LAS VEGAS – As far as David Benavidez is concerned, the beef between him and Caleb Plant ended Saturday night. Plant and Benavidez embraced in the ring at MGM Grand Garden Arena, where Benavidez apologized to Plant for his hostility and insults both before and after these antagonists agreed to fight in a super middleweight grudge match. Plant appeared to ...
Jesus Ramos Video - Video By Ryan Burton - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Joe Joyce was ringside to watch a grudge match between two former super middleweight champions, as David Benavidez (28-0, 23 KOs) came alive in the second half of the fight with an arsenal of damaging punches to secure a twelve round unanimous decision over Caleb Plant ...
LAS VEGAS – David Benavidez wanted nothing more than to knock out Caleb Plant in their grudge match Saturday night. The unbeaten WBC interim super middleweight champion admitted after decisively defeating Plant that he is “a little disappointed” that their fight lasted all 12 rounds. Benavidez also pointed out that he might’ve been able to stop Plant had veteran referee ...
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - In a battle of undefeated junior middleweight contenders, Jesus Ramos (20-0, 16 KOs) dropped and beat up Joey Spencer (16-1, 10 KOs) for a seventh round stoppage. (photos by Ryan Hafey, Esther Lin) Spencer was pressing against Ramos in the first round and looking to take away his range. As Spencer pressed in close, he ...
Chris Colbert Video - Video By Ryan Burton - MGM Grand, Las Vegas - In crossroads fight at lightweight, with two boxers looking to bounce back from defeat, Chris Colbert (17-1, 6 KOs) went through fire to win a very unpopular ten round unanimous decision over Jose Valenzuela (12-2, 8 KOs). (photos by Ryan Hafey, Esther Lin) All three judges ...
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - In crossroads fight at lightweight, with two boxers looking to bounce back from defeat, Chris Colbert (17-1, 6 KOs) went through fire to win a very unpopular ten round unanimous decision over Jose Valenzuela (12-2, 8 KOs). (photos by Ryan Hafey, Esther Lin) All three judges scored the fight 95-94 for Colbert. In the opening ...
Former unified champ Jose Ramirez has earned another shot at the WBC junior welterweight title. Ramirez (28-1, 18 KOs) returned from a one-year layoff to defeat former lightweight world champion Richard Commey (30-5-1, 27 KOs) via 11th-round knockout on Saturday evening at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. From the opening round, Ramirez tried to overwhelm Commey with constant ...
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - A battle of rising young contenders saw Chris “Primetime” Colbert (17-1, 6 KOs) edged out Jose Valenzuela (12-2, 8 KOs) on the scorecards after 10 rounds of lightweight action. All three judges saw the fight 95-94 in favor of Colbert. Valenzuela, a stablemate of David Benavidez and trained by Jose Benavidez Sr., got off to ...
Manchester Arena, Manchester - WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie (19-0, 14 KOs) picked up a twelve round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten mandatory challenger David Light (20-1, 12 KOs). (photos by Lawrence Lustig) The scores were 116-112, 119-108 and 117-110. The much larger Okolie came out jabbing in the first round. Light was looking to make it a rough fight ...
Unpopular unanimous decision win for Chris Colbert, who was outlanded 117-77 in power punches by Jose Valenzuela, who dropped Colbert in round one and landed the harder punches all fight. MGM Grand, Las Vegas - In crossroads fight at lightweight, with two boxers looking to bounce back from defeat, Chris Colbert (17-1, 6 KOs) went through fire to win a ...