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A critical look at the past week in boxing BIGGEST WINNERS Leigh Wood, Alexis Rocha, Luis Alberto Lopez Wood, Rocha and Lopez gave impressive performances Saturday in separate locations. Wood (27-3, 16 KOs) stood out. First, he made a bold move by facing Maurcio Lara (26-3-1, 19 KOs) in an immediate rematch after Lara knocked […]
Alexis Rocha delivered a brutal beatdown Saturday in Indio, California. The 147-pounder contender capped a dominating performance by stopping overmatched Anthony Young in the fifth round of a scheduled 12-rounder at Fantasy Springs Casino. Roach (23-1, 15 KOs) bolstered his position as the WBO’s No. 1 contender, behind only champion Terence Crawford. ALEXIS ROCHA ENDS […]
INDIO, Calif. – Lightweight Oscar Duarte is making a case to be mentioned amongst the best fighters at 135 pounds. Duarte dropped D’Angelo Keyes twice en route to a knockout win after the seventh round Saturday night before a near sellout crowd at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. The 27-year-old Duarte, who resides in Parral, […]
INDIO, Calif. – Another fight, another win for Alexis Rocha. Before a partisan crowd, Rocha broke down Anthony Young, eventually dropping him to the canvas and notching a knockout win in round 5 at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. Rocha, who is ranked No. 10 by The Ring, improved to 22-1, 15 knockouts. From the […]
INDIO, Calif. – Oscar Collazo won a world title and made history Saturday night. Collazo broke down Melvin Jerusalem of the Philippines, forcing Jerusalem to remain on his stool after the seventh round to win the WBO world strawweight title. The southpaw Collazo (now 7-0, 5 knockouts) became the fastest fighter from Puerto Rico to […]
A lot happened during the first 20 days of May, but nothing captured the attention (as well as the ire) of fans as the undisputed lightweight championship between Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko. Haney (30-0, 15 KOs) retained all of the 135-pound title belts with a unanimous decision (116-112, 115-113, 115-113) over the former champ, […]
Luis Alberto Lopez is now officially a Brit killer. The Mexican won the IBF 126-pound title by outpointing Josh Warrington last December in Leeds. On Saturday, in his first defense, he stopped Michael Conlan with a single shot in Conlan’s hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The fight at SSE Arena was competitive for most of […]
Leigh Wood regained his WBA featherweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Mauricio Lara on Saturday at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The rematch was streamed live on DAZN. Wood, The Ring’s No. 7-ranked featherweight, was stopped in seven rounds by Lara three months ago. He opted to exercise his rematch clause, which […]
New WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith lived out his dream, winning a world title in front of his hometown fans in the football stadium of his hometown team that he has supported since he was a child. A crowd of more than 15,000 roared him to an upset win on Saturday over his former gymmate […]
Leigh Wood did his job by making weight. Then he did his job in the ring. Wood, who lost his 126-pound title to Maurico Lara by knockout in February, turned the tables on the Mexican by putting him down and winning a unanimous decision Saturday night in Manchester, England. The official scores were 118-109, 118-109 […]