Tim Tszyu, son of boxing legend Kostya Tszyu and an undefeated action fighter, will return to his birth place of Sydney, Australia to face former world champion Tony “Superbad” Harrison for the vacant Interim WBO 154-pound title in the main event of a SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL telecast live on Saturday, March 11 (Sunday, March 12 in Australia) on SHOWTIME. Tonight’s ...
In pre-fight interviews leading up to his bout against Angel Fierro in Culiacan, Mexico, Eduardo Estela was exuding gratitude. He repeated that he was living his dream, and more specifically, that he was “still on his feet.” Life has knocked Estela down over and over, each knockdown feeling more and more like it would be the end, or at least ...
Alan David "Rey" Picasso exhibited his offensive arsenal, connecting with authority both at long distance, medium and short distance and imposed a rhythm, frequency and volume of punches, to end up overwhelming Kevin Villanueva until knocking him out in the sixth round. Their fight was the main event of a show presented by Zanfer and Max Boxing in Mérida, broadcast ...
Junior middleweight star Tim Tszyu believes that his upcoming opponent, former WBC world champion Tony Harrison, looks fragile. A few days ago, the two boxers went face to face for the first time in Syndey - during the red carpet premiere for the motion picture Creed III. The two boxers will collide for the interim-WBO 154-pound title on March 11 at ...
Alberto Zacarías, Jeremias Ponce’s trainer, explained why he decided to stop the recent world title fight against Subriel Matias. The two boxers were battling for the vacant IBF junior welterweight world title. After a fierce back and forth of war, Matias hurt Ponce in the fifth round and sent him down in the closing moments. Before the start of the ...
Elnur Abduraimov wants to face the best opposition possible. However, few want to step inside the ring with the unbeaten junior lightweight. Abduraimov will face a fellow unbeaten fighter tonight, one who he hopes will challenge or give him rounds. Daniel Garcia will face Abduraimov in the 10-round main event of the ‘Guerras Zanfer’ card that will take place at ...
Although the lightweight landscape has always been stocked to the brim with loads of talent, at one point, Vasiliy Lomachenko was once considered the very best that the division had to offer. However, after years of grueling wars in the ring, coupled with his recent out-of-the-ring duties, Lomachenko (17-2, 11 KOs) is ostensibly closer to the end of his career ...
Ontario, California - In a slugfest, power-punching Mexican Armando Reséndiz (14-1, 10 KOs) delivered a star-making performance, battering “Swift” Jarrett Hurd (24-3, 16 KOs) and spoiling the former unified 154-pound world champion’s comeback fight. The ringside physician stopped the contest five seconds into the tenth and final round due to a severe laceration on Hurd’s lip. The determined Reséndiz outworked ...
In a thrilling contest between two former world champions desperate to return to world title glory, Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa improved round-by-round to win a unanimous decision over Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo, capturing the vacant Interim WBC Featherweight Title live on Showtime from Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. “Man, I just went out there and wanted it and took the fight ...
Ontario, California - In a battle of former world champions, Brandon Figueroa (24-1-1, 18 KOs) picked up a twelve round unanimous decision over Mark Magsayo (24-2, 16 KOs) to capture the WBC's interim-featherweight world title. (photos by Esther Lin) The scores were 117-109, 117-109 and 118-108. The first round was close, with the two boxers feeling each other out. Magsayo ...