SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 15, 2021 – Live by the sword, die by the body shot. WBA Super World Super Bantamweight Champion Brandon “Heartbreaker” Figueroa of (22-0-1, 17 KOs) of Welasco, Texas dug deep, digging to the body of WBC World Super Bantamweight Champion Luis Nery of Mexico (31-1, 24 KOs), adding Nery’s title to ...
If Nery vs Figueroa and Roman vs Burgos from Carson, California don’t get your heart pounding, you’re not much of a boxing fan.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 8, 2021 – Real, honest to goodness crowds returned to boxing in record numbers at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on its biggest weekend all year, setting an all-time indoor record at 73,126. They enjoyed a first-class Cinco de Mayo flourish of mariachi music and dance as pound-for-pound WBC/WBA Super Middleweight champion ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 8, 2021 – Elwin Soto of Mexicali (19-1, 13 KOs) and Katsunari Takayama of Japan (32-9, 12 KOs) gave the Texas fans a thrilling co-main content, making every second count in the fight for Soto’s WBO World Light Flyweight, with Soto prevailing by ninth-round TKO after referee Laurence Cole waived off ...
No one starts with more belief in his ability than Canelo Alvarez. It puts him up on the mind game cards from the start in Canelo vs Saunders.
Former world champion Andy Ruiz Jr. took the first step toward regaining his titles with a determined performance against Chris Arreola.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. April 30, 2021 – In theory, boxers in the heavyweight division don’t have to worry about making weight like their fellow fighters in the smaller weight divisions. They aren’t necessarily worried about following stringent nutrition plans and suffering for the scale. Mexican-American heavyweights Andy Ruiz Jr. of Imperial, California, and fellow Southern ...
Puerto Rican boxing fans had plenty to cheer, even the effort of Christopher Diaz in defeat to Emanual Navarrete of Mexico.
Pro boxing takes place at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a Ring City USA card featuring pros and cadet competition.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 10, 2021 – It’s time to stop doubting the potential of welterweight Jaron “Boots” Ennis of Philadelphia. Ennis (27-0, 25 KOs) did what no other top welterweight has been able to accomplish, knocking out former world champion Sergey Lipinets of Kazakhstan (16-2-1, 12 KOs) for the first time in the sixth ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 10, 2021 – In a hard-fought all-action contest, Long Island’s Joe Smith Jr. (27-3, 21 KOs) had to dig deep and battle every second of 12 rounds against sturdy veteran Maxim Vlasov of Russia (45-4, 26 KOs) to earn his first world championship title. Smith Jr. ended up in a dangerous ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 9, 2021 – When Long Island’s Joe Smith Jr. put all his tools together to take Eleider “Storm” Alvarez apart last August, he seemed on the brink of achieving his dream of becoming one of the world’s light heavyweight champions. Smith Jr. had a claim to getting a shot against the ...
SAN DIEGO Calif., April 2, 2021 – In boxing, toughness is a given. The heavyweight division champion is frequently called the baddest man on the planet. I’m here to tell you there’s no one on the planet tougher than a United States Marine. It’s why Marine Corps veteran and WBO super featherweight champion Jamel “Semper ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 25, 2021 – Boricua boxing is in good hands with seven division world champion Amanda Serrano (40-1-1, 30 KOs.). In the Ring City USA main event from Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, with fans crowding the beach beyond the official venue barriers, Serrano stopped three-division champion, Daniela Bermudez of Argentina (29-4-3, ...
If you haven't gotten clued in on Ring City USA, time to get on board. Ring City's first title fight, Serrano vs. Bermudez, happens Thursday.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 20, 2021 – Another veteran test, another test passed for rising welterweight talent Vergil Ortiz Jr. Saturday. In front of a Fort Worth crowd cheering him on, Ortiz Jr. (20-0, 20 KOs) stopped former world champion Maurice Hooker of Dallas (27-2-3, 19 KOs) by seventh-round TKO. Ortiz Jr. maintains his perfect ...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 19, 2021 – Veteran Mauricio Herrera came in two years ago as the toughest test of young welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr.’s career. Ortiz Jr. stopped him for the first time in his long career. He did the same with ease to Antonio Orozco, Bradd Solomon, and Samuel Vargas. So forgive boxing ...
Jessica McCaskill put a stamp on her first victory over Cecelia Braekhus with an even stronger victory in their rematch. Katie Taylor next?
Worth the wait, and worth seeing again. Juan Francisco Estrada prevailed in a firefight over Roman Gonzalez setting up a trilogy fight.
Juan Francisco “El Gallo” Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez are older, wiser, and ready to get it on in Estrada Gonzalez 2 Saturday.