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 […]
Michael Conlan (18-3-0) is preparing for one final attempt at achieving his world title dream. After an upset loss to Jordan Gill (27-2-1) and prior defeats to Luis Lopez (27-2-0) and Leigh Wood (25-2-0), the 32-year-old Irishman is evaluating new trainers, including Buddy McGirt, Stephen Smith and Grant Smith. Conlan is taking his time to […]
The Australians will cover 12 out of the 13 weight categories in the boxing event of the Paris Olympics following their extraordinary performance in the Pacific Games. Only the men’s heavyweight (92kg) will be concluded without any Australian competitors and following the hard preparation of the squad, several of the Aussies are medal favourites in […]
The US team will have four girls and four boys in the Paris Olympic Games in boxing which is slightly below their expectations. One of their spearheads, the 2021 World Champion Robby Gonzales did not earn a quota at the light heavyweight (80kg) and he will be missing from the Olympics. Emilio Garcia (63.5kg) is […]
Terence Crawford, boasting a 40-0 record, is well known for his impressive victories, including knocking-out Shawn Porter after learning he was behind on the scorecard, and defeating Errol Spence Jr. to become an undisputed welterweight champion. However, at 36, after a year-long layoff and moving up in weight, Crawford faces a new challenge in unbeaten […]
Gennady Golovkin is not done fighting. While he may or may not return to the ring, he is now battling to keep boxing in the Olympics. As the head of Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee, Golovkin is working to ensure boxing remains part of the Games, especially with the IOC’s issues with the International Boxing Association. […]
The Brazilians have five women and five men boxers who qualified for the Paris Olympic Games through the three quota events. Brazil competed in the Canberra International Meeting, the USA International Invitational Tournament, the Eindhoven Box Cup and in the Grand Prix Brazil this year as their preparations for the Paris Olympics. Brazil named a […]
Author: Zizi There are matches, that will never be forgotten, and there are boxing icons, who are going to stay with us for eternity. Oscar De La Hoya was not just a multiple world champion in different weight classes, the Mexican-American fighter became an icon for both nations and by the way he is still […]
Team Ireland prepares hard for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games where their almost record-breaking of 10 qualified boxers are ready to earn medals. Boxing is the most successful Olympic sport in Ireland, the national tradition and the country is aiming for new highlights in the French capital city. Team Ireland bagged five quotas at the […]
