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Championships traded hands in Florida tonight. Undefeated Danish fighter Dina Thorslund and undefeated Canadian Tamm Thibeault walked away with world titles on Saturday. Thorslund (25-0) had never lost a fight as a pro and walked away with the undisputed bantamweight championship after 10 rounds against Australia’s Cherneka Johnson (19-3) at the Caribe Royale Orlando in […]

Claressa Shields Returns to Middleweight for Atlanta Showdown Against Kaye Scott Long before the Olympic Committee voted to include women’s boxing in the 2012 London Olympics, I was covering female pro boxing as early as 1993. Very few sports reporters bothered to write about women’s boxing. So, I stood out. Other reporters, editors, boxing managers […]

Serrano Looks to Make History in Temecula Southern California and Las Vegas are connected by more than just the Interstate-215. Boxing has always been a lure to both regions. Amanda Serrano arrives in So Cal with Most Valuable Promotions to perform on Friday; then the next day, on Saturday, a couple of welterweights clash for […]

TEMECULA, CA. – With millions watching on Tik Tok Live around the world, Amanda Serrano sought to add Lucrecia Manzur as her 33rd knockout victim, but the Argentina slugger proved too tough for that, and Serrano won by split-decision after12 rounds on Friday. “The girls are getting younger and stronger,” Serrano said. Serrano (50-4-1, 32 […]

This Saturday in boxing, it’s man versus woman in England. Two rival shows roughly 118 miles apart take place between a women’s main event featuring Mikaela Mayer versus Chantelle Cameron in Birmingham, England and male heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma fighting in London on Saturday. Who are you going to watch? The first time this occurred […]

Cameron Wins by Unanimous Decision Never fight in England if you’re an American champion. That’s the lesson Chantelle Cameron proved to Mikaela Mayer as once again a British fighter emerged victorious with Cameron winning several super welterweight world titles in the process on Saturday. Cameron (23-1, 8 KOs) scrapped her way to victory in front […]

The Queen’s Final Bow: Taylor Retires on Top In a stadium tinted in green, Ireland’s greatest Katie Taylor unleashed her speedy fists to win a convincing unanimous decision over France’s Flora Pili and become a three-time undisputed world champion on Saturday. And then she bid farewell to more than 80,000 Irish fans. “We brought back […]

Super welters and welterweights rule this weekend in boxing. Giovani Santillan (35-1) meets former world titlist Abass Baraou (17-2) at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, Calif. on Friday Sept. 11. It’s the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 tragedies in New York City and Washington D.C. ProBoxTV will stream the card on YouTube. Santillan is a native […]

On tonight’s Zuffa Boxing card, Ryan Garcia defends his WBC welterweight title against Conor Benn at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The co-main event features Australian Jai Opetaia defending his Zuffa Boxing and The Ring cruiserweight title against Armenian veteran Noel Mikaelian. The Garcia vs Benn fight is expected to be predominately about speed […]

Ryan Garcia (26-2, 21 KOs) said he would knock out Conor Benn (25-2, 14 KOs) within five rounds. He needed only two. Garcia dropped Benn with a right hand in the second round and then finished him along the ropes at 1:25, retaining his WBC welterweight title Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. Benn came forward […]