Masood Abdulah is fully aware that he isn’t going to walk a red carpet to title level. Fortunately, the heavy-handed featherweight is ready and willing to take the hard road to the top. This weekend he gets another chance to push his claims. After stopping the tricky former British super bantamweight champion Marc Leach last October, Abdulah (9-0, 6 KO’s) ...
It’s difficult to trap Canelo Alvarez against the ropes thanks to his slippery defense, but it was even harder to lock him into a long-term deal. For years the Mexican star sauntered around the boxing landscape listening to the best offers. Once he heard what was out there, he signed on for a transient amount of time. This past May, ...
Jamaine Ortiz didn’t think Teofimo Lopez would beat Josh Taylor. Ortiz expected the Scottish southpaw to retain his WBO junior welterweight title when he opposed Lopez on June 10 in The Theater at Madison Square Garden, the same New York venue where Ortiz tested Vasiliy Lomachenko seven months earlier. Taylor entered the ring a 2-1 favorite that night, but Lopez’s ...
A third heavyweight fight has been secured for the March 8 ‘Knockout Chaos’ card. BoxingScene.com that plans are in place for unbeaten prospect Justis Huni to face former secondary WBA heavyweight title challenger Kevin Lerena on the already announced show from Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The scheduled ten-round will serve in supporting capacity to the Anthony Joshua-Francis Ngannou ...
Teofimo Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) and Jamaine Ortiz (17-1-1, 8 KOs) hosted their public workouts today ahead of their showdown for Lopez's WBO and Ring Magazine junior welterweight world titles this Thursday, Feb. 8 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. (photos by Mikey Williams) In the 10-round lightweight co-feature, U.S. Olympic silver medalist ...
Of course, winning is salient but it’s always been about how you get it done. Otabek Kholmatov looks as spectacular as his record indicates. Not only does he take care of business in the ring but he flat-out runs over the competition. He may have just a handful of fights but the 25-year-old has seemingly done enough to catch the ...
WBO junior welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez is days away from making his first title defense against Jamaine Ortiz on February 8th in Las Vegas. Lopez captured the title in June of 2023 with a dominant decision win over Josh Taylor. Beyond the fight with Ortiz, Lopez has several opponents in mind for the future. He wants to eventually get in ...
Khalil Coe’s knockout of a previously unbeaten power puncher has helped convince Coe that he is more than ready to fight a legitimate light heavyweight contender next. The undefeated Jersey City, New Jersey native mentioned three British veterans that he would like to test himself against now that the decorated amateur has beaten Gerardo Osuna. Coe (8-0-1, 6 KOs) sent ...
Hopey Price looks set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on a serious hand injury. The news will come as a major blow to the undefeated Price (12-0, 5 KO’s). The 23 year old featherweight is a talented fighter but has been waiting for the opportunity to break out. It seemed like that moment had arrived. ...
Anthony Yarde feels his stock rose in the wake of Artur Beterbiev’s vicious beatdown of Callum Smith. Yarde, London, England, arguably gave Beterbiev, the IBF, WBC, WBO light heavyweight champion from Russia, the toughest outing in the ring in recent memory. The two went toe to toe in one of the more entertaining fights of 2023, but Beterbiev pulled away ...