Jaime Munguia demonstrated during the four-plus months they’ve worked together that he is a better fighter than Freddie Roach realized while watching him from afar. The International Boxing Hall of Fame trainer has been especially impressed by Munguia’s head movement and overall defensive abilities in sparring sessions. Those are among the attributes Roach wants Munguia to display consistently Saturday night ...
Former champion Jamel Herring is keeping himself busy trying to bolster not only his own career but that of his clients. The recently unretired junior lightweight from Coram, New York, has been fulfilling dual duties as a fighter and manager in recent years. On the management side, Herring backs a few fighters along with manager Jerry Casarez, including Mikiah ...
Lewis Crocker had thrown himself fully into the Christmas festivities when his phone rang offering him the opportunity to headline against Mexico’s Jose Felix in Belfast this weekend. In early December, Crocker (18-0, 10 KO’s) turned in a career best performance to outpoint Tyrone McKenna in a heavily hyped Belfast derby but after a couple of weeks enjoying the victory, ...
Artur Beterbiev is making the sort of noise that has everyone noticing. The IBF, WBO, and WBC light heavyweight champ doesn’t just win, he dominates. But, there’s a difference between beating bottom-feeders and the opponents you're supposed to walk over and doing the same to elite-level competition. But whether they marched to the ring with poor records or held world ...
If his lone appearance of 2023 wasn’t enough of a clue, the main event on Saturday (DAZN, 8 PM EST) makes it crystal clear. For 27-year old former junior middleweight titlist Jaime Munguia (42-0, 33 KO), the training wheels are off. It seems an odd thing to say for someone who has won a major title already, but the evidence ...
One Welshman and nine English boxers from Tyne & Wear, Birmingham, Derby, Manchester, Cambridgeshire, Colchester and Greater London will have the opportunity to secure a place at Paris 2024 at qualifier in March GB Boxing has selected six men and four women to compete at the forthcoming Olympic qualifying event in, Busto Arsizio (near Milan), in Italy, 4-11 March 2023, ...
A member from the inner circle of light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev rejects the idea that his charge is somehow more powerful than he has ever been in the wake of his recent demolition job on Callum Smith. John Scully, a longtime assistant coach to the IBF, WBC, WBO champion from Russia, insists the power-punching mauler is simply doing what ...
Undefeated super welterweight ‘King’ Callum Walsh, (9-0, 7 KOs), of Cork, Ireland will battle on St. Patrick’s Day Weekend, Friday, March 15 against hard-hitting Kazak veteran Dauren Yeleussinov, (11-3-1, 10 KOs) in the ten-round main event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden and broadcast live globally on UFC Fight Pass. “Following Callum’s impressive performance before an energetic crowd on ...
For several years, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have circled one another. They’re both gigantic men, are elite-level fighters, and they just so happen to be incredibly popular, especially in the UK. The two have discussed a possible showdown in the past but for whatever reason, those talks have gone absolutely nowhere. Neither man has decided to rip off their ...
Following three impressive victories in 2023, welterweight standout Brian Norman Jr. is gearing up for a breakthrough year. Norman will defend his WBO International title against Janelson Bocachica in a 10-rounder on Saturday, March 2 at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Norman-Bocachica joins a stacked undercard that will be headlined by the vacant WBA featherweight world title ...