SAN DIEGO, Calif., February 18, 2021 – There is nothing more frustrating to a boxing fan than to watch an athlete with natural talents squander it due to bad choices. The current poster boy for wasting his potential is former four-division champion Adrien Broner of Cincinnati (33-4-1, 24 KOs). Broner returns to the ring after ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – February 13, 2021 – Six weeks into 2021, fight fans got the first shocking upset of the year. Undefeated featherweight Josh Warrington of Leeds, England (30-1, 8 KOs) took a drubbing from 22-year-old Mauricio Lara of Mexico City (22-2, 15 KOs), who stopped Warrington in eight rounds. Lara, fighting for the ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., February 13, 2021 – Richard Commey of Ghana (30-3, 27 KOs) delivered a sixth knockout win over Jackson Marinez of the Dominican Republic (19-2, 7 KOs) so splashy, it was easy to forget the fight was originally the co-main event to big punching Joe Smith Jr. Coming off a 19-month layoff after ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., February 12, 2021 – When you have good news and bad news, you get the bad news out of the way first. The first bit of bad news is a real bummer. Light heavyweight Joe Smith Jr.’s bout for the vacant WBO title against Maxim Vlasov scheduled for Saturday was postponed when ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 30, 2021 – Caleb Plant of Nashville (21-0, 12 KOs) put in the work he needed after an 18-month absence from the ring, getting a shutout unanimous decision over Caleb Truax of Minnesota (31-5-2, 19 KOs). All three cards ready 120-109, without even a mercy round for Truax. Plant, age 28, ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 23, 2021 – Boxing had some tough competition from Fight Island, but held its own with three action fights from the Fightsphere in Uncasville, Connecticut. Undefeated super bantamweights Stephen Fulton Jr. of Philadelphia (19-0, 8 KOs) Angelo Leo (19-1, 9 KOs) were originally scheduled to fight last August, but the bout ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 2, 2021 – “King” Ryan Garcia played the game, earned his moment and his opportunity to crow over the naysayers, and call out his foes in Dallas on Saturday. Reality can wait until tomorrow. Garcia of Victorville, California (21-0, 18 KOs) earned respect for getting off the deck in the second ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 1, 2021 – Ryan Garcia gets it. Despite his undefeated record and crowd-pleasing knockouts, there are plenty of boxing observers who still think he’s got to prove in the ring he’s not just a social media sensation. Garcia of Victorville, California (20-0, 17 KOs) will get his opportunity Saturday in his ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 1, 2021 – The year of the pandemic threatened to limit choices for year-end awards to athletes in the ring during the first 10 weeks of 2020. Fortunately, nearly every name on the pound for pound list and those aspiring to join it got into the ring for at least one ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 30, 2020 – Even during a year when the sporting calendar was shredded by the coronavirus pandemic, boxing came through with notable performances – some from unexpected sources. First, let’s pause and thank our Sweet Science stars we have good choices to pick from after boxing’s successful return in the year ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 29, 2020 – WBC and WBO Super Middleweight women’s champion Franchon “The Heavy Hitting Diva” Crews-Dezurn is so connected to her fans, she let them decide what name she should wear on her trunks when she returns to the ring on Saturday, January 2’s Golden Boy card on DAZN. The card ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Canelo Alvarez of Mexico returned to the ring after a tumultuous year none the worse for it. Alvarez delivered a complete 12 round beatdown of Callum Smith to take his WBA World Super Middleweight title. Scores were 119-109 X 2, and 117-111. He is now a legitimate four-division champion. Nearly 15,000 ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 18, 2020 – Patience has become one of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s best weapons, both inside and outside the ring. The pandemic threw a ringer into nearly every athlete’s plans. Still, the contractual dispute between Alvarez, promoter Oscar de la Hoya, and media partner DAZN over Alvarez’s contract details threatened to keep him ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 18, 2020 – Middleweight powerhouse Gennadiy Golovkin of Kazakhstan (41-1-1, 36 KOs) delivered the performance he needed, and fans wanted to see in a seventh-round TKO win over a tough but tamed Kamil Szeremeta (21-1, 5 KOs) of Poland. With the win, Golovkin sets a record for the middleweight division with ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 17, 2020 – Middleweight powerhouse Gennadiy Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KOs) will sneak in a fight in 2020 and get an opportunity to set a professional boxing record in his bout Saturday against mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta (21-0, 5 KOs) of Poland. The fight airs Friday, December 18, from Hollywood, Florida on ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 12, 2020 – Anthony Joshua of Great Britain (24-1, 22 KOs) showed the best of both versions of himself in the ring, taking down Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria (28-2, 14 KOs.) with four knockdowns, making the final one stick for a ninth-round knockout win. “I stuck to what I know best: ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 11, 2020 – Anthony Joshua of Great Britain (23-1, 21 KOs) may have the future on his mind Saturday at London’s Wembley Arena when he steps into the ring for the first time in a year. But he needs to take care of business first with opponent Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. December 5, 2020 – IBF welterweight champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. of Dallas (27-0, 21 KOs) laid to rest the questions about his mental and physical fitness following his auto accident with a strong unanimous decision over Danny “Swift” Garcia of Philadelphia (36-3. 21 KOs). Spence Jr. didn’t look much different ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. December 4, 2020 – Saturday’s PPV matchup between IBF welterweight champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. of Dallas (26-0, 21 KOs) and legitimate challenger Danny “Swift” Garcia of Philadelphia (36-2. 21 KOs) will answer several questions being asked about Spence Jr. These questions wouldn’t have come up but for Spence Jr.’s horrific ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., November 28, 2020 – If people know one name in boxing other than Muhammad Ali, it’s usually Mike Tyson. The 54-year-old Tyson lit up the internet when he posted video of himself sparring with flashes of his vintage power and speed. Tyson has been jonesing (ahem) for an actual fight ever since, ...