The Mayer of New York City: Mikaela Mayer Dethrones Sandy Ryan Xander Zayas & Bruce Carrington prevail in co-feature bouts CLICK HERE for Photos (Courtesy: Mikey Williams/Top Rank) NEW YORK CITY (Sept. 27, 2024) — Mikaela Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) is once again a world champion. The former unified junior lightweight queen defeated bitter rival Sandy Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) via majority decision […]
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PFL EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIPS LYON ON SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER TO BE HEADLINED BY ABDOUL ABDOURAGUIMOV RETURNING TO ACTION AGAINST LAUREANO STAROPOLI PFL Europe Championships Lyon at the LDLC Arena on 14 December will be headlined by France’s Abdoul Abdouraguimov as he faces off against Argentina’s Laureano Staropoli in a Welterweight main event The evening will […]
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BOOTS AND BAM HEADLINE PHILLY BLOCKBUSTER ON NOV. 9 Ennis and Rodriguez defend World titles at Wells Fargo Center Raymond ‘Savage’ Ford will return to action up at Super-Featherweight when he takes on Orlando Gonzalez at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Saturday November 9, live worldwide on DAZN – with Ford leading the undercard […]
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Tripleheader includes Junior Middleweights Xander Zayas vs. Damian Sosa and Featherweights Bruce Carrington vs. Sulaiman Segawa ESPN+ Available on ESPN.com and ESPN App on Mobile and Connected TV Devices New York, NY (September 27th, 2024)– Top Rank Boxing on ESPN: Ryan vs. Mayer will be presented live this Friday, September 27, at 10:30 p.m. ET/ […]
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UFC Fight Night 243 Official Weigh-In Video & Betting Odds 3 p.m. ET: Main Card | 12 p.m. ET: Undercard Subscribe to ESPN+ UFC action is in Paris this weekend with UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis, live from Accor Arena on Saturday, Sept. 28, on ESPN+ (English and Spanish) and SiriusXM Fight Nation, with the main […]
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Fights to Watch This Weekend By: José A Maldonado, MFA Marco Antonio Rubio vs. Jorge Cota – Coahuila, Mexico “El Veneno” Rubio has challenged for numerous world titles, most recently against Julio César Chávez Jr., a WBC title bout he lost in February via unanimous decision. Including Chávez, Rubio (53-6-1-46 KOs) has faced such […]
Game Theory: A Review of the Pacquiao-Bradley Conspiracies Photo: boxingscene.com By: José A Maldonado, MFA Were you angry? Did you throw the remote control across the room before yelling at the TV screen? Or did you simply sit in a silence brought on by disbelief? Whatever your reaction to the Pacquiao-Bradley decision, I’d be willing […]
How Will We Remember Paul Williams’ Career? by: José A Maldonado, MFA The muscles in those impossibly long, skinny legs will now dystrophy. Nerves that once sent signals to pivot, cut, and slide across the ring will eventually forget how to send these messages. A long forgotten code. Arms that routinely pushed the limits of […]
Fights to Watch This Weekend By: José A Maldonado Boxing has experienced a bit of a hangover following Floyd Mayweather’s Pay Per View blockbuster bout against Miguel Cotto earlier this month. With most people waiting to see Manny Pacquiao take on Timothy Bradley in June, it’s easy to overlook what will go on between the […]
Real Combat Media Boxing Weekend Preview 5/12/12 By: José A Maldonado, MFA Maybe the 3rd time will be the charm for Brian Viloria as he defends his WBO flyweight title against 35 year old Omar Niño Romero in an encounter seen twice before. The two first met in 2006 when Romero (31-4-2-13 KOs) claimed the […]
Shane Mosley – Keys to Victory By: José A Maldonado, MFA One has claimed titles in three divisions and is on his way to the Hall of Fame; the other is making only the fourth defense of a belt he won when it was vacant. One has fought the likes of Oscar De La […]
Canelo Alvarez – Keys to Victory By: José A Maldonado, MFA One has claimed titles in three divisions and is on his way to the Hall of Fame; the other is making only the fourth defense of a belt he won when it was vacant. One has fought the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, […]
What’s Next for Chad Dawson? By: José A Maldonado A lot has been made of “Bad” Chad Dawson’s rematch victory over Bernard Hopkins, and rightfully so. Coming into the bout at 52-5-2-32 KOs, The Executioner, though not necessarily loved, is universally hailed a legend. He defended his middleweight crown a record 20 times, he’s faced […]
Seth Mitchell Has His Work Cut Out for Him By: José A Maldonado MFA This weekend we got to see how a rising heavyweight contender – an American no less – responds to adversity. For the first time in his career, Seth Mitchell was under heavy fire and it looked like he was on […]
