Daily Archives: August 24, 2024

Caleb Plant says Canelo Alvarez punches harder than David Benavidez but isn’t on his level in combination punching. The former IBF super middleweight champion Plant (22-2, 13 KOs) has lost to both fighters but was stopped in the 11th round by Canelo in November 2021…

Young welterweight star Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis welcomed a newcomer to the Matchroom team, Shakur Stevenson, this week after he signed with Eddie Hearn’s promotional squad in a two-fight deal. Hearn’s Vision: Building Global Stars Boots (32-0, 29 KOs) recently signed with Hearn’s Matchroom last April,…

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn questions whether Devin Haney will be strong enough to thrive at 147 if he moves up to that weight class when he returns to the ring in 2025. The former two-division world champion Haney possesses the skills, but he won’t go…

Xander Zayas, a highly ranked junior middleweight contender, says Terence Crawford will get bullied by some of the bigger fighters at 154 if he mixes it with them. Crawford’s Limitations Exposed Zayas notes that Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) had been walking down fighters while competing…