Former two division world champion and Golden Boy Promotions partner, Bernard Hopkins, believes Ryan Garcia needs to tighten up his defense to compete with fighters on the highest level. Garcia was involved in the biggest fight of his career last Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, when he collided with Gervonta 'Tank' Davis in a high-stakes pay-per-view ...
Plenty of opinions and excuses have been offered as to why Oscar De La Hoya did not attend the Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia post-fight press conference. Floyd Mayweather—who was on the opposite side of the promotion—didn’t really care to join in on the conversation, even when asked for his thoughts on the matter. As is often the case with the Hall ...
Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. admits that his boxing future is at stake in the upcoming rematch with former world champion Liam Smith. Back in January, Smith pulled off a shocker by moving up in weight and knocking out Eubank in four rounds. Their rematch is scheduled to take place on June 17 in Manchester on June 17, live on Sky ...
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya, who promotes Ryan Garcia, was not surprised with the recent news that last Saturday's mega-bout, between Garcia and lightweight rival Gervonta 'Tank' Davis, generated a pay-per-view buyrate number of 1.2 million. The fight, which took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, also banked a tremendous $22 million at the gate ...
Matchroom Boxing finally claimed victory in a purse bid hearing. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the UK-based promotional outfit secured the rights to the Liam Paro-Arnold Barboza WBO junior welterweight title eliminator. Matchroom submitted $303,000, outpacing Top Rank ($271,000) by more than $30,000 during Thursday’s purse bid hearing conducted via Zoom from WBO headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico. An ordered ...
The fallout of her originally scheduled opponent marked the last piece of past business for Mikaela Mayer. By the time her arm was raised in victory, it was no longer about the former unified 130-pound titlist sending a message that she was out to avenge her lone career defeat. Alycia Baumgardner—who narrowly won their unification championship clash last October 15—was ...
Lou DiBella hadn’t heard anything about Tsendbaatar Erdenebat hurting Ryan Garcia in a recent sparring session until Garcia and Erdenebat made much of the boxing world aware of it on social media a few days ago. DiBella believes it happened, however, because Erdenebat’s promoter has seen the viciousness with which the Mongolian southpaw throws body shots. Fans can see Erdenebat ...
It seemed like just yesterday that Keyshawn Davis turned pro. But while he only has roughly two years of professional experience underneath his belt, the former Olympic silver medalist isn’t interested in taking the easy road. With a handful of eye-catching performances to his name, the 24-year-old took a considerable step up in competition earlier this month. In front of ...
Number 10 bantamweight contender Ricky Simon is experiencing his first fight week as a UFC main event fighter, and the 30-year-old feels right at home. Simon takes on Chinese contender Song Yadong in the main event of UFC Vegas 72, which takes place Saturday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. And, chatting to reporters on media day ahead ...
ONE Championship superstar Aung La N Sang was on top of the world in 2020. He had both the middleweight and light heavyweight world titles in his possession and hadn’t tasted defeat in five years. But the Myanmar superstar’s luck quickly changed when he met Reinier de Ridder. In back-to-back matches, the then-unbeaten Dutchman snatched away both of his crowns, ...