Before a crowd of 10, 836 screaming fans from the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, former world champion Jaime Munguia (43-0, 34 KOs) sent a message to the super middleweight division in a dramatic fight where he stopped John “The Gorilla” Ryder (32-7, 18 KOs) in the ninth round. Scheduled for 12-rounds, Munguia dropped Ryder four times – once in ...
Belfast - In a welterweight clash, Lewis Crocker (19-0, 11 KOs) was too big and too strong, crushing Jose Felix (40-7-1, 31 KOs) in the fifth round. (photos by Mark Robinson) Crocker was three pounds over the limit at Friday's official weigh-in. Crocker, the much bigger man, came out pressing forward against Felix. Felix was moving around the ring and ...
BANGKOK, Thailand – India and Pakistan consistently create thrilling moments in the world of sports, the boxing contest between Kulbir Dhaka of Sonipat, India, and Shahir Afridi of Karachi, Pakistan, was no exception. After a hard-fought ring battle, tall and strong Dhaka (8-2, 4 KO's) successfully conquered the WBA Asia South middleweight title by outclassing and defeating by points difficult ...
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch erupted over some recent statements made by his career rival, Andre Ward. During an interview, Ward explained that he felt Joe Calzaghe would have been a tougher opponent than former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. "The big, one shot would have been my concern with Anthony Joshua. He doesn’t have the style – he’s ...
About 30 minutes south of Washington D.C. is a blue-collared small town in Oxon Hill, Md. This city has produced one of the most anticipated young male boxers across the nation. Jahmal Harvey, a 21-year-old native of Oxon Hill, has become one of the faces of USA Boxing and continues to impress boxing fans. Harvey’s story comes from passion, determination, ...
Munguía vs. Ryder is a 12-round fight presented by Golden Boy Promotions in co-promotion with Zanfer Boxing and Matchroom Boxing. Collazo vs. Gutierrez is a 12-round fight for the WBO Minimumweight World Championship presented in association with Miguel Cotto Promotions. (photos by Ed Mulholland) >>>>CLICK HERE FOR THE LIVE SCORECARD<<<< Fundora vs. Cruz is a 10-round fight for the IBF ...
Gabriela Fundora never panicked Saturday night. Christina Cruz outboxed her during the first half of their IBF flyweight title, but the aggressive, patient, stronger Fundora began landing harder shots during the sixth round and took complete control of their 10-round championship clash on the Jaime Munguia-John Ryder undercard at Footprint Center in Phoenix. Fundora (13-0, 6 KOs), the younger sister ...
Jaime Munguia is looking to accomplish something Canelo Alvarez couldn't – a knockout of against John Ryder. Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs) and Ryder (32-6, 18 KOs) will square off Jan. 27 in a super middleweight scrap at the Footprint Center in Phoenix on DAZN. Should Munguia score a stoppage victory against the Brit, he’ll build a stronger case in garnering ...
John Ryder realizes he won while losing the biggest fight of his career 8½ months ago. The scorecards reflect Ryder wasn’t all that competitive with Canelo Alvarez in their 12-round, 168-pound championship clash. The resilient Ryder displayed gumption after suffering a broken nose just before the second round ended, however, and got up from a knockdown just before the midway ...
Belfast - Limerick’s Paddy Donovan is building some real momentum and after stopping English welterweight champion Danny Ball in November, he got straight back to action with a WBA Continental title defense against Argentina’s Williams Andres Herrera. Donovan controlled the opening round with his southpaw jab. It wasn’t a hard, ram rod jab and he wasn’t busting Herrera up but ...