LFA president Sven Bean has announced three LFA events for the month of September, with the LFA cage heading to Brazil, New York, and Minnesota in a packed month for the promotion. “The LFA team will stay busy in September as we return to three great venues to produce events.” said Bean, who handles venue booking and scheduling for the ...
DURING the week that followed the crushing first defeat of Gary Cully’s career, the Irishman woke up every morning believing his beating at the hands of Jose Felix was nothing but a nightmare. “I went away with my misses on the Monday after the fight, we had planned a little trip away,” Cully explains to BoxingScene.com. “We just went down ...
Eddie Hearn, promoter for heavyweight Anthony Joshua, does not expect the fight with Deontay Wilder to happen until the month of January. The fight had initially been targeted to take place on a December date in Saudi Arabia. Hearn is also casting doubt that an undisputed showdown between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will take place on the same card. ...
When boxing matches are referred to as “50/50 fights,” quite often it’s at the very least a slight exaggeration. The cruel reality of the sport of boxing is that most fights that take place are as far from a 50/50 proposition as will be allowed by a local commission. As for the ones we see on television, by and large ...
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - Top prospect Yoenis Tellez (6-0, 5 KOs) announced himself as a 154-pounder to watch with a sensational third-round knockout over Spanish contender Sergio Garcia (34-3, 14 KOs). “Right now my goal is not defined, but I want to face the best 154-pounders that are out there,” said Tellez, who recorded the stoppage 2:02 into the ...
Terence Crawford tattered Errol Spence Jr. and secured undisputed welterweight champion status when he dropped the Texan thrice and scored a ninth-round stoppage. Many boxing luminaries were ringside at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to witness the historic showdown. Former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder said the career-long welterweight Spence appeared to have had trouble making the 147-pound weight limit ...
Newly crowned undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford is receiving his flowers from peers far and wide. Immediately after dominating Errol Spence Jr. with three knockdowns en route to a third-round stoppage win, fellow undisputed champion and super middleweight king Canelo Alvarez chimed in on “Bud’s” spectacular performance. “Congrats Terence Crawford. You are a f------ great fighter – well deserved,” Alvarez ...
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - In a lightweight clash, Isaac Cruz (25-2-1, 17 KOs) secured a twelve round split decision over previously unbeaten Giovanni Cabrera (21-1, 7 KOs). (photos by Ryan Hafey, Esther Lin) The scores were 114-113 for Cabrera, 114-113 for Cruz, and 115-112 for Cruz. Cabrera came out with the jab to keep the shorter Cruz at bay. ...
LAS VEGAS – Terence Crawford will gladly grant Errol Spence Jr. the immediate rematch he is contractually owed at the junior middleweight limit of 154 pounds. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Spence doesn’t want to put his 33-year-old body through the tortuous process of getting down to 147 pounds again. The southpaw feels he will be a fresher fighter at junior ...
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - In a lightweight clash, Isaac Cruz (25-2-1, 17 KOs) secured a twelve round split decision over previously unbeaten Giovanni Cabrera (21-1, 7 KOs). The scores were 114-113 for Cabrera, 114-113 for Cruz, and 115-112 for Cruz. During the fight, Cruz was penalized a point for using his head while Cabrera was clinching him. In the ...