LAS VEGAS – Rolando “Rolly” Romero is thankful that the performance-enhancing drug testing process served its purpose prior to his fight Saturday night. Otherwise, Romero would’ve faced an opponent, Alberto Puello, who would’ve benefited from a banned substance in their 12-round fight for Puello’s WBA super lightweight title. Romero instead will box Venezuelan veteran Ismael Barroso for the vacant WBA ...
Rances Barthelemy still can’t believe he wasn’t allowed to continue in the sixth round of his fight against Gary Antuanne Russell nine months ago. Barthelemy believes he would’ve eventually knocked out Russell had their fight not been stopped after he was knocked down during the sixth round. The Cuban contender got up quickly from Russell’s right hook, answered the commands ...
Liam Smith is very motivated to become a two-weight world champion. Smith, a former WBO world champion at 154-pounds, moved up to middleweight earlier this year and pulled of a stunning knockout of Chris Eubank Jr. in a four round upset. The WBO had named Smith as the mandatory challenger to middleweight world champion Janibek Alimkhanuly. However, Eubank exercised an ...
Kim Clavel (17-1, 3 KOs) bounced back after suffering her first career defeat, with a ten round unanimous decision over Mexico's Naomi Reyes (9-3, 5 KOs) at Place Bell in Laval. Clavel, with scores of 96-94, 98-92 and 98-92, walked away with the WBC International and WBO Intercontinental titles. Back in July of 2022, Clavel defeated Yesenia Gomez to become the ...
LAS VEGAS – Ismael Barroso has mostly lost when he fought credible contenders. Uzbekistan’s Batyr Akhmedov, who will fight on Barroso’s undercard Saturday night, knocked him out in the ninth round the last time Barroso boxed a top 140-pound opponent. The Venezuelan veteran is 40 years old as well. Those are among the reasons Rolando “Rolly” Romero is a 10-1 ...
Former WBA, WBO and EBU light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer, 44 and 52-3-1, according to BILD, is considering a comeback. Braehmer last fought in December of 2019 but has remained active in professional boxing as a coach for the likes of Robin Krasniqi and Tyron Zeuge. Opponent in the comeback - if it comes off - is former IBO and ...
Oscar De La Hoya believes his star client needs some serious introspection. The Hall of Fame fighter and promoter of Ryan Garcia offered a sobering critique of the lightweight star in a recent interview, saying he needs to truly commit himself to boxing and have “tunnel vision” if he wants to have further success. Garcia, a native of Victorville, California, ...
Fabian Edwards booked himself a September date with Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen after claiming a dominant victory over Dutch MMA legend and former Bellator champ Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 296 in Paris, France. Edwards produced the most complete, composed performance of his career to cleanly defeat Mousasi on the scorecards after five rounds at the Accor Arena to earn ...
Romero vs. Barroso will see hard-hitting Rolando “Rolly’’ Romero battle No. 1 Contender Ismael Barroso for the vacant WBA Super Lightweight World Title on Saturday, May 13 live on SHOWTIME from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Esther Lin) The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. ...
Janibek Alimkhanuly was all business throughout fight week and ever the professional at the scale. A well-distributed and career light 159.2 pounds graced the frame of Kazakhstan’s Alimkhanuly (13-0, 8KOs), who attempts the second defense of his WBO middleweight title. He faces Montreal’s Steven Butler (32-3-1, 26KOs) who was 159.6 pounds for their scheduled 12-round bout which airs live this ...