The embarrassment that came from getting brutally knocked out at the hands of Gervonta Davis, may have been a blessing in disguise for Rolando “Rolly” Romero. Normally, that type of defeat has led to a fighter's stock plummeting. For Romero, however, he fought well enough for both his contemporaries and fans to view him in a different light. Nowadays, Romero ...
Manny Pacquiao still has plenty of fight left in him. The eight-division champion Pacquiao retired in 2021 shortly after losing a unanimous decision to Yordenis Ugas, and he’s since hit the exhibition trail like many other past-their-prime stars have in recent years. The 45-year-old Filipino boxing icon will return for another exhibition boxing match on April 20 against muay thai ...
According to most, Joseph Parker was supposed to be a tenuous stepping stone for Deontay Wilder. We all know what the end goal was, a dinner date with Anthony Joshua. All that Wilder needed to do was knock Parker’s head off his shoulders, something he had done to practically everyone not named Tyson Fury. But, no matter how great Wilder ...
Keith Thurman, almost with a wink, ramped up the promotional bravado toward the end of a press conference Wednesday in Los Angeles. A theatrical Thurman promised to send a disappointed Tim Tszyu back home to Australia, where he’ll have to cry to his dad, former 140-pound champ Kostya Tszyu, and admit that he underestimated Thurman when he accepted their fight. ...
Tim Tszyu didn’t mention names Wednesday, but the emerging Australian star made his feelings perfectly clear about most of his contemporaries. Tszyu commended Keith Thurman for moving up in weight to fight him March 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The WBO junior middleweight champion doesn’t have nearly as much respect for fighters that Tszyu feels have avoided him ...
Ryan Garcia apparently has no plans on giving up the shoulder roll from his repertoire. The junior welterweight star from Victorville, Calif., flummoxed viewers in his last fight, in December, against Oscar Duarte, by deciding to employ the defensive technique associated with the likes of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and James Toney. Garcia previously never tried using the shoulder roll in ...
The wait wasn’t ideal but Joshua Buatsi can live with the timing of his high-profile domestic showdown. The 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist and top-rated contender faces fellow unbeaten British light heavyweight Dan Azeez. Their scheduled twelve-round contest is a sanctioned WBA title eliminator, which will leave the winner as the mandatory challenger to current titlist Dmitry Bivol (22-0, 11KOs). With ...
Seventeen-year-old junior lightweight phenom Curmel Moton will be featured on the undercard of the March 30 show headlined by Tim Tszyu and Keith Thurman at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe told BoxingScene.com in an interview. The standout amateur sensation and Floyd Mayweather-protege Moton (2-0, 2 KOs) made his pro debut in September and scored ...
Two heavyweights who produced impressive victories on the “Day of Reckoning” undercard December 23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia have been ordered to fight next by the WBC. BoxingScene.com has learned that the Mexico City-based sanctioning organization has initiated a voluntary negotiating period between representatives for Frank Sanchez and Agit Kabayel. Cuba’s Sanchez (24-0, 17 KOs) is the WBC’s second-ranked contender ...
Ryan Garcia took the time to compare Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the most diplomatic way possible. Garcia, the junior welterweight star from Victorville, Calif., has had a bumpy few weeks stemming from a longstanding, ongoing feud with his promoter, De La Hoya of Golden Boy. To compound matters, Garcia has publicly touted his friendship with ...