Written by Nonito Donaire Jr. will get a chance to surpass his own record as the oldest bantamweight champion ever. The 40-year-old Donaire will face Mexican contender Alexandro Santiago for the vacant WBC bantamweight title, the sanctioning body announced Friday. The date and location for the fight have not been announced yet. The fight gives Donaire (42-7, […]
One thing British fans learned when Mauricio Lara upset Josh Warrington in 2021 is the Mexican knows only one way to fight: moving forward. And that’s OK with featherweight champion Leigh Wood, who will defend his belt against Lara on Saturday in his hometown of Nottingham. Wood, coming off his sensational final-round knockout of Michael […]
Mario Barrios injected life into his career. The welterweight contender, who was coming off consecutive losses, dropped Jovanie Santiago and then stopped him in the eighth round of a scheduled 10-round bout on the Rey Vargas-O’Shaquie Foster card Saturday in San Antonio. The official time of the stoppage was 1:42. The fight was competitive for […]
Two-time titleholder Rey Vargas and O’Shaquie Foster will fight for a vacant 130-pound title Saturday night on Showtime from the Alamodome in San Antonio. REY VARGAS (36-0, 22 KOS) VS. O’SHAQUIE FOSTER (19-2, 11 KOS) Date: Saturday, Feb. 11 Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show) Where: Alamodome, San […]
Editor’s note: This new version of Junkie Drawer will be a vehicle to report the news of the day in bite sized portions. Gervonta Davis will be arraigned on Feb. 23 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for allegedly striking the mother of his child in December, ESPN is reporting. The woman, Vanessa Posso, told police she […]
Aylcia Baumgardner became an undisputed champion on the Amanda Serrano-Erika Cruz card Saturday in New York City. Baumgardner, who entered the fight with three of the four major 140-pound titles, claimed the fourth by putting Elhem Mekhaled down twice and defeating the Frenchwoman by a wide decision. The official scores were 99-89, 99-89 and 98-90. […]
David Benavidez and Caleb Plant are both certain they’ll kick the other’s behind when they meet in a 168-pound title eliminator on pay-per-view March 25 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. They just say it in different ways. Benavidez sometimes speaks like he fights, with abandon. The former two-time beltholder isn’t shy when he […]
Hector Luis Garcia was one of the hottest fighters in the world going into his fight with Gervonta Davis on Jan. 7 in Washington, D.C. The Dominican stunned the boxing world by outpointing then-unbeaten Chris Colbert in February of last year and then did the same against Roger Gutierrez to win a 130-pound title in […]
Hector Luis Garcia was one of the hottest fighters in the world going into his fight with Gervonta Davis on Jan. 7 in Washington, D.C. The Dominican stunned the boxing world by outpointing then-unbeaten Chris Colbert in February of last year and then did the same against Roger Gutierrez to win a 130-pound title in […]
Artur Beterbiev made it 19 knockouts in as many fights by stopping Anthony Yarde in the eighth round Saturday night at OVO Arena Wembley in London. The Russian-Canadian also retained his three light heavyweight titles. Here are images from the fight. All photos by James Chance of Getty Images. Related Artur Beterbiev overcomes spirited effort […]