Jermall Charlo didn’t waste time naming names. The WBC middleweight champion from Houston, Texas, has been M.I.A. from the boxing ring for nearly two years, due to a combination of issues in his personal life and an injury. But in a public appearance on Friday in Las Vegas, during the weigh-in for the intriguing super middleweight bout between David Benavidez ...
LAS VEGAS – Jesus Ramos respects Joey Spencer for asking to fight him Saturday night. The strong southpaw still thinks the ambitious Spencer made a mistake in embracing what Spencer has admitted is a step up in competition in their 10-round junior middleweight match on the David Benavidez-Caleb Plant undercard at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Spencer impressively out-boxed Mexico’s Kevin ...
Abel Ramos was in the room when the call came. Like the rest of Team Ramos, he was pleasantly surprised to learn that unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Joey Spencer wanted to fight his nephew, Jesus, on the David Benavidez-Caleb Plant undercard Saturday night. Though the welterweight contender obviously favors his nephew, he applauded both boxers for taking this type of ...
She may have had to wait four additional months to get the chance, but Seo Hee Ham finally settled her ONE Championship rivalry with Itsuki Hirata. The South Korean veteran was due to face rising Japanese star Hirata last November at ONE 163, but Hirata failed her weight and hydration tests and the bout was postponed. The matchup finally took ...
The career of Chris Colbert is still very much in its genesis. However, after coming up short in his most recent trip to the ring, the 26-year-old is anxious to right the ship. With a super featherweight world title shot ostensibly close, Hector Luis Garcia was viewed as nothing more than a tenuous roadblock. On February 26th, 2022, at the ...
Jesus Ramos landed 14.9 of 57.9 punches per round (25.7%). Ramos landed 42.6% of his power punches, but only 9.8% of his jabs (2.9 of 29.7 per round). 40.7% of Ramos' landed punches are body shots (CompuBox avg.: 29.5%). Ramos opponents landed a healthy 32.2% of their power punches. Joey Spencer, making a huge step up vs. Ramos, landed 9.1 ...
LAS VEGAS – The unshakable sadness is evident in Cody Crowley’s voice. Nine month after his father’s suicide, the undefeated Canadian welterweight contender isn’t afraid to admit that he is “broken” and “a little bit f------ up.” Crowley has thought about Jim Crowley, the man who introduced him to boxing and was his biggest fan, throughout a long, grueling training ...
David Benavidez's rank among CompuBox Categorical Leaders - 38.4% - total connect pct.- ranks #1, 46.3% power conn. pct. - ranks #3. 26.3% - jab connect pct - ranks #3 25.6 punches landed per round - ranks #4. And a +16.7 plus/minus rating - ranks #4, 6.8 jabs landed per round - ranks #5, 18.9 power landed per round - ...
International Boxing Association (IBA) President Umar Kremlev revealed at today’s IBA Women and Sport Conference that prize money will double for the next edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in 2025. Kremlev confirmed that gold medal-winners at the next edition of the Championships will receive $200,000 during his opening remarks at the inaugural IBA Women and Sport Conference, ...
LOS ANGELES — If David Benavidez can’t secure the big fights he’s been wanting at 168 pounds featuring the foursome of undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez as well as the likes of David Morrell, Jermall Charlo, and Demetrius Andrade, “The Mexican Monster” has maintained that he will move up to 175 pounds. But first, Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) will have to ...