LAS VEGAS – Rolando “Rolly” Romero seemingly has little interest in defending his WBA 140-pound title against Ohara Davies. When asked by BoxingScene.com about battling Davies next, the newly crowned WBA super lightweight champion repeatedly mentioned that he only wants to face Ryan Garcia in his first title defense. Romero believes a fight against Garcia belongs on pay-per-view, whereas there ...
Former two division world champion David Haye is advising Anthony Joshua to take an interim-fight with rival Dillian Whyte before a potential showdown with Deontay Wilder at the end of the year. Joshua knocked Whyte out in seven rounds when they collided in late 2015. The former two-time heavyweight champion was in action last month, when he picked up a ...
A new date has been set for the highly anticipated clash between undefeated knockout sensation Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) of Grand Prairie, Texas and World Champion Eimantas Stanionis (14-0, 9 KOs) of Kaunas, Lithuania for Stanionis’ WBA "regular" welterweight title. It was scheduled for April 29, the bout was postponed after Ortiz, Jr. suffered a rhabdomyolysis flare-up due ...
Adam Azim (8-0, 6 KO’s) will next month face Ukrainian Aram Fanyan (22-1, 4 KO’s) at London’s historic York Hall on Friday, June 16th. The 20-year-old prodigy has former world champion Amir Khan predicting he will win his first world championship before 22, the age Khan first became champion. In pursuit of his fast-track to contention, Azim steps up another ...
LAS VEGAS – Ismael Barroso’s brute strength impressed Rolando “Rolly” Romero. The newly crowned WBA super lightweight champion praised Barroso after his controversial ninth-round, technical-knockout win Saturday night at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Romero revealed that Barroso is a harder puncher than Gervonta Davis, who knocked out Romero in the sixth round of his previous bout, and that referee ...
Claressa Shields shared the ring with Franchon Crews and Savannah Marshall on her way to winning world titles in three weight classes. Based on her experiences with both boxers, Shields cannot envision England’s Marshall beating the undisputed super middleweight champion when they meet June 17 at AO Arena in Manchester, England. Shields favors Crews as much for her mental makeup ...
Fabian Edwards was cool, calm, and collected as he picked up the biggest win of his career at Bellator 296. Edwards outpointed Gegard Mousasi over five rounds to send the Dutch MMA legend to back-to-back losses for the first time in his 60-fight career as the Englishman booked himself a title shot against the man who dethroned Mousasi to capture ...
A decision will have to be made regarding the next challenger for newly crowned WBA junior welterweight titlist Rolando 'Rolly' Romero. Despite his suggestion to the contrary, Romero will have little say in the process. Special permission was granted for the Las Vegas-based boxer to challenge for the vacant WBA 140-pound title, which he claimed in a highly controversial ninth-round ...
Ian Garry has explained the thinking behind his post-fight callout of Neil Magny at UFC Charlotte, and said that he wants to use the opportunity to show another side to his game. Garry defeated Daniel Rodriguez in Charlotte, with “The Future” showing his clean striking skills as he handed “D-Rod” the first knockout loss of his career with a first-round ...
The confidence of Michel Rivera was through the roof following his victory over Jerry Perez. The reward for dragging his record to a perfect 24-0 seemed to be an appropriate one, a showdown against Frank Martin. Initially viewed as a 50/50 clash, Martin eventually proved that Rivera (24-1, 15 KOs) was simply in over his head. Though he dug his ...