The talented Texas native has been through hell and back and is brimming with confidence ahead of his world title showdown versus Rey Vargas Saturday night on SHOWTIME. O’Shaquie Foster was the rambunctious type growing up. He would run around causing mayhem everywhere he went, including driving every trainer and fighter up a wall in…
John Ramirez will make the first defense of his North American Boxing Association (NABA) super flyweight crown against Mexican Luis Padilla on February 23 at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Los Angeles. The 26-year-old American is an emerging talent who comes from knocking out Jan Salvatierra in May last year to become the NABA…
The Newcastle Arena will witness a very interesting World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight eliminator between two undefeated fighters. Britain’s Thomas Patrick Ward will face Uzbekistan’s Otabek Kholmatov in a showdown that will be a must-win. Patrick Ward is ranked number one by the pioneering organization and will face Kholmatov, who is ranked number two. Both…
World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Americas featherweight champion Raymond Ford will face Jessie Magdaleno on April 8 at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas, in a fight that generates a lot of expectations. Ford and Magdaleno are both aspirants for a world title shot and this fight will be very important…
Uzbekistan’s Murodjon Akhmadaliev will return to the ring on April 8 to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Bantamweight Super Championship against Marlon Tapales at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. The 28-year-old southpaw fighter is also an IBF champion, a title that will be at stake during this bout…
Kirstie Bavington will face Kandi Wyatt on March 10 for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Intercontinental welterweight title at The Hangar Events Venue in Wolverhampton, England. The Brit, who is looking to break into boxing’s elite, will face Canadian Wyatt, a former world title challenger who has been on a layoff and now feels ready…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) ordered the bout between super middleweight super champion, Gennady Golovkin, and the champion of the category, Erislandy Lara, which is part of the World Title Reduction Plan of the pioneer organization. The WBA Championships Committee granted a 15-day negotiation period to both fighters, which began on February 8 and will…
Super lightweight contenders Ohara Davies and Lewis Ritson will step into the ring on February 25 in Newcastle for a World Boxing Association (WBA) eliminator fight. The Newcastle Arena will host the clash between two good fighters who want to fight for the world title and a victory would bring them closer to their goal. …
The Cuadrilátero gym has been the most important gym in the history of boxing in Colombia. The venue located in the city of Barranquilla, which had been closed for the last three years, has reopened its doors to continue writing the history of the sport. A joint effort of the businessman Saúl Ballesteros, the promoter…
The unbeaten Cuban heavyweight took a hard road to his showdown versus Viktor Faust Saturday night on PBC on SHOWTIME. There were no locks, no bars, and no chow lines, but Cuban heavyweight Lenier Pero called that two-year period in which he was banned from boxing a mental prison. Pero was free to walk the…
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Two guests facing the biggest tasks of their pro careers let it all hang out in this week’s episode. Top super featherweight contender O’Shaquie Foster and trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. are this week’s guests on The PBC Podcast. Foster reflects on how he’s gotten to this point, breaks down his world title showdown versus unbeaten…