Chad Dawson – Keys to Victory By: José A Maldonado MFA This Saturday at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, Chad Dawson and Bernard Hopkins have some serious unfinished business to attend to in a rematch featuring absolutely zero love lost and the WBC light heavyweight title at stake. The two hope to put on a much […]
Bernard Hopkins – Keys to Victory By: José A. Maldonado, MFA This Saturday at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, Chad Dawson and Bernard Hopkins have some serious unfinished business to attend to in a rematch featuring absolutely zero love lost and the WBC light heavyweight title at stake. The two hope to put on a […]
Weekend Preview – Abner Mares, Jermain Taylor, and More By: José A. Maldonado, MFA Saturday’s “Showtime Extreme” from El Paso, Texas will be headlined by Abner Mares as he makes his debut in the super bantamweight division. After cleaning out bantamweight, Mares (23-0-1-13 KOs) will look to make a splash at 122 to […]
Show Me the Money By: José A. Maldonado, MFA A hush fell over the crowd as the scores were read: 117-11 for Abril, then 116-112 and 115-113 for Ríos. Online message boards lit up immediately. Commentators met the result with derision. Somewhere up there the late Bert Sugar no doubt snatched his fedora off […]
What to Expect This Weekend 4/12/2012 By: José A. Maldonado, MFA So if you beat Manny Pacquiao in three fights, he won’t give you a fourth; at least, that’s what Juan Manuel Márquez found out recently. On Saturday he’ll be fighting in his hometown of Mexico City for the first […]
What We Learned This Weekend – 4-9-2012 Edition By: José A. Maldonado, MFA 36 year old Vic Darchinyan looked every bit his age Friday, falling to WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka in Tokyo. This could mark the end The Raging Bull’s fighting days at the elite level. Once one of boxing’s most feared punchers, […]
What to Expect This Weekend By: José A. Maldonado, MFA This Friday on an excellent fight card in Tokyo’s International Forum, former flyweight and super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan will challenge the relatively inexperienced Shinsuke Yamanaka for the WBC bantamweight title. Darchinyan, who came up short in Showtime’s Bantamweight Tournament, will look […]
What We Learned This Weekend – 4-2-2012 Edition By: José A. Maldonado, MFA Well, you can scratch that July 7th Antonio DeMarco vs. Jorge Linares bout. A totally uninspired Linares was supposed to get past Sergio Thompson to make it happen, but Mexico’s Thompson had other plans. As I pointed out in […]
What to Expect This Weekend By: José A. Maldonado, MFA In what is surely his quest for 100 victories, Luís Ramón Campas, better known as “Yori Boy” Campas, will fight in his native Sonora, Mexico on Friday against former title challenger Mauro Lucero (46-16-1-32 KOs). Campas’ best fights took place […]
Real Steele – The MeldrickTaylor vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Affair By: José A. Maldonado, MFA Two seconds. What can you do in two seconds? By the time you finish this sentence, two seconds will have already passed. In fact, it probably took less time for your computer to load this page. Take a look around […]
The Hottest Weight Divisions Today By: Boxing Writer José A. Maldonado, MFA In a boxing community so obsessed with Pound for Pound discussions and matchups, one has to wonder: what weight divisions are the most compelling? Where can we find not only dynamic personalities and storylines but, above all, the best, most competitive matchups? After […]
Afolabi Stops Brudov, Awaits Huck’s Decision By: Boxing Writer José A. Maldonado, MFA ESPRIT Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany – Ola Afolabi took care of business in an interim WBO bout, stopping his Russian opponent Valery Brudov in cruiserweight action this Saturday. The Brit, known as Kryptonite and residing in Los Angeles, dominated the fight, dropping Brudov […]
5 Reasons to Believe Timothy Bradley Can Pull the Upset By: José A. Maldonado, MFA Boxing’s Consolation Prize. The Manny Pacquiao Sweepstakes. The Sparring Session. Manny Pacquiao’s next bout has been called everything except a highly anticipated fight. That is because on June 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, undefeated junior […]
By: José A. Maldonado, MFA In a highly anticipated matchup, junior welterweights Marcos Maidana, 28, and Devon Alexander, 25, were meeting at 147 to try to make a splash in one of boxing’s most loaded divisions. The winner would no doubt move on to a become a major player in the division while the […]
By: José A. Maldonado, MFA This past Saturday, Paul “The Punisher” Williams fought Nobuhiro Ishida in what was his first fight in seven months. Of course, in the sport of boxing, this is hardly considered an extended hiatus, particularly when one considers that top fighters often fight once or twice a year. Williams’ break, however, seemed […]
