By Chris Billam-Smith MOST people are expecting me to just turn up on Sunday night and win. Luckily, I don’t listen to most people. I listen to about four people’s opinions in boxing and they are the only people that matter – maybe five if you include my own. For me, Mateusz Masternak is my hardest
Month: December 2023
Posted on 12/04/2023 By: Sean Crose “I think it’s going to shock him about my speed, how fast I really am.” So says Regis Prograis in an interview with Fight Hub’s Marcos Villegas on the eve of his highly anticipated pay per view bout against the lauded Devin Haney this weekend in San Francisco. Haney
1) Haney vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko Although tight on the cards, and a result disputed by many, Haney’s decision win over Lomachenko in May elevated him to a new level and added to his resume a world-class name. This win also saw him retain his world lightweight titles for the final time. 2) Haney vs. George
Undefeated WBC Interim-super flyweight champion, Adelaida Ruiz (14-0-1, 8 KOs), is excited to step back in the ring against Mayela Perez (19-26-4, 10 KOs). The match is set to take place on CBN Promotions’ “New Blood” card this Saturday, December 9, at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, CA. Televised fights will broadcast live in Spanish
Here’s a fun little appetizer for Saturday’s busy boxing evening, which features both Regis Prograis vs Devin Haney on DAZN PPV and Robeisy Ramirez vs Rafael Espinoza on ESPN+. NBC Sports announced today that its various outlets will stream the final day of Team USA’s Paris 2024 boxing trials. Competition is Monday through Thursday at
Puerto Rican junior middleweight contender Xander Zayas hopes to close the year on an emphatic note. Zayas will take on Spain’s Jorge Fortea in a 10-round battle on Saturday, Dec. 9 at Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Zayas-Fortea will serve as the co-feature to the WBO featherweight world title showdown between
By Shaun Brown “My body’s in agony but that’s to be expected.” Caoimhin Agyarko was just trying to get his day going when answering a call from Boxing News. After a career-boosting victory on Saturday night (December 2), the Northern Irishman reviewed his performance against Troy Williamson in Belfast and told us all about battling
As we head towards a WBC super lightweight title fight between Regis Prograis and Devin Haney, Matchroom Boxing takes us behind the scenes with their Make The Days Count video, showcasing both boxers in camp as they gear up for the fight. We start off with a look at Prograis’ camp as he puts in
By Derek Williams ‘I AM THE GREATEST!’ was the familiar chant of one of my favourite boxers, Muhammad Ali. As a heavyweight, Ali’s hands-down boxing style, bouncing on his toes, moving gracefully around the boxing ring, transformed the way heavyweights were regarded by fans before Ali burst onto the heavyweight scene. Preceding Ali, the heavyweights
When Ian Green got hit with a hard right hand by Vaughn Alexander, it awakened something inside the middleweight contender early in the sixth round of their fight Saturday night in Miami. Green held, regained his composure and got through that troublesome moment. The Paterson, New Jersey native then took the fight to Alexander in
Lightweight prospect Floyd Schofield laid waste to Ricardo Lopez in just one minute, 51 seconds last night in Houston, dropping his over-matched opponent four times inside of two minutes to earn a TKO win. But with an increasingly notoriety as a top young fighter comes attention from fellow fighters, and Joseph “JoJo” Diaz had already
Former WBC featherweight world champion, Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo (24-2, 16, KOs), returns to the ring on CBN Promotions’ “New Blood” card scheduled for December 9 at Infinite Reality Studios in Long Beach, California, formerly known as Thunder Studios. Magsayo, hailing from Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines, will face Isacc Avelar (17-6, 10 KOs) form Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 2, 2023, 11:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Garcia was troubled by Oscar Duarte’s mauling tactics but found the fight-ending shot in Round 8, a check left hook followed by a barrage of punches that earned him the knockout victory Saturday night in Houston. Garcia, in his first fight since an
Oscar Duarte was stopped in the eighth round by Ryan Garcia last night in Houston, but with minor controversy. Duarte did, technically, “beat the count,” getting up just before the 10 from referee James Green, who waved the fight off anyway, judging that Duarte had not truly beaten the count, because it’s boxing and these
The mother of heavyweight great Lennox Lewis died on Thursday, according to her son. In a lengthy, heartfelt post on social media, Lewis credited his mother, Violet Blake, for allowing him to achieve his “dreams.” Lewis, who was born in London to Jamaican parents, is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweights of the modern
Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 3, 2023, 01:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jaime Munguia and John Ryder will meet in a super middleweight bout on Jan. 27 in Phoenix, it was announced Saturday. Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs), a native of Mexico, is coming off a career-best victory, a unanimous-decision win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko in June. Munguia,
THE career of Jordan Gill is now being looked at in a new light after his stunning win last night against Michael Conlan in Belfast. Walking into the SSE Arena Gill was the underdog and Conlan a long odds-on favourite who was expected to get his career back on track with a win. But whoever
Ryan Garcia got back in action with an eighth round knockout win over Oscar Duarte last night, and now has his sights set on a world title fight. Asked if he’d be interested in fighting this weekend’s Devin Haney vs Regis Prograis winner, Garcia said he would be, and that his focus is a title