Year: 2022

Danny Garcia begrudgingly looked down at the scales, sweat dripping profusely from his brow before ultimately making his decision. While he thoroughly enjoyed his time in the welterweight division, the Philadelphia native knew good and well that squeezing down his fairly big frame to the 147-pound weight limit was no longer a possibility. So, in an effort to hand his ...

The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as the return of Deontay Wilder, the big win by Caleb Plant, Devin Haney vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko, Michel Rivera, and much more. Saw that Deontay Wilder returned with a bang! A first round knockout of Helenius!! It really does seem like if you're knocked down by Wilder and ...

Stephen Fulton and Naoya Inoue may hail from two different parts of the world, but both unified champions have plenty in common. For starters, Inoue and Fulton are just one win away from reigning supreme over their respective divisions as undisputed champions. Also, by and large, both fighters have been pegged as pound-for-pound stars. With Inoue and Paul Butler, a ...

Mauricio Lara has vowed to take his frustrations out on Jose Sanmartin and send a warning to the world featherweight champions when they clash at the Plaza de Toros Arroyo in Mexico City on Saturday night, live worldwide on DAZN. Lara (24-2-1 17 KOs) had been set to challenge WBA ruler Leigh Wood in Nottingham, England in September but the ...

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – Isaiah Steen seemed to think taking Sena Agbeko’s flushest punches and consistently utilizing his jab was enough to win their 10-round fight Friday night. All three judges disagreed with Steen and the previously unbeaten super middleweight prospect’s team. They favored Agbeko’s aggression throughout their bout and his harder connections during their “ShoBox: The New Generation” ...

Angel Aponte will no longer appear atop a boxing show in association with the annual WBO convention. The 30-year-old junior lightweight from San Juan, Puerto Rico will instead appear before a judge, where he will have to answer to charges of domestic abuse. The Department of Justice filed charges in absentia against Aponte for domestic violence and child neglect involving ...

A longtime trainer, a new trainer and family dynamics played a big role in helping Anderson “The Spider” Silva wrap up training camp on a positive note in advance of the UFC legend’s mega fight against international superstar and undefeated boxer Jake “The Problem Child” Paul October 29 at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz., in an event co-produced by ...

Isaiah Steen’s first fight in 15 months will come against a more proven puncher than he originally agreed to fight Friday night in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Cleveland’s Steen (16-0, 12 KOs) will square off against Sena Agbeko (26-2, 21 KOs) in a 10-round main event that’ll headline a “ShoBox: The New Generation” telecast from Bally’s Grand Ballroom. Steen was ...

George Kambosos Jr. viewed his unanimous decision defeat to Devin Haney on June 5th, as somewhat inconsequential. Though his unified lightweight reign was short-lived, the Australian native was confident in his ability to dust himself off and change the outcome in their immediate rematch. But, in spite of his self-belief, Haney would go on to register yet another lopsided victory. ...

Although countless names spread across the boxing world believed that Deontay Wilder would bounce back nicely, Eddie Hearn was a bit skeptical. Having suffered back-to-back stoppage defeats at the hands of Tyson Fury, Wilder attempted to return to the win column this past weekend as he took on surging contender, Robert Helenius. While he was pegged as a sizable favorite, ...