All Three Judges Agree 116-112, Usyk Outpoints Fury, Retains World Heavyweight Title By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (December 22, 2024)– Oleksandr Usyk, came on strongly in rounds six, seven, eight and nine to take complete control over a reactive Tyson Fury and retain the lineal, WBC, WBA and […]
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Former World Champion Wilfredo Benitez, 66, Moved to Chicago Hospital Intensive Care By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Known as ‘The Bible of Boxing’, former World Junior Welterweight, Welterweight and Super Welterweight World champion Wilfredo ‘El Radar’ Benitez, 66, in declining health for years under the care of his late mother, […]
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French WBC Super Bantamweight Champion Thierry Jacob Dies at 59 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Paris, France (December 25th, 2024)–Former southpaw World Boxing Council World Super Bantamweight champion Thierry Jacob has died of lung cancer in his native Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France at age 59. Between 1984 and 1994, Jacob compiled a […]
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UFC Fight Night Tampa Results & Video Highlights By MMA News UFC Fight Night took place tonight from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! In the main event, welterweights Colby Covington and Joaquin Buckley clashed. While in the co-main event, Cub Swanson faced Billy Quarantillo in a […]
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Usyk Favored by Decision in Kingdom Arena Rematch Before Return to Cruiserweight By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Sign up to Watch Usyk vs. Fury 2 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (December 21st, 2024)– Lineal World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is predicted to defeat former champion Tyson Fury by a split decision or […]
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Liam Paro vs. Richard Hitchins DAZN Video Highlights Liam Paro vs. Richardson Hitchins for the IBF World Junior Welterweight champion for the title at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico took place last Saturday night (December 7) on DAZN. Here are the video highlights from the event and the fight week videos below. Fight Week VIDEOS: […]
Welterweight Prospect Elijah Flores Secures Road Victory Against Omar Rosario and Remains Undefeated Photo Credit: Anthony Nieves / @platinum_shine_187 ORLANDO, FL (October 15, 2024) – Boxlab Promotions’ undefeated welterweight prospect Elijah Flores (9-0, 3 KOs) extended his perfect record with an impressive unanimous decision victory over Omar Rosario (13-2, 4 KOs). The bout, which took place this past Friday, October 11, 2024, […]
Undefeated Elijah Flores Steps Up Against Dangerous Opponent Omar Rosario Tonight in Puerto Rico CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO (October 11, 2024) – Boxlab Promotions’ undefeated welterweight prospect Elijah Flores (8-0, 3 KOs), from San Bernardino, CA, is set for a high stakes showdown against Omar Rosario (13-1, 4 KOs) in his opponent’s hometown of Caguas, Puerto Rico. The bout takes place tonight, Friday, […]
LIAM PARO VS. RICHARDSON HITCHINS IS OFFICIAL IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO Aussie returns to city of his triumph to defend World title against New York mandatory challenger – Puerto Rican stars feature on stacked undercard. Liam Paro will make the first defense of his IBF World Super-Lightweight title against Richardson Hitchins on Saturday December […]
CANELO VS. BERLANGA PRESSER, BETTING ODDS, MEDIA DAY & WEIGH-IN VIDEO CANELO ÁLVAREZ VS. EDGAR BERLANGA FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES & PHOTOS “Saturday night is gonna be very difficult for him, for sure. I’ve prepared for the knockout.” – Canelo “On Saturday night, I’m gonna make everyone a believer.” – Berlanga Canelo Promotions Presents Pound-For-Pound […]
FORMER UNIFIED WORLD CHAMPION STEPHEN FULTON JR. HEADLINES THREE-FIGHT PBC ON PRIME VIDEO LINEUP SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 LEADING UP TO CANELO VS. BERLANGA PAY-PER-VIEW Former Unified World Champion Stephen Fulton Jr. Battles Top Contender Carlos Castro in Featherweight Main Event Plus! Welterweight Slugger Roiman Villa Faces All-Action Contender Ricardo Salas & Undefeated Prospect Jonathan Lopez […]
CANELO ÁLVAREZ VS. EDGAR BERLANGA LOS ANGELES PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES & PHOTOS Also Featuring Erislandy Lara, Danny Garcia, Caleb Plant, Trevor McCumby, Rolando Romero & Manuel Jaimes Canelo Promotions Presents Pound-For-Pound Great & Mexican Superstar Canelo Álvarez Battling Undefeated Puerto Rican Knockout Artist Edgar Berlanga Saturday, September 14 Topping PBC Pay-Per-View Event Available on Prime […]
