Monthly Archives: January 2025

Unified super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue’s title defense against his substitute opponent Ye Joon Kim (21-2-2, 13 KOs) is two days away, and there is surprisingly zero buzz about this fight on Friday, January 24th. (Credit: Naoki Fakuda) No Buzz It’s a signal that the…

Vergil Ortiz Jr. says he expects his fight against Israil Madrimov to be a “chess match” next month when they battle in a 12-round match on February 22nd in Riyadh. Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) will be defending his WBC interim junior middleweight title that…

Regis Prograis isn’t ruling out the possibility of former WBA light welterweight champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero beating Ryan Garcia in their fight on Times Square in New York next May. Sparring Session Flashback The former two-time 140-lb champion Prograis feels that with Rolly (16-2, 13…

Trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. is picking Dmitry Bivol to defeat undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev in their rematch in 31 days on February 22nd in Riyadh. Jose Sr. says he felt the former WBA 175-lb champion Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) won the first fight…

Brock Jarvis says he’s worried that the 36-year-old Keith Thurman will show up for their fight on March 12th due to his injury problems. Jarvis (22-1, 20 KOs) notes that Thurman (30-1, 22 KOs) hasn’t fought in three years and pulled out of his fight…