Jared Anderson has resumed his knockout ways. The red-hot heavyweight contender brutalized Ukraine’s Andriy Rudenko en route to a fifth-round stoppage victory. There were not any knockdowns on the night but Rudenko was under siege and unable to defend himself. Referee Gary Ritter saw enough and intervened at 1:40 of round five In their ESPN-televised main event Saturday from Hard ...
Oscar Collazo wanted to make his world title defense a memorable one. Collazo battered Garen Diagan before Diagan did not come out for the seventh round Saturday night before a partisan crowd at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The 26-year-old, who resides in nearby Villalba, improved to 8-0, 6 KOs. Collazo successfully defended the WBO world ...
In a clash of unbeaten featherweights, Yan Santana stopped Jostin Ortiz Maysonet of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico in the first round. After a competitive opening minute, Santana (9-0, 9 KOs) hurt Ortiz with a left hook to the head. Ortiz staggered into a corner, where Santana landed vicious left hooks to the head. Santana battered Ortiz until the fight was ...
Daniel Dubois claimed he was ‘cheated out of victory’ after his fifth-round right hand to the body was ruled a low blow by referee Luis Pabon. Dubois landed the bolo punch right on Usyk’s waistband and the Ukrainian WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF champion immediately dropped to the canvas. However Pabon judged it as a low blow and gave Usyk ...
At this point, the praise that Abdullah Mason has been receiving is hard to ignore. Soft-spoken yet loud in the ring, the 19-year-old has drawn the ohs and ahs of practically everyone who’s seen him perform. Tim Bradley, current ESPN commentator and recently inducted Hall of Famer, compared Mason to a young Floyd Mayweather. Shakur Stevenson, the two-division champion and ...
The career of Anthony Joshua has had its fair share of peaks and valleys. Of course, we all remember his dominant title reign. During his first run as a unified champion, the former Olympic gold medalist took out the likes of Wladimir Klitschko, Joseph Parker, and Alexander Povetkin. But while he would go on to lose his heavyweight titles, regain ...
Andriy Rudenko can’t think of a more appropriate weekend to shock the world. The 39-year-old journeyman is a big underdog heading into his scheduled ten-round ESPN-televised main event versus unbeaten heavyweight Jared Anderson this Saturday from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thursday’s final pre-fight conference also marked Ukrainian Independence Day, though with many boxers such as Rudenko ...
Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway showed, once again, that he’s still at the top of his game as he finished a hard-charging Chan Sung Jung at UFC Singapore. The bout between Holloway and “The Korean Zombie” headlined the card at Singapore Indoor Stadium, and the two featherweight legends served up an all-action war worthy of the billing, as “The ...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Terence Crawford vs. Jaron Ennis, Crawford vs. Errol Spence, Jermell Charlo's challenge of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, four division champion Naoya Inoue, crossover fighters, and more. Hey Bread, I love your insights but you're way off on Boots v Bud. You're reaching because you have an emotional attachment ...
Oleksandr Usyk doesn’t really care who wins the Zhilei Zhang-Joe Joyce rematch next month, even though he might eventually defend his heavyweight titles against whoever emerges victorious. Based on what Usyk witnessed April 15, though, Joyce had better make adjustments, particularly defensively, if he expects to defeat the huge Chinese southpaw in their second showdown September 23 at OVO Arena ...