Sunny Edwards takes tremendous pride as one of the sport’s best pure boxers. The unbeaten IBF flyweight titlist also thrives on serving as the ultimate heel. Not even a language barrier has spared Andres Campos’ of Edwards’ charmful brand of trash talk ahead of their title fight this weekend. Edwards has taken every opportunity to raise the temperature, thriving in ...
Following the success of the EOTTM gala on October 27 of last year, which marked the return of professional boxing to Outaouais after a few years of absence, the Montreal promoter is back with a second event on September 8 at the Theatre du Casino Lac-Leamy. The card will feature the new NABF super-lightweight champion, Steve Claggett, as well as ...
Newly crowned WBO cruiserweight world champion Chris Billam-Smith would have no problem with defending his title against Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. Last month in Bournemouth, Billam-Smith pulled off a major upset when dropped Lawrence Okolie three times to clinch a twelve round decision to capture the WBO world title. Okolie has vowed to exercise an immediate rematch, but it's ...
The talking is done. For the defending champion, so is the wait. It’s been well more than a year since Jr. welterweight king Josh Taylor was last seen in the ring. It was the worst night of his professional career. He suffered a knockdown, lost a point, and escaped by the skin of his teeth with his crown against Jack ...
NEW YORK – Juan Carrillo looked like he would tear through Richard Vansiclen by early in the fourth round of their televised light heavyweight fight Friday night in Verona, New York. Vansiclen came back to drop Carrillo in that fourth round, however, and made their 10-round bout between southpaws very competitive. Colombia’s Carrillo overcame some fatigue in the later rounds ...
Barack Obama was in his seventh year as U.S. president the last time Neslan Machado scored a knockout win. (photo by juanmashots) That changed in a big way on Friday, when Miami’s Machado made quick work of Jonathan Smith. A barrage of power shots was enough to prompt referee Chris Young to stop the contest at 2:34 of round two ...
David Adaleye secured his 11th stoppage out of 12 as he forced Emir Ahmatovic to retire on his stool before the start of the sixth. ‘Big D’ is one of a crop of promising heavyweights in Britain and has done everything right during his first three and a half years as a pro. This was not Adeleye’s best performance to ...
Undefeated junior welterweight king Josh Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) will defend his WBO title against former lightweight kingpin Teofimo Lopez (18-1, 13 KOs) at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. (photos by Mikey Williams) In the eight-round co-feature, Puerto Rican junior middleweight phenom Xander Zayas (15-0, 10 KOs) will take on Ronald “Diablo” Cruz (18-2-1, 12 KOs). Taylor-Lopez and Zayas-Cruz ...
Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez were kept completely apart again Friday after they made weight at Madison Square Garden. Taylor talked trash and pointed at his head to indicate that he is mentally stronger than Lopez. A calmer Lopez looked directly at Taylor from across the stage, but the former unified lightweight champion didn’t say anything to his opponent before ...
The women’s bantamweight title fight at UFC 289 was officially rubber-stamped as both participants in the main event bout in Vancouver hit championship weight at the official weigh-ins. Challenger Irene Aldana was the first fighter on the scale and hit 135 pounds on the nose to make sure she was eligible to win the title this weekend. Defending champ Amanda ...