Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says Ryan Garcia will now have his shoulder looked at following his recent successful hand surgery. With the injuries mounting up for the popular 26-year-old ‘Kingry’ after his loss to Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero last month on May 2nd, De La Hoya is recommending that he take the remainder of 2025 … Read more
Keyshawn Davis claims Turki Alalshikh was going to offer Teofimo Lopez the same amount of money to fight him as what he would get fighting Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. Davis says Teofimo didn’t want to fight him, which he saw as a sign of being “scared.” Lopez Rejected Davis Fight Offer Davis says Turki called Teofimo … Read more
Richardson Hitchins called out Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney, and Ryan Garcia today, saying he wants to fight one of them after he’s done defending his IBF 140-lb title against George Kambosos Jr. on June 14th. Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) believes that his fight against the one-hit wonder Kambosos Jr. will open the doors to bigger … Read more
Promoter Frank Warren reports that heavyweight Dillian Whyte is off this Saturday’s card on June 7th in Ipswich, England. He says Whyte will return in August in “a big, big fight.” Warren states that Whyte (31-3, 21 KOs) wanted a bigger fight than the one that he would have had if he’d fought on Saturday’s … Read more
Promoter Eddie Hearn says Hamzah Sheeraz’s best hope for beating super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga is to drag him into the second half in their clash on July 12th on DAZN PPV. Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 KOs) is making his debut at 168 against the slugger Berlanga (23-1, 18 KOs) next month in their 12-round headliner … Read more
Fans want Conor Benn to move back down to 147 to face freed-up Devin Haney for his next fight, rather than staying at middleweight to battle the larger, more skilled Chris Eubank Jr. in a rematch. Benn, 28, looked sharp and slightly emaciated from muscle atrophy today, hitting the pads in a Ring Magazine video. … Read more
Manny Pacquiao’s comeback is official—he’ll fight WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios on Saturday, July 19 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, streaming LIVE on Prime Video PPV. Yep, the 45-year-old is back for another belt… and Mario Barrios is the one defending it. The PPV card starts at 8:00 p.m. ET / … Read more
Tim Bradley was impressed by Jermall Charlo’s performance last Saturday night against Thomas LaManna and believes he can get a big payday against Canelo Alvarez if he can “stay focused.” What he means by that is for Charlo (34-0, 23 KOs) to remain active, and not disappear for two years like he’s done twice in … Read more
Caleb Plant’s trainer, Stephen Edwards, is concerned about how his face broke apart so quickly in his loss to Armando Resendiz last Saturday night. Edwards says that the way Plant’s face started swelling up played a part in his 12-round split decision defeat to Resendiz (16-2, 11 KOs) at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las … Read more
This writer’s opinion of the two greatest heavyweight champions was Joe ’The Brown Bomber’ Louis and Muhammad ‘The Greatest’ Ali. For all they contributed to boxing, each lost years of their boxing activity. Starting with Louis, whose greatest achievement in boxing was a record twenty-five title defenses. His final record was 66-3 with 52 knockouts. … Read more