Jan Paul Rivera earned a seventh-round stoppage against the previously unbeaten Justin Goodson in the Most Valuable Prospects 7 series Friday at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Rivera (10-0, 6 KOs), a 23-year-old featherweight prospect from Salinas, Puerto Rico, showed off precision, speed and power…
Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Serhii Bohachuk wil take place on August 10th in Las Vegas. Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) will challenge Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs) for his WBC interim junior Middleweight title in a big step-up fight for the Golden Boy-promoted fighter.
Bohachuk is…
Claressa Shields (15-0, 3 KOs) scored a rare knockout, stopping WBC female heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse (7-2, 2 KO) in the second round on Saturday night at the Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
The 29-year-old Shields used her hand speed to unload with speedy…
2016 Olympic Gold Medalist and current WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF World Middleweight champion Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields stopped WBC and WBF World Heavyweight champion Vanessa Le-Page-Joanisse in the second round for the vacant WBO World Light Heavyweight title on Saturday night at Little Ceasar’s Arena,…
Claressa Shields said she would have more power behind her shots on Saturday night and proved true to her word as she stepped up in weight, dropping and stopping Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in the second round and adding the WBC heavyweight and WBO light heavyweight titles…
Team USA’s Roscoe Hill is in action today | Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images
Boxers from around the world are in action today at the Paris Olympics. Olympic boxing in Paris continues today with the three sessions of action,…
Claressa Shields finally delivered on a knockout promise | Adam J. Dewey
Claressa Shields finally delivered on a knockout promise. Claressa Shields recorded her first stoppage win since 2017 tonight, stopping a deeply overmatched Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in the second…
Michel Rivera made it two wins in a row as the junior welterweight contender dropped Argentina's Hugo Roldan in the 10th and final round to cement a split decision win at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Saturday night.
Although one judge bizarrely scored…
Derek Chisora says he plans on fighting two more times following his surprising victory over a sluggish Joe Joyce on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London. Chisora (35-13, 23 KOs) showed his pedigree tonight, outworking ‘The Juggernaut’ Joyce (16-3, 15 KOs) in pulling…