Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says a rematch between Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney is “not the direction we want to go” for Ryan’s next fight. He says the rematch with Devin has no merit based on Garcia’s win over him last year.
Garcia-Haney Rematch…
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.
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Hearn isn’t…
Tokyo quarterfinalist Euri Cedeno has some new promotional backing for his young pro career 25-year-old middleweight Euri Cedeno, who represented the Dominican Republic at the Tokyo Olympics, has joined forces with Top Rank and will make his promotional debut on their Juny 7th Keyshawn…
Promoter Eddie Hearn says it would be “beneficial’ for Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis physically to move up to 154 because it’s become tough for him to make the 147-lb limit. However, Hearn states that Boots wants to stay at 147 while he can still make weight…
Josh Taylor faces Ekow Essuman this weekend in Glasgow. | Photo by George Wood/Getty Images
Josh Taylor says he’s like a third fight with Jack Catterall but is taking his own path. Former 140 lb undisputed champion Josh…
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…
You couldn’t even call it the best kept secret in boxing. It was obvious. At 46 years old, Manny Pacquiao is coming back. He’ll challenge WBC welterweight titleholder Mario Barrios on July 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After training quietly with Freddie…