The World Boxing Organization on Monday announced that new four-division champion Terence Crawford has vacated his welterweight belt in order to fight as a junior middleweight, elevating Brian Norman Jr. to full WBO welterweight titleholder.
Norman’s manager, Jolene Mizzone, said Georgia’s 23-year-old Norman (26-0,…
Terence Crawford has finally vacated his WBO welterweight title, leaving it for Brian Norman Jr. to be elevated by the sanctioning body.
Predictable Move After 154-b Title Victory
It was a predictable move by Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) after he captured the WBA Junior middleweight…
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Brian Norman Jr knocked out Giovani Santillan for the interim belt in May As expected, Terence Crawford is officially done with the welterweight division. The WBO announced today that “Bud” confirmed his intentions to…
Anthony Joshua should forget about taking unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk up on his offer to give him a chance to redeem himself in a trilogy match if the two fighters win their next fights.
It’s a bad idea for Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) because…
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has his third consecutive fight under the PBC umbrella next month, when he looks to add Edgar Berlanga’s scalp to those of Jermell Charlo and Jaime Munguia.
Canelo is once again aligning himself with Al Haymon’s promotional entity, a couple of…
The World Boxing Organization on Monday announced that new four-division champion Terence Crawford has vacated his welterweight belt in order to fight as a junior middleweight, elevating Brian Norman Jr. to full WBO welterweight titleholder.
Norman’s manager, Jolene Mizzone, said Georgia’s 23-year-old Norman (26-0,…
Trevor McCumby says he’s coming to knock out former IBF super middleweight champion Callen Plant next month in their twelve-round battle for the WBA interim 168-lb title on September 14th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
McCumby’s Hunger for Success
McCumby (28-0, 21 KOs)…
Albert Gonzalez has knocked out his last four opponents Days after battering Damian Alcala for his fourth consecutive finish, 22-year-old featherweight Albert “Chop Chop” Gonzlez has officially joined forces with Top Rank.
“I want to thank God, my team, and everyone who had something…
Christian M’billi, a contender, will face a veteran in the 10-round main event this Saturday, August 17th, at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. The M’billi-Derevyanchenko event will be shown live on ESPN and ESPN+ at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT.
Abdullah Mason: The…
LAS VEGAS — Vergil Ortiz’s team didn’t know exactly what the scorecards said, but they knew the junior middleweight fight with Serhii Bohachuk was probably on the line going into the final rounds.
“We knew the fight had to be close,” said Robert Garcia,…