Written by Editor’s note: This new version of Junkie Drawer will be a vehicle to report the news of the day in bite sized portions. Did Conor Benn simply eat tainted eggs? The British welterweight has been reinstated by the WBC, which ruled that the consumption of eggs might’ve caused his failed drug test before his scheduled […]
Editor’s note: This new version of Junkie Drawer will be a vehicle to report the news of the day in bite sized portions. Did Conor Benn simply eat tainted eggs? The British welterweight has been reinstated by the WBC, which ruled that the consumption of eggs might’ve caused his failed drug test before his scheduled […]
A critical look at the past week in boxing BIGGEST WINNER Mauricio Lara – Sometimes power is enough. Hometown favorite Leigh Wood was well ahead on the cards and seemingly in control of his first 122-pound title defense when Lara changed the trajectory of the fight instantaneously Saturday in Nottingham, England. A perfectly timed left […]
A critical look at the past week in boxing BIGGEST WINNER Mauricio Lara – Sometimes power is enough. Hometown favorite Leigh Wood was well ahead on the cards and seemingly in control of his first 122-pound title defense when Lara changed the trajectory of the fight instantaneously Saturday in Nottingham, England. A perfectly timed left […]
A critical look at the past week in boxing BIGGEST WINNER Mauricio Lara – Sometimes power is enough. Hometown favorite Leigh Wood was well ahead on the cards and seemingly in control of his first 122-pound title defense when Lara changed the trajectory of the fight instantaneously Saturday in Nottingham, England. A perfectly timed left […]
Instant classic? Former two-division titleholder Luis Nery stopped Azat Hovhannisyan in the 11th round of a 122-pound Fight of the Year candidate Saturday night at Fox Theater Pomona in Pomona, California. Nery (34-1, 26 KOs) used his superior boxing skills as much as he could to in an attempt to control the fight and avoid […]
Mauricio Lara might not be welcome in the U.K. again. The hard-punching Mexican, who handed Josh Warrington his first loss by knockout two years ago in Leeds, stopped hometown fighter and WBA featherweight titleholder Leigh Wood with a single left hook in the seventh round Saturday in Nottingham. Thus, Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs) became a […]
Mauricio Lara might not be welcome in the U.K. again. The hard-punching Mexican, who handed Josh Warrington his first loss by knockout two years ago in Leeds, stopped hometown fighter and WBA featherweight titleholder Leigh Wood with a single left hook in the seventh round Saturday in Nottingham. Thus, Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs) became a […]
Mauricio Lara might not be welcome in the U.K. again. The hard-punching Mexican, who handed Josh Warrington his first loss by knockout two years ago in Leeds, stopped hometown fighter and WBA featherweight titleholder Leigh Wood with a single left hook in the seventh round Saturday in Nottingham. Thus, Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs) became a […]
Nonito Donaire prides himself on being an upstanding citizen, in or out of the ring. That includes lending advice to prizefighters, including prospects. Donaire has not only lent advice in recent months to unbeaten bantamweight Dylan Price, but he will work his corner tonight as Price squares off against Jobert Alvarez at the Llevate Events […]