NFL 2021 Week 1: CDN Preview and Bettor’s Guide
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History lesson: Yordenis Ugas defeats Manny Pacquiao Saturday
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, August 21, 2021 – The only calm person as the opening bell sounded at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Saturday was 42-year-old Manny Pacquiao. At the end of 12 hard rounds, Pacquiao accepted his defeat by late replacement Yordenis Ugas of Cuba with equal grace. Yordenis Ugas of Santiago de Cuba ...
Pacquiao vs. Ugas: It’s still good to be Manny Pacquiao (update)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, August 19. 2021 – When eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines (62-7-2, 39 KOs) steps into the ring Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena to face Yordenis Ugas of Santiago de Cuba via Miami (26-4, 12 KOs) for the WBA World Super Welterweight title, win or lose his legacy is assured. ...
Rating the Rounds: Ortiz Jr., Warren, Franco shine; Rigondeaux and Casimero stink
SAN DIEGO, Calif., August 14, 2021 – On a busy Saturday night, we give you the recap you need to catch up – all in one place. You’re welcome. In the best bout of the night on DAZN, welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr. of Grand Prairie, Texas (18-0, 18 KOs) needed one less round than Terence ...
No Sweat: Rigondeaux vs Casimero, Ortiz Jr vs Kavaliauskas, #FrancoMoloney3, headline big boxing weekend August 14
SAN DIEGO, Calif., August 13, 2021 – Boxing returns from its brief summer vacay with multiple compelling cards offering fans plenty of good entertainment choices. What’s your pleasure? Watching the emergence of a pound-for-pound star? Getting worked up about a bitter rivalry? Seeing a well-matched title fight with no clear favorite? Get the extra screen ...
Hardware haul: US Olympic boxing produces best results in 20 years
SAN DIEGO, Calif., August 3, 2021 – US Olympic Boxing team members will bring home a guaranteed four medals from the Tokyo 2020 Games, with three men and one woman making the quarterfinals at the end of Monday night’s competition. But if you were relying on NBC Sports’ coverage of Olympic boxing, you might not ...
Forget Tokyo 2021 Olympic boredom: Bring Back America’s Laff-A-Lympics
Bored with the 2021 Tokyo Olympics? Let's re-run those vintage "Laff-A-Lympics" cartoons. Anyone but a network TV exec could figure this out.
Letdown: Brian Castaño deserves the win, gets draw with Jermell Charlo
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 17, 2021 – A disappointing draw marred a terrific fight Saturday in San Antonio between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castaño. What else is new? Will Castaño get the rematch he deserves? For now, both men go home with their championship belts after judges in San Antonio scored the entertaining battle a ...
Charlo vs Castaño: You mad, bro? Showtime Boxing Saturday
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 16, 2021 – Boxing’s rebound year from the pandemic serves up another division unification bout in Charlo vs Castaño on Saturday from San Antonio. It’s the best bout in the Showtime and Premier Boxing Champions summer lineup. The Showtime Boxing broadcast begins at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT. Boxing will slow ...
Crowd pleasers: Zurdo Ramirez, JoJo Diaz, Seniesa Estrada win for LA fans Friday
LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 9, 2021 – Local favorites gave enthusiastic Southern California boxing fans the wins they wanted to see and made their case for bigger challenges and paydays in the future. In the main event, former WBO World Super Middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo:” Ramirez of Mexico (42–0. 28 KOs) reminded fans what made ...
Return of Zurdo: Ramirez vs Barrera on the pitch Friday, DAZN
LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 8, 2021 –When boxing fans last heard from former WBO World Super Middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo:” Ramirez, the undefeated Mexican southpaw (41-0. 27 KOs) had stalled in the division and hit an impasse with his promoter Top Rank. It was a disappointing development in a once-promising career. Ramirez now looks toward ...
Berry & McLaughlin: Two Olympians – One Hates the Flag, One loves God
When America sends its Olympic Team to Japan, it will be a tale of two very different black female American Olympians - Berry and McLaughlin
Bigger man: Gervonta Davis wins first super lightweight fight in 11
SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 26, 2021 – Gervonta “Tank” Davis of Baltimore (25-0, 24 KOs) made a successful debut in the super lightweight division, defeating Mario Barrios of San Antonio, Texas (26-1, 17 KOs) with an 11th round TKO win. Davis said he made it tough on himself going up two weight divisions. “I definitely ...
Mas no mas: Lomachenko beats Nakatani in nine rounds
SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 26, 2021 – The pound for pound great version of Vasiliy Lomachenko of Ukraine (14-2, 11 KOs) came back as if nothing had gotten in his way over the last year, demoralizing Masayoshi Nakatani of Japan (19-2, 13 KOs) as he has so many other opponents in his impressive career. Lomachenko ...
Lomachenko vs Nakatani: Red pill or blue pill? Saturday, ESPN+
SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 25, 2021 – Boxing purists still believe in Vasiliy Lomachenko and hope he will prove them right in his return to the ring Saturday. Eight months after his shocking defeat at the hands of upstart Teofimo Lopez Jr., pound for pound great Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs) hopes to reset and return ...
Davis vs Barrios: Tall tales Saturday, Showtime PPV
In Davis vs Barrios, Gervonta Davis moves up two divisions to face Mario Barrios and write a new chapter. Barrios hopes to flip the script.
Now that Carl Nassib is gay, can he belt Patrick Mahomes to the ground?
Las Vegas Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib announced to the world that he is gay. What we care about is can he help the Raiders win?
King Gabe Rosado crowns career with KO win over Bektimir Melikuziev
San Diego, Calif., June 19, 2021 – Veteran ‘King’ Gabe Rosado delivered a magnificent Knockout of the Year candidate in his upset victory over super middleweight prospect Bektimir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan to steal the show in El Paso Saturday. After Rosado’s narrow split decision loss in his last fight against Daniel Jacobs, the victory was ...
Rating your best bang for the boxing buck Saturday, June 19
Which fights and cards should you watch on the busiest boxing weekend since the pandemic? We rate your top bang for the boxing buck.
Fury and Wilder engage in a war of no words; Lopez vs Kambosos off due to COVID
SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 15, 2021 – The state of California returned mainly to normal life on Tuesday. With almost all pandemic restrictions lifted, members of the California boxing media gathered for the first time since early 2020 for a news conference featuring the July 24 trilogy rematch between heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury. ...