Daily Archives: August 12, 2024

The World Boxing Organization on Monday announced that new four-division champion Terence Crawford has vacated his welterweight belt in order to fight as a junior middleweight, elevating Brian Norman Jr. to full WBO welterweight titleholder. Norman’s manager, Jolene Mizzone, said Georgia’s 23-year-old Norman (26-0,…

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has his third consecutive fight under the PBC umbrella next month, when he looks to add Edgar Berlanga’s scalp to those of Jermell Charlo and Jaime Munguia. Canelo is once again aligning himself with Al Haymon’s promotional entity, a couple of…

LAS VEGAS — Vergil Ortiz’s team didn’t know exactly what the scorecards said, but they knew the junior middleweight fight with Serhii Bohachuk was probably on the line going into the final rounds. “We knew the fight had to be close,” said Robert Garcia,…

Today (August 12) Top Rank announced that featherweight prospect Albert “Chop Chop” Gonzalez, the latest star to emerge from the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy, has signed a long-term contract with the promotional company. Gonzalez, 10-0 (6 KOs), picked up his third win of 2024 last…

LAS VEGAS — Manny Robles and Tom Loeffler felt disappointed but not defeated.  Yes, their fighter, junior middleweight Serhii Bohachuk, had taken the loss on the scorecards, receiving the short end of a majority decision against Vergil Ortiz Jr. on Saturday night at the…

WHEN the Beach Boys released Pet Sounds in 1966, Brian Wilson couldn’t have known that track 12, “I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times”, would bring so much comfort to the disillusioned; men and women convinced they were born in the wrong era and at…