Stephen Fulton feels he will gain Naoya Inoue’s respect relatively early in their fight Tuesday night. The WBC/WBO 122-pound champion has won only 38 percent of his professional bouts by knockout, yet Philadelphia’s Fulton thinks his power is underrated based on his low knockout ratio by those that haven’t been hit by him. Japan’s Inoue has knocked out 88 percent ...
The career enjoyed by Oscar De La Hoya is the stuff of dreams for just about any other boxer. Yet through the hundreds of millions earned, the Olympic Gold medal and ten major titles won in six weight divisions in a Hall of Fame career, there still remains little joy he chooses to take with him upon reflection. “I’m just ...
Saturday night at the Chumash Casino Resort, WBC #2 ranked super welterweight Serhii ‘El Flaco’ Bohachuk, (23-1, 23 KOs), continued his knockout streak through the division with a stunning, one punch, first round knockout (2:32) of world title challenger, Patrick Allotey, (42-5, 32 KO), of Accra, Ghana. Said promoter Tom Loeffler, “Serhii continued to prove why he’s the most exciting ...
There is a strategic reason Robeisy Ramirez will appear on the Stephen Fulton-Naoya Inoue undercard Tuesday night in Tokyo. According to Bob Arum, whose company co-promotes Inoue, if Inoue and Ramirez continue to win Inoue eventually will move up to the featherweight limit of 126 pounds to fight for Ramirez’s WBO belt. Cuba’s Ramirez (12-1, 7 KOs) will make his ...
By the time he steps into the ring with Naoya Inoue on Tuesday morning (U.S. time), Stephen Fulton will have been in Japan more than two weeks. But there’s been no sightseeing for the champ in the land of the rising sun. “Strictly business,” he said. “Gym and hotel for me. I ain't here for fun. I'm here for a ...
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – Jaron Ennis doesn’t see Stephen Fulton’s fight against Naoya Inoue the same way as oddsmakers and those that consider Inoue indestructible. Ennis, a friend of Fulton’s from Philadelphia, is certain that the unbeaten WBC/WBO 122-pound champion is built to shine in this career-defining fight. That’s why Ennis won’t be the least bit surprised if Fulton ...
Tim Bradley was visibly upset by the controversial outcome of the George Kambosos Jr.-Maxi Hughes fight Saturday night. Well aware of how difficult it will be for the unheralded Hughes to win his way back into the position he occupied when he entered the ring to box Kambosos, Bradley blasted the judges who didn’t credit Hughes for winning their 12-round ...
Stephen Fulton acknowledged Naoya Inoue’s greatness and realizes he demanded what, on paper, appears to be the most difficult fight of his eight-year professional career. The undefeated Philadelphia native also has seen weaknesses in “The Monster” that have made Fulton fully confident he is equipped to become the first fighter to defeat Inoue. Fulton will defend his WBC and WBO ...
Robeisy Ramirez is undecided on who will prevail in the Stephen Fulton-Naoya Inoue junior featherweight title fight. He is also surprisingly unbothered by the matchup itself, considering his upcoming WBO featherweight title defense versus Satoshi Shimizu (11-1, 10KOs) is the evening’s co-feature. The 29-year-old Cuban southpaw cites that status as the very reason for his lack of opinion on the ...
There’s simply no other way to put it. Things have flat-out been a disaster for Eimantas Stanionis as of late. April 16th, 2022, was essentially his proudest moment as a pro. On the night, the Lithuanian born contender achieved a lifelong dream of becoming a world champion, albeit a secondary one. Winning wasn’t just a joyful feeling for the 28-year-old ...