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
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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
12:00 AM ET So often in boxing there is a fight on the horizon but it’s really about the much bigger fight that is supposed to come after that. Never has it been any truer than in the case of junior welterweight Regis Prograis, viewed by many as the No. 1 fighter in the world
8:15 PM ET The supposed “rematch” between Hall of Fame former heavyweight world champions Lennox Lewis and Vitali Klitschko is not set despite the WBC’s announcement Tuesday. The sanctioning organization said Tuesday that Lewis and Klitschko, both former WBC champions, would meet in an exhibition match during the organization’s annual convention, which will take place
4:09 PM ET The semifinals of the Jose Sulaiman World Invitational welterweight tournament will take place on Aug. 25 at Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Boxing has announced. There has never been a fighter quite like Manny Pacquiao before, and it’s unlikely there ever will be again — not for a
1:36 PM ET There will be a “Monster” on the loose in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament this fall. Naoya Inoue, also known as “The Monster,” joined the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournaments. It is something of a coup for tournament organizers to lure him into the field. The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP