As Vergil Ortiz Jr. readies to take on Serhii Bohachuk for an interim junior middleweight title in a headline fight Saturday night at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, it’s impossible not to address the elephant in the room.
In this case,…
Heavyweight contender Martin Bakole was welcomed home as a hero by his fans in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after defeating Jared Anderson by a fifth-round knockout last Saturday night at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
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Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs)…
WHEN you have won 21 fights in a row by knockout, there is a certain pressure and therefore incentive to keep the run going and avoid finishing a fight any other way.
This pressure is something Vergil Ortiz, he of the 21 straight knockouts, will…
There is a new movie in the works on former welterweight champion Carlos Palomino, and the former champ who did some acting work after hanging up the gloves sure has some story to tell. Today, “King Carlos” turns the milestone age of 75, yet he…
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Frank Martin could be facing slugger Edwin De Los Santos next. ‘The Ghost’ Martin (18-1, 12 KOs) says he’s moving up to 140, which makes sense for him, given how drained he looked in his last fight against WBA…
Heavyweight contender Martin Bakole has been given a hero's welcome on his arrival back in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a week on from his big win over Jared Anderson in Los Angeles.
Bakole, who trains under coach Billy Nelson in Scotland, was paraded…
Anthony Joshua says he welcomes IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois to be hostile, showing aggression towards him, and heading into their fight next month, 42 days from now, on September 21st at Wembley Stadium in London.
Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) has got to be fully…
WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, says he’s open to negotiating a fight with mandatory Terence Crawford.
Lewkowicz states that Crawford hasn’t mentioned wanting to fight Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs), and the World Boxing Organization hasn’t sent a letter ordering…
They have not yet won major world titles. They are not yet household names. Yet this Saturday’s main event between Vergil Ortiz and Serhii Bohachuk is highly anticipated, a collision that appeals to those who follow boxing closely.
This fight is not only can’t-miss,…