Monthly Archives: June 2024

PHOENIX – He’s waited a long time, and so they can wait a while now. Unbeaten David Benavidez was granted a two-week extension by the World Boxing Council on Friday to decide whether he wants to remain mandatory super middleweight challenger to Saul "Canelo"…

Robeisy Ramírez enters Saturday’s fight with Brandon Leon Benitez free of fearing his father’s death. The Cuban, 30, and Benitez fight at the James L. Knight Center in Miami Beach on the occasion of his first fight since December, when he lost, via majority…

Ramla Ali, the 2020 Somalian Olympian, will vie for her inaugural world title this Saturday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, where she faces WBC junior featherweight champion Yamileth Mercado. Ali (9-1, 2 KOs), 34, acknowledged the proximity of Arizona to Mercado’s native…

Pierce O’Leary won the battle of Dublin as the 24-year-old super lightweight produced one of the most well-rounded performances of his career to comprehensively outpoint Darragh Foley.  Foley, 22-7-1 (11 KOs), started out as a southpaw, using his front foot to keep the powerful…

PHOENIX, AZ – Boos turned into cheers for Sunny Edwards in his first visit to Arizona.   It was a painful introduction, lots of bruises and no belt in a beatdown delivered by Jesse Rodriguez, who left no doubt about why he’s called…