Eduardo Nunez was sweet as ‘Sugar’ in his most challenging assignment to date. The ferocious punching contender from Los Mochis, Mexico traveled abroad and went the deepest in his nine-year career to pick up his most significant win thus far. Nunez applied relentless pressure to wear down and stop former 130-pound titlist Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov in the eleventh round of their ...
Junto Nakatani was only marginally surprised when he got the call for his next assignment. (photo credit: Naoki Fukuda) The unbeaten former two-division titlist outgrew junior bantamweight after a little more than a year but was curious about what awaited him at the next weight. His first fight after he previously vacated his WBO flyweight belt was a non-title win ...
Tim Tszyu has always wanted to prove himself. Whether it was on the playground or in the ring, the Aussie walks around with a huge chip on his shoulders. So far, the edge that’s deeply embedded in his system has helped him become a champion and one of the better fighters in the sport today. Yet, despite holding the WBO ...
A weighty topic consuming boxing these days is who should be Gervonta Davis’ next opponent. “Tank” currently competes as a lightweight but has previously fought at 140 pounds and it’s been said by his camp that he could even still make 130 pounds. There is no scarcity for top-shelf opponents Davis could face. Chief among them are lightweights Shakur Stevenson ...
Cruiserweight rivals Viddal Riley and Mikael Lawal collide in a special bet365 Wildcard contest as part of BOXXER’s bumper ‘Bad Blood’ bill at The O2 in London on Sunday, March 31st, live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and Peacock in the USA. Riley (10-0, 6 KOs) returns to action following a shut-out points win over Nathan Quarless to capture the English Cruiserweight Title last September at York Hall. ...
Richardson Hitchins couldn’t understand why his boxing career wasn’t flourishing. He was a former amateur standout, a 2016 Olympian, and one of the most skilled young fighters around. He also had the public backing of Floyd Mayweather and Mayweather Promotions. Yet, for whatever reason, Hitchins (17-0, 7 KOs) spent more time sitting and watching as opposed to actually fighting. Once ...
Ryan Walsh has called for a shot at newly crowned British lightweight champion Sam Noakes. Walsh (28-4-2, 12 KO’s) proudly reigned at the British featherweight champion for five years between 2015 and 2020. In March 2022 he leap frogged the super featherweight division and stepped straight up to 135lbs where he lost a decision to Maxi Hughes for the IBO ...
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance For years, there were two things easily taken for granted about the short, tragic life of a junior lightweight champion who never was. The first was that Tyrone Everett was the victim of one of the worst decisions of the 1970s. The second was that ...
Eric Tudor boxed his way back into the win column. All three judges had the junior middleweight hopeful winning every round in an eight-round decision victory over Luis Ramos. Scores of 80-72 across the board landed in favor of Tudor in the co-feature of a Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN show Thursday evening from Commerce Casino in Commerce, California. ...
Teofimo Lopez apparently isn’t backing down from his call out of Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford. In an interview on Punsh Drunk Boxing, the former unified lightweight champion and current 140-pound titlist ramped up his goading of Crawford for a fight down the line. Crawford fully unified the welterweight division last year with a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr, prompting many ...