December 9, 2024 – Sugar Bert Boxing

BoxingScene December 9, 2024

No soft landing for Luis Nunez on ‘Wednesday Night Fights’

Luis Nunez is stepping out of the frying pan and back into the fire. The 25-year-old featherweight from the Dominican Republic returns to the ring on Wednesday night after an 18-month layoff to face Mexico’s Leonardo Baez at the ProBox TV Events Center in…

BoxingNews24 December 9, 2024

Jaron Ennis “Out Of The Loop” Again? Boots Must Demand Teofimo Lopez Fight

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis needs to ensure he’s not kept out of the loop for his negotiations for a mega-fight against Teofimo Lopez in early 2025. Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs) felt he was blindsided about being offered a fight against Vergil Ortiz Jr. on February 22nd.…

BadLeftHook December 9, 2024

‘Letting things play out the way they need to’: Teofimo Lopez talks his next moves in boxing

Teofimo Lopez says he’ll have two wise trainers in his corner with the addition of Eddy Reynoso. | Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images for Triller Teofimo Lopez hopes to have his next fight set before the end of the year…

EastSideBoxing December 9, 2024

Aged, Battered, Beaten: Can Fury Defeat Usyk?

Tyson Fury took an enormous beating in his loss to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in their first fight, and there are questions about whether he’s got much left going into the second one in 12 days on December 21st. The Beating That beatdown Fury…

BoxingScene December 9, 2024

Roy Jones Jnr open to Jake Paul fight: ‘I’d beat him, I’m sure, but you have to be on A-game’

Roy Jones Jnr was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2022, but at the age of 55, the former pound-for-pound king is still considering unretiring for the right fights and opportunities if they present themselves. In April 2023, Jones fought in…

BoxingNews24 December 9, 2024

How Good Was Larry ‘The Easton Assassin’ Holmes?

Former WBC and IBF Heavyweight champion Larry “The Easton Assassin” Holmes was 19-3. He was from Easton, PA, and his trainer Ernie Butler would take him to Muhammad Ali’s camp in Deer Lake, PA. When Holmes went to turn professional, he had been in Muhammad…

BoxingNews24 December 9, 2024

Forget Keyshawn, Albright Wants To ‘Smoke’ Abdullah Mason In Brutal Comeback

Nahir Albright wants to fight Top Rank’s lightweight prospect Abdullah Mason next, and he believes he’d be the perfect opponent for him to “destroy” to get the rust out after a year out of the ring. Mason’s Vulnerability Top Rank probably won’t let Albright fight…

BoxingScene December 9, 2024

Golden Globes nod is latest nomination for boxer/actor Kali Reis

Kali Reis has gone from the Golden Gloves to the Golden Globes. Reis, who won three world titles during her time in the boxing ring, is now accumulating acting nominations for her most recent role on the silver screen. After being nominated for…

BoxingScene December 9, 2024

When even Wyatt Earp was beaten by boxing

When Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk meet in a rematch of their May clash, there will be no doubt what is at stake: the winner will be the one, true heavyweight champion of the world. Because boxing is boxing, one of the four (!) universally…

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