The February 6th RDR Promotions card at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia now has a distribution home. The show, which will feature a battle of undefeated featherweights Donald “No Love” Smith (10-0, 6 KOs) of Philadelphia taking on William Foster III (11-0, 8 KOs) of New Haven, Connecticut will be streamed LIVE on FITE.TV for
Posted on 01/30/2021 By: Sean Crose Boxing returned to Fox on Saturday night as the main portion of a PBC card was broadcast live from LA’s Shrine Exhibition Center. First up, 11-0 junior middleweight Joey Spencer faced the 14-3-1 Isiah Seldon – son of former heavyweight Bruce Seldon – in a scheduled 8 rounder. The
With Caleb Plant’s win last night over Caleb Truax to retain the IBF super middleweight title, the 28-year-old Tennessee native kept his place in line for the real prize at 168 pounds, and in boxing overall: a fight with Canelo Alvarez later this year. Canelo officially moved to 168 to stay in December, beating Callum
Jalisco’s Rafael “Divino” Espinoza imposed his boxing skills at a distance, using his offensive and defensive resources, to win a broad unanimous decision over a very brave and willful Carlos “Chinito” Orenelas, in the main event of the function that Zanfer presented behind closed doors, in the bubble of the Grand Hotel Tijuana. “Divino” Espinoza (16-0, 13
Posted on 01/31/2021 By: Hans Themistode Although Edgar Berlanga is still making a name for himself in the super middleweight division, The Athletic’s 2020 prospect of the year appears to be ready to take a humongous leap forward. In what many expected to be a one-sided affair, IBF titlist Caleb Plant dominated former belt holder
Unbeaten super welterweight prospect Joey Spencer continued his fast rise up the ranks with an impressive first-round KO victory over Isiah Seldon (14-4-1, 5 KOs). In a bizarre sequence of events, the 20-year-old Spencer (12-0, 9 KOs) dropped Seldon with a hard right hand. Seldon rose at the count of eight. When action resumed, Seldon
Way back in 2015, Joanna Jedrzejczyk had established her rule atop UFC strawweight (115 lb.) division with awe-inspiring displays of violence. Despite the Pole’s fan-friendly style and marketable heel persona, however, the promotion instead focused its efforts on 21-year-old young gun Paige VanZant. It seemed like a good move at the time; in addition being
Caleb Plant’s chances of remaining champ in his latest title defense proved to be a sure bet—literally for at least one Vegas bettor. The undefeated IBF super middleweight turned in a dominant performance in a 12-round shutout of mandatory challenger Caleb Truax in their Fox-televised main event Saturday evening at Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall
Posted on 01/30/2021 By: Sean Crose Heavyweight Michael Coffie appeared on Saturday’s Fox card, as he took on Darmani Rock in a scheduled 10 rounder. The 11-0 Coffie was previously seen stopping Joey Abell in the second round back in November. The 17-0 Rock had last been spotted retiring Lorenzo Smith way back in 2019.
2:39 PM ET Future Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao is still a world champion. Well, kind of. Pacquiao was designated by the WBA as a “champion in recess,” the sanctioning body said in a statement on Friday night. With the vacancy, Yordenis Ugas has been promoted to become the WBA’s top titleholder in the welterweight
Amateur The rescheduled European Olympic qualifier will be rescheduled again as the Boxing Task Force announce it will not be held in London in April THE European Olympic qualification event will be rescheduled once again. The event had to be cancelled after three days of competition last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The European
News Sean Michael Ham/TGB Promotions Caleb Plant shuts out former champion Truax to remain a leading figure in the super-middleweight division CALEB TRUAX was strong, gritty and determined but he could not claw a round off IBF super-middleweight Caleb Plant on Saturday (January 30) behind closed doors at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.
Former two-time super middleweight titleholder Anthony Dirrell will return to the ring on Saturday, Feb. 27, headlining a PBC on FOX show that almost nobody will be paying attention to, as it is set to go head-to-head with Canelo Alvarez’s return on DAZN. There was some talk of the 36-year-old Dirrell (33-2-1, 24 KO) possibly
The first PBC on Fox event of the new year revealed the next installment of the series. Former two-time super middleweight titlist Anthony ‘Dog’ Dirrell will headline a Feb. 27th Fox primetime card, as he will face Kyrone ‘Shut It Down’ Davis. The scheduled bout was announced during Saturday’s edition of PBC on Fox, which
Posted on 01/30/2021 By: Sean Crose IBF super middleweight titlist Caleb Plant took on the popular veteran Caleb Truax in defense of his championship belt in the main event of Saturday’s PBC card, which was broadcast live by Fox from LA’s Shrine Exhibition Center. The PBC made a big deal out of the 20–0 Plant
10:48 PM ET Caleb Plant retained his IBF super middleweight title with a unanimous decision win over challenger Caleb Truax on Saturday night at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. All three judges gave every round to Plant, who won 120-108 on all three scorecards in a dominant performance in which he
Errol Spence Jr and Yordenis Ugas may be heading for a three-belt unification fight at 147 pounds, following Ugas being promoted to WBA “super world champion” with Manny Pacquiao moved to “champion in recess.” The WBA’s move had a pretty clear destination, and this is it. Spence (27-0, 21 KO) has the WBC and IBF
Ismael Barroso may be pushing 40 years of age, but he believes he can compete and defeat any fighter at 140 pounds. The hard-hitting Barroso will face Nelson Paniagua in a stay-busy fight Saturday night at the Four Ambassadors Hotel in his adopted hometown of Miami, Florida. The 10-round bout will stream live on the