Emanuel Navarrete will embark on a path to capture a major title in a fourth weight division. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Mexico’s Navarrete has enforced his ‘Super Champion’ status to compete for the vacant WBO lightweight title. The sanctioning body responded in kind and ordered the three-division and reigning WBO 130-pound titlist to enter talks with Ukraine’s Denys Berinchyk. “Please ...
You could call Callum Smith a ton of things, but lacking in confidence? That was never a part of his DNA. Fighting Artur Beterbiev might be viewed as the scariest thing in the world at the moment, but Smith knew what he was getting himself into. This past Saturday night in Quebec City, Smith (29-2, 21 KOs) sauntered to the ...
Conor Benn has gone through a lot lately, most of his own doing. Heading into his showdown against Chris Eubank Jr., Benn failed a pre-fight drug test. His subsequent suspension has been a strange one. While he’s been barred from fighting in the UK, Benn was eventually cleared to fight in the US. This coming weekend, he’ll continue to fight ...
Oscar De La Hoya isn’t nearly as interested in an all-Golden Boy versus Matchroom card as Eddie Hearn. The Golden Boy Promotions founder questioned Saturday night whether his rival’s company has enough depth on its roster to put together that type of show, even if DAZN executives were willing to provide the funding to stream it. Hearn spoke optimistically about ...
In a clash that promises fireworks, Top Rank's undefeated super featherweight contender Andres "Savage" Cortes (20-0, 11 KOs) is gearing up for the most significant bout of his career as he takes on Puerto Rican contender Bryan Chevalier (20-1-1, 16 KOs). The 10-round battle is set to be the co-feature to the main event, showcasing O’Shaquie Foster vs. Abraham Nova, ...
Oscar De La Hoya all but admitted late Saturday night that David Benavidez deserves to challenge Canelo Alvarez before any other super middleweight, Jaime Munguia included. Alvarez-Benavidez is the 168-pound fight fans seemingly most want to see. It doesn’t appear all that close to happening, however, even though Benavidez is a two-time WBC super middleweight champ, owns the WBC’s interim ...
Moving up and down in weight is the norm in boxing. Seldom has any fighter spent the entirety of their careers in one setting. Terence Crawford has followed that same ole routine. So far, he’s managed to grab world titles as a lightweight, super lightweight, and a welterweight. In addition to those championship runs, Crawford has a pair of undisputed ...
Ever since he reached a certain level of acclaim, Jaime Munguia has probably been asked “when are you going to fight Canelo Alvarez?” every single day of his life. After bursting onto the scene during HBO’s waning days in the sport, Munguia was established as the logical heir apparent—or at least next Mexican threat—to Canelo. Considering he offered to step ...
Oscar De La Hoya hopes Jaime Munguia can challenge Canelo Alvarez as soon as possible. Munguia’s co-promoter and Alvarez’s former promoter predicted late Saturday night, though, that he expects Alvarez to fight Jermall Charlo on May 4. If Alvarez indeed faces another Charlo twin in his next pay-per-view main event, “The Golden Boy” believes the undisputed super middleweight champion will ...
Undefeated Omar Trinidad, (15-0-1, 11 KOs), of Boyle Heights, CA continued his rise in the featherweight division with an eighth-round stoppage of Jose ‘El Mudo’ Perez, (11-3-2, 5 KOs), of Gardena, CA in the main event on Saturday night in front of a sold-out Commerce Casino Events Center in Los Angeles, CA. The victory settled the heated cross-town rivalry and ...