Nigeria Boxing news

By Dan Ambrose: Ryan Garcia spent a good portion of his post-fight news conference last Friday night discussing his next fight against Jorge Linares in July. It’s the next test or the 21-year-old Garcia in facing the talented former three division world champion Linares, who wiped out his past opponent Carlos Morales (19-5-4, 8 KOs) […]
Read full article: Ryan Garcia: ‘WATCH what I do to Jorge Linares’ @Boxing News 24

ANAHEIM — Ryan Garcia packed the house and quickly closed the show.
With a perfectly-timed counter left hand to the jaw of Francisco Fonseca, Garcia delivered a cold-blooded one-punch knockout in the first round and jolted a crowd of 10,310 at the Honda Center on Friday night.YES. @KINGRYANG JUST DID THAT. pic.twitter.com/yM6av30sqA
— DAZN USA (@DAZN_USA) February 15, 2020“I saw the left hook, it was there,” Garcia explained immediately afterward on the DAZN broadcast. &l

ANAHEIM — Ryan Garcia packed the house and quickly closed the show.
With a perfectly-timed counter left hand to the jaw of Francisco Fonseca, Garcia delivered a cold-blooded one-punch knockout in the first round and jolted a crowd of 10,310 at the Honda Center on Friday night.YES. @KINGRYANG JUST DID THAT. pic.twitter.com/yM6av30sqA
— DAZN USA (@DAZN_USA) February 15, 2020“I saw the left hook, it was there,” Garcia explained immediately afterward on the DAZN broadcast. &l

By Barry Holbrook: IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin‘s defense against Kamil Szeremeta  has now been pushed to May for either Kazakhstan or the U.S.  This will be the fourth time this fight has been moved. It was supposed to be in February, then it was ssubsequently moved to March, then April and now May. If […]
Read full article: Gennadiy Golovkin vs. Kamil Szeremeta now taking place in May @Boxing News 24

By Dean Berman: WBC ‘Champion in Recess’ 135lb belt holder Devin Haney got in the face of Ryan ‘Kingry’ Garcia last Friday night and the two jawed at each other moments after Ryan’s first round knockout of Francisco Fonseca (25-3-2, 19 KOs) at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Haney (24-0, 15 KOs) made it […]
Read full article: Ryan Garcia to Devin Haney: ‘I’m the REAL champ’ @Boxing News 24

By Scott Gilfoid: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions has set a Monday deadline for Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn to agree to the offer that he’s given to his fighters Billy Joe Saunders and Callum Smith for one of the two to face Canelo Alvarez on May 2. Hearn has tough decision […]
Read full article: De La Hoya gives Monday DEADLINE to Saunders and Callum Smith to accept Canelo fight offer @Boxing News 24

By Kenneth Friedman: In a destructive performance, Ryan ‘Kingry’ Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) defended his WBC Silver 135-lb belt in beating challenger Francisco Fonseca (25-3-2, 19 KOs) by a 1st round knockout last Friday night on February 14. The fight was shown on DAZN Immediately after the fight, Garcia revealed that he wants to beat […]
Read full article: Ryan Garcia: ‘I’m going to SHOCK the world in 2020 when I beat Linares, Campbell and Gervonta’ @Boxing News

In a much-anticipated fight night at The Honda Center in Anaheim, California, fans witnessed rising lightweight sensation Ryan Garcia (20-0,17 KOs) earn yet another first-round knockout of Francisco Fonseca (25-3-2, 19 KOs) to remain undefeated. Garcia’s lightening hand speed and combinations lead him to an impressive victory that further proves he’s ready for a world […]
Read full article: Photos / Results: Ryan Garcia Knocks Out Fonseca In Stunning Fashion @Boxing News 24

In a much-anticipated fight night at The Honda Center in Anaheim, California, fans witnessed rising lightweight sensation Ryan Garcia (20-0,17 KOs) earn yet another first-round knockout of Francisco Fonseca (25-3-2, 19 KOs) to remain undefeated. Garcia’s lightening hand speed and combinations lead him to an impressive victory that further proves he’s ready for a world […]
Read full article: Photo / Results: Ryan Garcia Knocks Out Fonseca In Stunning Fashion @Boxing News 24

