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Sunday, December 16, 2018

Canelo Alvarez becomes 3-divison champion with TKO victory against Rocky Fielding

NEW YORK CITY (DEC. 15, 2018): Canelo Alvarez (51-1-2, 35 KOs) entered a select list of Mexican fighters to become a three-division world champion as he defeated Rocky Fielding (27-2, 15 KOs) of Liverpool, England via third-round technical knockout in front of a sold-out crowd of 20,112 boxing...

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Wilder, Fury fight to a draw

After all the trash talk you could imagine during the build-up of the fight, it ended up with huge respect. That's boxing.Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder fought to a draw on Saturday night at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles. It was an entertaining action fight that produced breathtaking knockdown. A match-up of two different...

Monday, November 19, 2018

We cannot underestimate Broner -- Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner meet face to face on Monday in New York for the press conference and formally announced their 19 January 2019 welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada.In a venue packed with press and boxing personalities, Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs) was wearing a tuxedo and looking...

Seniesa Estrada stops Debora Rengifo

MEXICALI, MEXICO (Nov. 17, 2018): Seniesa 'SuperBad" Estrada (15-0, 5 KOs) of East Los Angeles, Calif. scored a fourth-round technical knockout victory against Debora Rengifo (10-6-1, 5 KOs) of Rio Chico, Venezuela to capture the vacant WBC Silver Light Flyweight Title in the scheduled 10-round main...

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Official Weights: Seniesa Estrada 106.8, Debora Rengifo 106.8

Seniesa Estrada faces Debora Rengifo in a 10-round fight for the Light Flyweight title presented by Golden Boy Promotions. The fight will take place Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at Plaza de Toros Calafia in Mexicali, Mexico. The action will be televised live on TV Azteca beginning at 8:30 p.m. PT.Estrada...

Maurice Hooker stops Alex Saucedo in Round 7, retains title

Maurice Hooker got off the canvas in the second round and stopped Alex Saucedo in round 7 to retain the title at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City. It was back and forth action in the first round as both men executing their game plans early on. In the second round, Hooker (25-0-3, 17 KO) was put down...

Monday, November 12, 2018

Donaire-Tete possible in Manila

New Bantamweight title holder, Nonito Donaire's next fight could be held in Manila according to the "Filipino Flash".“Nothing’s final but I know the promoters are talking about my next fight to be in Asia," Donaire said. Donaire won the bantamweight title against Ryan Burnet (19-1, 9 KOs) at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow. Burnett...

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Amir Khan sees a problem with Manny Pacquaio vs Adrien Broner

In a recent tweet, Amir Khan said that he sees a problem with Adrien Broner fighting Manny Pacquiao. He told, referring to Broner "picking fights you know you can't win."Khan (33-4, 20 KOs) suggested to Broner to have an easy fight first and then went on saying that he's done with Pacquiao first then Broner picks his leftovers...

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Saul Canelo Alvarez wins rematch against Gennady Golovkin in action fight

This is a late post on Canelo's victory over GGG on 15 September 2018.Saul Canelo Alvarez wins rematch with Gennady Golovkin in action fight at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night.The 28-year-old Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) got the nod from two judges for the majority decision victory. Dave Moretti...

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Watch David Lemieux's spectacular one-punch KO over Gary O'Sullivan

Watch Canada's David Lemieux's spectacular one-punch KO over Spike O'Sullivan during their middleweight clash at the undercard of GGG vs Canelo 2 at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada.Lemieux caught O'Sullivan in the very first round with a counter left hook that lands right on the pipe. O'Sullivan went down...

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Money vs Manny II in December?

Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. crossed path with Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao in Japan and the undefeated Mayweather announces he's coming back to fight Pacquiao. Both men were attending a concert in Japan.“I’m coming back to fight Manny Pacquiao this year. Another nine-figure pay-day on the way. I’m going to be back in December,” said...

Canelo vs GGG II: Official weights

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez arrived at T-Mobile Arena so serene and ready to go for his fight against Gennady Golovkin on Saturday night.Canelo, (49-1-2, 34 KOs) stepped into the scales and weighed in at 159.4 lbs. The crowd in the full-packed arena were ecstatic to see their fighter posing for the cameras.  Canelo...

