For his big debut in his new division, undefeated, knockout sensation Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (19-0, 19 KOs) of Grand Prairie, Texas, is set to fight after a long layoff. He will participate in a 12-round super welterweight fight against Accra, Ghana’s Fredrick "General Okunka" Lawson (30-3, 22 KOs) who will also be debuting in the new division. The event is ...
Francis Ngannou will now oppose the other big British heavyweight boxing star in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Combat sports reporter Ariel Helwani reported Friday that Turki Alalshhikh and his “own sources” confirmed to him that a deal has been finalized for former IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO champion Anthony Joshua to face Ngannou on a date to be determined at Kingdom Arena. Helwani also stated ...
Most boxing fans had probably managed to make it through their entire lives without hearing about the drug clomifene. That all changed 15 months ago when news broke that Conor Benn had failed a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) test for the banned substance. The failure caused the late cancellation of Benn’s hyped catchweight fight with Chris Eubank Jnr. and began ...
WBO junior welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez is ready and motivated to blast out Jamaine Ortiz on February 8, at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) upset the odds last year, when he captured the WBO world title by dominating former undisputed champion Josh Taylor to capture the WBO title. After ...
Oscar De La Hoya expressed optimism Thursday regarding Ryan Garcia challenging Devin Haney in his next fight. The founder of Golden Boy Promotions expects negotiations to intensify after his company’s event Saturday night at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Haney (31-0, 15 KOs), the newly crowned WBC super lightweight champion, and Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) have publicly confirmed their interest in ...
When it happened again, this time much closer to a fight than the two previous instances, Vergil Ortiz Jr. understandably wondered whether he would ever fight again. Severely dehydrated and suffering from heat exhaustion, Ortiz was on his way to a hospital in San Antonio, distraught because his shot at WBA world welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis was postponed for the ...
Twenty twenty-three was supposed to be the year of Vergil Ortiz Jr. Just like 2022, and 2021, and 2020. Instead, we’re still waiting for the stars to align, the big fights to happen, and for the Texan to make it to the ring. It shouldn’t be like this, especially not for an ultra-talented 25-year-old who actually wants to fight. But ...
We are just over two weeks away from the IBF welterweight title fight between Natasha Jonas and Mikaela Mayer but if things had played out differently, the two might have met a long time ago. The rise of women’s boxing can be traced back to August 2009 when it was announced that the sport would debut as an Olympic event ...
Middleweight Thomas "Cornflake" LaManna (37-5-1 16KOs), ranked at number four by the WBA, has secured his seventh consecutive victory in the ring since suffering a first round knockout at the hands of Erislandy Lara. Having navigated a challenging and rigorous series of life challenges, battling mental health issues, depression and severe anxiety, "Cornflake" has racked up a growing winning streak. ...
It isn’t any fun taking on fighters who were once considered great but are now clearly past their best. It’s a normal trend in boxing. When a fighter is looking to make a name for himself, he’ll face a faded contender or former world champion who’s seen better days. It’s normal. It’s even expected but for Shakur Stevenson, he doesn’t ...