5. INVESTMENT FOR GRASSROOTS AND FALLEN HEROES
Boxers tend to peak in their 20s and 30s but there’s an awful lot of learning that comes before then, and many years of life to negotiate afterwards.
The pandemic was an exceptionally difficult time for…
Promoter Eddie Hearn wants to sign Shakur Stevenson to a short contract to match him against William Zepeda, then move him up to 140 to take on IBF champion Liam Paro. Unfortunately, those are not the type of fights that Shakur has in mind.
Hearn’s…
The WBC has given David Benavidez an additional one-week extension to decide on which of the two mandatory spots he wants to keep: 168 or 175.
The Futility of Staying at 168
The 27-year-old Benavidez had already requested a two-week extension from the WBC to…
Jaron Ennis says he’ll let the knockout come to him when he takes on David Avanesyan. | Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images
Jaron Ennis defends his IBF welterweight title this weekend. Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis will take on David Avanesyan…
As fight fans know, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will meet up for a return fight in December, once again in Saudi Arabia. Usyk, who scored first blood in the opening meeting between the two rival big men – with Usyk really giving Fury a…
Vergil Ortiz takes on Serhii Bohachuck on Aug. 10. | Photo by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images
Oscar De La Hoya has his eyes set on some big fights for Vergil Ortiz in the coming year. With Vergil Ortiz…
“Smokin’” Joe Frazier. Tommy Loughran. Matthew Saad Muhammad. Joey Giardello. “Joltin’” Jeff Chandler. These are but a few of the many great champions who called the fighting city of Philadelphia home.
And you won’t see any of their names on the countdown below. …
Roman Gonzalez is relishing the prospect of fighting in his home country of Nicaragua for the first time in more than nine years.
“Chocolatito”, 37, on Friday fights Rober Barrera at Polideportivo Alexis Arguello, in Managua. He has fought 13 times since defeating Valentin Leon…
Welterweight Louie Lopez, fresh off his unanimous decision victory over Alan Sanchez on July 6, is hoping to land a fight against any top-10 contender in the 147-pound division.
“I came out victorious and got the job done,” said Lopez of his victory on…
Callum Simpson will be the focus of the type of event that established, top-level operators spend years building towards when he faces British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Zak Chelli on Aug. 3 at Oakwell in Barnsley, England.
Such has been the rise of…