Former Cuban amateur star Andy Cruz made the third appearance of his professional career last weekend in Orlando, Florida, defeating Brayan Zamarripa over 10 rounds. Cruz is now 3-0 (1 KO) and has looked impressive since turning over following his successes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, where he won the gold medal. Cruz, who competes at lightweight, has not ...
Claressa Shields might have a new battle on her hands. Shields picked up a split-decision Kelsey Desantis as a part of the PFL MMA fight card on Saturday, February 24th. The card took place in Saudi Arabia. Two things came from the bout. She didn’t tap from a painful armbar submission hold that went viral, and two, her feud with ...
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has reportedly split from promoters Premier Boxing Champions. The world’s leading fighter had been expected to fight for the second time since signing a three-fight contract with the promotional organisation, but after his victory over Jermell Charlo in September 2023 they have reportedly mutually agreed to separate. Alvarez had signed for PBC, run by the influential Al ...
Lightweight Justin Pauldo (17-1, 8 KOs) collides with Miguel Madueno in this week’s main-event on ProBox TV’s Wednesday Night Fights in Plant City, Florida. The Houston based 29-year-old defeated Uruguay’s Eduardo Estela over the 10-round distance on his ProBox debut last August. Pauldo went on to knockout Jerry Perez in November, and this Wednesday he tops the bill from the ...
The Boxing Writers’ Club will cease to exist after its final Annual General Meeting at the end of April. Its treasurer, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee journalist Colin Hart, 88, and its secretary, the respected David Smith, chose to stand down from their positions after that AGM, and because of their struggles to find a replacement the committee decided ...
Gor Yeritsyan is now in the welterweight mix. Yeritsyan defeated Quinton Randall in a tactical 10-round main event on Friday night at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. The welterweight division is about to have a changing of the guard. Terence Crawford holds the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight world titles and is looking for big fights – Yeritisyan will ...
Ben Shalom has said he is trying to negotiate a WBA final eliminator for heavyweight contender Martin Bakole. Bakole is 20-1 (15 KOs) having stopped Carlos Takam in Saudi Arabia last October, with his lone loss coming against Michael Hunter in 2018, and Bakole has won nine since. The WBA has ordered Bakole to face 23-1 (16 KOs) Cassius Chaney, ...
Amir Khan has backed former UFC world heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou to have more success against Anthony Joshua than he did against Tyson Fury. Ngannou made his professional debut in boxing against WBC heavyweight champion Fury on October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and dropped to a controversial and narrow split decision defeat to the Morecambe-based Fury. However, Ngannou shocked ...
Jose Benavidez Sr. got an up-close look at Jermall Charlo in November when Charlo beat his son Jose Jr. in a unanimous decision. But if Charlo were to face his younger son, David, his father and trainer is confident that it would be a completely different outcome. “To be honest, I would love to fight Jermall Charlo, but David would ...
Jorge Maravillo embodies the community he comes from. Maravillo outpointed Jesus Gonzalez of Santa Ana, California this past Friday night in Santa Ynez, California via a unanimous decision. The 23-year-old now hopes to be one-in-a-million; a fighter with limited amateur pedigree who wins a world title. In fact, he only had 25 amateur fights but cites two inspirations, his father ...