Former WBA featherweight champion Mauricio “El Bronco” Lara recovered from a first-round knockdown to stop Carlos “Chinito” Ornelas at 0:42 of the second round on Saturday in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. … continue
Filip Hrgovic survived an early knockdown and eight difficult rounds before stopping Moses Itauma in the ninth to win the vacant IBF heavyweight title Saturday at The O2 Arena in … continue
Len Wickwar and Kristian Laight occupy opposite ends of boxing’s record book. Wickwar collected 340 victories, while Laight lost 279 times. Those figures seem to identify one as a tremendous … continue
Popularity in boxing has never been measured only by applause. Some champions became national heroes, while others filled arenas because spectators wanted to see them beaten. The sport’s biggest attractions … continue
Teofimo Lopez became a three-division world champion by defeating Rolando “Rolly” Romero by majority decision Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The judges scored the WBA welterweight title … continue
George Liddard captured the vacant European middleweight title after Dario Morello retired following the eighth round on Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena in London. He dictated the fight … continue
Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 record became boxing’s most famous numerical target, but the fighters who approached or passed it had little in common beyond retiring without a loss. Marciano retired as … continue
Claressa Shields has collected more championships than any woman in boxing history. What she has not collected is a long list of victories over great opposition. That issue gets buried … continue
At State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, before a sold-out crowd of 16,000 on Saturday night on DAZN, promoter Dmitriy Salita of Salita Promotions presented Claressa “T-Rex” Shields against WBA … continue
The Australian heavyweight controlled DeAndre Savage from the opening bell before a right hand finished the DAZN main event in Queensland. Teremoana Teremoana stopped Savage at 1:26 of the second … continue