Astana, Kazakhstan – Kazakhstan’s Daniyar Yeleussinov continued his unbeaten professional record in front of a home crowd at the IBA Champions’ Night, taking place at the Beeline Arena in Astana. On the Kazakhstan vs The Rest of the World fight card, both sides would claim four victories. Yeleussinov defeated Jabulani Makhense of South Africa in the 71kg main event. Defensive ...
Bam Rodriguez and Sunny Edwards might not win Fight of the Year honors in a few weeks, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a fight in 2023 that demonstrated two-way high-level boxing ability in the manner they did on Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona. It was widely understood coming into the fight that the bout would feature two best flyweights ...
Minneapolis - In a rematch of former world champions, Robert Guerrero (38-6-1, 20 KOs) repeated with a ten round unanimous decision over Andre Berto (32-5, 24 KOs). (photos by Ryan Hafey, Amanda Westcott) The scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 99-91. Back in 2012, Guerrero dropped Berto twice in securing a twelve round unanimous decision win. The bout began with in ...
This win meant so much more than the titles that were unified in the ring. Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez entered the biggest fight of his career with the news that he would be a father by next spring. Already the sport’s youngest titleholder and two-division titlist, Rodriguez (19-0, 12KOs) can now add unified titlist to that list following his stoppage of ...
Now that he has violently avenged his close loss to Chris Colbert, Jose Valenzuela wants to fight one of boxing’s biggest stars. The 24-year-old lightweight contender called for a showdown with Gervonta Davis moments after his highlight-reel knockout of Colbert in the sixth round Saturday night at The Armory in Minneapolis. Valenzuela’s victory over Colbert came in a WBA lightweight ...
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez enjoyed a breakout 2022 campaign by taking two notable players from the past and current era of elite junior bantamweights. The two-division titlist is prepared to continue that mission, though at least one fighter will be spared his wrath. San Antonio’s Rodriguez (19-0, 12KOs) made it clear before and after his stoppage win over Sunny Edwards after ...
Minneapolis - In a rematch taking place at lightweight, Jose Valenzuela (13-2, 9 KOs) got revenge by knocking out Chris Colbert (17-2, 6 KOs) in the sixth round. (photos by Ryan Hafey and Amanda Westcott) Back in March, Colbert got off the floor to win a close and some felt controversial decision over Valenzuela. The start of the rematch was ...
The Armory, Minneapolis - Former world champions squared off as Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (38-6-1, 20 KOs) grinded out a unanimous decision (98-92 twice, 99-91) over Andre Berto (32-6, 24 KOs) after 10 rounds of welterweight action. “I felt great in the ring,” said Guerrero. “I said in the fighter meeting that I was going to box a little more ...
Minneapolis - WBA 'regular' super middleweight champion David Morrell (10-0, 9 KOs) demolished Sena Agbeko (28-3, 22 KOs) in two rounds. (photos by Amanda Westcott and Ryan Hafey) Agbeko tried to get respect from Morrell at the start of the first, but it didn't take long before the Cuban puncher began to dictate the action. In the second, Morrell trapped ...
Arizona - In an IBF, WBO flyweight unification between unbeaten champions, Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez (19-0, 12 KOs) beat down and stopped Sunny Edwards (20-1, 4 KOs) in ten rounds. (photos by Ed Mulholland, Melina Pizano) The fight began as a chess match, with the two boxers picking their spots. Rodriguez was targeting the body often to slow Edwards down. In ...