Former undisputed lightweight champion and current WBC Super Lightweight Champion Devin “The Dream” Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) and international PPV star “King” Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) hosted a press conference in Los Angeles to promote their 12-round super lightweight world championship clash. (photo credit: Cris Esqueda / Golden Boy Promotions) The mega-event will take place at Barclays Center in ...
Heavyweight Matty Harris returns on March 1 in Telford and begins rebuilding his career following his first defeat last July in Edinburgh. Harris (5-1, 4KOs) suffered a surprise upset against Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko, losing via a fifth-round loss despite dropping his Ukrainian opponent in the second round. Harris has made changes to his set-up, hiring Peter Fury to lead his return ...
Bill Haney predicted the “death” of Ryan Garcia’s career when Garcia challenges Devin Haney, Bill’s son, on April 20. The longtime amateur rivals are set to contest Haney’s WBC super lightweight title at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. After a year in which Haney, 25, recorded his finest victories, against Vasyl Lomachenko and Regis Prograis, Garcia lost for ...
Devin Haney angrily accused Ryan Garcia’s father of racism when the fighters again came face to face Thursday in Los Angeles to promote their April 20 fight date. Haney, the WBC super lightweight champion, is on course to make the first defense of his title against Garcia, his longtime amateur rival, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The ...
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Top Rank Boxing on ESPN presented by AutoZone: Kholmatov vs. Ford will be presented live this Saturday, March 2, at approximately 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, exclusively on ESPN+. The event takes place at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. In the main event, Uzbek phenom Otabek Kholmatov will fight Raymond Ford for the vacant WBA ...
Ryan Garcia feels that his former training partner Canelo Alvarez would and should fight David Benavidez. Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) is in the midst of promoting his April 20 fight against Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) in New York, and Garcia stopped by the popular morning radio show The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1 FM, where he discussed Canelo. “He ...
Abass Baraou and Sam Eggington are weighed in and ready to go to battle in Telford tomorrow night. Baraou (14-1, 9 KOs) weighed in at 153lb 8oz for the vacant European super welterweight title fight while Eggington (34-8, 20 KOs) tipped the scales at 153lbs 11oz. The fighters have been given an added incentive over the past 24 hours. The ...
Brighton’s Chris Eubank Jr. has “lots of options” according to his promoter Kalle Sauerland. Eubank (33-3, 24 KOs) claimed redemption in a rematch with British rival Liam Smith last September in Manchester with a 10th-round stoppage. Eubank had not made it beyond the fourth-round when they first box almost a year ago. The 33-year-old former world title challenger is ranked ...
Najee Lopez found himself in ProBox TV classic Lopez outpointed Marcos Escudero in the co-main event from the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida and Lopez (10-0, 8 KOs), a 24-year-old light heavyweight, was tested. Escudero (14-3, 12 KOs), a 30-year-old veteran, pushed a pace on Lopez that had not been seen before. Entering the bout, the experience ...