Dillian Whyte shows respect to Alexander Povetkin after his retirement
By Barry Holbrook: Dillian Whyte showed class on Monday in sending a positive message to Alexander Povetkin following his retirement announcement last weekend. Former WBA heavyweight champion Povetkin (36-3-1, 25 KOs) said he was hanging up his gloves because of his numerous unhealed injuries that he’s still dealing with. Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs), who is…
Errol Spence: ‘I can’t stand’ Keith Thurman, he ain’t going
By Dan Ambrose: All the talking that Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman has been doing in the last month in hopes of landing a big-money fight against Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr is falling on deaf ears because it’s a waste of time. IBF/WBC welterweight champion Spence (27-0, 21 KOs) told Barbershop Conversations that he “can’t…
Jermall Charlo sees Juan Montiel as “statement fight” on Saturday
By Brad Slotnick: Jermall Charlo (31-0, 22 KOs) is ready to make a statement on Saturday night in defending his WBC middleweight title against knockout artist Juan Macias Montiel (22-4-2, 22 KOs) on Showtime at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Charlo is happy to be fighting in his hometown in front of his friends,…
Manny Pacquiao looking sharp training for Spence ⋆ Boxing News
By Jeff Aronow: Manny Pacquiao is looking impressive in his workouts training for his title fight against IBF/WBC welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr on August 21st in Las Vegas, Nevada. If Spence (27-0, 21 KOs) is assuming the win is already in the bag, he needs to look at some of the training…
Ellerbe rates Terence Crawford above Canelo in p-4-p rankings ⋆
By Dan Ambrose: Canelo Alvarez’s decision to face a series of easier fights against lesser opposition has resulted in him being downgraded below Terence Crawford on Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe’s list for the pound-for-pound. Canelo’s decision to fight what many boxing fans saw as paper champions in Billy Joe Saunders, Callum Smith, Rocky Fielding,…
Results: Jeremias Ponce dominates, stops Lewis Ritson in 10th round
Jeremias Ponce went on the road and delivered an excellent performance as the betting underdog, upsetting home fighter Lewis Ritson in Newcastle via 10th round stoppage. Ponce (28-0, 18 KO) dropped Ritson (21-2, 12 KO) three times in what wound up being the final round, and Ritson’s father/lead trainer also had thrown the towel after…
Joshua on Deontay Wilder’s radar after Fury fight ⋆ Boxing
By Charles Brun: Deontay Wilder wants Anthony Joshua’s scalp as soon as he finishes dealing with Tyson Fury on July 24th in a fight that the ‘Gyspy King’ was trying to avoid. As long as Joshua doesn’t get cold feet, we could be seeing him take on the 6’7″ Deontay in December if everything goes…
Teofimo Lopez signs new deal with Top Rank through 2023,
Teofimo Lopez’s issues with Top Rank appear to be fully settled, as Joe Tessitore announced on tonight’s Stevenson-Nakathila broadcast that the 23-year-old lightweight has signed an amended deal with the promoter, which will run through 2023. Tessitore said the deal will increase Lopez’s purses and all that, pretty much everything you’d expect Lopez to want…
Stevenson vs Nakathila results and highlights: Xander Zayas, Bryan Lua,
The fights are underway tonight in Las Vegas, and we’ve got all the results and notes from tonight’s Stevenson-Nakathila undercard. Stevenson vs Nakathila live coverage continues! Click here! Manuel Rey Rojas UD-8 Tyler McCreary: This was an upset, kinda, in that McCreary (16-2-1, 7 KO) was the favored guy and the A-side, but Rojas (21-5,…
Errol Spence on Mayweather vs
By Allan Fox: Errol Spence Jr has little good to say about this Sunday’s exhibition fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and YouTuber other than viewing it as another example of a “Money grab” for Floyd. Spence says the former boxing great Mayweather’s fight with Logan is the equivalent of putting on a mask and “robbing”…