CANELO ÁLVAREZ HEADLINES MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND EXTRAVAGANZA REIGNITING MEXICO VS. PUERTO RICO RIVALRY AGAINST EDGAR BERLANGA Canelo Promotions Presents Pound-For-Pound Great & Mexican Superstar Canelo Álvarez Battling Undefeated Puerto Rican Knockout Artist Edgar Berlanga Saturday, September 14 Topping PBC Pay-Per-View Event Available on Prime Video from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas WBA Middleweight World […]
QUOTES AND IMAGES FROM THE FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE FOR SUBRIEL MATIAS VS. LIAM PARO Sign up to DAZN to see this Fight!!! WEIGHTS, IMAGES AND RUNNING ORDER FROM THE WEIGH-IN FOR SUBRIEL MATIAS VS. LIAM PARO Matias defends his IBF World Junior-Welterweight title against Paro in Puerto Rico Live on DAZN from 7.30pm ET […]
June 8: Xander Zayas-Patrick Teixeira Junior Middleweight Showdown Kicks Off Puerto Rican Day Parade Weekend at The Theater at MSG LIVE on ESPN Bruce Carrington & Jose Enrique Vivas clash in the 10-round featherweight co-feature Sky Sports will broadcast the event in the UK & Ireland Tickets on sale Wednesday, April 24 at 12 p.m. ET via Ticketmaster.com […]
MATÍAS MAKES HOMECOMING DEFENSE AGAINST PARO ON JUNE 15 Puerto Rican star hosts Australian challenger in Manatí Subriel Matías makes a homecoming return to Puerto Rico when he defends his IBF World Jr. Welterweight title against Liam Paro at the Coliseo Juan Aubín Cruz Abreu in Manatí on Saturday June 15, live worldwide on […]
JAKE PAUL GETS ANOTHER 1ST ROUND STOPPAGE & AMANDA SERRANO FIGHT IS CANCELLED WITH AN EYE INJURY “The Problem Child” notches his first victory of 2024 By DAZN San Juan, PR (March 3rd, 2024)– Jake Paul predicted a second-round knockout against Ryan Bourland. Well, he did even better than that. Paul overwhelmed Bourland toward […]
Sign up to DAZN San Juan, Puerto Rico (March 1st, 2024)– The event headlined by Amanda Serrano will give the multi-time women’s champion a chance to compete at home for the first time in nearly three years. Serrano, 35, (46-2, 30 Kos) will clash with Nina Meinke, 30, (18-3, 4 Kos) in the main event […]
David Morrell Jr. Assess Edgar Berlanga “I’ll Knock Him Out in One Round” HOUSTON, TX (February 26, 2024) – In a bold statement, undefeated WBA World Champion David Morrell Jr. (10-0, 9 KOs) has declared that rising star Edgar Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs), who is fresh off his sixth-round knockout over Padraig McCrory (18-1, 9 KOs), is nowhere near his level and that he […]
Edgar Berlanga Stops Padraig McCrory in Orlando, FL – Video Highlights By DAZN Orlando, FL (February 25th, 2024)– Edgar Berlanga started his career with 16 straight first-round knockouts. However, the five consecutive decision victories that followed left many wondering where Berlanga’s power went. Well, in the highest-stakes matchup of his pro journey, Berlanga reminded everyone […]
BERLANGA VS. MCCRORY: FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES Watch this Fight on DAZN IN-CAMP DOCUMENTARY: Berlanga and McCrory opened up their respective training camps to the Matchroom cameras – watch ‘Make The Days Count’ on the Matchroom YouTube channel. CAMP IMAGES: Berlanga images McCrory images Unbeaten Super-Middleweights clash on Saturday night in Orlando Eddie Hearn “Welcome to Orlando […]
SUBRIEL MATIAS SIGNS MULTI-FIGHT CO-PROMOTIONAL DEAL WITH MATCHROOM IBF Super-Lightweight king targeting early summer defense in Puerto Rico Subriel Matias has signed a multi-fight co-promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom and Fresh Productions. Matias (20-1 20 KOs) landed the vacant IBF Super-Lightweight title last February, forcing Jeremias Ponce to retire after five rounds of their […]
GIYASOV, VARGAS AND RIVERA FEATURE ON BERLANGA-MCCRORY UNDERCARD Two World title eliminators added to Orlando on Feb 24 Shakhram Giyasov meets Pablo Cesar Cano and Antonio Vargas faces Jonathan Rodriguez in World title eliminators, as hot prospect Yankiel Rivera fights for a first pro title on the undercard of the Super-Middleweight showdown between Edgar Berlanga and Padraig McCrory at Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida on Saturday February […]
OFFICIAL WEIGHTS AND PHOTOS GOLDEN BOY FIGHT NIGHT ON DAZN: TITO SANCHEZ VS. WALTER SANTIBAÑES LIVE FROM FANTASY SPRINGS ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 Click HERE for Photos Click HERE to Rewatch the Weigh-In Click HERE for PDF Bout Sheet Mandatory Credit: Cris Esqueda / Golden Boy ### Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Miguel […]
O’Shaquie Foster to Defend Junior Lightweight Crown against Abraham Nova at The Theater at Madison Square Garden LIVE on ESPN Foster-Nova will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. NEW YORK (Dec. 8, 2023) — WBC junior lightweight world champion O’Shaquie “Ice Water” Foster hopes to cool off the latest […]
