Sometimes, boxing can be a crapshoot. Vergil Ortiz Jr. ostensibly checked all the boxes. He was big, strong, didn’t play around with his food, and got all of his opponents out of there before the sound of the final bell. His placement amongst the rest of his welterweight peers was unambiguous. Terence Crawford, the division’s top dog, notices everything, including ...
Khalil Coe, George Liddard and Jimmy Sains are all set to feature on the undercard of Conor Benn’s clash with Peter Dobson at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas on Saturday February 3, live worldwide on DAZN. Coe (7-0-1 5KOs) enjoyed a fruitful 2023 with three KO wins from three outings as the 26 year former Team USA talent ...
WE ARE NOW roughly a couple of weeks removed from our Reckoning in Riyadh and the overwhelmingly positive reaction to the event has been particularly satisfying. All the long nights and hard work was well worthwhile. Fortune must be shining on us a bit in one way, at least. We have now completed two bumper promotions as part of Riyadh ...
Sergio Mora mentioned during the first round that the DAZN analyst anticipated the “Fight of the Year” on June 10 at Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. Jaime Munguia and Sergiy Derevyanchenko definitely delivered that type of unforgettable battle over the next 11-plus rounds. Mexico’s Munguia, who narrowly won a unanimous decision, and Ukraine’s Derevyanchenko took turns tattooing each other with ...
Xander Zayas and Patrick Teixeira will have to wait a few months longer for their crossroads bout. BoxingScene.com has learned that the junior middleweight fight between the unbeaten rising prospect and former titlist has been pushed back to June. They were previously due to appear as the co-feature of the February 16 Top Rank on ESPN card at Madison Square ...
For his big debut in his new division, undefeated, knockout sensation Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) of Grand Prairie, Texas, is set to fight after a long layoff. He will participate in a 12-round super welterweight fight against Accra, Ghana’s Fredrick "General Okunka" Lawson (30-3, 22 KOs) who will also be debuting in the new division. The event is ...
For his big debut in his new division, undefeated, knockout sensation Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) of Grand Prairie, Texas, is set to fight after a long layoff. He will participate in a 12-round super welterweight fight against Accra, Ghana’s Fredrick "General Okunka" Lawson (30-3, 22 KOs) who will also be debuting in the new division. The event is ...
Francis Ngannou will now oppose the other big British heavyweight boxing star in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Combat sports reporter Ariel Helwani reported Friday that Turki Alalshhikh and his “own sources” confirmed to him that a deal has been finalized for former IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO champion Anthony Joshua to face Ngannou on a date to be determined at Kingdom Arena. Helwani also stated ...
Most boxing fans had probably managed to make it through their entire lives without hearing about the drug clomifene. That all changed 15 months ago when news broke that Conor Benn had failed a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) test for the banned substance. The failure caused the late cancellation of Benn’s hyped catchweight fight with Chris Eubank Jnr. and began ...
WBO junior welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez is ready and motivated to blast out Jamaine Ortiz on February 8, at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) upset the odds last year, when he captured the WBO world title by dominating former undisputed champion Josh Taylor to capture the WBO title. After ...