Sandor Martin was outraged—to say the least—by the latest win from Teofimo Lopez. The skilled southpaw from Spain had a case of deja vu after Lopez won a somewhat narrow decision over Jamaine Ortiz in their 12-round 140-pound fight for Lopez’s WBO title Thursday night at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, in the lead-up to Super Bowl weekend. Neither ...
Ryan Garcia offered a note of concern for his upcoming adversary. Late Thursday night, the boxing world was greeted to reports that Garcia and Devin Haney, the WBC 140-pound titlist, agreed to a showdown to take place April 20th on DAZN Pay-Per-View at a venue to be determined. The rivalry between Victorville, California’s Garcia, 25, and Henderson, Nevada’s Haney, 25, ...
Egis Klimas tried to attenuate the harsh words he flung at Tyson Fury in the wake of yet another postponement to the undisputed heavyweight championship. Klimas, the longtime manager of unified WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO champion Oleksandr Usyk, castigated Fury a few days ago after it was clear that the highly anticipated bout would not be happening on Feb. 17 ...
Jamaine Ortiz obviously would have even more trouble getting Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. and ESPN to pay for a rematch with Teofimo Lopez than the 140-pound contender had convincing the judges he beat Lopez in their 12-round title fight Thursday night. Ortiz nonetheless wants a second shot at winning the WBO junior welterweight championship from Lopez. A disappointed Ortiz ...
At this point, fans have every right to believe that Keith Thurman is a retired fighter. His name may permeate throughout the boxing world but in terms of actually jumping into the ring, Thurman rarely does that anymore. Let’s be more specific, Thurman, now 35, has fought just three times in six years. But when he was a bit more ...
Star Boxing’s clash at the Paramount in Huntington, NY, on February 23, pits the hard-hitting Wendy “HAITIAN FIRE” Toussaint against the tactical “EGYPTIAN PRINCE” Mponda Kalunga (11-2, 3KOs) in a 10-round bout for the WBA Continental USA super welterweight championship. Toussaint comes into “Rockin’ Fights” 46 with a record of 15-2 and 8 KOs. His journey from the streets of ...
Top heavyweight contender Zhilei Zhang would caution Tyson Fury to take care of his recent injury – because it could become a factor in his upcoming undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk. They were scheduled to collide on February 17, but Fury was forced to withdraw after suffering a severe cut above his right eye in training camp. The contest was ...
Lawrence King Crushes Andino in The First Round at C. Robert Lee Activity Center in Hawaiian Gardens
HAWAIIAN GARDENS, Calif. – Lawrence King is one to watch at 175 pounds. King knocked out gatekeeper Crispulo Javier Andino in the opening round Saturday night at the C. Robert Lee Activity Center in Hawaiian Gardens, California. King improved to 15-1, 13 knockouts. Andino stood and traded in the pocket with the southpaw King. That proved to be his downfall ...
Some quick research (thanks to BoxRec) shows that Tajikistan, a small Asian state north of India and Afghanistan, west to China, and east to Uzbekistan, hosted just nine professional boxing shows in its history. To be precise, the very first of those events, which took place in August 1991 and featured 90’s fringe featherweight contender Andrey Sinepupov (who is Ukrainian), ...
Zhilei Zhang didn’t even give Francis Ngannou “a puncher’s chance” before the former UFC heavyweight champion fought Tyson Fury on October 28. Like many within the boxing industry, the WBO interim heavyweight champ considered Fury-Ngannou a complete mismatch that shouldn’t even have been scheduled. The gigantic Chinese southpaw gave Ngannou plenty of credit for how he performed against Fury during ...