✏ By Jon Uddin
Saturday at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio,California, WBA World Super-Featherweight Champion 🇺🇸Andrew Cancio (21-4-2, 16KO) makes the second defense of his title in a rematch with 🇳🇮Rene Alvarado (31-8-0, 20KO). The two squared off back in 2015 where Cancio won by knockout in the eighth round. Continue reading “Fight Preview: Andrew Cancio vs Rene Alvarado 2”
News has been channeled in early from Japan today as former Unified RING/WBA/IBF Light-Flyweight Champion of the World ♛🇯🇵Ryoichi Taguchi (27-4-2, 12KO👊) officially called it quits. Taguchi is best remembered for his iron chin, most noted by Continue reading “Former Light-Flyweight King Ryoichi Taguchi Retires at 32 Years of Age🗞️”
🇺🇸Brandon “Heartbreaker” Figueroa (20-0-0, 15KO👊) will make the first defense of his WBA Super-Bantamweight Title against 🇲🇽 Julio Ceja (32-4-0, 28KO👊) Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on the undercard to the Heavyweight title rematch between Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz. Continue reading “Fight Preview: Brandon Figueroa vs Julio Ceja”
✏ By Jon Uddin
Step 1: Reclaim the WBC Bantamweight Title.
Step 2: Take down unified Bantamweight Champion Naoya Inoue.
That is the order of business that former WBC Bantamweight Champion 🇲🇽Luis Nery (30-0-0, 24KO👊) of Mexico, has laid out for himself in 2020. Continue reading “Fight Preview: Luis Nery vs Emmanuel Rodriguez”
✏ By Jon Uddin
Three division Champion 🇲🇽Leo Santa Cruz (36-1-1, 19KO👊) is moving up, this time to the Super-Featherweight division where he will take on 🇲🇽Miguel Flores (24-2-0, 12KO👊) for the vacant Super WBA Super-Featherweight Title. Continue reading “Leo Santa Cruz Makes Super-Featherweight Debut Against Miguel Flores”
✏ By Jon Uddin
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Former Women’s Lightweight Champion 🇧🇪Delfine Persoon (44-2-0, 18KO👊) went down a division, winning the interim WBA Junior-Lightweight title over 🇳🇬Helen Joseph (17-4-2, 10KO👊) by 10 round unanimous decision (97-93, 97-93, 98-92) last Monday in Belgium.
It was Persoon’s first time back in the ring since… Continue reading “Jon Uddin: 3 Quick Thoughts”
By Tré Berry III🖊️
Thee Super-Middleweight Champion of the World ♛🇬🇧Callum “Mundo” Smith (26-0-0, 19KO👊) is back in action this weekend. The undefeated Champion is looking to defend his RING & WBA Titles for a second time, and he will combat against WBA #1 ranked mandatory challenger 🇬🇧John Ryder (28-4-0, 16KO👊) at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Continue reading “Callum Smith & John Ryder Head to Liverpool to Headline Show”
By Tré Berry III🖊️
The week is upon us, where powerpunching WBC Heavyweight World Titlist 🥉🇺🇸Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (41-0-1, 40KO👊👊) and Cuban top-contender 🇨🇺Luis “King Kong” Ortiz (31-1-0, 26KO👊) will run it back in a rematch of their March 2018 contest where Ortiz provided some real fits in their match before Wilder… Continue reading “Rematch Season in the Heavyweight Division (Wilder vs. Ortiz II)”
Trending upward Junior-Welterweight contender 🇲🇽Pablo Cesar Cano (33-7-1, 23KO👊) found himself in a fight against rugged veteran & fellow-Mexican 🇲🇽Roberto Ortiz (35-5-2, 26KO👊) through their 2 rounds of action. While the fight was short, it was a solid watch for those in attendance at the local venue in Guanajuato, Mexico. Continue reading “Cano Floored in the 1st – Gets up to Hammer Ortiz for 2nd Round KO”
Kiwi Heavyweight 🇦🇺Junior Fa (19-0-0, 10KO👊) continues to climb his way up the ladder after getting his fourth win of the year Friday in front of a fan friendly crowd at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah. Continue reading “Junior Fa Keeps Rising Decisions Devin Vargas”
In the Super-Flyweight division, 🇦🇺Andrew Moloney (21-0-0, 14KO👊) remained undefeated (Pictured up Top) and officially put himself one step closer towards a World Title by winning the Interim WBA Title against Guyana’s 🇬🇾Elton Dharry (24-6-1, 14KO) in front of his home Australian crowd by way of “RTD” stoppage in what was a decent scrap. Moloney’s knee hit the canvas in the 5th round… Continue reading “The Dynamic Moloney Twins Victorious after Headlining Local Show in Melbourne, Australia”
By Tré Berry III🖊️
A late recap – On the undercard of Logan Paul/KSI, undefeated young Lightweight super-talent 🇺🇸Devin “The Dream” Haney (24-0-0, 15KO👊) remained undefeated by outpointing previously unbeaten Dominican boxer 🇩🇴Alfredo Santiago (12-1-0, 4KO👊) to a 12 round Unanimous Decision that resulted with complete shutout scores on all 3 official scorecards (120-107 x3). Continue reading “Haney Wins via Shutout Over Santiago, Eyes Mandatory Fortuna Next – Addressing the WBC’s Woes”
By Tré Berry III🖊️
What a beautiful fight this was, between two esteemed boxers who openly hoped to face each other in the 🎥World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) Final once the Tournament was set up in the division, and the participants were announced. The Bantamweight Champion of the World and Tournament #2 seed 🏆♛🇯🇵Naoya “Monster” Inoue (19-0-0, 16KO👊) through grueling back and forth action in spots became the Unified RING/WBA/IBF Bantamweight Champion, and now has the Muhammad Ali Trophy in his possession as a reward for going through his toughest fight with one of the true legends of the sport in Tournament #8 seed 🇵🇭Nonito “Flash” Donaire (40-6-0, 26KO👊), who proved once again why he is a First-Ballot Hall-of-Fame worthy by making a real contest of it. Continue reading “A Brilliant Fight – Inoue Shows Moxy & Versatility En Route to a Decision Victory, While Donaire Once Again Proves his Legend”
