By: Bryant Romero Samantha “Leggz” Pill will put her undefeated record on the line when she takes on her biggest challenge to date against the respected Maricela Cornejo on Friday July 13 in what should be an interesting fight between two big women in the super-middleweight division. Like Cornejo, Samantha …
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Is the Welterweight Division Still the Strongest in Boxing?
By: Ken Hissner The welterweight division is packed with talented boxers and mentioned as the toughest division in boxing. The WBA Super World champion is Keith “One Time” Thurman, 28-0 (22), of Clearwater, FL, who lost the WBC title due to inactivity. He defeated Shawn “Showtime” Porter, 28-2-1 (17), of …
Read More »WIBF World Flyweight Champion Regina Halmich has Made 44 Title Defenses
By: Ken Hissner Germany’s Regina Halmich, 54-1-1 (16), made her professional debut in March of 1994. In her sixth fight she won the WIBF European Super Flyweight Title defeating Cheryll Robertson, 0-0, of the UK by decision over 10 rounds. Two fights later she made her only defense of that …
Read More »Egidijus Kavaliauskas Defeated Juan Carlos Abreu Saturday on ESPN
By: Ken Hissner Bob Arum’s Top Rank Boxing over ESPN Saturday at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno replaced the fall out of the main event between Jose Ramirez and Danny O’Connor who was dehydrated trying to make weight and hospitalized so that made the Egidijus Kavaliauskas and Juan Carlos …
Read More »July 14: Pacquiao-Matthysse WBA Welterweight Title Fight Exclusively on ESPN+
The next chapter in the storied career of former eight-division world champion and future first-ballot Hall of Famer, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, will stream live and exclusively in the United States on Saturday, July 14 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN+ — the recently-launched multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The …
Read More »The Champ is Home: Jose Ramirez to Make First Title Defense in Front of Hometown Fans
The dream has been realized. Now, it’s time for Jose Ramirez to get down to business. Ramirez (22-0, 16 KOs), from Avenal, California, will make the first defense of his WBC super lightweight world title against Danny O’Connor (30-3, 11 KOs) on Saturday in front of a projected sold-out crowd …
Read More »Joet Gonzalez – Ready For The Spotlight
By: Sean Crose “Every other day, we run six to eight miles,” Joet Gonzalez tells me. “The location varies.” There are nineteen year olds who go to college. There are nineteen year olds who hold down forty hour full time jobs. There are nineteen year olds in the military. There …
Read More »Alberto Machado: “You Need To Have Heart To Fight”
By: Sean Crose “Camp is going very well,” WBA super featherweight titlist Alberto “El Explosivo” Machado tells me over the phone. “People are going to see the best version of me.” He’s speaking of his July 21st match against fellow undefeated fighter, 31-0 Rafael Mensah of Ghana. “He’s a good …
Read More »Maricela “La Diva” Cornejo Is Looking for her Eighth Consecutive Victory
By: Bryant Romero Maricela “La Diva” Cornejo returns to the ring next Friday July 13 at the Novo at LA in Los Angeles when she takes on the undefeated Samantha Pill (3-0, 0 KOs) as she looks to record her 8th consecutive victory. Cornejo (11-2, 4 KOs) a golden boy …
Read More »Canelo vs. GGG 2 Press Conference Transcript
MAURICIO PEDROZA: To everyone, watching on Facebook Live today, we want to hear from you. Leave your questions for the fighters, the promoters in the comments section below for a chance to have your questions answered live on the air today. So stay tuned for that. All right. Let’s get …
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