Daily Archives: November 17, 2024

William Zepeda needed to dig deep to get past Tevin Farmer, but that didn’t shake his confidence in his readiness to face Shakur Stevenson next. Mexico’s Zepeda, 32-0 (27 KOs), edged out Philadelphia’s Farmer, 33-7-1 (8 KOs), in a close split decision in Riyadh,…

Junior welterweight Ernesto “Tito” Mercado was preparing for his Matchroom Boxing debut on the Jaron Ennis-Karen Chukhadzhian undercard on November 9 in Philadelphia.  However, his opponent, Jesus Saracho, derailed those plans by arriving at the weigh-in seven pounds overweight, dissolving the planned bout and…

Denzel Bentley is once again preparing to put everything on the line, but the exciting middleweight wouldn’t have it any other way.  Bentley, 20-3-1 (17 KOs), is ranked at number two with the WBO and with the only man above him, Hamzah Sheeraz, apparently…

\ Junior middleweight contender Serhii Bohachuk met with Jalisco governor Pablo Lemus Navarro on Thursday as Bohachuk prepares for his December 21 fight against Israil Madrimov in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bohachuk, 29, is training in Guadalajara under Manny Robles ahead of the 12-round…