Promoter Oscar De La Hoya wants to match Vergil Ortiz Jr against Terence Crawford in 2025 if Vergil is successful in his next two fights.
De La Hoya says if Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) wins his fight this Saturday night against WBC interim junior…
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya criticized the September 14th designation of the Canelo Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga fight as a Mexico vs. Puerto Rico clash.
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Berlanga’s Nationality Questioned
De La Hoya points out that Berlanga is from New York,…
Terence Crawford is not giving up on pursuing a well-paying fight against superstar Canelo Alvarez. Crawford wants that payday against Canelo and isn’t going to give up on hounding him for it.
In an interview yesterday, the newly won WBA junior middleweight champion Crawford criticized…
Terence Crawford says he wants to fight WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora next if he doesn’t face Errol Spence later this year.
Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) won the WBA 154-lb title last Saturday against Israil Madrimov in Los Angeles, and he wants…
A bitter Terence Crawford vented his frustration about losing out on the big fish, Canelo Alvarez, today.
Crawford feels that unified super middleweight champion Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) doesn’t want to fight him because he’s worried about his legacy if he loses. He would look…
Who are the Top 10 heavyweights competing in the world today?
The year is a little more than halfway over and the heavyweight division has already been more interesting than it had been in several years. This is highlighted by the fact that for the…
After almost 16 months out of boxing, the unbeaten Vergil Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs) returned in January, stopping Fredrick Lawson in the first round. Now, Ortiz is ready to return to the ring for the third time this year, something unusual.
This Saturday, August…
Known by some as the ‘Bubblegum Kid’ Sean O’Grady would become the world champion, and his father Pat would be behind him, losing the crown without a fight. O’Grady won his first 26 fights, 25 by stoppage all in his first year in boxing in…
This writer has written over half a dozen articles on the 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist and three-time world heavyweight champion born Cassius Clay, who became Muhammad Ali, making that announcement after winning the title, stopping Sonny Liston in February of 1964.
Cassius Clay lost in…