Daily Archives: December 14, 2024

The two best heavyweights in the world are Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. The best heavyweight in the world is Usyk — for at least another week, until Usyk either reasserts his status in their December 21 rematch in Riyadh or Fury regains the throne…

LOS ANGELES – Perhaps John “Scrappy” Ramirez was moved along too quickly and more seasoning was needed for the junior bantamweight contender. In April, Ramirez, who picked up boxing just eight years ago at 20, fought for the WBA interim junior bantamweight title and…

It didn’t take long for Murodjon Akhmadaliev to demonstrate his superiority over Ricardo Espinoza tonight in Monte Carlo, with several heavy left hands in round three doing the job and ultimately ending their super bantamweight fight.  Akhmadaliev, a southpaw, was in control from the…

ORLANDO, Florida – Heavyweights Luis Ortiz and Jarrell Miller made fleeting appearances at the WBA convention in Orlando to put forth their cases for higher rankings with the sanctioning body.  Cuba’s Ortiz, 34-3 (29 KOs) and currently ranked 12th by the WBA, will fight…

Action was certainly expected in tonight's European cruiserweight fight between Britain’s Cheavon Clarke and France’s Leonardo Mosquea, but few would have expected the pair to go the full 12 rounds. This seemed even less likely to happen when in round one Clarke, the pre-fight favourite,…

ORLANDO, Florida – Nonito Donaire took his seat in the front row of the rankings meeting at the WBA convention in Orlando, Florida, and waited patiently for his old division, the bantamweights, to come up for discussion.  Following a request from Antonio Vargas’ team…

ORLANDO, Florida - Matchroom today confirmed that super middleweight contender Diego Pacheco will take on Steven Nelson at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on January 25, with lightweight starlet Andy Cruz set to do battle with Omar Salcido Gamez on the same bill. The…