Mikaela Mayer was always prepared to take on anyone with a belt. Her upcoming bid to become a two-division titlist comes with its advantages, given the matchup. The former unified junior lightweight titlist travels to jolly old England, where she will challenge two-division titlist Natasha Jonas for her IBF welterweight title. The battle of Olympians and perennial weight jumpers marks ...
British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Jack Cullen believes that he is only just getting started. Last September, Cullen (22-4-1, 10 KO’s) won the titles in sensational fashion, knocking out his North West rival and former gym mate Mark Heffron with a big left hook in the third round. On Saturday night the 30-year-old crowd pleaser from Little Lever defends ...
MP Promotions President Sean Gibbons, who promotes tough Mexican boxer Isaac Cruz, believes his fighter should get the next crack at junior welterweight star Ryan Garcia. Cruz and Garcia have traded words for some time. In the past, Garcia called for a showdown with Cruz, but the contest never came together. At the moment, Garcia is focused on securing a ...
The road to titles can travel a lot of paths. In women’s boxing, those paths can go in some wild directions. Amanda Serrano, currently the featherweight champion of the world, has won titles in every weight class from junior bantamweight (115 pounds) to junior welterweight (140 pounds). She won her title in the latter one fight before the former, moving ...
Marking the return to the ring of Aguas Buenas favorite Yomar “The Magic” Alamo (20-2-1, 12 KO's), Universal Promotions will present “UP Boxing Series: Return of The Magic” to take place on Saturday, February 24 at the Samuel “Sammy” Rodríguez Coliseum in Aguas Buenas. “We bring boxing back to the city of Aguas Buenas, which is the birthplace of great ...
When you're young, a bit unknown, and don’t have a world title in your possession, calling out every and anyone makes the most sense. Richardson Hitchins knows how the game goes and did his best to get himself a bit of attention. As he made his way up the super lightweight ladder, Montana Love seemed like the perfect opponent. ...
A few days ago, it was revealed that rival British promoters, Frank Warren of Queensberry and Eddie Hearn of Matchroom, reached an agreement to stage an event where the two promoters will match some of their best talent in a five fight competition. The event will take place in Saudi Arabia. Warren is staging a seven fight card, featuring some ...
Gervonta Davis is all talk...at least according to Devin Haney. The 29-year-old is bombastic when he calls out Haney, but the current WBC super lightweight champ is noticing an irritating pattern. “I’ve been calling that dude out for years,” wrote Haney on his social media. “He only say something when I got a fight but now, I don’t. We can ...
There wasn’t a moment of hesitation from Nina Meinke when the call came to challenge for the crown. It didn’t at all matter to the 30-year-old southpaw from Berlin that any fight with reigning featherweight champion Amanda Serrano will now take place over twelve, three-minute rounds. In fact, the former title challenger leaned all the way into the concept. Within ...
Last month in Saudi Arabia, heavyweights Otto Wallin and Deontay Wilder saw action in separate fights on the 'Day of Reckoning' card. In the co-featured, Wilder suffered an upset loss when he was outboxed over twelve rounds by fellow former world champion Joseph Parker. In the main event, Wallin was battered and stopped in five rounds by Anthony Joshua. WBC ...