By: Sean Crose Rising featherweight Shakur Stevenson, the 16-0 undefeated New Jersey native, will be fighting in front of a hometown crowd on Saturday night when he faces the 27-4 Alberto Guevara at Newark’s Prudential Center. The televised portion of the Top Rank Card will be aired live on ESPN …
Read More »Robert Helenius Back in Action Against Washington
By: Shane Willoughby Robert Helenius vs Gerald Washington this weekend is a fight of the underachievers. I don’t think you can two fighters in modern boxing who have failed to maximise on their abilities. This fight is a real ‘pick me’ fight because it’s difficult to know exactly who will …
Read More »Ryota Murata Regains His WBA middleweight Title in Emphatic Fashion
By: Shane Willoughby For boxing historians, the fight between Murata and Brant really rolled back the years. All the way back to arguably the greatest Middleweight fight of all time. Hagler vs Hearns. Like the Hagler vs Hearns classic, both fighters came out banging and you got the feeling from …
Read More »Fight Preview: Dickens vs. May; Murray & Flanagan Return
By: Ste Rowen As 2019 heads into the peak of summer, the boxing schedule is beginning to get busy again. With Pacquiao vs. Thurman on the horizon, this weekend includes Brant/Murata2, Dubois/Gorman, Joyce/Jennings and Vargas/Kameda, just to name a few. To add to that excitement, on Friday at Liverpool’s Olympia, …
Read More »Vargas vs. Kameda: Previewing a Super Bantamweight Showcase
By Robert Aaron Contreras Oscar de la Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions are fans of staging fight nights in California. They return to the “Golden State” in Carson, Calif., to air world championship fight on DAZN. In the main event, undefeated beltholder Rey Vargas attempts to not only secure another …
Read More »Joyce vs. Jennings and Dubois vs. Gorman Fight Preview
By: Oliver McManus A Saturday night dedicated to the big bruising heavyweights of Frank Warren’s stable – Joe Joyce vs Bryant Jennings and Daniel Dubois vs Nathan Gorman at the top of the bill – promises to provide serious entertainment. The quality of the show, however, runs deeper than many …
Read More »Brant vs. Murata II Final Showdown?
By: Shane Willoughby Boxing has been on a rise and has been gaining a lot of global attraction however this week is proof that boxing is a sport loved worldwide. Now whilst most eyes will be on the shows taking place in the UK and America; Matchroom is in Italy, …
Read More »Greg Vendetti: Determined to Send a Message to the Boxing World in Friday’s Bout
By: Paul Yates Last December, Massachusetts’s Greg Vendetti flew to Paris to fight hard-hitting Michel Soro in a bout between two WBA world rated super-welterweights. Vendetti entered the ring on a lengthy winning streak and had serious prospects for a shot at his division’s world championship. But within two rounds, …
Read More »Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach Discuss Keith Thurman Contest
By: LV Boxing Manny Pacquiao is many things. A philanthropist, the senator to his home country in the Philippines, the only eight division world champion and a boxing legend. Angry and easily riled up are words that don’t associate with the man nicknamed Pac Man. As Pacquiao continues to train …
Read More »Farmer To Defend IBF Super Featherweight Crown Against Frenois
By: Sean Crose “July 27 will be the fourth defense of my world title in just under one year,” says the (29-4-1) IBF world super featherweight champion Tevin Farmer. “There is no other world champion as active as me and I don’t plan on slowing down anytime soon. I’m only …
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