Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz is set to fight. A seemingly routine practice has not always been the case for the former IBF junior lightweight titlist, who has struggled at the scales in recent times. There were no such issues on Wednesday, when both Diaz and Jesus ‘Ricky’ Perez were within the contracted 139-pound weight limit for their scheduled ten-round bout. Diaz ...
Heavyweight contender Joseph Parker is not paying any attention to the statements from recent rival Deontay Wilder. Back in December, Parker outboxed Wilder over twelve rounds to secure a dominant unanimous decision in a very unexpected outcome. The victory derailed Wilder's planned mega-fight with Anthony Joshua. Wilder was coming back from a significant layoff, and he'd only see a single ...
Top Rank's undefeated super featherweight contender, Andres "Savage" Cortes (20-0, 11 KOs), makes his New York City debut this Friday, Feb. 16, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Cortes will face off against Puerto Rican contender Bryan Chevalier (20-1-1, 16 KOs), in a fight that will catapult the winner one step closer to a world title shot. The ...
Oscar Valdez knew he didn’t have to look far to assign blame for his most recent defeat. Personal inventory was taken immediately after he fell short in a competitive but clear-cut decision in favor of countryman and WBO 130-pound titlist Emanuel Navarrete. Their all-Mexico title fight last August 12 proved entertaining to the rabid crowd of 10,246 at Desert Diamond ...
Getting into lower-level fights where the stakes aren’t incredibly high is a flat-out turnoff for Devin Haney. He craves the spotlight, wants the attention, and needs the adoration. At 140 pounds, no one can provide him with all three quite like Ryan Garcia can. The two may have vacillated over extraneous details during negotiations but eventually, things were sorted out. ...
Grabbing a win to kickstart his 2024 was salient but Austin “Ammo” Williams wanted a more credible opponent. This past Saturday night, at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada, Williams (16-0, 11 KOs) had little to no trouble getting rid of late replacement opponent, Armel Mbumba-Yassa. Being a fighter in the middleweight division comes with mixed feelings. On one end, ...
It usually takes an eye-catching breakout performance or a spectacular knockout to catapult an unproven fighter into contention for a fight with one of the sport’s biggest names. As we are constantly reminded however, boxing is a business and money can always create exceptions to the rule. Smelling blood in the water after Conor Benn’s tougher than expected decision victory ...
Local hero Max Suske (8-1) will take on Argentinian Leonel Eduardo Avila (9-3) in the headliner of P2-M's big show in Stralsund (March 16). At stake is the vacant WBC Youth title at super middleweight. .............................. Croatian super middleweight Luka Plantic (7-0) defends the WBC International Silver title against Englishman Jack Cullen (26-5-1) on April 6 in Aschaffenburg (Germany). Plantic ...
Before Andy Cruz threw his first professional punch, he had a natural rivalry. Keyshawn Davis is known as a hotshot prospect with a ton of talent and even more upside. However, whenever he came across Cruz in the amateurs, which happened on four separate occasions, Davis came out on the losing end. Beating Davis is always a sweet feeling, but ...
On Friday (February 16) Mexico plays host to another must-watch rematch as Adrien Curiel and Sivenathi Nontshinga run it back for the IBF Light-Flyweight World Title following their dramatic first meeting at the Casino de Monte-Carlo last month. (photos by Melinza Pizano) Mexico’s Curiel (24-4-1, 5 KOs) ripped up the script by scoring a shocking one-punch knockout of South Africa’s ...