Monthly Archives: May 2024

Cherneka Johnson’s expression of befuddlement said it all. Was she hearing this correctly, as ring announcer Lt. Dan Hennessey read aloud at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, that WBA bantamweight titleholder Nina Hughes had retained her belt despite Johnson outlanding Hughes 164-127 in total…

Junior lightweight Eduardo “Rocky” Hernandez stampeded to a technical knockout of Daniel Lugo at Palenque de la Féria National de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico. In front of a home crowd, Hernandez and Lugo, from Mexico City and Sonora, respectively, put on a fan-pleasing…

Instead of doubling his pleasure Saturday night in a homecoming fight, Australia’s Andrew Moloney doubled down on his disappointment. On top of bitterly losing a split decision to Mexico’s Pedro Guevara in a WBC junior bantamweight interim title fight, Moloney told the fans inside…

Junior featherweights Erika Cruz and Nazarena Romero fought to a split draw Saturday at Palenque de la Féria National de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Scores were 97-93 for Romero, 97-93 for Cruz and 95-95. The bout, which topped the Eduardo Hernandez-Daniel Lugo undercard,…

The WBC’s long-delayed move to strip troubled Jermall Charlo from his middleweight belt leaves the glamor division’s champions as Charlo replacement Carlos Adames, Kazakhstan’s Janibek Alimkhanuly and 41-year-old Erislandy Lara. On Friday’s episode of ProBox TV’s “Deep Waters,” analyst Chris Algieri rightfully referred to…