Victor Morales asked for Diego De La Hoya by name. The unbeaten featherweight did not at all squander the opportunity, twice flooring the familiar-named fringe contender en route to a second-round knockout. Morales bloodied and dropped De La Hoya seconds before a follow-up attack produced a full ten count at 1:08 of round two in their DAZN-televised co-feature Saturday evening ...
David Stevens preserved his unbeaten record but failed to replicate the magic produced from his previous outing. Three months after scoring a literal last-second knockout, the unbeaten Stevens was forced to overcome a flash knockdown to outpoint faded former title challenger Marco Antonio Periban, Judges Javier Alvarez (78-73), Jesse Reyes (78-73) and David Iacobucci (77-74) all scored for Stevens in ...
Rhys McKee unified the Cage Warriors 170-pound titles in Dublin after stopping interim champion Jimmy Wallhead on his stool at the end of the fourth round at the 3Arena. The battle between reigning champion McKee and interim champ Wallhead was one of the most eagerly-anticipated bouts on the European scene this year, and the pair delivered a superb spectacle in ...
Oktagon lightweight champion Losene Keita added the promotion’s interim featherweight title to his collection as he became a simultaneous two-division champion at Oktagon 42 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Keita faced off against featherweight contender Jakub Tichota in the main event at the Zimny Stadion, and the Belgian wasted no time in letting his shots go as he hammered Tichota through three ...
Ryan Garcia revealed to his trainer in the immediate aftermath of his knockout loss to Gervonta Davis that his injured rib prevented him from continuing in the seventh round of their fight April 22 in Las Vegas. In footage Showtime released Saturday as part of its “ALL ACCESS: DAVIS VS. GARCIA EPILOGUE,” Garcia can be heard confirming to Joe Goossen ...
Former world champion Barry McGuigan rejects the notion that 'Ryan Garcia' quit last Saturday night, when he was knocked out by Gervonta 'Tank' Davis at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Davis dropped Garcia in the second round with a counter hook, and then finished the fight when he landed a crushing body shot in the seventh. Garcia went down ...
Connor Coyle is on the cusp of becoming one of the elite fighters in the middleweight division. All he wants to do is show his worth on his path to a world title fight. Coyle will face late-sub Cristian Rios Saturday night at the Hilton Carillon in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The 10-round bout will headline a Fire Fist Boxing Promotions ...
Liam Smith didn’t hold back in a recent war of words with Conor Benn, bragging that he deprived the embattled 26-year-old welterweight of his “biggest fight.” Liverpool’s Smith scored perhaps the sweetest win of his career in January when he stopped Chris Eubank Jr. in four rounds at AO Arena in Manchester. It was announced this week at a press ...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Gervonta Davis' big win over Ryan Garcia. Teofimo Lopez's controversial comments and his fight with Josh Taylor, heavyweight Zhilei Zhang, and more. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Dear Mr Edwards, We have just had a great boxing weekend with Cordina vs Rakhimov being a highlight and Davis vs ...
There was one aspect of Gervonta Davis’ impressive performance against Ryan Garcia that Davis’ trainer thinks has been underappreciated. Calvin Ford feels Davis’ defense was instrumental in neutralizing Garcia on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Davis dropped Garcia twice, but he also limited the effectiveness of Garcia’s trademark left hook and restricted Garcia to landing 24 percent ...