SAN DIEGO, Calif., November 13, 2020 – WBO Welterweight World Champion Terence “Bud” Crawford of Omaha, Nebraska (35-0, 26 KOs) sits among the top names of nearly every boxing observer’s pound for pound list. At the risk of sitting out pandemic 2020, Crawford and Top Rank found a dance partner. Stepping into the breach and ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., November 7, 2020 – Devin “The Dream” Haney of Las Vegas (25-0, 15 KOs) scored a near shutout on all three judges scorecards in his fight against veteran Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-4, 18 KOs) Saturday for a unanimous decision victory that really never seemed in doubt from the opening bell. Scores were ...
Lightweight Devin Haney looks to make his case among the exciting young guns rising through boxing's lightweight division on Saturday.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 31, 2020 – Gervonta “Tank” Davis of Baltimore (24-0, 23 KOs) got the statement win of his career Saturday, scoring a sixth-round knockout victory over Leo Santa Cruz of Los Angeles (37-2-1, 19 KOs). Davis is now both the WBA World Lightweight and WBA World Super Featherweight champion. Held in front ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 31, 2020 – Undefeated pound-for-pound, three-weight division champion Naoya “The Monster” Inoue of Japan (20-0, 17 KOs) is so talented, it’s scary. Australian Jason Moloney (21-2, 18 KOs) stood in bravely before The Monster for seven rounds before Inoue closed the fight with a massive right hand to the jaw Moloney ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 31, 2020 – Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine (18-0, 13 KOs) got more than many expected out of Derek Chisora of London (32-10, 23 KOs). Usyk prevailed in a real test by unanimous decision, with scores of 117-111 and 115-113 X 2. “I think it’s good, my boxing,” said Usyk in English ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 31, 2020 – The first most important question about the WBA World Lightweight and WBA World Super Featherweight title fight between Gervonta “Tank” Davis of Baltimore (23-0, 22 KOs) and Leo Santa Cruz (37-1-1, 19 KOs) was answered at Friday’s weigh-in. Everyone can stop speculating about whether Davis will make the ...
San Diego, Calif., October 30, 2020 – Former WBO Junior Middleweight champion Jaime Munguia of Mexico (36-0, 29 KOs) found a way to adjust to a solid offensive attack by Tureano Johnson of the Bahamas (21-3-1, 15 KOs), using effective uppercuts to hold Johnson at bay before scoring a sixth-round TKO win. Munguia landed a ...
Naoya Inoue hopes to make a big impression in his first main event on American soil Saturday in Las Vegas against Jason Moloney.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 30, 2020 – Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine (17-0, 13 KOs) cracked open the door to the heavyweight division last October with a stoppage win over American Chazz Witherspoon. He can throw the door open to plenty of possible matchups with a definitive Halloween night victory over Derek Chisora of London (32-9, ...
San Diego, Calif., October 29, 2020 – Former WBO Junior Middleweight champion Jaime Munguia settles into the middleweight division hunt for the next great 160 pound champion on Friday at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Munguia of Tijuana, Mexico (35-0, 28 KOs) will take on stablemate Tureano Johnson of the Bahamas (21-2-1, ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. October 23, 2020 – The reigning WBC World Super Flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada of Mexico and WBA World Super Flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez of Nicaragua could be headed for a rematch after delivering victories on Friday in Mexico City. “El Gallo” first had to win his rematch against countryman Carlos “Principe” ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. October 22, 2020 – The original “Superfly” tournament in 2017 put together three bouts with top ten ranked super flyweights, generating fresh interest among boxing fans from the moment it was announced. The event delivered even more action than expected, with WBC World Super Flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada of Mexico defeating ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 17, 2020 – Boxing purists got everything they hoped to see in Saturday’s lightweight championship fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez Jr., but nothing they expected. Lopez Jr. (16-0, 12 KOs) won without delivering the power-punching beatdown of his previous fights. Instead, the 23-year-old from Brooklyn took a page from ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 17, 2020 – Las Vegas undercard fighters got their opportunity to shine under the spotlight of attention on the Lomachenko vs Lopez main event Saturday. Arnold Barboza Jr. takes out a tough Alex Saucedo Arnold Barboza Jr. of South El Monte CA (25-0, 10 KOs) remained undefeated after surviving ten rough ...
Lomachenko vs Lopez is the best fight of the pandemic era. It's a true 50-50 matchup of experience vs youth and skill vs power.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 14, 2020 – Cancellation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games until 2021 dashed plenty of dreams. Faced with the decision to train for another year with no guarantees, it turned out to be the catalyst many amateur boxers needed to turn professional. Three-time national champion Aaron “Alien King” Aponte of Hialeah ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 3, 2020 – Jose Zepeda of La Puente, California (33-2-2, 25 KOs) and Ivan Baranchyk of Belarus (21-2, 13 KOs) delivered a brutally brilliant battle Saturday in Las Vegas, a sure 2020 Fight of the Year with eight knockdowns in five frenetic rounds. Zepeda made the last one stick at 2:50 ...
Jermell Charlo capped off a big night for the Charlo brothers with an impressive knockout victory over Jeison Rosario.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., September 26, 2020 – WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo of Houston (31-0, 22 KOs) delivered a master class in geography with a solid defeat by unanimous decision over Sergiy Derevyanchenko of Ukraine (13-3, 10 KOs). Scores were 118-110 (Sutherland), 117-111 (Weisfeld), and 116-112 (Cheatham). Our card matched Weisfeld, giving Charlo nine ...