Japanese star Kazuto Ioka was disappointed with his performance on Saturday night, when he fought to a twelve round majority draw with Joshua Franco in their super flyweight unification clash at Tokyo’ General Gymnasium. Two of the official judges scored the contest 114-114, while one judge favored Franco with a tally of 115-113. Franco walked
Month: January 2023
Posted on 01/01/2023 By: Sean Crose “It may not go down as an all time great light heavyweight battle,” I wrote after the fight. “This wasn’t Spinks-Qawi, or Greb-Tunney. What it was however was a fight that sent the world of boxing reeling.” Sure enough, WBA light heavyweight titlist Dmitry Bivol had just defeated the
12:54 PM ET WBA strawweight champion Seniesa Estrada will make her first appearance of 2023 when she fights in a unification bout against WBC champion Tina Rupprecht, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The fight is expected to take place in the United States with a targeted date of March 25 as a cofeature fight, sources
One more prediction for 2022, as Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco meet in a junior bantamweight unification on Saturday, Dec. 31, live from Japan! Who do we got? We’ll tell you! Scott Christ (91-39) I’ll keep mine short because my dick-around during the year means I’ve been out of the race for, like, months. Anyway,
The action packed Faust vs Kiladze fight saw five knockdowns in less than two rounds as Viktor Faust (9-0, 7 KOs) remained unbeaten via second-round TKO over a game Iago Kiladze (30-6, 11 KOs). “I felt very confident in the fight,†said Faust. “This was a great win for my career. We have a lot
Demetrius Andrade made it clear as soon as he aligned with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions last month that Jermall Charlo is the opponent he most wants to fight. It is unclear, however, when Charlo will return to the ring and if he will move up from middleweight to the super middleweight division in 2023.
Claressa Shields, fresh from beating arch rival Savannah Marshall, is awarded her new WBO belt and a commemorative ring.
YouTube and Facebook, TBA, Gervonta Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia press conference. We’ll have a recap up after, but no live coverage. YouTube and Facebook, TBA, Gervonta Davis vs Hector Luis Garcia weigh-in. We’ll have live coverage for you and a live stream to watch and all that. SHO PPV, 9:00 pm ET, Gervonta Davis
1 Leigh Wood W KO 12 Michael Conlan Bookended by two of the most dramatic moments of the year, the March fight between featherweights Wood and Conlan was the kind of fight you show newcomers to the sport in the hope they will stick around. It all began with Conlan registering a huge knockdown in
1 Dmitry Bivol Not content with beating just one Mexican star in 2022, Russia’s Dmitry Bivol managed to follow up a breakout performance against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in May with an equally convincing thrashing of Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in November. Indeed, despite what some of the scorecards may have said, Bivol lost very few of
Houston fans were treated to two scintillating fights in 2022 involving multiple world titles. As a result, never before has the runner-up position figured so prominently in the Houston Boxing Awards. Both fights were won conclusively and without controversy by the Houston-area fighters. One made history with the unification of all four major belts and
We all know the saying. Opinions are like assholes; everybody has one and they usually stink. But I am feeling particularly fragrant today. If you haven’t already dialled into Scott and John’s excellent podcast awards, then hunker down with your turkey sandwiches, crack open another bottle of red, and get involved in the comments across
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury believes Oleksandr Usyk is too small to withstand his punching power. Fury, who holds a significant advantage in size and weight, is slated to face Usyk, who holds the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles, in the first quarter of the new year. Their handlers are in talks and inching closer
Posted on 12/31/2022 By: Sean Crose Was the mother of Gervonta Davis’ child truly admitting to wrongdoing this past Friday when she claimed she shouldn’t have called 9-1-1 earlier in the week to report that Davis had attacked her? Or was she simply behaving like so many abuse victims do by ultimately defending the person
5:59 AM ET SAITAMA, Japan — Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring in 2023. The boxing legend announced Saturday that he has a deal in place with Japan’s Rizin Fighting Federation to compete next year. Pacquiao made the announcement in the ring during Rizin’s New Year’s Eve card at Saitama Super Arena outside Tokyo.