By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. is receiving positive words from his perspective trainer Eddy Reynoso about him being willing to take on the job as his new trainer. Reynoso says he would be “proud” to be the 31-year-old Ruiz’s new trainer. It’s a positive for Reynoso to have Ruiz Jr. as one of his fighters ...
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Fight Island. Given recent quarantine-centric sports headlines, the two-word phrase probably strikes a chord. Some hear it and conjure images of a megalomaniacal czar putting profits ahead of employee safety, expert healthcare counsel and plain, old common sense. Others, meanwhile, are instantly drawn to an outspoken combat sports maverick who’s being forced to dodge corporate snowflakes while trying to ...
By Chris Williams: Roy Jones Jr. at 51-years-old is looking faster than his student Chris Eubank Jr. in them training together. The 30-year-old Eubank Jr. (29-2, 22 KOs) posted a video clip on social media on Monday showing him and the former four-division world champion Jones (66-9, 47 KOs) working out on a bag. The difference hand speed between Jones ...
By Sean Jones: Canelo Alvarez is fortunate that he’s fighting in this era at 160 and 168 rather than the 1980s, which would have forced him to mix with incredibly talented opposition. In this era, Canelo’s only real threat is Gennadiy Golovkin, who he didn’t fight until he 35. Canelo could have fought GGG when he was in his early ...
WBO junior featherweight king Emanuel Navarrete is the world’s busiest world champion, a 25-year-old pressure fighter who is proud to represent his Mexican heritage at the sport’s highest level. From May 2019 to February 2020, when he knocked out Jeo Santisima on the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury II card, he defended his world title five times. The activity kept him sharp ...
Many human behavior analysts have always wondered why some people who conceive boxing as a brutal and primitive sport, leave such criteria aside when they go to the movies or watch it on TV. They have fun and even cheer excitedly when they watch a “fake” fight on the screen. However, they do not react in the same way if ...
By Tim Royner: Former two-division world champion Michael Moorer is interested in taking over as the new trainer for former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder going into his third clash with Tyson Fury. Moorer has grave doubts about Wilder’s ability to beat Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) in their third fight without dramatic changes to his game. Moorer would like to ...
WBO junior featherweight king Emanuel Navarrete is the world’s busiest world champion, a 25-year-old pressure fighter who is proud to represent his Mexican heritage at the sport’s highest level. From May 2019 to February 2020, when he knocked out Jeo Santisima on the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury II card, he defended his world title five times. The activity kept him sharp ...
Bob Arum counts Vasiliy Lomachenko-Teofimo Lopez among the high-profile fights his promotional company won’t be able to put on if fans aren’t allowed to attend. Arum’s Top Rank Inc. figures to make a significant amount of money from tickets sales to the card headlined by Lomachenko-Lopez. Removing that revenue stream from that equation would make it more difficult to pay ...