By Tré Berry III🖋️
What a fight this was, living up to the wait as we watched on throughout the Tournaments start, culminating to a Fight-of-the-Year worthy type of finale. By way of Majority decision, the Champion of the Junior-Welterweight division is WBSS #2 seed 🏆♛🏴Josh “Tartan Tornado” Taylor (16-0-0, 12KO👊), winning the biggest fight of his life in London at the O2 Arena, in front of his traveling fanbase. The #1 seed of the tournament 🇺🇸Regis “Rougarou” Prograis (24-1-0, 20KO👊) fought a hell of a fight, and this one could have been voted either way, but it wasn’t in the cards for him this night as Taylor was successful enough in the eyes of judges to win the ♛RING-MAGAZINE World Title, as well as pairing the WBA/IBF Title belts together, and being awarded the coveted 🏆Muhammad Ali Trophy… Continue reading “The Winner of the ♛Ring Junior-Welterweight Title & 🏆Muhammad Ali Trophy is…”
This one was definitely worth the wait, as both combatants showed their fortitude, and why they are each looked at as top Light-Heavyweights. With see-saw action, multiple ebbs and flows in the fight, 🇷🇺Artur Beterbiev (15-0-0, 15KO👊👊) became the sport of boxing’s newest Unified World Champion, putting 🥉🇺🇦Oleksandr “The Nail” Gvozdyk (17-1-0, 14KO👊) away late in the 10th round by way of TKO victory. Beterbiev paired the WBC Title belt along with his IBF Light-Heavyweight Title and left the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a heightened sense of belonging atop the division, with the hardware to pitch his personal case in the pecking order. Continue reading “Beterbiev Hammers “The Nail”, Knocks out Gvozdyk in a Competitive Thriller at Light-Heavyweight”
An old school Middleweight fight broke out, as these two warriors lit up the 🏟️Madison Square Garden with sheer technique, determination and skill, shades of some of the old fights from the 1950’s. The fight went the full 12 rounds, and with uncertainty in the air as to which direction the verdict would go in, 🥈🇰🇿Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin (40-1-1, 35KO) barely eeked out the win, despite an outstanding effort from #1 contender 🇺🇦Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (13-2-0, 10KO) to get a razor-thin Unanimous Decision on all cards to once again hoist the IBF World Middleweight Title. Continue reading “Derevyanchenko Delivers the Performance of his Pro Career, Golovkin Walks Through Hell to Barely Edge it Out to Win IBF Title”
If you were anticipating getting raw all-out ❗Combat as we had been leading up to this week have, then you would be thoroughly pleased with the turnout between two iron-clad tough fighters testing each others mettle. By way of Split-Decision, 🇺🇸Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. (26-0-0, 21KO) left the Staples Center as the new unified WBC/IBF Welterweight Champion, adding a feather to his cap, and 🇺🇸“Showtime” Shawn Porter (30-3-1, 19KO) definitely made him work for it, giving his all as we all have grown accustomed to witnessing. Continue reading “Spence Jr. Wins the War of Attrition, Porter Came to Bang, and the Staples Center Got Their Moneys Worth”
In front of a packed O2 Arena in London, England, reigning Lightweight King 👑🥇🥇🇺🇦Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko (14-1-0, 10KO) adds the vacant WBC Title Belt to the possession of his RING/WBA/WBO World Titles as he defeated the game former Gold-Medalist challenger 🇬🇧🥇“Cool Hand” Luke Campbell (20-3-0, 16KO) through a Unanimous Decision. Continue reading “Lomachenko & Campbell Engage in High Speed Chess – Vasiliy Secures the Strong Victory, While Campbell Gains Respect”
Wow, now that was Combat! 🇺🇸Jose Carlos Ramirez (25-0-0, 17KO) and 🇺🇸Maurice Hooker (26-1-3, 17KO) put forth 6 action packed rounds of non-stop back and forth strategic action, and Ramirez came out on top, bombarding Hooker in the 6th round to become the Unified WBO & WBC Junior-Welterweight Champion. Continue reading “Ramirez in the Fight of the Year TKO’s Hooker in the 6th Round 🔥”
“They often say that the impact of a man can be felt, and ultimately reflective of his people”
This shot by Eloisa Lopez captures the excited Filipino fans exploding with joy as they watch 🇵🇭Manny Pacquiao win the WBA Welterweight title Saturday against Keith Thurman at a public viewing in Marikina, Philippines.
He did it…40 year old all-time-great ♛🇵🇭Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39KO) overtakes 🇺🇸Keith “One Time” Thurman’s (29-1-0, 22KO) claim as WBA World Champion, and becomes a Welterweight Champion for the 4th time in his career, as well as the oldest man to do so (40 years old), out-dueling the younger man of 10 years via Split Decision verdict with historical implications. Continue reading “The Living Legend Does it Once Again, Adds to his Legendary Campaign of a Career 🔥”
