Новости за 08.02.2019

Richard Commey won’t be able to fight on April 12, but Vasiliy Lomachenko isn’t moving off the date. The Ring’s lightweight champion will fight at Staples Center on ESPN+ with Top Rank seeking a new opponent for the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. Anthony Crolla is the mandatory challenger for the WBA title Lomachenko […]

Andrew Cancio has made a career out of tearing up the script and he is determined to do so again against the formidable Alberto Machado.

Michelle Rosado has seen it all in boxing. Rosado has worked as a promoter, in marketing and promotions, and in other capacities in boxing over the last eight years. She has come up with one conclusion that she lives by to this day. “I’m always going to be honest with anyone I deal with, whether […]

A chip off the old block. Unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Tim Tszyu made quick work of late-substitute Denton Vassell, brutally halting the former Commonwealth welterweight champion in two rounds at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia, on Friday. Tszyu, the son of former undisputed junior welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu, pounced on his prey in the […]

R.I.P ROCKY LOCKRIDGE Hi Doug, Sad to read about the passing of Rocky Lockridge. I know most folks of recent memory will forever remember that appearance on A&E’s Intervention show but the man did win both the WBA and IBF belts to go along with being a lineal champ in the Junior Lightweight Division. He […]

LOS ANGELES — Accountability is one of the surest signs of maturity. The ability to truly own up to one’s shortcomings is revealing. For Gervonta Davis, the admission — without prodding — that changes were necessary proves that at 24 years old, he’s slowly growing into his own. The fighter nicknamed “Tank” for his power, […]

Lamont Peterson will face former IBF junior welterweight titleholder Sergey Lipinets on Mar. 24, it was officially announced Wednesday afternoon. The 12-round welterweight bout will take place MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, not far from Peterson’s hometown of Washington, D.C. In the co-feature, Anthony Peterson, Lamont’s brother, will square off against former junior […]

Gervonta Davis (20-0, 19 knockouts) and Hugo Ruiz (39-4, 33 KOs) worked out for the media in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday, ahead of their WBA junior lightweight title fight this Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. The fight will headline a card on Showtime.

NEW YORK — Shortly after closing up shop at the Freeport PAL for the day, Joe Higgins reflected back on this past weekend, when his fighter Patrick Day registered his sixth straight win on the Alvarez-Kovalev II card in Frisco, Texas against Ismail Iliev. He’s relieved that he’s able to keep his 26-year-old out of […]