On Saturday April 17, Eye of the Tiger Management will present a boxing card available exclusively on Punching Grace, before the fights of David Lemieux and Simon Kean on TVA Sports. This event will feature the rematch between Mathieu Germain (18-2-1, 8 KOs) and Steve “The Dragon” Claggett (29-6-2, 19 KOs). Local fans remember the first clash between
Posted on 02/15/2021 By: Hans Themistode Oscar Valdez almost couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Following a tenth-round stoppage win over fringe contender Jayson Velez in July of 2020, WBC super featherweight titlist Miguel Berchelt (37-1, 33 KOs) entered the ring, placed his arm around Valdez and posed for pictures. The win for Valdez was
News Top Rank After Covid delays Maxim Vlasov vs Joe Smith, Richard Commey steps up to be the main event AFTER Maxim Vlasov tested positive for COVID-19 just two days before his scheduled clash with Joe Smith Jnr for the vacant WBO light-heavyweight title, the contest had to be postponed. With a new headline bout
Speaking to Thomas Gerbasi, Roy Jones Jr looked back on what made him so special ROY JONES JNR was at ease before his retirement bout against Scott Sigmon in February 2018. That wasn’t a surprise, considering that a journeyman like Sigmon probably wouldn’t have lasted three rounds with a prime Jones. This wasn’t a prime
Now-former junior lightweight titlist Joseph Diaz Jr had a bit of a rough weekend, losing his IBF belt on the scales Friday, and then going to a draw with Shavkat Rakhimov in their Saturday night fight on DAZN. But Diaz (31-1-1, 15 KO) isn’t planning to move up from 130 pounds, and has called out
Freddie Roach, trainer for eight division champion Manny Pacquiao, views unbeaten lightweight contender Ryan Garcia as a good ‘tune-up’ fight for something bigger – like a clash with Terence Crawford or Errol Spence. For the last few weeks, Garcia has been calling for a showdown with Pacquiao, who competes two divisions north at welterweight. No
Posted on 02/14/2021 By: Sean Crose “I’m right here in Harlem,” Steven Galeano tells me. “I’m probably going to Florida next week or so for camp.” The 6-0 junior welterweight recently impressed again when he stopped Rynell Griffin in the second round of a scheduled six round fight. Yet Galeano wants that only to be
12:30 AM ET After losing his IBF junior lightweight belt on the scales when he missed the weight limit, JoJo Diaz appeared to be headed toward the second loss of his pro career Saturday night against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov. But a late rally allowed him to salvage an otherwise disappointing couple of days. Diaz and Rakhimov
(June 4) – As the world mourns the loss of Muhammad Ali, Saturday night’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN and ESPN Deportes telecast began with a “Ceremonial 10-Count” in memory of “The Greatest” and continued to pay tribute to him throughout the telecast that was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between hard-hitting Russian
Ahead of Valentine’s Day, we asked our panel of boxers to pick three dinners guests they’d choose at their perfect party. Muhammad Ali was a popular pick with many, but there was certainly a wide variety of names selected, outside of the Great Ali. Who would you select, if you could sit down for an
Andre Ward retired from boxing in 2017, and was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame this past December, part of the 2021 class. But Ward also will only turn 37 in just over a week. He’s not that old. And he’s still fielding questions about if he might come back to the ring.
A massive upset in London. In his first fight since voluntarily vacating the IBF featherweight title, Josh Warrington — fighting for the first time in 16 months — started strongly (85-55 overall, 65-47 power in rounds 1-3) – but was never the same after Mauricio Lara floored him with a hook in round four. Warrington
Posted on 02/14/2021 By: Hans Themistode Brian Castano’s name hasn’t even been engraved into his new WBO world title yet, but he is already lining up his next fight. With a convincing win over former titlist Patrick Teixeira, Castano has a bevy of names to choose from. Some would result in difficult fights, while others,
8:03 PM ET Former lightweight world titlist Richard Commey returns to face Jackson Marinez in the main event of a Top Rank card in Las Vegas (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET, undercard on ESPN+ at 7:30 p.m. ET). It is Commey’s first fight since losing the IBF world title by second-round TKO against Teofimo Lopez in
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Feature Reaction to the brutal Josh Warrington loss and some highly controversial officiating at Wembley IN this special reaction podcast, Alex Steedman and Matt Christie attempt to break down an eventful night at Wembley that saw Josh Warrington lose to Mauricio Lara in a beyond brutal upset and the judges steal the headlines again for
SHO, 9:00 pm ET, Janelson Bocachica Figueroa vs Mark Reyes Jr, Vladimir Shishkin vs Sena Agbeko, Alejandro Guerrero vs Abraham Montoya, Timur Kerefov vs Argenis Espana. ShoBox is back with four fights scheduled, so get ready to lose at least one, as has unfortunately become tradition. It’s not anyone’s fault, really, eight fighters can be
Josh Warrington was floored and ruthlessly finished by Mexico’s Mauricio Lara in a sensational knockout loss that put a dent in the former IBF featherweight world champion’s ambitious plans. ‘The Leeds Warrior’ endured a stunning upset defeat as he was dropped and nearly stopped in the fourth round before Lara sent him crashing to the