Lightweight Tsendbaatar Erdenebat is a lightweight to watch. Erdenebat (9-0, 4 KOs), a 2016 Mongolian Olympian, won an eight-round unanimous decision over Mohamed Soumaoro (14-3, 6 KOs) in an eight-round bout Wednesday at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida. The judges saw the bout 79-73, 80-72, and 80-72 for Erdenebat. The first round was slow. Erdenebat was able ...
Gilberto Ramirez has the chance to become Mexico’s first cruiserweight world champion when he fights Arsen Goulamirian in Inglewood, California, on March 30. The Armenia-born Goulamirian (27-0, 19 KOs) defends his WBA belt at the YouTube Theater, just outside Los Angeles, in his American debut. Ramirez, 32, will be making his first official appearance in his new weight class. “It ...
Edgar Berlanga’s trainer doesn’t believe that his fighter is ready to challenge Saul “Canelo” Alvarez – and nor does he think anyone else is. That Berlanga stopped Padraig McCrory in six rounds in his past fight has, in the context of reports of Alvarez preparing to split from Premier Boxing Champions and return to Matchroom and DAZN – who also ...
Chantelle Cameron has spoken for the first time since her split from her trainer Jamie Moore. The 32-year-old Cameron lost her rematch with Katie Taylor last November, which had followed Taylor losing via majority decision to Cameron in May. But Cameron revealed that she had spoken about splitting from Moore even before the rematch with Taylor. “It was not after ...
Undefeated heavyweight phenom Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson is angling for another big knockout. The fighting pride of Toledo, Ohio, steps up in class to face Belgian contender Ryad Merhy on Saturday, April 13, in the 10-round main event at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. In the 10-round heavyweight co-feature, Nigerian puncher Efe Ajagba and Italian standout ...
The origin story isn’t anything spectacular. In fact, it’s the stereotypical one that has been attached to prizefighters around the globe for decades. A kid does well on the amateur scene – well enough that someone approaches them with an offer to make some money in a fight, and the kid takes it. Twenty-year-old Amanda Serrano – the kid, in ...
Eddie Hearn has revealed an approach from Ryan Garcia “some time ago” in a bid to make one of the most wanted fights in boxing a reality. Ryan Garcia challenges career-long rival and WBC super-lightweight champion Devin Haney on April 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Haney last defended the WBC crown in December, with an impressive ...
Ryan Garcia has laid out his long-term plans – and he only wants big fights from here on. First, he meets former amateur rival Devin Haney on April 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, then the 24-1 (20 KOs) 25 year old said he hopes to go on a run that will culminate in him being able to avenge ...
When Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia stare at one another across the ring in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on April 20, it will be the seventh time they have done it. They split a six-fight amateur rivalry 3-3, but when they meet in New York, it will be for Haney’s WBC super lightweight title in one of the biggest ...
Former undisputed lightweight champion and current WBC super lightweight Champion Devin “The Dream” Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) and international PPV star “King” Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) hosted a press conference in New York City to promote their 12-round super lightweight world championship clash. The fight is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Haney Promotions, KingRy Promotions, and ...