Moving up in weight wasn’t designed to be easy. No matter how great a particular fighter is, life changes once they decide to compete in a higher weight class. For Naoya Inoue, however, it’s been a walk in the park. In 2012, the Japanese star waltzed to the ring as a 108-pounder. Fast forward roughly a decade later, and he’s ...
Brian Mendoza realizes that the odds are stacked against him again, and not just according to DraftKings, FanDuel and all of the other online sportsbooks. The Albuquerque native has traveled halfway around the world to challenge Tim Tszyu for the Australian star’s WBO junior middleweight title Sunday afternoon. Mendoza (22-2, 16 KOs), who resides and trains in Las Vegas, will ...
Tim Tszyu was bewildered by Jermell Charlo’s uninspiring performance against Canelo Alvarez. The WBO junior middleweight champion sensed Charlo simply attempted to “survive” against Alvarez in the highest-profile fight of Charlo’s career. From Tszyu’s viewpoint, going 12 rounds with Alvarez satisfied Charlo on September 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Though critical of Charlo’s most recent performance, Australia’s Tszyu ...
Gradually, Tim Tszyu was backing Jermell Charlo into a corner, even when he didn’t notice it. The 28-year-old wasn’t even a blip on his radar. Actually, Charlo wasn't the only one who had no idea who Tszyu was. Most of the division’s top names were clueless about him as a fighter. It wasn’t entirely their fault. Tszyu, for the first ...
Chris Bourke insists that he is ready to take control of the British bantamweight scene. The heavy-handed 29 year old from Streatham in South London dismantled Tanzanian puncher, Adam Mbega, last weekend, notching up another stoppage and positioning himself for a crack at a meaningful title. It is almost 18 months since Bourke (13-1, 8 KO’s) lost a unanimous decision ...
The future of lineal, unified junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo in the division he made home is unclear. After a lopsided loss to Saul Alvarez at super middleweight, a return makes sense. The division has to keep moving in the meantime. Tim Tszyu was supposed to fight Charlo earlier in 2023 but a hand injury knocked the champ out of ...
Saturday night at The Fort Bend Epicenter in Rosenberg, Texas, lightweight Nahir Albright will look for his second consecutive win over a United States Olympian when he fights Keyshawn Davis in a 10-round co-feature bout that will be televised live on ESPN (10:30 PM ET / 7:30 PT). Albright of Philadelphia is promoted by RDR Promotions and has a record ...
Tim Tszyu came in a full pound under the junior middleweight limit Saturday afternoon for his title defense against Brian Mendoza. Sydney’s Tszyu stepped on the scale at 153 pounds at the weigh-in for their 12-round, 154-pound title fight Sunday afternoon, which was held outdoors in Broadbeach, Australia. Albuquerque’s Mendoza officially weighed in exactly at the 154-pound limit for a ...
Social media star KSI is highly motivated to pull off an upset win over unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury on Saturday night in Manchester. Earlier this year, Fury traveled to the Middle East and stunned Jake Paul with an eight round split decision to hand the Youtuber his first career defeat as a boxer. Some observers believe Fury will ...
Frank Sanchez is tired of waiting. The undefeated heavyweight contender has fought twice this year, but beat big underdogs in fights designed to simply keep Sanchez active while he awaits a title shot. Sanchez is ranked third by the WBO, fourth by the WBC, fifth by the IBF and 15th by the WBA. With Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk perhaps ...