12:34 AM ET Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is set to announce the signing of several boxers at a news conference scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in New York in conjunction with his recently announced deal with the all-sports streaming service DAZN, and junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker is poised to be one of them.
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12:31 PM ET Noel Zarate For fighters who have not personally experienced going up against Manny Pacquiao believe analyzing video and putting together game plans against sparring partners will help them prep for Manny Pacquiao. Once those fighters survive the first round, they usually have a different perspective on Pacquiao’s speed and power. It was
12:32 AM ET Noel Zarate Any doubts that Manny Pacquiao still has something left were put to rest as he dominated WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse, scoring a seventh-round knockout of Matthysse at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. So where does Pacquiao go from here and who are the possible opponents? AP Photo/John Locher
12:12 AM ET In his return to the ring, Manny Pacquiao defeated Lucas Matthysse via seventh-round technical knockout to claim the WBA welterweight title Saturday night in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The fight was Pacquiao’s first since his controversial unanimous decision loss to Australia’s Sam Horn in July 2017. Pacquiao dropped Matthysse three times en route
2:53 AM ET Carlo Pamintuan A year after his last professional fight, Manny Pacquiao proved that making the welterweight limit is still not a problem for him as he weighed in a full pound below the limit at 146 pounds at the official weigh-in held at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Kuala
10:42 PM ET Joet Gonzalez remained undefeated following a 10-round split decision over Tijuana’s Rafael Rivera in a close, hard-fought featherweight bout Friday. The match was the main event of a Golden Boy on ESPN card at the Novo at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. Rivera (25-2-1, 1 NC, 16 KOs) attacked the body
12:00 AM ET When he first went to the gym as a 10-year-old, all Joet Gonzalez wanted was to lose some weight and learn how to defend himself against bullies who were picking on him in school. Little did he think that one day he would be an undefeated prospect fighting the main event on
11:26 AM ET Sid Ventura KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — It will be another title defense in Fresno, California for International Boxing Federation (IBF) super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas. Matchmaker Sean Gibbons, who co-manages Ancajas’ career, made the announcement on Friday at a lunch-press conference with members of the Philippine media. “Best exciting news Thursday that
6:15 AM ET Deontay Wilder insists a potential fight with Anthony Joshua will take place with a 50-50 split. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn and Wilder’s manager Shelly Finkel have both blamed the other as a potential unification fight failed to get signed for this year. Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn had no intention of making
5:57 PM ET Newly crowned junior welterweight world titleholder Maurice Hooker was arrested for drunken driving early Tuesday in his hometown of Dallas. Hooker, 28, was pulled over by police for speeding at 1:50 a.m. CT, and while he was being followed by a Dallas police car, he crashed into a squad car ahead of