LAS VEGAS – They no longer wear a world title belt, but they each stand as a four-division world champion.
Their better days are behind them, but there’s plenty left in the tank.
And as that finish-line beckons, wouldn’t it be something if…
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says he spoke to His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, and they’re going to get Vergil Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) a fight against Terence Crawford next if that’s what he wants after his grueling twelve-round majority decision win over WBC interim…
Shakur Stevenson took to social media to taunt IBF featherweight champion Luis Alberto ‘Venado’ Lopez about his one-punch tenth-round knockout loss to Angelo Leo (25-2, 12 KOs) last Saturday night at the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Cashing in on the Upset
Immediately after…
LAS VEGAS — Charles Conwell was not only one of the key fighters on Saturday’s show featuring Vergil Ortiz vs. Serhii Bohachuk. He was also a highly interested observer.
That’s because Conwell is a junior middleweight contender who wants the other big names —…
What a night of boxing fans had last night, in two locations. In Las Vegas, we might just have witnessed the 2024 Fight of the Year, this as Vergil Ortiz and Serhii Bohachuk engaged in an absolute slugfest over 12 thrilling rounds.
Unfortunately, we…
Last night, in what may prove to be the last boxing match to take place at the Olympics, Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov defeated Spain’s Ayoub Ghadfa by unanimous decision to win the gold at super heavyweight. The 6’7” southpaw – who has a listed pro record…
LAS VEGAS – Thrust into the foreign land of rounds 10, 11 and 12, Vergil Ortiz Jr. swept the championship rounds on all three judges’ scorecards to pull out his majority decision triumph over Serhii Bohachuk.
Ortiz (22-0, 21 KOs) had previously knocked out…
Serhii Bohachuk’s promoter, Tom Loeffler, isn’t happy with him losing his WBC interim junior middleweight title by a controversial 12-round majority decision against Vergil Ortiz Jr. on Saturday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
Loeffler feels that the scoring by the judges…
Featherweight Angelo Leo became a two-division world titleholder by knocking out Luis Alberto Lopez in the 10th round to win the IBF featherweight title at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(Photos: Mikey Williams / Top Rank Inc.)
Junior welterweight Lindolfo Delgado…