SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 28, 2018 – Daniel Jacobs entered the ring to the song “Pray for Me” from the blockbuster film “Black Panther,” while Jarrell Miller channeled the fierce look of the superhero in his ring attire. Both played the role of superhero for their Brooklyn fans at the Barclays Center and delivered solid ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 27, 2018 – Daniel Jacobs lost to middleweight powerhouse Gennady Golovkin at Madison Square Garden in March; his stock rose with boxing fans for the tremendous effort and skill he demonstrated in a razor-thin decision. Neither Jacobs nor Miller want to wait around to take the throne away from the top ...
Boxing fans can still have a great time on Cinco de Mayo with GGG vs. Martirosyan, if they can get over their misplaced angry attitude.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 21, 2018 – Boxing delivered the goods to fans at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with two exciting knockouts and a surprisingly entertaining main event. Who knew a Broner-Vargas draw would deliver? Broner and Vargas battle it out to a draw The most surprising outcome of the evening: admitting we’d like ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 21, 2018 – Highlights from Saturday’s boxing action across Great Britain from three fights, each telling a different story. Amir Khan announces his return in sizzling fashion British former champion Amir Khan blasted his way back into boxing after more than two years out of the ring with a knockout victory ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 20, 2018 – From Ireland to New York with some stops in between, an international lineup of boxing action has something to make any fight fan happy on Saturday. Several former champions look to resurrect their careers, while several young lions will roar. Amir Khan ditches reality TV to come back ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 18, 2018 – After a never-ending series of rumors, a news conference with no news last week, and a quiet settlement between Canelo Alvarez and the Nevada State Athletic Commission early Wednesday, boxing fans can now make their plans for one of the biggest days on the boxing calendar. Via news ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 12, 2018 – Rumors flew, and clickbait headlines came and went over the last nine days since the cancellation announcement of the scheduled May 5 fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin. Who would Golovkin face, and where? Both Nevada and California State Athletic Commissions had their say; various venue names ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. April 7, 2018 – As the clock ticked past midnight on the East Coast with the main event a half hour away, fans were thinking about pouring a cup of coffee before watching what everyone expected to be a tactical bout. Go figure. “Swift” Jarrett Hurd forced WBA world champion Erislandy Lara ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. April 6, 2018 – Several divisions in boxing are sorting themselves out in 2018. It’s a little like the students at Hogwarts, waiting for word from the sorting hat. Fortunately, the boxers have a little more say about their eventual fate with a tripleheader boxing card from Las Vegas on Saturday. The ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 3, 2018 – In what turned out to be an anti-climatic announcement on Tuesday, Canelo Alvarez and Golden Boy Promotions confirmed what everyone saw coming. Alvarez called off the rematch between the world’s top middleweights scheduled on May 5 in Las Vegas. Golden Boy president Eric Gomez made the official statement. ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 31, 2018 – The atmosphere inside the packed Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales generated more excitement than the main event. There’s nothing like a UK fight walk. Nevertheless, nearly 80,000 fans went home happy as their hero, British heavyweight Anthony Joshua, scored a unanimous decision victory over Joseph Parker of New ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 30, 2018 – British heavyweight Anthony Joshua has put nearly 250,000 fans in the seats in his last three fights. On Saturday, 78,000 of them will watch the biggest star in boxing put his IBF and WBA titles on the line along with his undefeated record against WBO heavyweight champion Joseph ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 26, 2018 – The May 5 rematch between the world’s top middleweights Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin stands in jeopardy. This is why it’s a good idea to make refundable travel plans for a big fight. This bout should be postponed for the good of boxing, and the best interests of ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 10, 2018 – Oscar Valdez rewarded fans who braved an uncharacteristically rainy night in Carson, California at the open-air StubHub Center. Showing he has the heart of a champion, Valdez won a unanimous decision over former junior featherweight champion Scott Quigg of England to retain his WBO featherweight title. Scores were ...
Scott Quigg lost his chance at the title on the scale, while Mikey Garcia gets into the ring seeking a a belt in the fourth division against a ho-hum opponent.
Two-time light heavyweight champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (31-2-1, 27 KOs) of Russia says only now is he reaching his full potential as an athlete.
NEW YORK, NY, March 2, 2018. – Fans who love the big men of boxing finally get their long anticipated and long delayed matchup in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center on Saturday. American Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) of Tuscaloosa, Alabama puts his WBC World Heavyweight belt on the line against Luis “King ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 24, 2018 – At the end of 12 thrilling rounds, it wouldn’t matter who won. Srisikat Sor Rungvisai versus Juan Francisco Estrada was a fight worth seeing again. But there was a winner, and it was Rungvisai (44-4-1, 39 KOs) by majority decision over Estrada (36-3-0, 25 KOs). Scores were 117-111, ...
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The first Superfly tournament was such a hit, the second edition at The Forum in Los Angeles Saturday doesn’t mess with success. HBO Boxing After Dark® at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT