Teofimo Lopez seems to have finally found his peace. He’s saying mostly all the right things in the lead-up to his Thursday bout with Jamaine Ortiz, the family drama that has often dominated pre-fight headlines in the past is absent, at least publicly, and with his short-lived retirement a thing of the past, he can finally move forward with his ...
Outaouais native Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse will have a new opportunity to grasp a world championship belt on March 7th as the vacant WBC heavyweight world title will be on the line in her bout against Abril Argentina Vidal. This will be presented as part of the card taking place at the Montreal Casino, featuring the main event between Steven Butler and ...
Isaac Cruz has been fighting like a man possessed ever since he crossed paths with Gervonta Davis. He may have given it everything he had on that warm December night in Los Angeles, but Cruz, reluctantly, was forced to walk away with a close decision loss. Since then, if you even looked his way, Cruz wanted to fight. With three ...
Teofimo Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) will defend his WBO and Ring Magazine junior welterweight titles against Jamaine Ortiz (17-1-1, 8 KOs) on Thursday, Feb. 8, at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. (photos by Mikey Williams) In the 10-round lightweight co-feature, U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis (9-0, 6 KOs) faces Puerto Rican former ...
Devin Haney simply can’t stand still. After taking care of business against Vasiliy Lomachenko in mid-2023, Haney looked down at the scales with disgust. He knew there were still a handful of big fights remaining for him at 135 pounds but making that arduous weight cut was out of the question. Haney wasn't sure if a five-pound reprieve would be ...
Unification bouts are hopefully on the horizon for Oscar Collazo. For now, a mandatory title defense is likely in his immediate future. The unbeaten WBO strawweight titlist awaits his marching orders for his next bout, with a mid-spring date targeted in his native Puerto Rico. Collazo (9-0, 7KOs) has already made two successful defenses of the belt he claimed last ...
The promoter of Oleksandr Usyk isn’t sold on the supposed evidence explaining the gash seen around the world. The highly anticipated undisputed heavyweight championship between Ukraine’s Usyk, the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO champion and WBC titlist Tyson Fury, set for Feb. 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was derailed a few days ago after it was revealed that Fury suffered a ...
Belgian heavyweight Ryad Merhy (32-2) has relinquished his position as challenger for the vacant EBU heavyweight title and German Granit Shala (15-0) has stepped in. In the other corner is none other than Daniel Dubois (20-2). The EBU has set February 19 as the deadline for purse bids. Shala is promoted by Agon Sports while Dubois is with Queensberry. ............................... ...
Sebastian Fundora received a devastating reminder regarding focus last April 8. The then-undefeated Fundora comfortably outboxed Brian Mendoza during the first six rounds of their fight that night for Fundora’s WBC interim super welterweight title. The 6-foot-6 southpaw shut out Mendoza on the scorecards of judges Lou Moret (60-54) and Zachary Young (60-54) and won five of the first six ...
The admiration Ryan Garcia has for Floyd Mayweather Jr. apparently goes beyond casual association. During a lengthy interview with Patrick Bet-David on the PBD Podcast, Garcia, the junior welterweight contender from Victorville, Calif., opened up about his much-publicized friendship with “Money May,” making it clear that he respects the Hall of Fame Fighter more than most people even within his ...