Shakur Stevenson says Gervonta Davis should have picked #3 WBA lightweight contender Edwin De Los Santos as his opponent for March 1st instead of super featherweight Lamont Roach.
Stevenson doesn’t say why he thinks WBA 135-lb champion Tank (30-0, 28 KOs) selected De Los Santos…
WBC interim Junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. will face a much different test in his title defense against the technically skilled Israil Madrimov on February 22nd in Riyadh. The fight will take place in 58 days.
The powerful 26-year-old Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs)…
In this week’s mailbag, every letter is about the heavyweights. We tackle Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, of course, but also one fighter from their undercard (Johnny Fisher), this era of heavyweights in general, and Claressa Shields’ upcoming fight for the women’s undisputed heavyweight championship.…
Today in Thailand, fans were treated to a very late FOTY contender and also, unfortunately, some extremely debatable scoring from the ringside judges. Panya Pradbsri, AKA Petchmanee CP Freshmart, edged Carlos Canizales over 12 all-action rounds to win the vacant WBC light-flyweight title. The result,…
We saw some chilling, shocking knockouts this year across numerous weight divisions. At heavyweight, Daniel Dubois smashed Anthony Joshua in memorable fashion, while we also saw super-bantamweight king Naoya Inoue deliver two nasty KOs. At featherweight, Angelo Leo took down Luis Alberto Lopez in brutal…
For reigning heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk, the plaudits keep rolling in from most people. But while we fans find ourselves agreeing with (or maybe not, as the case may be), people like Adam Smith, Spencer Oliver, Gareth A. Davis, Carl Froch, and so many others…
Venezuela’s Carlos Canizales was another victim of boxing’s infinitely flawed scoring system when he was judged a loser in his fight with Panya Pradabsri for the vacant WBC light flyweight title. Canizales appeared to be a comfortable winner after 12 rounds, and even pushed…
There has long been a sense with Daniel Dubois that we are watching him grow up in public, not only as a boxer but as a man. It should therefore come as no surprise when he experiences highs and lows and, in turn, comebacks and…
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has taken to social media to say the sanctioning body will review the performance of the judges in the vacant light-flyweight title between Panya Pradabsri and Carlos Canizales. Pradabsri, boxing in front of his own fans in Thailand to claim the…