Undefeated 21-year-old lightweight prospect Isaac Cruz stunned ShoBox: The New Generation veteran Thomas Mattice in a closely contested majority decision win in the ShoBox main event Friday night from 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pa. Watch the fight highlights HERE Cruz, of Mexico City, rode his superior work rate, a lethal body attack, and his ability […]
Read full article: Boxing Results: Isaac Cruz defeats Thomas Mattice @Boxing News 24

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Thomas Mattice was not playing along. It didn’t matter to Mexican lightweight Isaac Cruz. Head down, chin on chest and willing to play the chasing game, he bulled forward, missing with looping, wild swings sometimes, and connecting with rib shots when he was able to burrow into Mattice’s grill.
Cruz was not about to let Mattice end his winning streak.
And he didn’t.
Cruz won a majority decision on Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation Friday night

ANAHEIM, California – Ryan Garcia made it two first-round KOs in a row by icing normally durable former title challenger Francisco Fonseca 80 seconds into their DAZN main event at the Honda Center on Friday.
Last November, in the co-feature to the Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev fight, Garcia blasted Romero Duno with fight-ending right-hook combination in the first round. On Friday, he only needed the left hook to starch Fonseca, who had lasted eight rounds with Gervonta Davis and went the d

By Mark Eisner: WBC Silver lightweight champion Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) destroyed former two time world title challenger Francisco Fonseca (25-3-2, 19 KOs) by a first round knockout on Friday night on DAZN at the Honda Arena in Anaheim, California. Garcia, 21, landed a single left hook in the head of Fonseca that knocked […]
Read full article: Boxing Results: Ryan Garcia OBLITERATES Francisco Fonseca in 1st round KO @Boxing News 24

ANAHEIM, California – Jorge Linares further distanced himself from a shocking first-round KO loss to Pablo Cano last January and advanced closer to a high-profile crossroads showdown with Ryan Garcia by stopping normally durable spoiler Carlos Morales in the fourth-round of their co-feature to the Garcia-Fonseca bout on Friday at the Honda Center.
Linares (47-5, 29 KOs), a three-division titleholder and former Ring Magazine lightweight champ, boxed well from the onset of the DAZN-streamed

ANAHEIM, California – Alexis Rocha was taken the 10-round distance for only the second time of his budding pro career against seasoned veteran Brad Solomon on Friday night on the Ryan Garcia-Francisco Fonseca undercard at the Honda Center. The fight was streamed live on DAZN.
Rocha (16-0, 10 KOs), a heavy handed 22-year-old southpaw from Santa Ana, California, won by tallies of 100-89, 99-90 and 97-92 in a bout that most observers believed was very competitive and should have been closer o

ANAHEIM — Blair “The Flair” Cobbs kept his record perfect after receiving a split-decision (two socres of 96-93 for Cobbs, one tally of 94-95 for Kotey) win over Samuel Kotey on Friday night, but it wasn’t in the glamorous fashion that precedes the welterweight from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“I got to hand it to him,” Cobbs said to a round of boos. “He’s got a hell of a chin. That guy was tough.”
Cobbs (14-0-1, 9 KOs) got a great reception

ANAHEIM — Bektemir Melikuziev maintained his perfect record and his ranking with a two-knockdown blowout of Oscar Cortes. Streamed live on DAZN, the super middleweight contest was scheduled for ten rounds.
Melikuziev, otherwise known as “Bek the Bully”, didn’t waste any time in getting rid of an opponent on very short notice of this fight after Marco Antonio Periban fell hours before the weigh-in. Cortes (27-6, 14 KOs) seemed itching to go down after feeling the power of

By Allan Fox: Caleb ‘Sweethands’ Plant made weight on Friday in coming in at 166.75 lbs for his title defense of his IBF super middleweight belt against his IBF mandatory Vincent Feigenbutz for their fight on Saturday night on Fox Deportes and FOX PBC Fight Night at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The 24-year-old […]
Read full article: Caleb Plant 166¾ vs. Vincent Feigenbutz 165¼ – weigh-in results @Boxing News 24