Before he knew it, George Kambosos Jr.’s run on top of the lightweight division was over. After pulling off the upset against Teofimo Lopez in 2021, his bank account went through a makeover. With back-to-back appearances against Devin Haney soon after, however, Kambosos, if he wanted, never had to fight again. Nevertheless, those gigantic paydays came at a price. Kambosos ...
Conor Benn has warned Peter Dobson that he’s bringing ‘sheer violence’ to their clash at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Saturday February 3, live worldwide on DAZN. (photos by Melina Pizano) Benn (22-0 14 KOs) is back in action in his second straight fight in the States after he returned from a 17-month absence in Orlando ...
Ever since he reached a certain level of acclaim, Jaime Munguia has probably been asked “when are you going to fight Canelo Alvarez?” every single day of his life. After bursting onto the scene during HBO’s waning days in the sport, Munguia was established as the logical heir apparent—or at least next Mexican threat—to Canelo. Considering he offered to step ...
Oscar De La Hoya hopes Jaime Munguia can challenge Canelo Alvarez as soon as possible. Munguia’s co-promoter and Alvarez’s former promoter predicted late Saturday night, though, that he expects Alvarez to fight Jermall Charlo on May 4. If Alvarez indeed faces another Charlo twin in his next pay-per-view main event, “The Golden Boy” believes the undisputed super middleweight champion will ...
Undefeated Omar Trinidad, (15-0-1, 11 KOs), of Boyle Heights, CA continued his rise in the featherweight division with an eighth-round stoppage of Jose ‘El Mudo’ Perez, (11-3-2, 5 KOs), of Gardena, CA in the main event on Saturday night in front of a sold-out Commerce Casino Events Center in Los Angeles, CA. The victory settled the heated cross-town rivalry and ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn was underwhelmed by the inaugural Premier Boxing Champions on Amazon Prime Video card. Last week PBC announced its first show under the e-commerce giant featuring Keith Thurman against Tim Tszyu in the main event on pay-per-view on March 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The show will also feature Rolando Romero in a defense of his ...
There was no way that Oscar Collazo was going to let Reyneris Gutierrez hang around any longer than necessary. The 27-year-old Boricua made quick work of his overmatched challenger. Collazo dropped and subsequently dropped Nicaragua’s Gutierrez in the third round of his WBO strawweight title defense Saturday evening at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. “We were looking for the knockout,” ...
Callum Smith is a well-known boxer but he also moonlights as a prophet. The 33-year-old told all who would listen that he would take home a world title at 168 pounds, even if it meant he had to go through George Groves and John Ryder. Fast forward a few years after checking off his first goal, Smith made another. This ...
After the latest discord with Ryan Garcia, promoter Oscar De La Hoya insists his relationship with his star charge is still rooted in mutual understanding. Garcia felt bamboozled last week after he publicly indicated on his social media that De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions was close to finalizing a deal for him to fight Rolando Romero, the WBA 140-pound ...
Lewis Crocker and Paddy Donovan could soon share a ring on the heels of their sharing the stage. An expressed promotional interest in a head-on collision surfaced after the pair of unbeaten welterweights posted separate knockout victories this past Saturday in Belfast. Limerick’s Donovan endured a stiff test from Williams Andres Herrera to score two knockdowns en route to a ...