Eddy Reynoso is pleased with the progress made in the fighter he believes will be his next world champion. The 2019 Trainer of the Year is working with former featherweight titlist Oscar Valdez for their fifth straight fight together and their third with a major title at stake. Valdez enters as the challenger this time,
Posted on 02/17/2021 By: Sean Crose Showtime’s ShoBox series, featuring up and comers in the fight game, returned on Wednesday evening with a three fight card broadcast live from Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena. Things started off with the 12-0 lightweight Alejandro Guerrero facing the 19-2-1 Abraham Montoya in a scheduled 8 round contest. Both men
History • Issue • Premium Footage of fighters like Tim Wood and Phil Martin boxing in the 1970s is hard to come by, writes Miles Templeton IN a recent article on Alan Richardson, I commented that he “is another of those champions from the 1970s that is in danger of being forgotten.” I do not
Janelson Figueroa Bocachica stayed unbeaten with a majority decision win over Mark Reyes Jr in tonight’s ShoBox: The New Generation main event, edging scores of 96-94 and 97-93 on two cards, with the third even, 95-95. Bad Left Hook scored the fight 96-94 for Bocachica (17-0, 11 KO), with a good handful of swing rounds
???? FIGHT UPDATE ???? Four-Time World Champion and must-see attraction Adrien “The Problem” Broner will end his two-year hiatus from boxing when he faces Jovanie Santiago in a 12-round headlining super lightweight bout on Saturday, February 20, on Showtime. FIGHT NIGHT DETAILS ????: https://pbcham.ps/FightNight-2-20-21 ***************************************************************************** (July 29, 2017) Head tilted slightly downward and eyes focused
UNCASVILLE, Connecticut – Brandun Lee will attempt to continue his knockout streak in another “ShoBox” main event next month. The unbeaten junior welterweight prospect will face veteran Samuel Teah in the 10-round headliner of an expected tripleheader March 10 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Lee, of La Quinta, California, improved to 21-0 and recorded his 19th
Posted on 02/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode With reports circulating that Devin Haney vs Jorge Linares could happen in just a few short months, the former multiple division titlist appears to be all for it. “Come on Devin let’s do this,” said Linares on his Twitter account. “Don’t run like Ryan.” Linares, 35, is still under
During a conversation with FightHype, lightweight star Ryan Garcia responds to some recent comments made by Teofimo Lopez that the other three of the ‘new four kings’ in the division — namely Garcia, Gervonta Davis, and Devin Haney — aren’t really ‘hot’ in boxing. Obviously Garcia takes umbrage about comments questioning his stardom, and gives
On the heels of ordering a fight for its currently vacant junior lightweight title, the IBF has taken measures to secure a future mandatory challenger down the road. The IBF is set to formally order a title eliminator between England’s Martin Ward and South Africa’s Azinga Fuzile to determine the next number-one contender for the
Posted on 02/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode There was simply nothing Mikey Garcia could do against Errol Spence Jr. Roughly two years ago, the California native jumped up two weight divisions in an attempt to win a world title in his fifth weight class. His dreams, of course, proved to be an impossible one as Spence
10:56 AM ET Adrien Broner stared straight ahead, hands slightly above his waist as he tried to wriggle through a shaky defense. But this wasn’t an arena Broner, a boxer with world titles in four divisions, was comfortable in. In front of him sat Cuyahoga County judge Nancy Margaret Russo. On this particular day this
News Mark Robinson From inside the David Avanesyan vs Josh Kelly bubble, after all the fighters pass their first Covid tests, Roy Kelly wonders if another bubble will be burst BEWARE the party pooper. Rylan Charlton has joined the Matchroom bubble in Wembley determined to burst another bubble, when he meets the London-based Albanian phenomenon
Feature • Issue • Premium Mike Lockley catches up with former British champion Hugh Forde who used to work feats of magic to boil down in weight IN the days deprived of dieticians, nutritionists and day before weigh-ins, when removing stubborn pounds was a slog of starvation and saunas, not a science, Hugh Forde somehow
Rising Colorado star Anthony Soto has been gaining high class experience prior to his third pro outing on February 20 in Orlando, Florida. Soto is well regarded within the buzzing Colorado boxing scene, a scene that hosts training camps for the likes of pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford. The USA National Amateur setup also uses Colorado as a
Posted on 02/16/2021 By: Sean Crose “February 20 people are going to see that I’m still the Adrien Broner who can take over the sport,” four division titlist Adrien Broner says. Although he hasn’t had a meaningful win in years, Broner wants to show the world that he has what it takes to return to
Well, Bob Arum was hoping Eddie Hearn would shut up about the Fury-Joshua negotiations, but Sky Sports went and asked Big Ed if the situation with Deontay Wilder and Fury could be a problem, so Hearn had to answer, right? Hearn told Sky it’s not on their side, but that he doesn’t expect it to
(September 9, 2016) In front of a raucous and supportive crowd, undefeated rising star Robert Easter (18-0, 14 KOs) earned a narrow split-decision victory over previously unbeaten Richard Commey (24-1, 22 KOs) in a thrilling contest that saw both men grab momentum at different points throughout the 12-round bout. Easter used his jab and length
Salita Promotions proudly announces the signing of undefeated Dominican heavyweight “Gentleman” George Arias (15-0, 7 KOs) to a co-promotional agreement, along with DiBella Entertainment. Born in San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic, Arias moved to New York City in 1996, at four years old. At age 18, the now 29-year-old started boxing as a hobby at