NEW YORK – Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. obviously believe becoming boxing’s first fully unified welterweight champion of the four-belt era is important enough to pay significant portions of their purses to the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO next month. Unless they negotiate lower percentages with one or more of those sanctioning bodies, Crawford and Spence will pay three ...
Malik Scott, the head trainer for former WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder, revealed that former unified beltholder Andy Ruiz is as a potential interim-opponent - before his fighter steps in the ring for a showdown with British star Anthony Joshua. Wilder and Ruiz were ordered to fight last year, in a WBC final eliminator. The fighters have not come ...
Quinton Randall continues to find ways to win. The welterweight prospect remained unbeaten Saturday night, dropping Terry Chatwood twice en route to a knockout win Saturday night at the GSH Event Center in his hometown of Houston, Texas. Randall improved to 12-0-1, 3 knockouts. Both fighters had their moments until round 3, as Randall began to assert himself and was ...
Queensland, Australia - In an IBF super bantamweight eliminator between unbeaten fighters, Sam Goodman (15-0, 7 KOs) secured a twelve round split decision over Ra'eese Aleem (20-1, 12 KOs). (photos by Matt Roberts) The scores were 116-112 for Aleem, 117-111 for Goodman, and 116-112 for Goodman. A quick pace in the first round. Both displaying speed and hard combinations. Some ...
WBC world champion Regis Prograis is confident that he did enough to retain his junior welterweight title on Saturday with a twelve round split decision victory over Danielito Zorrilla at the Smoothie King Arena in New Orleans. The scores were 118-109 and 117-110 for Prograis, while the third judge saw Zorrilla winning 114-113. Prograis dropped Zorrilla in the third round, but ...
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans - For the WBC junior welterweight title, Regis Prograis (29-1, 24 KOs) picked up a twelve round split decision over Danielito Zorrilla (17-2, 13 KOs) in a fight that lacked the promised fireworks. (photos by Ed Mulholland and Melina Pizano) The scores were 118-109 Prograis, 114-113 for Zorrilla, and 117-110 for Prograis. The fight began ...
Jared Cannonier promised that he would come to scrap against Marvin Vettori, and “The Killa Gorilla” performed as advertised at UFC Vegas 75. Cannonier produced a thrilling performance against teak-tough Vettori in a fight that set a new record for significant strikes landed as he connected with 241 such strikes over the course of the 25-minute bout at the UFC ...
Local hero and lightweight prospect, Ty "Short Fuse" Tomlin (14-1, 9 KOs), is set to step back into the ring outside of his hometown in Nashville, Tennessee. Tomlin will go head-to-head against Abdel Sauceda (11-3, 7 KOs) from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, in an 8-round lightweight bout. The fight, promoted by Misfits Boxing in association with DiBella Entertainment, will take ...
Super middleweight contender Jason Quigley is a tremendous underdog in his upcoming fight against dangerous power puncher Edgar Berlanga. Their contest takes place on Saturday, June 24th, at The Theater in New York's Match Square Garden. Quigley has been training for the fight in Dublin. "[Training camp has] really has gone very well. You know running in straight of my ...
Arman Tsarukyan has been an under-the-radar contender in the UFC lightweight division for some time now. But he said now is the time to break cover and face the champion for a second time, this time on even terms. Tsarukyan defeated short-notice replacement opponent Joaquim Silva via second-round TKO at UFC Vegas 75 at the UFC Apex, and showed his ...