Inside Miguel Cotto’s dressing room on the night that the ring career of one of boxing’s transcendent stars came to an end. By Thomas Hauser ON Saturday, December 2, 2017, at 7:15 PM, Miguel Cotto walked into a dressing room at Madison Square Garden prior to fighting for the last time. In recent decades, there
Turns out the weirdness of 2020 lingers well past its timely demise. According to Marquis Johns and Jake Donovan, Don King has “filed to stage” a January 29th tripleheader at Hollywood, FL’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The card, presently listed on BoxRec, would see WBA “world” champion Mahmoud Charr finally face interim champion
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman believes the critics are being too harsh when discussing the mandatory fight between champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and challenger Avni Yildirim. Most observers regard the contest as a mismatch and expect Yildirim to get knocked out in the early rounds. Sulaiman does not agree with that position. “I think Yildirim
Billy Joe Saunders Wants Demetrius Andrade Before Canelo: “I Swear To God On My Kid’s Life I Am Extremely Confident Of Knocking Him Out Cold” Posted on 01/06/2021 By: Hans Themistode Billy Joe Saunders won’t allow Canelo Alvarez to pull a fast one on him. While Saunders is happy as can be to be near
1:30 PM ET The WBA has ordered a unification fight between lightweight titleholder Devin Haney and interim belt holder Ryan Garcia, but Garcia wants to face Gervonta Davis next. Can that fight happen? Will the division champion, Teofimo Lopez, instead face Haney to really unify all four belts? In his win over Luke Campbell, Garcia
Boxing in 2020, like the rest of the year, was a largely chaotic mess that got fully interrupted for months, and while it came back about as strong as you could hope down the stretch of the year, it still felt when we wrapped things up for the year that the sport had really spent
In an article published on BoxingScene.com earlier this week, Jake Donovan wrote that former two-time super middleweight champion David ‘El Bandera Roja’ Benavidez will return to the ring on a date in March. The information was provided by Benavidez’s promoter Sampson Lewkowicz who also stated that Benavidez will continue to campaign in the division. Benavidez’s
Ryan Garcia: “Gervonta, If You Do Not Take This Fight With Me You Will Not Be Remembered, Your Legacy Will Forever Be Tainted” Posted on 01/05/2021 By: Hans Themistode It doesn’t matter how many knockout wins Gervonta Davis piles up. Nor does it matter how fat his bank account gets after every explosive win. The
Welterweight contender Josesito “The Riverside Rocky” Lopez (38-8, 21 KOs) stop Francisco “Chia” Santana (25-9-1, 12 KOs) in the 10th and final round of their clash. Lopez got off to a fast start in round one, connecting flush with a right hand and following up with hooks to the body to drop Santana midway through
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In case you were curious, no, Ryan Garcia’s Saturday victory over Luke Campbell didn’t impress Junior Lopez, aka Teofimo Lopez Sr. The father to lightweight titlist Teofimo Lopez, who trained his boy since he was a pup, told Bad Left Hook that he was bewildered by the reaction from Team Garcia in that Texas ring
In his own words, David Haye pinpointed his peak years and opened up on how it all came to an end I GOT as much out of myself as humanly possible. From the moment I lost to Carl Thompson, I was the consummate pro. I lived the life and did everything I could to be
WBC, WBA super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez believes that he would batter Gennadiy Golovkin if they meet in a third meeting. Canelo was in action last month, in what was his only fight of 2020, when he dominated unbeaten Callum Smith to capture two world titles in Texas. Canelo (54-1-2, 36 KOs) is now looking
Posted on 01/05/2021 By: Sean Crose Those who weren’t around at the time shouldn’t be fooled by the title here. No, Mike Tyson never did battle the great Joe Frazier. They were of two separate generations. Tyson did fight Joe’s son, Marvis, however, and it was nothing if not a fight to remember. It wasn’t
History • Issue • Premium Miles Templeton picks out the UK fight halls that have been staging tournaments for the longest time I HAVE been thinking a lot recently about the hall in the UK that has held boxing tournaments for the longest period of time. There are many large halls that have been hosting
There is meant to be a barrier separating boxers from killers, writes Steve Bunce as he looks back on Rocky Marciano’s fight with Britain’s Don Cockell DON COCKELL was never the same after losing to Rocky Marciano one night in the twilight of a Californian day in May 1955. Marciano had help that night, aided
In this video Eddie Heard offers up his unbiased opinion on Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul and Jake Paul vs Conor McGregor. Does he have a point or would you watch these fights? #floydmayweather #loganpaul #floydmayweathervsloganpaul Subscribe for updates – http://goo.gl/meA2GB Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/VDYVMP Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secondsoutlive SecondsOut is a world leader in
Ryan Garcia says he’s not taking time to celebrate his recent knockout win over Luke Campbell, instead turning his direct attention to social media rival Gervonta Davis, demanding that Davis accept a fight against him next. Garcia is, of course, extremely confident that he’ll be the one to knock off Davis, and do it in