As MLB Sets the Record Straight, Boxing Should Shine A Light On Its Overlooked

BoxingScene June 22, 2024

As MLB Sets the Record Straight, Boxing Should Shine A Light On Its Overlooked

For roughly a century, until very recently, the Detroit Tigers centerfielder Ty Cobb stood as Major League Baseball’s unimpeachable career leader in batting average – at .366. Then, on May 29, baseball made a change and the “Georgia Peach” was … well, impeached. In…

BoxingScene June 22, 2024

Nico Ali Walsh Unfazed by Critics as He Looks to Avenge First Loss

Sixty years after Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston to win the heavyweight title at the Convention Center in Miami Beach, Nico Ali Walsh – the grandson of “The Greatest” – will step foot on South Beach soil for the first time on June 29,…

EastSideBoxing June 22, 2024

Morelle McCane Is Ready To Win Gold At The Summer Olympics In Paris

Nine-time United States (U.S.) National champion and four-time National Golden Gloves titleholder Morelle “Big Blessed” McCane qualified for the Paris (France) 2024 Olympics (in the welterweight division) in December 2023 when she finished second at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. She defeated…

BoxingScene June 22, 2024

Puello And Haney Take Shots At One Another

Alberto Puello has demanded a fight against WBC junior welterweight No. 1 contender Sandor Martin, arguing that titleholder Devin Haney should be stripped of his belt following his recent loss to Ryan Garcia. Puello (23-0, 10 KOs), 29, from the Dominican Republic, secured the…

BoxingScene June 22, 2024

McGuigans’ Gym Reaping Benefits Of BBC Documentary

The documentary series on McGuigan’s Gym has already started to enhance the career prospects of some of their leading fighters. All four episodes of STABLE: The Boxing Game were aired on BBC One, in the weeks before Ellie Scotney’s victory in April over Segolene…

BoxingScene June 22, 2024

Felix Cash: Every Fight Is Must-Win Ahead of European Title Opportunity

It has been 18 months since Felix Cash last fought, but now – with new trainer Adam Booth – he challenges for the European middleweight title. Cash (16-0, 10 KOs) will meet champion Tyler Denny on Saturday at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham,…

BoxingScene June 22, 2024

Sticking the Landing: Rafael Espinoza Dominates in TKO4

Regarding 6-foot-1 Rafael Espinoza, the tallest featherweight titleholder in boxing history, as little more than a sideshow is a good way to get yourself hurt. One imagines challenger Sergio Chirino took Espinoza much more seriously than that in the ring Friday, and all he has…

BoxingNews24 June 22, 2024

Bradley Impressed With Rafael Espinoza’s Dominant KO Victory

Commentator Tim Bradley was impressed with the fourth-round knockout victory by WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza (25-0, 21 KOs) over challenger Sergio Chirino (22-2, 13 KOs) on Friday night at the BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. (Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank) After the bout, Bradley…

BoxingScene June 22, 2024

Andres Cortes Somehow Snatches a Win Away From Abraham Nova

Andres Cortes fell short of making weight, failed to keep pace with his opponent’s work rate in the ring and appeared to run out of gas at the end of Friday’s fight with Abraham Nova at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. All Cortes did was…

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