By: Jeandra Lebeauf On February 14, Alexis Rocha looks the reach the next level in his career when he faces off against Brad “King” Solomon on the Garcia vs. Fonseca undercard. On the line are both Rocha’s undefeated record and the WBC Continental Americas welterweight champion belt. The 22-year-old southpaw …
Read More »Manny Pacquiao Signs With Paradigm, Who Happens to Represent Conor McGregor
By: Sean Crose “We’re very excited to announce that Manny Pacquiao has signed with PSM for full service representation!” Paradigm Sports Management announced Tuesday. “Manny is one of the greatest boxers of all time & we look forward to working with Arnold, Ping and the rest of the team back …
Read More »USA Boxing Metro Guides “Ring Masters” On Its “Road to the Garden”
By: Sean Crose Ring Masters Championships: Road to the Garden, New York’s premiere amateur boxing competition, has entered its third straight year. New York is famous for its output of legendary fighters, from Gene Tunney, to Mike Tyson, from Jake LaMotta to Riddick Bowe. Those who follow this year’s Ring …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Juarez, Imam, Flores, Parker, Winters, and more…
Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of February 4th to February 11th; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Omar Juarez Greets Kids with Special Needs at the Tim Tebow Foundation’s Night to Shine …
Read More »Daniel Dubois to Joe Joyce: “This is My Era!”
By: LV Boxing Whenever a fighter has yet to taste defeat inside of the ring, it can become difficult to get him or her to take on a real challenge. That 0 in the loss column is just too important to place in harm’s way. Unless, of course, if the …
Read More »Guillermo Rigondeaux Wants Naoya Inoue: “Lets Go Monster Hunting”
By: LV Boxing Two seems to be the favorite number of current WBA “Regular” Bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux. Back in 2004 he took home the gold medal in the Olympic Games, in Athens Greece. Four years later, he followed that up with another gold winning effort. This time, in Beijing …
Read More »Wilder Was Right to Turn Down 120 Million from DAZN
By: Shane Willoughby Last year the Bronze bomber was ridiculed by a large number boxing fans for what at the time seemed like a mindless decision, the time Wilder and his team turned down 120 million to fight Anthony Joshua. It was seen as a perfect example of self-sabotage. Where …
Read More »What’s Next For Gary Russell Jr?
By: LV Boxing Gary Russell Jr not only made a statement inside of the ring by easily defeating Tugstsogt Nyambayar by unanimous decision at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, but he also did so outside of it. Shortly after his win, Russell announced to everyone that he no longer intends on …
Read More »30 Years Later: Douglas vs. Tyson
By: Sean Crose It’s hard to wrap one’s head around the fact that Tyson-Douglas, perhaps the greatest upset in the history of organized sports, went down thirty years ago on this date. If we were to go back thirty years beyond the Tyson-Douglas fight, Muhammad Ali – then Cassius Clay …
Read More »Jeff Ofori Loks to Win the Golden Contract
By: Oliver McManus Tottenham’s Jeff Ofori is set for a career-defining twelve months with MTK’s Golden Contract hotting up nicely. The format will crown a winner, in three weight divisions, before the end of the year and, with it, a lucrative multi-fight contract with “a world leading promoter”. Ahead of …
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