IBF welterweight champion Natasha Jonas has not ruled out the scenario of having a rematch with Mikaela Mayer, but appears to be looking at a possible unification. This past Saturday night in Liverpool, Jonas has all she could handle in a fire-fight with Mayer, a former world champion at 130-pounds. Jonas retained her belt with a close ten round split ...
If he wanted, Floyd Schofield Jr. could've continued to score highlight-reel-worthy knockouts over opponents you never heard of. The Texas native is a 21-year-old who’s in the infancy stages of his career, making fights against bottom feeders acceptable at this point. His 2024 could be much of the same, but Schofield is hoping that he’ll match up against some tougher ...
Assuming Turki Alalshikh completes a deal with Artur Beterbiev’s promoter, Dmitry Bivol expects his undefeated light heavyweight rival to give him the most difficult fight of his career later this year. The unbeaten Bivol believes Beterbiev is better than his most accomplished opponent to date, Canelo Alvarez. The four-division champion was a 4-1 favorite to beat Bivol, but Russia’s Bivol ...
Shakur Stevenson loves himself a good fight. We’ve seen him dominate countless fighters across numerous weight classes on his way to becoming a three-division champion. Outside of what he’s done under the bright lights, when a ton of cameras aren’t rolling, Stevenson has been known to jump into the ring with Terence Crawford. Even when kidding around, Stevenson laced up ...
MMA veteran Francis Ngannou is not ready to give up on a boxing match with former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Last October in Saudi Arabia, Ngannou made his professional boxing debut in a crossover bout with current WBC champion Tyson Fury. Ngannou impressed experts with his competitive performance against the man who many view as the top heavyweight in ...
After spending the vast majority of her career at 130 pounds or below as both a professional and amateur, Mikaela Mayer aimed about as high as she possibly could in her debut as a full-blown 147-pound fighter in taking on Natasha Jonas. Jonas spent 2022 establishing herself as the best 154-pounder on the planet, collecting three sanctioning body titles with ...
Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez has immediately reaped the benefits of aligning himself with Puerto Rico’s biggest star in the sport. The reigning WBO junior flyweight titlist will enjoy a long-overdue homecoming for his next title defense. It comes versus fellow Boricua and interim WBO titleholder Rene Santiago, whom Caguas’ Gonzalez faces on March 2 on DAZN from El Coliseo de Puerto ...
Last weekend in Las Vegas, Jason Moloney retained his WBO bantamweight title with a very tough twelve round majority decision win over Saul Sanchez. The scores were 116-112, 116-112, and 114-114. “The team did a great job with the cut but the blood, it was going into my eye,” Moloney said. “There were a few head clashes throughout the fight ...
Reality has set in that Kenshiro Teraji is on borrowed time at junior flyweight. The reigning lineal, WBC and WBA champion is eager to further unify the division. That goal has remained in place since his one-sided knockout win over countryman Hiroto Kyoguchi, though a bit of bad luck has stalled those plans. “I don’t know yet whether I will ...
Shakur Stevenson has always done his best to be a professional. A part of being one is making weight. It was never an issue in the past but once he was asked to make the cut prior to taking on Robson Conceicao, Stevenson flat-out couldn’t do it. He may have been beltless once he moved up, but those five extra ...