Gennadiy Golovkin gives up WBA middleweight title 03/10/202303/09/2023 Rob Smith Gennadiy Golovkin vacated his last remaining middleweight title today, giving up his WBA strap, leaving ‘regular’ champion Erislandy Lara as the only champ with the sanctioning body. read full article
Tank Davis – Ryan Garcia – 146-pound rehydration clause 03/09/202303/08/2023 Rob Smith Ryan Garcia and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis has a 10-lb rehydration clause and can’t weigh more than 146-pounds the secondary weigh-in on the morning of their fight next month on April 22 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. read full article
Gervonta Davis – Ryan Garcia at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on April 22 03/10/202303/07/2023 Rob Smith The Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis vs. Ryan Garcia organizers have opted to stage their April 22 mega-fight at the smaller T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas rather than at Allegiant Stadium. read full article
Jermall Charlo fighting “credible” opponent in June or July says Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza 03/06/202303/05/2023 Rob Smith Stephen Espinoza of Showtime Sports says he’s finalizing a fight for WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo to return to the ring after a two-year layoff in June or July against a “credible” opponent to get him prepared for a more significant match for later this year against someone like Carlos Adames. read full article
Tony Harrison: “Tim Tszyu is a basic fighter” 03/02/2023 Rob Smith Tony Harrison (29-3-1, 21 KOs) says he views Tim Tszyu (21-0, 15 KOs) as a basic fighter and not the huge puncher that his famous father, Kostya Tszyu, many years ago. read full article
Tim Tszyu – Tony Harrison on March 11th on Showtime 03/02/202303/01/2023 Rob Smith Tim Tszyu and Tony Harrison will battle for the WBO 154-lb interim belt on Showtime on Saturday, March 11th, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. read full article
WBO orders Terence Crawford vs. Alexis Rocha 02/27/2023 Rob Smith The WBO has ordered welterweight champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford to defend against #1 Alexis ‘Lex’ Rocha next and they have 20 days to bang out a deal before a purse bid is scheduled to take place. read full article
Keyshawn Davis and Jared Anderson added to Stevenson vs. Yoshino card on April 8th on ESPN 02/27/2023 Rob Smith Jared Anderson and Keyshawn Davis have been added to the April 8th card on ESPN at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. read full article
Tyson Fury wants Jake Paul rematch against Tommy 02/27/202302/26/2023 Rob Smith Tyson Fury says he’d like to see a rematch between Jake Paul and his promoter Tommy Fury despite Jake clearly losing the fight on Sunday night by a somewhat one-sided eight round split decision in Saudi Arabia. read full article
Jeremias Ponce on stoppage: “I wanted to continue, I want a rematch” 02/26/202302/26/2023 Rob Smith Jeremias Ponce (30-1, 20 KOs) says he felt he could have continued on Saturday night in his fifth round stoppage loss to Subriel Matias (19-1, 19 KOs) in their battle for the vacant IBF light welterweight title at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. read full article