Junior featherweight Elijah Pierce had to dig deep to secure a unanimous decision victory over Colombia’s Jose Sanmartin in the main event of OTX Boxing 10 at the OTE Arena on Friday night.
Pierce (20-2, 16 KOs) won by scores of 97-93, 97-93, and…
Diego Pacheco and Maciej Sulecki made weight for their 12-round super middleweight fight on Friday ahead of Saturday’s Matchroom Boxing event at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, CA.
Los Angeles Pacheco (21-0, 17 KOs) weighed in at 168, while Sulecki of Poland tilted…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Brandon Adams is headed to another tournament final. The junior middleweight Adams secured his spot by defeating Francisco Veron via unanimous decision on Friday night in the co-feature of OTX Boxing 10 at the OTE Arena. …
Middleweight Nelson Oliva is expected to make a return to the ring against Paulo Cesar Galdino at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, CA on Sept. 21.
Oliva, 28, of Los Angeles, can continue his unbeaten streak in an 8-round contest against Sao Paulo’s Galdino in a…
OAKLAND, Calif. – Middleweights Amari Jones and Daniel Echeverria successfully weighed in for their upcoming bout in Oakland. Echeverria, of Mexico, required a second attempt to reach the 161-pound limit ahead of their fight at the Marriott on Broadway in downtown Oakland on Saturday. …
Eddie Hearn believes Devin Haney is having a rough time following an overturned defeat by Ryan Garcia.
Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) maintained his unbeaten record despite initially suffering a 12-round majority decision loss to Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) in a WBC junior-welterweight title defense.…
_1724164216.jpg?w=765&resize=765,435&ssl=1 "The Beltline: After a perfect run of three, Naoya Inoue takes his foot off the gas")
Such are the standards set by Naoya Inoue, and so great is his form, the prospect of the Japanese superstar fighting Ireland’s TJ Doheny on Tuesday, September 3 has been greeted with, at best, widespread indifference, and, at worst, condemnation.
It is, according to…
_1698390003.jpg?w=765&resize=765,435&ssl=1 "‘Special’ Eduardo Nunez is ‘the next superstar of Mexican boxing’")
Eddie Hearn is effusive in his praise for another Eddie — the junior-lightweight contender Eduardo Nunez.
“Nunez is different,” Hearn said.
“A very, very special fighter,” he also said. “I believe this is the next superstar of Mexican boxing.”
The promoter of…
With his number-one ranking from the WBO, Diego Pacheco is perhaps a year away from fighting for a world title in the super middleweight division. But his promoter doesn’t want an easy outing for Pacheco when the 23-year-old from Renton, Washington, faces Maciej Sulecki on…