Rafael Espinoza Dethrones Featherweight Champion Robeisy Ramirez Xander Zayas KOs Jorge Fortea in Co-Feature CLICK HERE for Photos (Courtesy: Mikey Williams/Top Rank) PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (Dec. 9, 2023) — Unbeaten Mexican Rafael Espinoza spent 10 years in the pro ranks before his first world title shot. And when the opportunity finally came, he made the most of it. Espinoza (24-0, 20 KOs) captured the […]
Weigh-In Results: Robeisy Ramirez vs. Rafael Espinoza TOMORROW at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT LIVE on ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN+ Charles F. Dodge Center (Pembroke Pines, Florida) • CLICK HERE for PHOTOS Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank • CLICK HERE for VIDEO Credit: Top Rank (ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) • Robeisy Ramirez 125.6 lbs. vs. Rafael Espinoza 125.3 lbs (Ramirez’s WBO Featherweight World […]
Derrieck Cuevas-Marlon Aguas Welterweight Showdown to Stream LIVE & Exclusively on ESPN+ Streaming action from Panama begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT (Nov. 28, 2023) — Puerto Rican welterweight contender Derrieck Cuevas returns against Ecuadorian veteran Marlon Aguas in the 10-round main event this Friday, Dec. 1 at Coliseo de Combates Pandeportes in Panama City, Panama. Cuevas looks to […]
Xander Zayas: “I’m Determined to Position Myself as a Top Contender!” Zayas returns against Jorge Fortea on Saturday, December 9 at Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida & LIVE on ESPN CLICK HERE for Training Photos Courtesy: Top Rank FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2023) — Puerto Rican junior middleweight contender Xander Zayas hopes to close the year on an […]
FRIDAY: Jonathan Gonzalez-Gerardo Zapata Light Flyweight Title Showdown to Stream LIVE & Exclusively on ESPN+ Fight action from Nicaragua begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT (Oct. 23, 2023) —Puerto Rico’s WBO light flyweight world champion, Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez, will defend his world title against hometown favorite Gerardo Zapata this Friday, Oct. 27 at Alexis Arguello Sports Complex in […]
OSCAR “EL PUPILO” COLLAZO’S HISTORY MAKING DEFENSE ENDS IN A SUCCESSFUL TKO VICTORY IN HIS NATIVE PUERTO RICO Click HERE for Photos Photo credit: Miguel Cotto Promotions / Julian Herencia SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (August 26, 2023) – In a history-making performance in front of a massive showing of thousands of Puerto Ricans in attendance at the […]
OSCAR “EL PUPILO” COLLAZO TO MAKE HIS FIRST WORLD TITLE DEFENSE IN HIS HOMELAND OF PUERTO RICO AGAINST GAREN “HELLBOY” DIAGAN OF THE PHILIPPINES GOLDEN BOY FIGHT NIGHT ON DAZN RETURNS ON AUGUST 26 LIVE FROM COLISEO ROBERTO CLEMENTE IN SAN JUAN TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY, JULY 31! SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (July 28, 2023) – […]
“WEDNESDAY NIGHT FIGHTS” RETURNS TO KISSIMMEE JULY 26! IT’S PUERTO RICO vs MEXICO IN THE MAIN EVENT AT THE KISSIMMEE CIVIC CENTER June 16, 2023, Plant City, FL. — ProBox TV returns to Kissimmee, Florida with a classic Puerto Rico vs. Mexico battle. Puerto Rico’s Orlando Gonzalez and Mexico’s Ramiro Cesena will mêlée in a ten […]
June 10: Xander Zayas to Fight for Second Annual Miguel Cotto Award in Co-Feature to Josh Taylor-Teofimo Lopez at The Theater at MSG Taylor-Lopez and Zayas-Ronald Cruz will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT Tickets are ON SALE NOW at Ticketmaster.com NEW YORK (May 23, 2023) —Junior middleweight phenom Xander […]
PROGRAIS DEFENDS WBC CROWN AGAINST ZORRILLA IN NEW ORLEANS Puerto Rican lands dream World title shot against ‘Rougarou’ on June 17 Regis Prograis will defend his WBC World Super-Lightweight title against Danielito Zorrilla on Saturday June 17 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, live worldwide on DAZN. TICKETS FOR PROGRAIS VS. ZORILLA ARE ON SALE NOW […]
*QUOTES, PHOTOS AND VIDEO* OSCAR COLLAZO HOSTS MEDIA WORKOUT IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO AHEAD OF HIS HISTORIC CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AGAINST THE PHILIPPINES’ MELVIN JERUSALEM BROADCAST LIVE ON DAZN FROM FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO TICKETS STILL ON SALE! Click HERE for Photos Click HERE for B-Roll Footage Mandatory Credit: Miguel Cotto Promotions SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (May 17, 2023) – On […]
Reflections on the Career of Middleweight Gatekeeper King, Gabriel Rosado Editorial By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent The recent retirement of 46 bouts middleweight top ten contender gatekeeper Gabriel ‘King’ Rosado was the correct decision, as his career had hit the probable end of the boxing road. Rosado, age 37, a Philadelphian […]
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