By Jim Dower: Former heavyweight world title challenger Kubrat Pulev (26-1, 13 KOs) will be … read more
By Chris Williams: In a gambling move, Top Rank Boxing promotions has signed a multi-year extension for the recently knocked out former World Boxing Organization super bantamweight champion Jessie Magdaleno (25-1, 18 KOs).
By Jim Dower: Showing superior youth, energy and punching power, unbeaten 23-year-old Isaac Dogboe (23-0, 14 KOs) overwhelmed previously unbeaten WBO super bantamweight champion Jessie Magdaleno (25-1, 18 KOs) in stopping him in the 11th round on Saturday night on ESPN at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Philadelphia Eagles brought championship glory back to the City of Brotherly Love. And, on Saturday, April 28, at The Liacouras Center, the fighting city’s favorite sons will return home as they chase championship glory of their own. Philadelphia heavyweights BRYANT “BY-BY” JENNINGS and JOEY DAWEJKO battle it out for king of the neighborhood, while super middleweight contender JESSE “Hollywood” HART continues his drive back to a world title challenge when he faces DEMOND NICHOLSON.
By Chris Williams: WBO super bantamweight champion Jessie Magdaleno will be battling unbeaten #1 WBO Isaac Dogboe (18-0 12 KOs) in a Top Rank promoted card on April 28 on ESPN a The Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.
By Chris Williams: With the Jeff Horn vs. Terence Crawford fight now postponed until May or June, the undercard fight between WBO super bantamweight champion Jessie Magdaleno (25-0, 18 KOs) vs. Isaac Dogboe (18-0, 12 KOs) has been moved by Top Rank to April 28 at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This will be televised on ESPN. Magdaleno vs. Dogboe is the fight that the hardcore boxing fans seem far more interested in compared to the Horn vs. Crawford fight, which is arguably a mismatch. That fight is viewed as a showcase fight for Crawford to make him look good.
By Chris Williams: WBO World featherweight champion Oscar Valdez (23-0, 19 KOs) and WBO World super bantamweight champion Jessie Magdaleno (25-0, 18 KOs) will both be making defenses of their respective titles in their weight classes on March 10, according to ESPN.
By Dan Ambrose: Comedian George Lopez and super bantamweight world champion Jessie Magdaleno are just 2 of many people that feel that IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) should have been given the win against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) in their fight on September 16 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Chris Williams: Top Rank’s “Three amigos,” as promoter Bob Arum calls them, Oscar Valdez, Gilberto Ramirez and Jessie Magdaleno, all were victorious on Saturday night in winning their fights on pay-per-view from the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Valdez (22-0, 19 KOs) successfully defended his WBO featherweight title in beating his #1 WBO challenger Miguel Marriaga (25-2, 21 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision.
Let the intrigue begin. Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) world champions ÓSCAR VALDEZ, the ESPN Deportes Mexican Fighter of the Year, GILBERTO “Zurdo” RAMIREZ, the Premios Univision Deportes Fighter of the Year, and JESSIE MAGDALENO, hosted a packed Los Angeles area Media Workout today at Manifico Gym. The three gladiators are in deep training for their respective title defenses which will take place Next Saturday! April 22, live on pay-per-view, from StubHub Center. Magdaleno, who is making the first defense of the title he won off the legendary Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire revealed that his team has spied Donaire in the gym working with Adeilson Dos Santos, Magdaleno’s opponent. Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but it’s one Magdaleno intends to serve up to the Dos Santos/Donaire team using two red-hot leather utensils.