Great Britain has a smaller team in the Paris Olympic Games in boxing but all of their six qualified boxers are medal favourites in France. Team Great Britain prepared for the Olympics with various international competitions such as the GB Open in Sheffield, the US International Invitational Tournament in Pueblo, the Gee Bee Tournament in […]
Promoter Eddie Hearn regards WBC superflyweight champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez as one of the world’s best fighters. Although a bout with undisputed super-bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue is still a fantasy, Hearn believes it could happen if Inoue stays at 122lbs. Rodriguez’s recent “star-making performance”, where he stopped former titlist Juan Francisco Estrada in seven rounds, […]
Jaron Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) retained his IBF World welterweight title, defeating Russia’s David Avanesyan (30-5-1) on Saturday night in Philadelphia. Ennis dropped Avanesyan with a counter right hand in fifth round. Avanesyan retired after five completed rounds. After the fight Ennis said that he wants now to face big names. “I felt off a […]
