Новости за 05.05.2019

Hands up if you want to fight Canelo Alvarez this year! Associate Editor Tom Gray looks at a shortlist of willing candidates.

Oscar De La Hoya discusses just some of the options that are available for Ring, IBF, WBA and WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez.

Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade could be one fight away from securing a showdown for the undisputed middleweight championship of the world.

There was to be no warm-up, feel-out rounds for Artur Beterbiev and Radivoje Kalajdzic in Stockton, Calif. The two closed the show Saturday night at the Stockton Arena with a fun brawl, with Beterbiev retaining his IBF light heavyweight title for the second time with a fifth round stoppage. Beterbiev (14-0, 14 knockouts) compelled the ref […]

LAS VEGAS – If you’re a hardcore boxing purist who loves the art of defense, you probably thought Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs delivered with their mostly tactical middleweight championship bout on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. If you’re not so enamored with tactical boxing and ring generalship – you know, if you’re one of those […]

LAS VEGAS – Vergil Ortiz Jr. passed his toughest test with ease Saturday night. The explosive young prospect dropped former world title challenger Mauricio Herrera twice, the final time for good in Round 3 of a scheduled 10-round bout. Ortiz moves to 13-0, with all wins by knockout. The 21-year-old, who normally fights as a […]

LAS VEGAS – Junior lightweight contender Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz battered Freddy Fonseca until the fight was stopped in round seven on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. Diaz improved to 29-1, 15 knockouts, with the showcase victory on the Canelo Alvarez-Daniel Jacobs undercard. Diaz promised he would give Fonseca a beating after both fighters shoved each other […]

Jerwin Ancajas has the best matchmakers around him as a fighter under the Top Rank banner. In the end, there was no better matchmaker than the IBF’s own rankings. Ancajas (31-1-2, 21 knockouts) turned in one of his best performances as a champion yet, stopping the game but outclassed Ryuichi Funai, stopping him at :01 […]

Canelo-Jacobs undercard: Anthony Young scores a huge upset. Is it all over for "Real World Kid"?

Canelo-Jacobs undercard: Nice performance from British star John Ryder who is now positioned for big fights at super middleweight.

The weigh-in featured eff bombs and heightened drama, because the combatants showed their teeth and some feistiness which whetted appetites after a mellow and (overly?) polite lead-up to the middleweight unification clash. Then, the morning of the bout continued the theme, with drama stemming from the mandated 8 am PT weigh in for Daniel Jacobs […]