Paulie Malignaggi believes that regardless of the strength in depth at both lightweight and super lightweight, one man stands above all of the others. The outspoken New Yorker thinks that when all is said and done, that Shakur Stevenson will rise above his contemporaries, including Gervonta “Tank” Davis if they were to ever box. Newark star Stevenson is 21-0 (10 ...
Stockton loves the king. Gabriel Flores Jr. (23-2, 8 KOs) picked up a 10-round split decision over Julian Rodarte (19-0-2, 12 KOs) in Stockton, California. The bout took place from the Adventist Health Arena on Saturday (March 16) with his father, Gabe Flores Sr. promoting the show with G-Squad Entertainment. The scores were 98-92 on two of the cards for Flores and 94-96 ...
Throughout fight week, Maxi Hughes, in advance of Saturday’s lightweight bout with William Zepeda, insisted that training camp was just fine. He kept a lid on what he had been through over the previous two weeks, heading into the biggest night of his life. Hughes flew from London Heathrow to the U.S. on his birthday – Monday, March 4 – ...
Irish light heavyweight Conor Wallace faces off with Jack Gipp tomorrow in Fortitude Valley, Australia. Originally from Newry, Northern Ireland, Wallace (12-1, 9 KOs) continues his career in the unlikely destination of Queensland. The 27 year old southpaw will headline the St Patrick’s Day event live on DAZN. “St Patrick’s Day is always a good day for the Irish, which ...
Anyone who knows Manny Pacquiao understands he’s not a confrontational type outside the boxing ring. So take this footage of him shadow boxing in earnest in his hometown of General Santos City, Philippines, as more than a nudge to the parties who can deliver him a contract and a date to fight Conor Benn by the end of June. Record ...
By Stephen “Breadman” Edwards The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards giving his thoughts on what life looks like in the heavyweight division following Anthony Joshua’s two-round destruction of Francis Ngannou, and looking ahead to the summer event featuring Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. Hi Bread In the aftermath of AJs KO over ...
Kalle Sauerland believes that Chris Eubank Jr would have proven a more worthy opponent for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez than will Jaime Munguia. Munguia, 27, will fight the undisputed super middleweight champion at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on May 4 in an all-Mexican fight to mark Cinco de Mayo weekend. His confirmation as Alvarez’s opponent concluded a period of ...
The retired Carl Froch, who in 2023 was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, was on Monday the guest of honour at a lunch hosted in London by the Boxing Writers’ Club. His final 12 fights, starting with his victory over Jean Pascal in 2008 for the vacant WBC super middleweight title and ending with his stoppage of ...
Victory with a lesson to learn is like gold to a trainer. So even though Ireland’s Callum Walsh had the Madison Square Garden Theater crowd on its feet following his ninth-round stoppage Friday night, Freddie Roach savored the thought that he can keep pressing his promising junior-middleweight to improve. “He didn’t fight his best fight. We need to be a ...
Callum Walsh (10-0, 8 KOs) stopped Dauren Yeleussinov (11-4-1, 10 KOs) in the ninth round to win the WBC Continental Americas super welterweight title in Friday’s headline fight at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York City. After the bout, Walsh, 23, was told he is now ranked 14th in the 154-pound division and was asked how it would feel ...