SAN ANTONIO – Floyd Schofield Jr. capitalized on an unexpected opportunity to advance from rising prospect to a main attraction. The unbeaten lightweight was dominant in a ten-round, unanimous decision victory over Haskell Lydell Rhodes. All three judges scored the bout 100-87 for Schofield in their makeshift main event Saturday evening from AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. Schofield-Rhodes was ...
SAN ANTONIO – Marlen Esparza fended off a scrappy and more active foe to add another belt to her collection. The 2012 Olympic Bronze medalist for the U.S. defended her lineal, WBC and WBA flyweight titles and picked up the WBO belt in a ten-round majority decision win over Argentina’s Gabriela Celeste Alaniz. Judge Lisa Giampa (95-95) scored five rounds ...
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – Dwyke Flemmings Jr. ended his 10-month layoff with a victory Saturday night, just not in the way he had hoped. The 19-year-old junior middleweight prospect appeared well on his way to knocking out Henry Rivera early in their four-round fight on the Jaron Ennis-Roiman Villa undercard at Boardwalk Hall’s Adrian Phillips Ballroom. The taller, rangier ...
Gabriela Alaniz Ready For Esparza, Unification: By End Of Night, Everyone Will Know Who La Chucky Is
Gabriela Alaniz did not fly more than 5,000 miles just to serve as someone’s opponent. That is the emphatic message she aims to send in her flyweight title unification showdown versus lineal, WBA and WBC champion Marlen Esparza (13-1, 1KOs). The two collide this Saturday on DAZN from AT&T Center, home to the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. It’s also where ...
Italian bantamweight contender Francesco Nuzzi produced a moment of magic at PFL Europe 2 to knock out Farbod Iran Nezhad and surge into the PFL Europe Playoffs in spectacular style. Competing in the main event, Nuzzi delivered a picture-perfect head-kick to knock out Nezhad in half a round and score the biggest finish of the night at the Verti Music ...
Yoelvis Gomez gets the sense that he needs to reintroduce himself to boxing fans Saturday night. The Cuban southpaw started to build some momentum by blowing out Clay Collard in the first round and easily outpointing Jorge Cota in back-to-back televised bouts in December 2021 and May 2022. A right wrist injury forced Gomez to withdraw, however, from a fight ...
English bantamweight prospect Lewis McGrillen added more momentum to his growing hype train as he knocked out Amrali Saydoshurov after a wild battle in their showcase bout at PFL Europe 2. McGrillen and Saydoshurov faced off on the fight card in Berlin, Germany, with both men entering the PFL Europe SmartCage with the same intention – to stand and trade ...
Terence Crawford doesn't simply just win. It’s almost like he can’t go about his business in the ring mundanely. Instead, Crawford usually puts on a show. He constantly switches stances, flashes some fancy footwork, and, at some point, often scores a highlight-reel-worthy knockout. Over a decade in the game and no one has come close to figuring Crawford out. Derrick ...
This weekend’s challenge is nothing new to Marlen Esparza. The idea of facing another titleholder in Texas, in fact, has defined the entire title reign for the lineal and unified flyweight champion. The third such occasion comes in the form of her three-belt unification bout versus Argentina’s Gabriela Alaniz (14-0, 6KOs), who puts her WBO belt at stake along with ...
Rarely has Naoya Inoue needed to step into hostile territory. For the 30-year-old, he’s a rockstar in his native land of Japan. Still, despite his celebrity status reaching an all-time high, if Inoue wanted to take the next step in his career, it appeared as though he would have no choice but to make his way stateside. After casually stripping ...