Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez has immediately reaped the benefits of aligning himself with Puerto Rico’s biggest star in the sport. The reigning WBO junior flyweight titlist will enjoy a long-overdue homecoming for his next title defense. It comes versus fellow Boricua and interim WBO titleholder Rene Santiago, whom Caguas’ Gonzalez faces on March 2 on DAZN from El Coliseo de Puerto ...
Last weekend in Las Vegas, Jason Moloney retained his WBO bantamweight title with a very tough twelve round majority decision win over Saul Sanchez. The scores were 116-112, 116-112, and 114-114. “The team did a great job with the cut but the blood, it was going into my eye,” Moloney said. “There were a few head clashes throughout the fight ...
Reality has set in that Kenshiro Teraji is on borrowed time at junior flyweight. The reigning lineal, WBC and WBA champion is eager to further unify the division. That goal has remained in place since his one-sided knockout win over countryman Hiroto Kyoguchi, though a bit of bad luck has stalled those plans. “I don’t know yet whether I will ...
Shakur Stevenson has always done his best to be a professional. A part of being one is making weight. It was never an issue in the past but once he was asked to make the cut prior to taking on Robson Conceicao, Stevenson flat-out couldn’t do it. He may have been beltless once he moved up, but those five extra ...
The thought of becoming boxing’s undisputed heavyweight champion seemed far-fetched to Anthony Joshua and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, this time a year ago. Joshua lost on points to Oleksandr Usyk for the second time and failed to regain his IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO belts in their 12-round rematch five months earlier. And even if an ever-elusive fight with Tyson ...
This is the level that Natasha Jonas always wanted to be at from the moment she was ready to contend for a title. It’s also the moment at which she plans to spend what’s left of her storied career. The aptly nicknamed “Miss GB” survived a gut check to retain her IBF welterweight title via split decision over pound-for-pound entrant ...
Brian McIntyre doesn’t think the widespread acknowledgement that he was the top trainer of 2023 was based solely on the results he helped produce inside the ring. The veteran trainer of unified welterweight champion Terence Crawford said in a recent interview that he thinks his short stint in a jail cell may have played a role in helping him nab ...
Liverpool, Echo Arena - For the IBF welterweight title, Natasha Jonas (15-2-1, 9 KOs) had to go through fire to win a tough ten round split decision over former beltholder Mikaela Mayer (19-2, 5 KOs). The scores were 96-94 for Jonas, 97-93 for Mayer, and 96-95 for Jonas. Jonas a two-division world champion, did very well in the first half ...
Liverpool, Echo Arena - For the IBF welterweight title, Natasha Jonas (15-2-1, 9 KOs) had to go through fire to win a tough ten round split decision over former beltholder Mikaela Mayer (19-2, 5 KOs). (photos by Lawrence Lustig) The scores were 96-94 for Jonas, 97-93 for Mayer, and 96-95 for Jonas. Jonas came out with a quick start, letting ...
Liam Davies enjoys collecting belts. Within 15 fights, the 27-year-old from Donnington has won the English, British and European super bantamweight titles and has also found time to pick up a couple of international straps. The IBO title will be on the line when Davies fights Erik Robles Ayala in Birmingham on March 16th but this time, the belt is ...