Daily Archives: May 21, 2025

Sugar Ray Leonard says that for Manny Pacquiao to come back from his five-year retirement, he’s got to get used to getting hit and train hard at a high level for his title shot against WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios on July 19th. Leonard’s Comeback…

Light welterweight contender Ernesto Mercado says he sees IBF 140-lb champion Richardson Hitchins as a “fake champion.” He doesn’t like how Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) targets Australian fighters rather than fighters from the U.S., like himself. Hitchins won his IBF belt off Aussie Liam Paro…

Like many fans, promoter Eddie Hearn is baffled by Manny Pacquiao’s decision to come out of a four-year retirement and given the green light by the sanctioning body to challenge Mario Barrios for his WBC welterweight title on July 19th. (Credit: Geoffrey Knott/Matchroom) Hearn isn’t…

Eddie Hearn believes Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney are both just fighting for money at this point in their careers. He says that with all the stuff that they’ve been through since last year, they’ve lost interest in boxing, deteriorated, and focused on just making…

Josh Taylor returns to the ring from a long one-year layoff in a must-win fight against Ekow Essuman this Saturday, May 24, at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The former undisputed light welterweight champion Taylor (19-2, 13 KOs) will debut at 147 against #4…