LAS VEGAS – Vasiliy Lomachenko contended Saturday night that he has fought two former lightweight champions who were tougher opponents than Devin Haney. Lomachenko walked away from the ring at MGM Grand Garden Arena feeling that both Jorge Linares and Teofimo Lopez gave him more trouble than Haney, who conquered Lomachenko by unanimous decision in a 12-round fight that seemingly ...
The pride of the Coachella Valley, Manuel “Gucci Manny” Flores (15-0, 11 KOs), will headline his first-ever Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN card on Thursday, June 8 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. Tickets start at $25 and are on sale now at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via phone (800) 827-2946 and online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com. He will face Phoenix, ...
Mikaela Mayer, who is currently the WBO's mandatory challenger to Katie Taylor's undisputed crown at 135-pounds, believes the Irish star is on the decline. Last Saturday night in Dublin, Taylor suffered the first defeat of her pro career when she moved up to 140-pounds to challenge the undisputed junior welterweight champion Chantelle Cameron. Mayer was ringside at 3Arena, watching Cameron ...
It was the signature mantra of Roy Jones Jr. “Y’all musta forgot.” And there it was again on Saturday night in Las Vegas, though this time being modeled by a fighter operating about 40 pounds lighter and wrapping a different flag around his shoulders. But make no mistake, Vasiliy Lomachenko was no less steely than Superman in his heyday. Now ...
The Ambassador Club, Saint Louis, Missouri will play host to a ten-fight card on Saturday 29th July. "Fight Night in Lou" is promoted by DBA Cameron Promotions and headlined by local boxer Vaughn "The Animal" Alexander. Vaughn Alexander (17-7-1, 10 KOs) takes on Brooklyn's Courtney Pennington (17-6-3, 7 KOs), in a ten-round middleweight contest. Alexander, the brother of former world ...
Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis is no longer required to stand trial for criminal charges in Florida. A domestic violence case against the unbeaten superstar boxer was vacated by State’s Attorney’s office on Monday. The development occurred just days before Davis was due to appear—via Zoom—for a pretrial hearing stemming from his December 27 arrest on one count of Battery-Causing Bodily Harm. ...
LAS VEGAS – Devin Haney heard the loud boos reverberate throughout MGM Grand Garden Arena after he was announced as the winner over Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday night. The undefeated, undisputed lightweight champion was much more concerned with the judges’ take on their 12-round, 135-pound title fight. Dave Moretti had Haney winning eight rounds (116-112), whereas Tim Cheatham (115-113) and ...
Australian boxing legend Jeff Fenech believes Andrew Moloney should not have been allowed to come out for the twelfth and final round of his fight with unbeaten Japanese puncher Junto Nakatani. Last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Moloney was attempting to capture the vacant WBO super flyweight title. He was dropped in the second round, but ...
Former world champion Kell Brook has vowed to wipe out unbeaten Conor Benn - if the two are ever able to get in the ring. The two fighters were involved in a physical altercation last Saturday night, during the Chantelle Cameron vs. Katie Taylor event in Dublin. Brook was in the middle of a ringside interview, when he was unexpectedly ...
Danish boxer Enock Poulsen (12-0) has relinquished the EBU super lightweight title today (May 22). Poulsen told Ekstrabladet that he had been ill for a few weeks and couldn't get ready in time for the scheduled defense in Paris, which was set to take place on June 10 against mandatory challenger Franck Petitjean (23-6-3). Petitjean will now face Spanish champion ...