Once a wide-eyed child walking Hall of Famer Andre Ward to the ring, David Lopez, now 20 years old, is making strides with his own professional career. The junior welterweight will fight Pedro Pinillo on Friday at the Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta – a…
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis looked visibly drained during Thursday’s final press conference for his fight against David Avanesyan on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Visibly Exhausted at Press Conference
Ennis (31-0, 28 KOs) is defending his IBF welterweight title, and getting down…
By Chris Carlson - 07/12/2024 - Comments
This Saturday night Jaron Ennis returns to the ring in a homecoming bout live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia streaming live on DAZN. Recently Boots faced outside the ring issues in court pertaining to whom he wants…
Vergil Ortiz Jr. believes he’s got an excellent chance of fighting Errol Spence Jr. at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in 2025 if they both win their upcoming fights this year.
(Credit: Golden Boy / Cris Esqueda)
Upcoming Challenges for Ortiz Jr. and Spence…
Kurt Scoby is a formidable junior welterweight prospect and, like many around the world, a commuter. After losing his most recent fight, Scoby, a former football player, is now seeking to prove that his boxing ambitions are valid. That loss also led to a change…
Former junior lightweight titleholder Tevin Farmer believes a lightweight unification superbout between titleholders Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko is anybody’s to lose.
Farmer (33-5-1, 8 KOs), who is billed to fight Raymond Muratalla (20-0, 16 KOs) on Saturday in a Top Rank…
Oscar De La Hoya is one of the promoters interested in signing free agent Shakur Stevenson to his Golden Boy stable.
De La Hoya states that he must determine Shakur’s marketability and match him against the right opponents.
Although Golden Boy has the #1 ranked…
LOS ANGELES – Shakur Stevenson’s free agency tour officially launched Thursday as the unbeaten three-division and WBC lightweight titleholder engaged in an afternoon Zoom call with Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions.
“I believe there’s absolutely an opportunity [to sign Stevenson],” De…
Promoter Eddie Hearn says if he signs free agent Shakur Stevenson to his Matchroom stable, the first fight he wants to match him against is his #1 WBC challenger, William Zepeda.
(Credit: Amanda Westcott/Matchroom)
Zepeda: A Test of Stevenson’s Mettle and Marketability
Hearn states that…
LOS ANGELES – The scrap between knockout artists Serhii Bohachuk and Vergil Ortiz Jr. is shaping up to be a scintillating slugfest, and the headliners gathered Thursday at Golden Boy headquarters to start stewing interest for their summer showdown.
Bohachuk (24-1, 23 KOs), a…