New York and New Jersey may be next to each other on the map, but unless you’re making the quick jump from Staten Island to Elizabeth, the distance can be daunting, especially for junior middleweight prospect Jahyae Brown. A proud native of Schenectady, which is a good three hours from the Big Apple, Brown is
Month: October 2023
Happy 34th birthday to Pablo Cesar Cano, who rallied through fatigue and a bad cut to finish off Zachary Ochoa in Round 6 of their ProBox TV main event. Cano (35-8-1, 25 KO) has been around for a while, unsuccessfully challenging Shane Mosley (Senior!) and Erik Morales over 10 years ago, and losing a world
Heavyweight prospect Lenier Pero is attempting to make a case to be considered a contender rather than a prospect. Pero stopped Guillermo Andino on Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Pero, who is originally from Camaguey, Cubai, improved to 10-0, 7 knockouts. From the opening bell, the southpaw
Posted on 10/04/2023 By: Sean Crose Boxing fans would no doubt love to see junior welterweights Ryan Garcia and Teofimo Lopez battle it out in the ring. Both men are heavy handed, skilled, and exceedingly confident. It would, simply put, be the kind of match that promises to deliver fireworks. And, true enough, both Garcia
ProBox TV returns tonight from Plant City, Fla., with veterans Pablo Cesar Cano and Zachary Ochoa meeting in a 10-round main event. The 33-year-old Cano (34-8-1, 24 KO) had his last serious fight about two years ago, when Danielito Zorrilla stopped him in the second round. He last fought in Oct. 2022 as a middleweight
Days after pleading with boxing promoters to come together, Golden Boy head Oscar De La Hoya has offered up an ambitious if highly unrealistic matchmaking idea centered around Super Bowl weekend. De La Hoya’s proposed card would feature a main event involving his star charge, Ryan Garcia, against either Teofimo Lopez or the winner of
Oct 4, 2023, 07:41 AM ET Canelo Alvarez delivered another one sided victory to retain his super middleweight undisputed championship Saturday night in Las Vegas. However, he failed to score a KO victory over a smaller Jermell Charlo — who was moving up two division for the challenge — to make a claim for a
Following a visit to the opening of a new Las Vegas venue called the Sphere, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya says he has big ideas to hold a huge card there that could be headlined by a Ryan Garcia vs Teofimo Lopez fight. “I was at the Sphere opening and I cannot tell
TERRI HARPER enters this weekend’s showdown with one-time pound-for-pound leader Cecelia Brækhus in the knowledge that a resounding victory will elevate her to the elite pay bracket. “Big fights mean big money! It puts that extra fire in your belly,” says Harper, a former chip shop worker who has battered 14 of her 16 pro
THE sign of any potential star, even mid-fight Terence Crawford could be seen eyeing up his next opponent, going so far as to gesticulate to him after knocking down the man’s training partner in arguably the finest performance of 2023. With Errol Spence still there on the canvas, but the fight as good as won,
Bill Clinton was president. Patrick Mahomes was in pull-ups. And at two sites set about 3,000 miles apart in boxing’s backwoods, Chevelle Hallback and Layla McCarter began blazing the trails that’ll take them to a shared spotlight in Las Vegas. Now 52 and 44 years old, respectively, the two ex-champions and former rivals will be
Posted on 10/03/2023 By: Sean Crose “We are watching boxing die slowly,” Oscar De La Hoya stated on social media Monday after Canelo Alvarez won a wide decision over Jermell Charlo on Saturday night. “I’m calling out all promoters to come together,” De La Hoya continued, “and make all the fights the fans want to
Wednesday September 27 THE MANE MEN IN VEGAS As the main protagonists from Saturday’s Las Vegas showdown said their last(ish) words at the final press conference in a ballroom inside the MGM Grand, the over-riding question was a simple one: What animal could beat a lion? You see, Jermell Charlo had described himself as a
LEIGH WOOD and Josh Warrington have been on one another’s radar over the last couple of years and on Saturday night (October 7) their paths shall cross. Britain’s involvement on the world featherweight scene has been led by Warrington since 2018; before Wood joined the higher echelons of the 126lbs division in 2021. With Mauricio
Boxing is not a sport known for just outcomes and happy endings. A young fighter suffering an undeserved defeat, whether through poorly timed injury, baffling decision, or any other reason beyond their own control, may never get a chance to reset the trajectory of their career. When Edward Vazquez talked to Bad Left Hook 18
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez grabbed our attention in 2022. He went from promising flyweight prospect to super flyweight champion in the blink of an eye. But before he went on to grab a world title at a higher weight, then shrinking back down to get his hands on another, Robert Garcia, his longtime trainer, knew that
Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya took to his social media to react to this past weekend’s fight between Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo, as well as call upon boxing’s biggest promoters to unify their efforts in making the biggest fights the sport has to offer. “Canelo vs Charlo, super boring fight,” De La
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman was ringside on Saturday night, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, as he watched two WBC champions collide in the ring. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Jermel Charlo, who entered the ring as the undisputed world champion at 154-pounds, moved up by two weight classes to challenge Mexican superstar