Friday, September 14, 2018

Canelo vs GGG II: Undercard press conference quotes

LAS VEGAS (Sept. 13, 2018): The undercard of the spectacular Canelo vs. GGG 2 card hosted a press conference featuring Mexican star Jaime Munguia ( 30-0, 25 KOs), who will make the second defense of his WBO Junior Middleweight World Title against rugged Canadian contender Brandon "Bad...

Saturday, September 1, 2018

Alberto Machado to defend title against Yuandale Evans

Daniel Jacobs (34-2, 29 KOs) and Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs) will clash for the vacant IBF World Middleweight Title and Alberto Machado (20-0, 16 KOs) will defend his WBA Super Featherweight Title against Yuandale Evans (20-1, 14 KOs on Saturday, October 27 at the Hulu Theater...

Monday, July 23, 2018

Wisaksil Wangek stops Young Gil Bae Round 1

Wisaksil Wangek stops Young Gil Bae Round 1 of their world super flyweight title fight on Saturday, 21 July 2018. The fight was held at the Workpoint Studio, Bang Phun inThailand.Wangek, (46-4-1 41 KOs) also known as Srisaket Sor Rungvisai pummeled Gil Bae from the beginning of the very first round. He showed...

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Jaime Munguia defends title against Liam Smith

LAS VEGAS (July 21, 2018): Jaime Munguia (30-0, 25 KOs) defended his WBO Junior Middleweight World Championship against former world champion Liam "Beefy" Smith (26-2-1, 14 KOs) via 12-round decision in the main event of HBO Boxing After Dark on Saturday, July 21 in front of 2470 fans...

Oleksandr Usyk wins unanimous decision Murat Gassiev

Oleksandr Usyk wins the unanimous decision of Murat Gassiev on Saturday night, 21 July 2018 at the Olimpiyskiy, Moscow, Russia. Usyk unified the cruiserweight division and won the World Boxing Super Series.Usyk, (15-0, 11 KOs) continued the winning streak and got the nod of all three judges. The scorecards read 120-108,...

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Lamont Roach Jr. Knocks out Deivi Julio Bassa in Sixth

CANCUN, MEXICO (July 20, 2018): Lamont Roach, Jr. (17-0-1, 7 KOs) of Washington, D.C. delivered a spectacular sixth-round technical knockout victory over Deivis JulioBassa (20-5, 12 KOs) of Monteria, Colombia to capture the vacant WBO International Super Featherweight Championship in the scheduled...

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Manny Pacquiao vs Lucas Matthysse boxing results

Manny Pacquiao vs Lucas Matthysse early results from the undercards in Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Teofimo Lopez TKO6 William Silva. Regis Prograis TKO8 Juan Jose Velasco - Prograis stops Velasco to the mat with brutal body shots. Velasco went down grimacing in pain. Watch below highlight from Top Rank..@RPrograis...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrives Kuala Lumpur for Pacquiao-Matthysse fight

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the Manny Pacquiao vs Lucas Matthysse fight.Filipino reporter Abac Cordero posted on Twitter a snap of President Duterte and his delegation arriving Kuala Lumpur.Manny Pacquiao will face Argentina's Lucas Matthysse for the world welterweight title...

Sunday, June 24, 2018

Virgil Ortiz Jr. stops Juan Carlos Salgado in 3 rounds

LOS ANGELES (June 23, 2018): Vergil Ortiz Jr. (10-0, 10 KOs), the rising knockout artist and pride of Dallas, Texas, scored a spectacular third-round knockout win against former world champion Juan Carlos Salgado (27-9-1, 16 KOs) in a 10-round super lightweight  fight...

Monday, June 18, 2018

Watch: Mercito Gesta vs Roberto Manzanarez – Full Fight

Watch Mercito "No Mercy Gesta" vs Roberto "Tito" Manzanarez - Full fightWatch Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (32-2-2, 17 KOs) of San Diego, California won the regional lightweight title against Roberto “Tito” Manzanarez (35-2, 28 KOs) of Phoenix, Arizona. Gesta won a majority decision after 10 rounds...

