Pressed with the choice of hoping for a second shot at an Olympic run, Javier Martinez has opted to forgo the process altogether and take his talents to the professional ranks. The top-rated middleweight in the United States amateur program has opted to turn pro, signing with manager Tim VanNewhouse as the latest member of the growing Split-T Management stable. ...
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Leo Santa Cruz’s confidence has Leonard Ellerbe’s guard up. The more Santa Cruz demanded to fight Gervonta Davis, the more Ellerbe realized that the four-division champion doesn’t view Davis the way Ellerbe and many boxing fans see him. That is why Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, has repeatedly reminded Davis to avoid underestimating a tough, motivated veteran he is ...
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Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is not concerned with Derek Chisora's recent threat of traveling over to Russia to help prepare Alexander Povetkin. Povetkin and Whyte were scheduled to collide this month, but their fight was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. There is a tentative date in July, which is likely not going to happen as planned. The new date may come down in late ...
Former world champion Carlos Baldomir , who is detained in Penitentiary Unit 2 of Las Flores in the province of Santa Fe, indicated that "so far" the prisoners housed at the facility have taken precautions against the coronavirus. He confirmed that "there is no one" who has contracted the disease at the facility. "Until now we are saving ourselves, thank God, there is no ...
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship [BKFC] president David Feldman stated in a recent interview that he plans to submit an increased offer to former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Tyson previously rejected an offer of $20 million to compete in a bare knuckle fight. Feldman intends to send his team a new offer, exceeding $20 million, to face someone like MMA ...
Evander Holyfield, 57-years-old, is still hoping to be the guy to fight fellow former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, in a trilogy fight. Holyfield fought way beyond his prime years and had his last bout in 2011. Tyson on the other hand, 53-years-old, retired back in 2005 after getting stopped by journeyman Kevin McBride. Holyfield stopped Tyson in the eleventh round in ...
Xander Zayas stood proudly on his front lawn, displaying his two worlds in one showing. A pair of boxing gloves draped around his neck, the 17-year old welterweight literally flexed his muscles for the caravan of family and friends riding past his South Florida house to celebrate as he claimed a new title. High school graduate. “It was an amazing ...
As everyone grows up, our education grows with us. The details and rigors deepen in parallel to the inches we add. Elementary history books, as one example, start short on words and long on pictures. It doesn’t stay that way for long. Perhaps the easiest symbol of the connection between growing bodies and growing minds is the ever expanding size ...
Boxing's next twin sensations, undefeated super bantamweights Angel (2-0, 2 KOs) and Chavez (2-0, 2 KOs) Barrientes, had the unique situation when it came to their 2020 graduation festivities. Due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, both fighters, who just graduated from Durango High School in Las Vegas, had to hold their graduation party via a drive by celebration. “Since we ...
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Heavyweight contender Frank Sanchez is looking for the biggest fights possible, including the current world champions, according to his promoter Leon Margules. Sanchez, 27-years-old, is trained by Eddy Reynoso, who is best known for his star fighter Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Ranked by the World Boxing Organization in the top 10, he hopes to inch his way to a world title ...