By: LV Boxing Whenever a fighter tells both the fans and media that he has changed they are mostly hollow words. For Sergey Kovalev (33-3-1, 28 KOs) however they were the absolute truth as he turned in one of the very best performances of his career as he defeated Eleider …
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DAZN Boxing Results: Garcia Decisions Cheeseman; Richards KO’s Ball
BY: Ste Rowen In the centre of the O2 Arena in London, Ted Cheeseman failed to appease the home crowd as he was beaten by Spaniard, Sergio Garcia, who retained his EBU European junior middleweight belt and shot himself firmly into the world title challenger stratosphere. In a post-fight interview, …
Read More »ShoBox Results: Ronald “Akeem” Ellis Upset by Ware
By: Ken Hissner Super Middleweight Ronald “Akeem” Ellis lost a majority decision to DeAndre Ware for the vacant NABA, USBO and WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight Titles. Vito Mielnicki’s GH3, Split-T Management and Greg Cohen Promotions promoted Friday night’s event over ShoBox at the Main Street Armory in Rochester, NY. …
Read More »UFC Fight Night 144 on ESPN+ Preview
By: Jesse Donathan The UFC returns to ESPN+ Saturday night, February 2nd as bantamweights Marlon Moraes (21-5-1) and Raphael Assuncao (27-5) collide in the main event. Both fighters are vying for an opportunity to face bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw (16-4), in their way oddly enough is flyweight champion Henry Cejudo …
Read More »Top Rank Boxing Preview: Kovalev vs. Alvarez
By: LV Boxing It will be a night of champions as three world title holders will be looking to defend their crowns this Saturday night in the Ford Center at The Star in Texas. Before these champions grace the boxing ring, the ESPN prospect of the year in 2018 and …
Read More »DAZN Boxing Preview: Cheesemam vs. Garcia
By: Ste Rowen This Saturday night EBU European junior middleweight champion, Sergio ‘El Nino’ Garcia fights outside of Spain for the first time to defend the belt he won just one fight ago against unbeaten, British rising star, Ted ‘The Big Cheese’ Cheeseman, at the O2 Arena in London. With …
Read More »Jose Manuel Urtain, EBU Boxing, Rock Lifting Champion, Held Ali Overhead
By: Ken Hissner In the country of Spain besides boxing, bull fighting and soccer there is a sport called Rock-Lifting. Jose Manuel “El Tigre de Cestona” Urtain not only won the EBU Heavyweight Champion but was the Rock-Lifting Champion in Spain. Rock-lifting from the age of 14 to 25 Urtain …
Read More »Brandon Rios-Humberto Soto Set to Throw Down on DAZN
By: Sean Crose Matchroom Boxing will be promoting its first major card in Mexico when Brandon Rios fights Humberto Soto in Tijuana’s Municipal Auditorium Fausto Gutierrez Moreno on the 23’d of February. The fight will be aired live on the DAZN streaming service. With a record of 35-4-1, Rios, who …
Read More »Sor Rungvisai Joins Matchroom and DAZN
By: Sean Crose “I’m delighted,” says Matchroom Boxing honcho Eddie Hearn, “to welcome Srisaket Sor Rungvisai to the Matchroom Boxing USA team. Srisaket is one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in boxing today and has been a revelation in recent years with great fights and wins over Roman Gonzalez and …
Read More »Should Keith Thurman vs. Manny Pacquiao Be Next?
By: LV Boxing Both Manny Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KOs) and Keith Thurman (29-0, 22 KOs) made back to back ring returns in consecutive weeks with both fighters coming away with the victory. Pacquiao easily outpointed Adrien Broner while Thurman on the other hand took home the victory against a resurgent …
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