Joshua Franco’s Journey from San Antonio to World Champ Texas native Joshua “El Professor” Franco captured the WBA super flyweight title after a rugged five-year journey...
Another edition of Top Rank’s semi-weekly ESPN summer series took place tonight in the so-called Bubble at the MGM Conference Center in Las Vegas. Heavyweights Carlos...
Former two-time world title challenger Jose Zepeda was the headliner tonight as Top Rank returned to “The Bubble” for another Tuesday edition of their semi-weekly summer...
Super-featherweight has been refreshing after the minefield that was 140lbs and has contained the best fights I have reviewed during this series. There was a complication...
“The Ding-A-Ling Man,” 5’10” Darnell Wilson, was 24-17-3 when he faced off against 6’4” 250-pound Mexican-American heavyweight David “Nino” Rodriguez (36-0 and with a menacing KO...
We’re going way back, but there was a time when the Fourth of July was a big day for boxing in the U.S. The high-water mark,...
Avila Perspective, Chap. 98: Prizefighters are Hungry to Fight Hunger. That’s what boxing is all about. It’s time to eat. While athletes in other pro sports...
Former two-division world title holder Jose Pedraza (27-3) fought his way back into title contention tonight with a lopsided 10-round decision over Mikkel LesPierre (22-2-1). The...
Top Rank was back inside the MGM Grand “Bubble” tonight with another installment of their semi-weekly summer series on ESPN. The four-fight card included three matches...
PRESS RELEASE — Julio Cesar Martinez will defend his WBC World Flyweight title against #1 ranked McWilliams Arroyo as Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing USA return to...
The lightweight decade 2010-2019 was a disaster. Far and away the weakest list I have compiled so far; it was also far and away the most...
Mexico’s Miguel Berchelt hammered his way to a decisive knockout victory over fellow Mexican Eleazar Valenzuela in a non-title light fight on Saturday. After nearly nine...
Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller just can’t keep his hands out of the cookie jar. It was announced today (Saturday, June 27) that the jumbo-sized heavyweight from...
Top Rank was back inside the MGM Grand “Bubble” tonight for chapter six of their semi-weekly ESPN summer series. Jason Moloney, one-half of Australia’s Moloney twins,...
In our latest quarterly survey, we asked our respondents this question: “What famous person — living or dead — could have been a successful boxer AND...
The fifth installment of the Top Rank Summer Series on ESPN played out tonight at “The Bubble” in the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas....
Emanuel Navarrete, the reigning WBO super bantamweight champion, was a candidate for the 2019 Boxer of the Year, and would have likely won it if his...
Gabriel Flores Jr, the pride of Stockton, CA, appeared in his first 10-rounder tonight and when the main event fell out, he became the headline attraction....
Gabriel Flores Jr. opposes Josec Ruiz tonight in a ring set up in the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas in an area that is...
ESPN was back at the MGM Grand bubble tonight for the third offering of their semi-weekly summer series presented by Top Rank. Unheralded Mike Plania, who...
