Lightweight, and increasingly junior welterweight, are about as hot as boxing gets. One of the sport's biggest draws, Gervonta Davis, calls the division home. So do undisputed champion Devin Haney, Shakur Stevenson, and Vasyl Lomachenko while just five pounds north one can find Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia, Subriel Matias, Jose Ramirez, Regis Prograis, and quality rising contenders like Gary Antuanne ...
Undefeated Massachusetts welterweight champion Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley (11-0, 6 KOs) is a legacy boxer. His trainers, father Derrick and Uncle Darrin, were solid pro boxers in the late 1990s through 2007. (photo by Emily Harney) Whitley, 24, is breaking out of his coaches’ shadows to establish himself as one of the top New England prospects. The quintessential boxer intends ...
Hard-hitting welterweight prospect Freudis Rojas will take on Mexico’s Diego Sanchez in the 10-round telecast opener live on Showtime this Saturday, July 15 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The previously announced Nonito Donaire vs. Alexandro Santiago bout will now take place on July 29. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins ...
Terence Crawford considered himself a small junior welterweight before he moved up to the welterweight division five years ago. The undefeated three-weight world champion has still won each of his seven fights at the 147-pound limit either by knockout or technical knockout. Errol Spence Jr. is unbeaten and better than any of the seven welterweights Crawford has stopped, yet the ...
Errol Spence Jr. is on the verge of having the fight of his life, but that doesn’t mean he can't have a bit of fun. On July 29th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Spence is officially set to take on current WBO welterweight champion, Terence Crawford. Big, bad, and in possession of three of the four major ...
Devin Haney requested another 24 hours to consider a path to challenge for the WBO junior welterweight title. The sanctioning body is not having it. An immediate ruling was handed down by the WBO, who declared that the undisputed lightweight king remains bound to the same ruling applied to the three other parties involved in the 140-pound title picture—Arnold Barboza, ...
Nonito Donaire and Alexandro Santiago will have to wait a little longer for their vacant bantamweight title fight. The good news is that it will now appear before a far wider audience. BoxingScene.com has learned that Donaire-Santiago will no longer take place this Saturday at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas as originally scheduled. The vacant WBC bantamweight title fight will ...
Former two-division Cage Warriors champion Mason Jones is back in the famous yellow gloves, and now has a fight confirmed for his promotional return. Jones, who went 1-2 (1 no contest) during a stop-start stint in the UFC, returns to the promotion that saw his best performances as he takes on Alexandre Ribeiro in a lightweight matchup at Cage Warriors ...
A purse bid date has been assigned to the Rolando Romero-Ohara Davies clash. WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza confirmed that the sanctioning body will hold a July 24 hearing to determine promotional rights for the mandatory 140-pound title fight. As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, the bout was destined for a purse bid after the 30-day deadline came and went without ...
Popular UFC featherweight Billy Quarantillo was riding the crest of a wave, but a tough defeat to Edson Barboza derailed his momentum. Now “Billy Q” is back, and ready to get back to winning ways at UFC Nashville. Quarantillo will take on Damon Jackson on August 5 in an important matchup for both men as they look to rebound from ...