By ESB - 12/30/2024 - Comments
Kazuto Ioka’s New Year’s Eve rematch with Fernando Martinez in Tokyo has been canceled. Ioka’s Shisei gym announced on Monday that Martinez, Argentina’s WBA super flyweight champion, came down with influenza, dashing hopes of a thrilling showdown just days before…
Fans were eagerly counting down the days until Kazuto Ioka squared off against Fernando Martinez on New Year’s Eve in Tokyo. However, Ioka’s Shisei gym said Monday that the Argentine WBA super flyweight champion came down with influenza, forcing them to cancel this highly anticipated…
The BoxingScene end of year roundtable continues and, alas, it's time to identify some of the bad stuff ... What was your biggest gripe of 2024? Kieran Mulvaney: It probably sounds boring and whiny and old and washed to bleat constantly about…
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A bout of influenza has forced Fernando “Pumita” Martinez out of his year-end rematch with Kazuto Ioka Japan has lost yet another year-end title fight, as WBA super flyweight champion Fernando Martinez’s manager announced that his charge is…
A rematch between WBA junior bantamweight titleholder Fernando “Puma” Martinez and Kazuto Ioka appears to be off. The bout scheduled for Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan on New Year’s Eve now seems set to wait for the new year. “What a bummer....There…
The closest we get to truly understanding a fighter is watching them in the ring. The time before a boxing match is too primed for psychological warfare to really trust anything anybody says. It’s only during the fight that the physiques and styles answer the…
The boxing year of 2024 spawned plenty of memorable moments. The BoxingScene writers attempt to pinpoint the one that will live longest. What will live longest in your memory? Kieran Mulvaney: Being at AT&T Stadium for Jake Paul-Mike Tyson. The whole…
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says there’s the possibility that WBC interim lightweight champion William Zepeda will fight a rematch against Tevin Farmer next after Zepeda’s injured hand recovers.
Zepeda (32-0, 27 KKOs) beat Farmer, 34, by a 10-round split decision on November 16 at…
Demetrius Andrade questions whether WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight champion David Morrell has long enough arms to get around the guard of David Benavidez when they meet on February 1st at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Benavidez’s Reach
Andrade had problems landing his shots through…