Ugly but effective. Richard Torrez Jr. showed resilience, angles, and volume in a scrappy affair Saturday night in Las Vegas. The 2020 Olympic silver medalist emerged victorious in a 10-round unanimous decision over fellow Olympian Guido Vianello in a Top Rank on ESPN main event. The scores were 97-92, 98-91, and 98-91, all for Torrez, […]
Make it title defense #1 for “The Towering Inferno.” Sebastian Fundora defended his unified WBC/WBO junior middleweight titles when he took care of business against Chordale Booker Saturday evening at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, and he did it by closing the book on his opponent, who was badly outmatched in a fourth-round TKO in
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Debitage breeds debitage. The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) has decided not to overturn the draw between WBA lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and super-featherweight champion Lamont Roach. The unbeaten Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs), one of boxing’s top stars, took a knee in Round 9 after Roach (25-1-2, 10 KOs) connected with a jab.
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It wouldn’t be boxing without a good dose of controversy. The latest entry into the record books has the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) scrambling to excogitate how this could have transpired. After 12 hotly contested rounds, the Gervonta Davis–Lamont Roach fight ended in a majority draw. Two of Saturday’s three ringside judges submitted
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A true 50-50 fight dawns upon The Last Crescendo. Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Israil Madrimov will square off for Ortiz Jr.’s interim WBC junior middleweight title on Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in support of the undisputed light heavyweight world championship rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. Ortiz (22-0, 21 KOs)
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Upset city! Arnold Barboza Jr. (32-0, 11 KOs) won the vacant WBO interim junior welterweight title with a 12-round split decision over local countryman Jack Catterall (30-2, 13 KOs) Saturday night at Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England. The judges scored it 115-113 twice for Barboza, while one judge had it the other way for Catterall.
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Oscar Duarte was preparing to face a tough, rugged fighter, but so, too, is his replacement opponent. After his original foe, former world champion Regis Prograis, was forced to withdraw due to suffering a shoulder injury, Duarte (28-2-1, 22 KOs) will instead take on Miguel Madueno (31-3, 28 KOs) in an intriguing crossroads fight. The
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LAS VEGAS-David Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) sent the entire light heavyweight division a memo. If there were still any doubters that Benavidez isn’t one of the best fighters in the world, surely his victory over David Morrell (11-1, 9 KOs) to win the WBA regular title and retain the WBC interim title on Saturday night in Las Vegas
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It’s a tale of two massive punchers. Late replacement David Nyika aims to become the Bruno Surace of Australia when he takes on fellow countryman and unbeaten cruiserweight world champion Jai Opetaia next Wednesday. Nyila (10-0, 9 KOs), a 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, has decided to bet on himself. On short notice, the 29-year-old opted to
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Viva the mighty Bruno! Bruno Surace wasn’t even trending at his local French bakery before taking on Jaime Munguia Saturday night in the latter’s native, Tijuana, MX. Well, now he’s trending globally. The 2024 Upset of the Year was punctuated when the previously unheralded Frenchman leveled the former world champion, known for possessing an iron
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