Mexico's Jose Luis Castillo celebrated an anniversary recently, reflecting back on the night he faced Floyd Mayweather for the first time - on April 20, 2002. Castillo, who retired in 2014, lost a twelve round unanimous decision to Mayweather - as they battled for the WBC lightweight title. The outcome was controversial, as there were many observers who felt Castillo had done enough to walk away ...
The World Boxing Association (WBA) held a special directorate meeting in order to discuss several points of interest for the organization, including the possibility of returning to boxing activity, even if it’s behind closed doors. Headed by its president, Gilberto Jesús Mendoza, the members of the directorate met virtually to evaluate different aspects and mechanisms to activate boxing in the ...
By Greg Houghton: Amid the madness that the whole world is going through right now, it’s imperative to have something to look forward to when we return to normal life, whatever that will look like. What looks likely in times of such uncertainty, however, is that us lucky boxing fans have more to look forward to than most. There has ...
Muchos analistas del comportamiento humano siempre se han preguntado por qué algunas personas que conciben el boxeo como un deporte brutal y primitivo, dejan de lado esos criterios cuando van al cine o lo ven en la televisión. Se divierten e incluso animan con entusiasmo cuando ven una pelea “falsa” en la pantalla. Sin embargo, no reaccionan de la misma manera si ...
Juan Francisco Estrada y Román ‘Chocolatito’ González están buscando una revancha de unificación de gran éxito, y Estrada le dijo a González en el primer episodio de ‘Peleamundo’, que se estrenó este domingo en el canal de YouTube de Matchroom Boxing, que confía en una posible revancha. Estrada (40-3 27 KOs) y González (49-2 41 KOs) recupero su estatus de ...
Josh Warrington is the latest guest on Matchroom Boxing’s new podcast, ‘The Lockdown Tapes,’ and he said he is still ticking over as he hopes to meet WBA Featherweight king Can Xu in a unification clash when boxing returns. IBF champion Warrington (30-0 7 KOs) recently reunited with promoter Eddie Hearn, who revealed on a recent Instagram live session that ...
By Chris Williams: Devin Haney is still in the damage control mode in making conciliatory-sounding statements to deflate the backlash he’s receiving from boxing fans after his recent racist comment. This past week, WBC ‘Champion in Recess’ 135-pound belt-holder Haney (24-0, 15 KOs) said in an interview he would never lose to a white boy. The comment from the 21-year-old ...
A year ago, Eddie Hearn was busy promoting the biggest show his company has done on American soil. Amid this global pandemic, the British promoter can’t even envision when it’ll be safe to return to New York to stage another boxing event. As of Tuesday morning, more than 10,000 deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in New York City, where nearly ...
Former two division world champion Carl Frampton has hit back at the critics who believe the boxer is turning his back on his home fans, after it was recently stated that his next fight could head to the United States. Frampton was scheduled to face WBO super featherweight champion Jamel Herring at Windsor Park in Belfast, on a date in June, ...
By Allan Fox: Caleb Plant says he would give Daniel Jacobs a boxing lesson if they were to ever fight, but he doesn’t see the two of them ever facing each other. Although Plant states that he would “love” to fight the 33-year-old former two-time middleweight champion, Jacobs, he doubts it can happen due to them fighting for different network ...