IBF World Welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis defended for the first time, returning after a year to the delight of his home crowd, stopping former WBA Welterweight champion David Avanesyan at the end of the fifth round on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center…
Jaron Ennis accumulated enough damage to force David Avanesyan out of the fight after five rounds. | Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images
Jaron Ennis piled up a lot of early punishment to the point where David Avanesyan’s corner stopped the…
Featherweight Sulaiman Segawa defied expectations and claimed the biggest win of his career by upsetting Ruben Villa in a 10-round unanimous decision Saturday at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
The scores were 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94, all in favor of Segawa. …
Former middleweight titleholder Daniel Jacobs on Saturday announced his retirement from boxing.
Jacobs, 37, ended a nearly two and a half year boxing hiatus earlier this month, but he lost a unanimous decision to Shane Mosley Jr. in his return in Anaheim, California. …
Shakur Stevenson, WBC lightweight Champion, told DAZN tonight that he’d be interested in defending against his #1 contender, William Zepeda, next.
The unbeaten Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) says he feels Zepeda’s fighting style would bring out his best. However, he said he hadn’t made up…
PHILADELPHIA – Skye Nicolson isn’t the answer for boxing fans seeking ultra-violence. But she can dish out basic lessons in the sweet science in two-minute doses with great proficiency, as she demonstrated against one-dimensional plodder Dyana Vargas in defense of a women’s featherweight title at…
Of course there are obstacles, but Oscar De La Hoya doesn’t see those when it comes to making the biggest in-house bout he can arrange as head of Golden Boy Promotions.
Instead of getting bogged down in Ryan Garcia’s suspension or the weight difference…
It might be Manny Pacquiao – a living legend whose career speaks for itself – but after a layoff of three years, at 45 years old he should not be invited to bypass all of the contenders and walk straight into a world-title fight. …
Former IBF/WBA middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs has announced his retirement on Instagram, wrapping up his 17-year professional career following his loss to Shane Mosley Jr. on July 6th.
The End of an Era
Fans had predicted the 37-year-old Jacobs (37-5, 30 KOs) would retire because…