Los Angeles – In a lightweight clash, Isaac Cruz (24-2-1, 17 KOs) demolished Eduardo Ramirez (27-3-3, 12 KOs) in two rounds. (photos by Ryan Hafey, Stephanie Trapp) Cruz began the fight by applying a lot of pressure and looking to damage the body of Ramirez. In the second, Cruz landed a big hook to the
Month: September 2022
Posted on 09/04/2022 By Sean Crose Fresh off an April win over Yuriorkis Gamboa, the 23-2-1 Isaac Cruz took on the 27-2-3 Eduardo Ramirez Sunday night in a scheduled 12 round lightweight affair as the co-main of the Andy Ruiz-Luis Ortiz pay per view card. Cruz began stalking his man straight from the opening bell.
9:18 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show It is being billed as one of the biggest fights ever to be staged in women’s boxing, but how much do you know about
Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights this week: Lightweight: (7) Zaur Abdullaev vs Jovanni Straffon, Sept. 11 Junior Flyweight: (7) Masamichi Yabuki vs Thanongsak Simsri, Sept. 10 Women’s P4P: (2) Claressa Shields vs (8) Savannah Marshall, Sept. 10 Women’s P4P: (5) Mikaela Mayer vs (10) Alycia Baumgardner, Sept. 10 Notes: I keep questioning if
News Chantelle Cameron, AKA “Il Capo” (David Becker/Getty Images) Chantelle Cameron has been keen to fight Jessica McCaskill since 2017 and now, as two champions, they are finally set to meet on November 5, writes Elliot Worsell ALTHOUGH she has never been one to raise her voice, stamp her feet, or demand things out of
News • Opinion Andy Ruiz Jr and Luis Ortiz do battle in Los Angeles (Harry How/Getty Images) Though still a work in progress, former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz beats Luis Ortiz to continue moving in the right direction, writes Elliot Worsell THERE was always a sense Andy Ruiz would first have to shame, beat up
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is applying a lot of pressure on Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA titles, to face him sooner than later. Fury wants to return at the end of the year – but Usyk wants to take a few months off and stage that fight in early 2023.
Posted on 09/05/2022 By: Sean Crose Both Andy Ruiz and Luis Ortiz had a lot riding on their ring performances Sunday night at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. Former multi titlist Ruiz wanted to once again be regarded as a serious player in the heavyweight division. Ortiz, on the other hand, wanted to STILL be regarded
1:25 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Andy Ruiz Jr. floored Luis Ortiz three times en route to a unanimous-decision victory Sunday at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The scores: 114-111, 113-112 and 114-111. With the win, Ruiz is in line for a shot at the WBC title held by Tyson Fury, who is in talks to
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Andy Ruiz Jr rode three knockdowns to a close decision win over Luis Ortiz tonight, picking up his second straight win following his 2019 rematch loss to Anthony Joshua. Ruiz won on scores of 113-112, 114-111, and 114-111. Taking three points from Ortiz due to knockdowns, that would mean two judges had it even in
Ra’eese Aleem is a problem for any junior featherweight in the world today. That was the emphatic message delivered in a lopsided decision win over Mike Plania. Judges Rudy Barragan (100-89), Pat Russell (100-89) and Esther Lopez (100-89) all scored every round in favor of Aleem in their FS1 televised bout Sunday evening at Crypto.com
1:15 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez are set to meet Dec. 3 in a trilogy bout for the junior bantamweight championship, promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing announced Saturday night. No location for the fight was revealed. This is the third time the third fight between Estrada and Gonzalez
Just when it seemed like a lightweight fight between Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Ryan Garcia would once again not come to pass, we might just be on the verge of a major announcement. Garcia started by posting a simple tweet which stating ‘December,’ which immediately caught then attention of Tank who quickly shot back. That
Chris Eubank Jr. almost feels like he is living in an alternate universe. The longtime 160 and 168-pound British contender has been mildly surprised by the number of observers picking Conor Benn, a career welterweight, over him in their highly anticipated 157-pound catchweight bout Oct. 8 at The O2 Arena in London. With at least
ESPN+ and Social Media, 8:00 am ET, Shields vs Marshall press conference. Given the heat between Shields and Marshall — and between Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner — this might actually be a useful presser! DAZN and YouTube, 9:00 pm ET, Yokasta Valle vs Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen. A 105 lb unification from Costa Rica,
Liverpool – It was a successful unification of the WBO and WBC super welterweight world championships by ‘Miss GB’ Natasha Jonas in a 10 round barnstormer of a fight against an undefeated world champion in Patricia Berghult. Berghult had genuine success boxing at long range in the first few rounds, but Jonas showed superior skills
Posted on 09/03/2022 By: Sean Crose Juan Francisco Estrada had one goal Saturday night in Hermosillo – defeat Argi Cortes, preferably in impressive fashion. Having bested Chocolatito Gonzalez in a sizzling 2021 rematch, the 42-3 Estrada had a likely third fight with the legendary Nicaraguan lined up provided he first beat the 23-2-2 Cortes in