Luis Alberto “El Venado” Lopez (29-2, 16 KOs) kicked off Mexican Independence Day Weekend by defending his IBF Featherweight World Title against former two-time world title challenger Joet Gonzalez (26-4, 15 KOs) Friday evening at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Lopez hoped to become the first person to stop Gonzalez, but he was met with a stiff challenge ...
Oscar De La Hoya has offered a word of advice to Jermell Charlo ahead of his big bout with Canelo Alvarez. Take a hard look at the Dmitry Bivol template. Bivol, the WBA light heavyweight titlist, upset oddsmakers last year, when he unanimously outpointed Alvarez, the current undisputed 168-pound champion, over 12 rounds in their 175-pound title bout. It was ...
Regis Prograis apparently isn’t sold on what many perceive to be one of the pinnacles of boxing achievements. In a recent interview, the WBC 140-pound titlist from New Orleans poured water over the concept of the undisputed champion, a distinction given to a fighter who is able to collect all four major titles in a given division. Welterweight Terence Crawford ...
Alexa Grasso retained her UFC women’s flyweight title at Noche UFC, but her championship defense didn’t come in the manner she would have intended. Grasso and former champion Valentina Shevchenko faced off in a hotly-anticipated rematch on Mexican Independence Day at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and the pair battled all the way to the scorecards in a hard-fought, closely-contested ...
San Antonio’s Ramon Cardenas thrilled his hometown fans with a picture-perfect performance, employing a textbook left-hook to drop, stop and upset Rafael Pedroza in the second round to win his debut on ShoBox Friday night in the main event live on Showtime from Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. Cardenas decked Pedroza twice in the second round, ...
Retired welterweight Amir Khan continues to maintain that his positive drug test last year was a complete accident. It was revealed earlier this year that Khan, the former junior welterweight titlist from Bolton, England, tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug. The test was administered immediately after his sixth-round knockout loss to longtime rival Kell Brook. The drug in question ...
Kenshiro Teraji was once again well under the junior flyweight limit for his latest title defense. The reigning lineal and unified WBC/WBA champion clocked in at a cut-up 107.1 pounds (officially announced at 48.6 kilograms) in the presence of the Japanese Boxing Commission during Sunday’s weigh-in ceremony. Former two-division titlist Hekkie Budler also did his part at the scale, as ...
Victor Morales had to work much harder than was the case in his previous and more notable outing. Less than five months after he blasted out Diego De La Hoya inside of two rounds, the unbeaten prospect had to fend off a determined Edwin Palomares to take a ten-round, unanimous decision victory. Scores were 100-90, 99-91 and a more realistic ...
Darius Fulghum didn’t need much time to remain a knockout every time out. The unbeaten prospect made quick work of Mexico’s Ricardo Luna, whom he stopped in the second round. A left hook floored Luna, who beat the count but was not permitted to continue as the fight ended at 1:30 of round two in their DAZN aired preliminary bout ...
KSW bantamweight champion Jakub Wiklacz held on to his 135-pound title after his title fight with Sebastian Przybysz was halted in the final round at KSW 86. Wiklacz headed into the main event bout in Wroclaw riding a four-fight win streak, including a split-decision win over Przybysz in his most recent outing at KSW 77 last December. Przybysz, meanwhile, bounced ...