Austin “Ammo” Williams spectacularly stopped a stubborn substitute late in the seventh round of their 10-round middleweight match Saturday in Las Vegas. The undefeated Williams dropped Armel Mbumba-Yassa once apiece in the sixth and seventh rounds and won by seventh-round knockout in the co-feature before the 10-round main event between Conor Benn and Peter Dobson at The Cosmopolitan of Las ...
LONDON - Later on this evening, all eyes will be on the eagerly awaited light heavyweight fight between Dan Azeez and Joshua Buatsi but Francesca Hennessy got the action underway at the OVO Arena, Wembley. Making her third professional appearance, the confident 19-year-old from Kent had a comfortable night against Argentina’s Laura Belen Valdebenito in their six round featherweight fight. ...
Jamaine Ortiz is ready to settle unfinished business on the biggest stage of his career. Ortiz will challenge WBO and Ring Magazine junior welterweight world champion Teofimo Lopez on 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 Keyshawn Davis ...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen 'Breadman' Edwards tackling topics such as Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz, Devin Haney, Gervonta Davis, Jaron Ennis, Tim Tszyu vs. Keith Thurman, and more. I was wondering what you think about Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz.I think it could be an incredibly compelling bout. It also seems like it’s being overlooked because of ...
Ryan Garcia has revealed new wrinkles into his first professional loss. In April, Garcia suffered a seventh-round knockout defeat to Gervonta Davis. “For the first time ever, in the back room, I said to myself 'I'm losing this fight.' I knew, right in the back room,” Garcia said this week on a podcast with Valuetainment founder Patrick Bet-David. “Nothing is ...
Khalil Coe will face a hard-punching opponent Saturday who owns a 20-0 record, including 18 knockouts, as part of the Conor Benn-Peter Dobson undercard. Coe contends that it is Gerardo Osuna, not him, that will take a step up in opposition, though. Coe has less than half of Osuna’s professional experience, yet the light heavyweight prospect from Newark, New Jersey ...
Caroline Dubois hoped to have her first major title fight secured by the time she stepped into the ring this weekend. To the surprise of nobody—especially not her team—there has yet to come forward any willing takers. The silver lining is that the unbeaten lightweight won’t have to worry about any distractions ahead of her scheduled ten-round bout versus Miranda ...
The last time Peter Dobson boxed in Las Vegas, he was given what he considered “a bum-ass hotel room” and he fought in the walk-out bout after Manny Pacquiao edged Keith Thurman in the main event at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Dobson stopped an undefeated fighter that night, but virtually no one noticed his fifth-round technical knockout of Mexico’s Emmanuel ...
Teofimo Lopez will defend his WBO junior welterweight world titles against Jamaine Ortiz on Thursday, Feb. 8 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. In the 10-round lightweight co-feature, U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis steps up against former two-division world champion Jose Pedraza. Lopez-Ortiz and Davis-Pedraza will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN ...
‘El Tsunami’ was wiped out by a ‘Quiet Storm.’ Julian Smith provided an early entrant for 2024 Upset of the Year with a stunningly one-sided stoppage win over previously unbeaten Orestes Velazquez. Smith—a legally deaf boxer from the greater Chicago area—scored four knockdowns on the night and Velazquez’s corner pulled the plug after the ninth round of their DAZN-aired co-feature ...