Monthly Archives: May 2024

Cherneka Johnson became a two-division world champion on Saturday night, yet the circumstances of the announcement of victory overshadowed the outcome. Lt. Dan Hennessey, the ring announcer, stated her opponent Nina Hughes had won the bout before correcting himself and announcing Johnson as the winner. …

George Warren wants Denzel Bentley to stay busy and build on the momentum he generated by stopping Danny Dignum at London’s York Hall on Saturday night.  Six months after losing his British middleweight title to an inspired Nathan Heaney, a calm, focused Bentley took…

Vasyl Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) returned to the top table of the lightweight ranks with an impressive 11th-round knockout of George Kambosos (21-3, 10 KOs) in Perth, Australia, to claim the vacant IBF world lightweight title.  Not only did Lomachenko impress in the one-sided…

Heavyweight Jett Blackwell is a regional fighter with big-city dreams but, for now, he is a full-time father, part-time gardener and happens to be living his father’s dream – which is being a professional boxer. Blackwell, 22, returns on a Westside Promotions card, on…