Joshua Franco and Kazuto Ioka both entered their first fight as reigning junior bantamweight titlist. They will now enter the ring for their anticipated sequel as former titleholders. San Antonio’s Franco was forced to relinquish the WBA 115-pound title after failing to make weight for Saturday’s rematch versus Ioka. The bout will still proceed, with only Ioka eligible to win ...
Joshua Franco spent nearly the past six months looking forward to a second go with Kazuto Ioka. He now has two hours to lose as much weight as he can but pressed with the harsh reality of losing his WBA junior bantamweight title before he enters the ring. The San Antonio native weighed an announced 55.2 kilograms, roughly 121.7 pounds—well ...
Errol Spence Jr. apparently couldn’t let go of the idea of fighting Terence Crawford—even when he was in the throes of a painful recovery process. After initially failing to consummate a deal, Spence, unified WBA, WBC, IBF welterweight champion from Desoto, Texas, will finally meet Crawford, the WBO titlist from Omaha, Nebraska, for the undisputed 147-pound championship July 29 at ...
Interim WBC Middleweight Champion Carlos Adames and former unified champion Julian “J-Rock” Williams traded barbs at Thursday’s final press conference before they trade blows in the SHOWTIME main event this Saturday, June 24 in a Premier Boxing Champions event at The Armory in Minneapolis. (photos by Esther Lin) Thursday’s press conference also featured fighters competing on the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® ...
Canelo Alvarez has partnered again with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions. The Mexican superstar announced in a brief video posted to his Instagram account Thursday afternoon that his next fight in September will be presented by PBC. The undisputed super middleweight champion didn’t mention an opponent, but Jermall Charlo is considered the favorite to challenge Alvarez next for his IBF, ...
Jason Quigley has grown comfortable with the role of longshot underdog fighting on the road. In a sense, it’s why he didn’t hesitate to answer the call when he was offered the chance to fight in New York City versus local favorite Edgar Berlanga. “This is a massive opportunity for me to come on this stage and this platform and ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn believes the upcoming clash between Jake Paul and Nate Diaz will be a complete mismatch. Diaz, an MMA veteran, finished his long stint with the UFC last September after beating Tony Ferguson. During the course of his career, Diaz has trained in boxing gyms with fighters such as former world champion Andre Ward. He makes his boxing ...
David Morrell (9-0, 8 KOs), the undefeated WBA "regular" super middleweight champion, has expressed his disappointment with WBC interim-champion David Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs). Morrell is upset after reading about a recent interview where Benavidez explained that he was interested in facing former world champion Jaime Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs), who recently fought at super middleweight. "From here on out ...
Errol Spence Jr. apparently has an open invitation from at least one sanctioning body to have some of his suspicions about its finances allayed. Spence, the unified welterweight champion from Desoto, Texas, recently called into question what boxing’s sanctioning bodies were doing with the fees they received from fighters’ purses. Spence broadcasted his concerns during the press conference in New ...
Edgar Berlanga doesn’t have any illusions about skipping to the front of the line in the Canelo sweepstakes. It’s unquestioned that his new alignment with Matchroom Boxing will help at least provide a shortcut to a potential shot at undisputed super middleweight king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. However, the unbeaten Nuyorican knows he still has to fight his way to ...