Angel Acosta finishes Carlos Buitrago in round 12

Angel Acosta stopped Carlos Buitrago in the 12th round and retained the light flyweight title at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot on Saturday night.Acosta, (18-1, 18 KOs) was getting the better of every exchange as Buitrago was tentative with his offense. It was a shootout on my scorecards in favor of Acosta. He was...

Errol Spence blasts Carlos Ocampo in the first round

Errol Spence Jr. remained undefeated and retained his welterweight title after stopping Carlos Ocampo in the very first round of their match-up, Saturday night at the Ford Center at The Star, Frisco.Ocampo, 22-1, 13 KOs, was looking good at the opening bell as he was able to land combinations to the body of Spence. But...

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Jerwin Ancajas vs Jonas Sultan preview and prediction

It is with great pride to post a feature of two fellow Filipino boxers that will be sharing a boxing ring on the international stage. Jonas Sultan of Zamboanga del Norte, challenges Jerwin Ancajas of Panabo, Davao del Norte on 26 May 2018, Saturday (Sunday morning Manila) at Save Mart Center in Fresno, California for the...

Monday, May 21, 2018

Antonio "The Magic Man" Tarver Credits USA Boxing for giving him Structure that carried him to top

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 21, 2018) - Future Hall of Famer Antonio "The Magic Man" Tarver (31-6-1, 1 NC, 22 KOs) has just about done it all as a boxer having been an Olympic medal winner and world champion as an amateur, along with capturing five major light heavyweight world titles as a professional, as well as a pair...

Monday, May 14, 2018

Watch: Outstanding boxing moments from the last 10 years

When I felt like losing my interest in the sports of boxing all I need to do is watch the above video. These were a compilation of the best boxing fights that happened in the last 10 years.Once I watch them, my interest in boxing comes again alive and kicking and I wanted to write some boxing stuff again. Really, It was...

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Watch: Alexander Povitkin's horrific knockout of David Price

Alexander Povetkin demolished David Price with a vicious overhand right followed by a left hand. The overhand right obviously sent Price to the wonderland. It seemed to me that Price was out from the overhand right and the second punch looks unnecessary should the referee quick enough to recognize the reaction from...

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Danny "Bhoy" O'Connor takes on Steve "The Dragon" Claggett in Boston

BOSTON (March 17, 2018) - Tonight's "St. Patrick's Day Clash 3" will air on pay-per-view, as well as on Super Channel in Canada, headlined by the 10-round main event featuring (WBC) Silver International champion junior welterweight Danny "Bhoy" O'Connor (29-3, 11 KOs) against Canadian challenger Steve...

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Juan Francisco Estrada looks for a knockout against Wisaksil Wangek

Flyweight titlist Juan Francisco Estrada is looking for a knockout when he faces Wisaksil Wangek for the super flyweight world title fight on Saturday night at the Forum, Inglewood in Los Angeles.Estrada (36-2, 25 KOs) wants to leave no doubt and is looking for the knockout."I am a fighter who goes from...

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Danny Garcia vs Brandon Rios preview

Danny Garcia and Brandon will face Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, Events Center, Las Vegas for a 12-round welterweight bout.Garcia and Rios came in at 146.5 pounds during the official weigh-in on Friday. Both men looked very impressive and in tremendous shape. If you look at Rios in many...

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Jorge Linares vs Mercito Gesta a must watch card

Lightweight titlist Jorge Linares will be facing Filipino Mercito Gesta to co-headline with Lucas Matthysse vs Tewa Kiram, Saturday, January 29 at the Forum, Inglewood.For me, it is a must-see bout, as I expected a competitive match. Style-wise it appears to me that Linares (43-3, 27 KOs) is more of the technical...

Monday, January 1, 2018

Taguchi routs Melindo in unification bout

Ryoichi Taguchi unified the junior flyweight belts as he outslugs Milan Melindo on new year's eve at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. It was an action-packed, bloody fight and Taguchi came out as the better boxer. The scorecards read 117-111 (twice) and 116-111.Melindo (37-3, 13 KOs) of Cagayan de Oro...