The reported fight between Ryan Garcia and Mercito Gesta, meant as Garcia’s January tune-up for Gervonta Davis in April, is now reportedly signed for Jan. 28 in Phoenix, which could also mean Glendale, Ariz. ESPN’s Mike Coppinger reports that both fighters have signed the contracts, and the fight will be at 140 lbs. Garcia plans
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ESPN+, 2:30 am ET, Naoya Inoue vs Paul Butler. For undisputed! at 118 lbs, as Naoya Inoue brings his three belts and Paul Butler his one belt, and they’ll git-r-done, as Laurence Cable says. This doesn’t have quite the undercard of, say, Teraji vs Kyoguchi from earlier this year, but it’s not bad. Yoshiki Taikei
Teofimo Lopez notched an official win tonight in ESPN’s main event, but expect the criticism to follow as he was arguably very lucky to escape with a win over Sandor Martin. Lopez (18-1, 13 KOs) started the fight aggressively as usual, but he really struggled to find the range on his punches, and consistently walked
Results Felix Cash PTS-8 Celso Neves (77-75) Josh Warrington will return home to Leeds, England, to defend his IBF featherweight title against the dangerous Luis Alberto Lopez today on DAZN. It’s an odd card construction today, as the prelims will start at 9:30 am ET and run until 2 pm ET, at which point the
Terence Crawford returns tonight for a hometown bout against David Avanesyan, where Crawford will defend the WBO welterweight title in Omaha, Neb. We’ll be here with LIVE coverage starting from 9 pm ET for the full pay-per-view card, which also includes Cris Cyborg in a definitely sanctioned boxing bout, plus Arnold Khegai vs Eduardo Baez,
Ilunga Junior Makabu will defend his WBC title against Noel Mikaelyan on Saturday, Jan. 21, headlining a Don King-promoted card at Casino Miami Jai-Alai. King has titled the card, “Let Freedom Ring! Clash of the Champions!” because he always has to name it something goofy and couldn’t settle on one thing. Makabu (29-2, 25 KO)
As Manny Pacquiao starts his exhibition circuit he joins a virtual interview alongside Ray Flores and Ryan Garcia and is specifically asked about his thoughts on wanting a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, to whom he lost in convincing fashion in 2015. “I don’t think he will do a rematch with me,” Pacquaio said. “I don’t
We’re coming down to the wire! Three of the four prediction combatants are right in the race to pull this thing out with just a handful of fights left to pick! Who will it be? Not me! But someone! Let’s get to this weekend’s picks. Josh Warrington vs Luis Alberto Lopez Scott Christ (87-38) As
Mike Coppinger, confirming an earlier report from Keith Idec, brings word that Josh Taylor’s planned February 4th rematch with Jack Catterall has been postponed, with organizers now targeting March. Per Idec’s conversation with Bob Arum, Sky Sports wanted to put a bit of distance between this fight and Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith on
Teofimo Lopez sat down with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV to talk about his upcoming fight against Sandor Martin, expecting a dominant performance, and goes on to talk about potentially facing Regis Prograis next after Prograis had some things to say about him on social media. “We’ve been going back and forth somewhat,” Lopez
Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Timothy Bradley Jr are both in the news this week, with Davis having a press conference for his Jan. 7 Showtime PPV main event against Hector Luis Garcia, and Bradley being elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Bradley, who won world titles at 140 and 147 and had a
Terence Crawford returns to action this Saturday night on pay-per-view, facing David Avanesyan in another defense of his WBO welterweight title. Crawford will be back home in Omaha, Neb., for this fight, which is a gamble on the side of BLK Prime, the company putting major money behind this independent pay-per-view effort. There’s also no
Hey, it’s December! Actually, it has been for a week, so this is a bit later than it’ll normally be, but the holidays are quite a time, folks, I tell you what. Anyway, on with the show! The voters: Scott Christ, Wil Esco, John Hansen, Patrick Stumberg, and Lewis Watson. The total results for Dec.
The WBA announced that last month’s mandatory order for Eimantas Stanionis to defend his secondary title against Vergil Ortiz Jr will go to purse bid on Monday, December 12th. The purse bid order also declares that the winner of Stanionis-Ortiz will face the winner between Errol Spence Jr and Keith Thurman next, unifying the “world”
During the official press conference announcing Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs Hector Garcia, Tank took some time to chat with reporters who asked him about his current affiliation with Mayweather Promotions. It’s clear that Mayweather Promotions won’t be involved in this upcoming card, but Tank says it’s time for him to step out on his own
Boxing fans concerned that BLK Prime spent their entire budget on Terence Crawford’s $10 Million guaranteed purse need not worry any longer. There’s still enough money in the budget for name-brand microphone stands. Specifically, boxing broadcast veterans Todd Grisham, Paulie Malignaggi, Antonio Tarver, and Zab Judah. Grisham will handle play-by-play, a job he’s very familiar
Showtime officially confirmed its Gervonta “Tank” Davis vs Hector Garcia-led pay-per-view on January 7th earlier today, and details of the undercard have also leaked ahead of today’s press conference. Jaron Ennis battles Karen Chukhadzhian for the interim IBF welterweight title in the co-feature, while Rashidi Ellis battles Roiman Villa and Demetrius Andrade returns against Demond
Ryan Garcia has responded to Gervonta “Tank” Davis saying that Garcia is “definitely on something” after seeing a recent photo, and also Davis’ claim that Garcia’s team turned down early VADA testing for their planned April 2023 fight. As you’d expect, Garcia denies being “on something,” and also says Davis’ team in fact never asked
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