David Morrell Jr. took one look at the first press conference for the David Benavidez-Demetrius Andrade fight and determined that Andrade wouldn’t provide Benavidez with much resistance. Andrade’s approach to that promotional event was too friendly for Morrell’s taste. The Cuban southpaw already felt like Andrade was too far past his prime and not enough of a true super middleweight ...
“I’m coming to get back what belongs to me.” Murodjon Akhmadaliev was direct and to the point when he spoke of his immediate mission during Thursday’s press conference for his WBA title eliminator versus Kevin Gonzalez. The former unified junior featherweight titlist is set for his revenge tour, as a win this weekend puts him directly in line for one ...
Less than 48 hours after finding out they were fighting each other, Ellis Zorro and cruiserweight champion, Jai Opetaia, found themselves talking to each other at a press conference and posing for head to head photos. Zorro and Opetai will fight on next weekend’s massive ‘Day of Reckoning’ card in Saudi Arabia but surprised, shocked and elated to have been ...
Hamza ’Thriller’ Uddin is the latest bright British boxing prospect to sign with Matchroom – and the flyweight has already set his sights on becoming a future world champion. The former Team GB fighter is an eight-time National champion, with seven International golds and three GB titles to his C.V following a decorated amateur career. The 20-year-old, who is trained ...
World Boxing Council boss Mauricio Sulaiman wasn’t too pleased with a rival sanctioning body’s decision to strip Terence Crawford of his 147-pound belt. Crawford, of Omaha, Nebraska, fully unified all four belts in the welterweight division earlier this summer when he stopped Errol Spence Jr. in nine rounds in Las Vegas. But last month, the International Boxing Federation stripped Crawford ...
Jake Paul knocked out a “real boxer” for the first time Friday night in nine professional fights. The polarizing Paul dropped unknown underdog Andre August with a right uppercut late in the first round of the main event of a card DAZN streamed from Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. August reached his feet, but referee Christopher Young wisely ended ...
It was two rounds later than he predicted, but Lorenzo Medina delivered the knockout he promised Friday night. The 19-year-old heavyweight prospect rocked Joshua Temple with a right hand early in the sixth round and finished him off soon thereafter on the Jake Paul-Andre August undercard at Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Referee Christopher Young halted their scheduled six-rounder ...
Unified junior featherweight champions Naoya Inoue and Marlon Tapales will be fighting for the undisputed crown on Dec. 26 at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Former bantamweight and junior featherweight titlist and current 122-pound WBC mandatory challenger Luis Nery is patiently waiting to get a crack at the winner. Should the -1400 betting favorite Inoue be the victor and ...
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez kept everyone waiting for Friday’s weigh-in, though already after he made weight. The two-division and reigning WBO flyweight titleholder ran late for what was later revealed as the ceremonial weigh-in ahead of his unification bout versus IBF champ Sunny Edwards. Rodriguez tipped the scales at a fit 111.6 pounds, while Edwards was 111.6 pounds. Their two-belt unification ...
The by now 44-year-old Belgian Said Ouali (29-5) returns to action on Saturday (Dec 16) in Vienna (Austria) and is in against Hungarian Roland Hamar (5-21) in a four rounder made at middleweight. Ouali, who fought most of his fights in the US, retired in 2014 after a surprise loss to Grady Brewer. He had biggest year in 2010 when ...