A win over Jesus Ramos felt pretty improbable. Although Erickson Lubin is incredibly talented, Ramos was on his way up. It was your typical young and fresh lion going up against an older, seasoned lion with a few more battle scars. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Lubin could hear the dubious voices from a mile away. They all sounded the same. ...
Abel Sanchez knows David Benavidez better than most. As a 16-year-old, Benavidez went up to Sanchez’s now sold gym, Big Bear, and sparred with Gennadiy Golovkin. At the time, Golovkin was already a seasoned pro, a world champion, and just a violent fighter. Normally, the former unified middleweight champ would handle his sparring partners with relative ease. In the case ...
Houston, Texas - In a catchweight bout at 143-pounds, Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) bounced back in force with an eight round knockout of a determined Oscar Duarte (26-2-1, 21 KOs). In the first, the taller Garcia was jabbing to keep Duarte at bay and to set up other punches. He would Duarte when the puncher would charge in with ...
This was not the way Oscar Duarte wanted to end the biggest fight of his career. The streaking Mexican contender was forced to absorb his first defeat in nearly five years versus Ryan Garcia. Duarte was determined through seven rounds before a left hook to the chin set up an eventual eighth-round knockout win for Garcia this past Saturday at ...
Armenian lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan spectacularly gatecrashed the title picture at 155 pounds with a 64-second demolition of longtime contender Beneil Dariush in Austin, Texas. Tsarukyan and Dariush were expected to go head to head in a battle of elite grapplers, but ahead of the bout Tsarukyan had vowed to make a statement with a knockout victory. Tsarukyan stepped into ...
Belfast's Michael Conlan is potentially at the end of the road after suffering a stoppage loss at the hands of Jordan Gill in his hometown return at SSE Arena in Belfast. (photos by Mark Robinson) Conlan was rocked and getting pounded against the ropes in the seventh, when the referee jumped in to wave off the fight. The fight took ...
Alexander Krassyuk, promoter of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, believes his boxer has at least three more years left in his career. During his boxing run, Usyk became the undisputed cruiserweight world champion in 2018. And now he's one step away from potentially become the undisputed champion at heavyweight. On February 17 in Saudi Arabia, Usyk will ...
In the Golden Boy on DAZN main event, Ryan Garcia was able to overcome the charge of Oscar Duarte. In the end Garcia held a 1 punch advantage in total punches going 70 of 300, 23% compared to 69 of 287, 24% for Duarte. Duarte actually held a 62 to 55 advantage in power punches connected. Duarte went down in ...
Miami, FL – Don King Productions’ “People’s Championship” event delivered a night of fights at the Casino Miami Jai Alai Saturday night. The evening’s main event featured WBA middleweight Continental USA champion Ian Green (18-2, 12 KOs) successfully defending his title against St. Louis, MO’s challenger Vaughn Alexander (18-8, 11 KOs). Establishing his jab early, the measured Green landed a ...
Ryan Garcia is back in the win column. Whether or not the next step includes his current promotional team is another story. The star boxer and current junior welterweight hopeful rebounded from his lone career defeat with an eighth-round knockout of Mexico’s Oscar Duarte. The bout’s lone knockdown ultimately produced the end of the fight as referee James Green counted ...