Coach Bozy Ennis was pleased his Cuban hotshot Andy Cruz banked 10 rounds in just his third professional fight, winning every session against Mexican Brayan Zamarripa. Cruz went to 3-0 (1 KO) at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida, and afterwards said the fight had been like a sparring session. “I thought he did a great job tonight,” said the ...
Former unified heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua has urged up-and-coming British heavyweight Matty Harris to keep faith in his ability and to return strongly following his defeat last July to the hardened Ukrainian Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko. Harris, a decorated amateur, had quickly taken to the professional game with five successive wins [four by knockout] following his debut in November 2011. Promoted ...
Cuban star Andy Cruz was content to go 10 rounds in just his third pro fight, following a one-sided win over Brayan Zamarripa. Former Olympic champion Cruz, who defeated Keyshawn Davis in the final of the Tokyo games, did not rule out a future fight between them in the aftermath of the Zamarripa victory. “Whether we face each other completely ...
Edgar Berlanga wasted little time calling for the big fights after his eighth-round stoppage of Irishman Padraig McCrory in Orlando. Berlanga improved to 22-0 with 17 stoppage wins and immediately had the likes of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Jaime Munguia in his sights. In particular, Berlanga wants Canelo, the most-lucrative fight at super middleweight. “I just came off a big ...
Diego ‘Chico’ Corrales and Juan Luis Castillo will forever be linked together Their first bout encapsulated everything right with boxing. There were knockdowns, high drama, and a great comeback. The theater of the unexpected was on full display when they met for the first time in their career. “That was the best fight I have ever seen,” said the legendary ...
Photo: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom. For the first time in five fights and more than three years, Edgar Berlanga scored a knockout. Whether his sixth-round stoppage of Padraig McCrory is sufficient to put him ahead of David Benavidez, Jaime Munguia or Jermall Charlo in the Canelo Alvarez sweepstakes is a different matter, but to hear both Berlanga and his promoter Eddie Hearn ...
Photo Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom. Former Olympic champion Andy Cruz couldn’t get a knockout in his third professional outing, but he left opponent Brayan Zamarripa bloodied, bruised and beaten at the end of 10 lightweight rounds at Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida on Saturday night. Cruz, who defeated Keyshawn Davis in the final to take gold at the Tokyo games in ...
Vargas (18-1, 10 KOs) started brightly in round one, looking to land sneaky left hooks behind a swift, snapping jab, but it was Rodriguez (17-2-1, 7 KOs), coming off a first-round destruction of Kal Yafai, who broke through first, dropping Vargas hard with a right hand in the final seconds of the first round. Vargas, however, came out for the ...
WBC and WBO female bantamweight champion Dina Thorslund (21-0) retained her titles with an eighth-round stoppage of a brave but outclassed challenger in Mary Romero (9-5), who had accepted the fight on two days' notice. Romero looked dangerous early on, with big swings from both hands, but Thorslund avoided them and kept coming. Thorslund scored well to the body and Romero ...
Claressa Shields overcame some worrying moments before winning her most-recent PFL MMA fight on points over three rounds. Fighting in the Professional Fighters League in Saudi Arabia this evening (Saturday, February 24), Shields was on top early with some exchanges but started to get involved in close and that suited her opponent, Kelsey DeSantis. In the second round, Shields was ...