounds by Povetkin. He would quickly exercise an immediate rematch clause. A victory over Povetkin would put him right back in
Posted on 03/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Despite the countless number of bodies that were piling up at the feet of Vergil Ortiz Jr., the questions remained. The hard-hitting welterweight contender needed a signature name on his resume. Someone that would allow him to point and shout that he is in
12:27 AM ET Vergil Ortiz just put the welterweight division on notice. Saturday night’s fight against Maurice Hooker was billed as the toughest test of his young career. An onslaught fueled by strong body shots helped Ortiz pick up a seventh-round TKO victory over Hooker at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The fight was
News Artur Beterbiev retains his unified light-heavyweight champion in Moscow BOXING in his homeland for the first time as a professional fighter, Artur Beterbiev retained his WBC and IBF light-heavyweight titles halting Germany’s Adam Deines at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow on Saturday (March 20). Deines landed his southpaw left on Beterbiev only for