Oscar De La Hoya has offered Teofimo Lopez to come on board and join up with Golden Boy if he no longer has a promoter. De La Hoya says he wants to turn the two-division champion Teofimo into a “PPV star.” Lopez Apologizes to Turki Yesterday, Teofimo (22-1, 13 KOs) publicly apologized to Turki Alalshikh … Read more
WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora says he doesn’t want his rematch against Tim Tszyu on July 19th to be another bloodbath like their previous one last year on March 30th. That one left Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) with blood leaking from his nose and mouth from the heavy shots he’d taken from Tszyu. Tim … Read more
By T.M. Madison: In an era where Turki Alalshikh is pouring millions into boxing, you’d think fight fans would finally get the matchups they’ve been begging for. But instead of delivering dream fights, promoters keep feeding us glorified sparring sessions—cards stacked with big names fighting opponents nobody asked for. Take the most recent card: Caleb … Read more
Trainer Jeff Mayweather still believes the Caleb Plant vs. Jermall Charlo fight can happen next, despite Plant’s defeat against Armando Resendiz last Saturday night in Las Vegas. Jeff says, “Nothing has changed” in terms of the Plant-Charlo fight being viable. He states that Plant is in a “Great position” to take the fight with Jermall. … Read more
Teofimo Lopez and Tim Tszyu both agree that Caleb Plant (23-3, 14 KOs) made the mistake of fighting Armando Resendiz (16-2, 11 KOs) on the inside instead of using his regular outside game in his 12-round split decision loss last Saturday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. Plant’s Inside Mistake Plant tried … Read more
Caleb Plant’s trainer, Stephen Edwards, says the pro-Armando Resendiz crowd played a factor in Caleb losing the fight last Saturday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. Edwards describes it as a “snowball effect” with Resendiz (16-2, 11 KOs) gaining energy and momentum from the applause he received from the fans starting from … Read more
Caleb Plant says he’ll fight Jermall Charlo next if it’s offered to him after his loss to Armando Resendiz (16-2, 11 KOs) on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Plant (23-3, 14 KOs) states that he has a rematch clause with Resendiz. Plant’s record is now 2-3 in his last five fights, and fans are saying … Read more
Jermall Charlo (34-0, 23 KOs) says he’s still interested in fighting Caleb Plant (23-3, 14 KOs) next despite him losing to Armando Resendiz (16-2, 11 KOs) by an upset 12-round splitt decision in what was supposed to be his tune-up at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. Charlo: “Make a Belt” At the post-fight … Read more
Former IBF World Super Middleweight champion and current WBA interim super middleweight champion Caleb ‘Sweethands’ Plant (23-3, 14 KOs) lost by 12-round split decision to Jose Armando ‘Toro’ Resendiz (16-2, 11 KOs) in the main event on Saturday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. In the first two rounds, Plant outworked Resendiz. … Read more
Jermall Charlo (34-0, 23 KOs) looked powerful in his ring return, scoring a sixth-round TKO win over journeyman Thomas LaManna (39-6-1, 18 KOs) in his tune-up fight on Saturday night at super middleweight at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. The punching power of Charlo was as good as always. Charlo stalked LaManna around … Read more