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” The best always misses one pray”, says an old saying, and I missed not one but four, in the recent and extensive work on the prominent presence of Mexican boxers in the universal arena. I missed  four names in the account I wrote almost from memory, using The Record …

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (September 15, 2023) – The always-entertaining “Scrappy” John Ramirez (12-0, 8 KOs) will co-headline the Zurdo vs. Smith Jr card with a 10-round, WBA Super Flyweight Final Eliminator fight against Panama City, Panama’s Ronal Batista (15-3, 9 KOs). The winner of the scrap will move on to fight for a world title. …

Kenshiro Teraji and Hekkie Budler will step into the ring on Monday at the Ariake Arena, in Koto-Ku, Japan, to fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) junior flyweight belt and the WBC crown. The Japanese champion will make a new defense of his title against the South African veteran …

DiBella Entertainment has joined Holden Productions in signing a co-promotional agreement with heavyweight McKenzie Morrison, son of legendary heavyweight Tommy Morrison. The 33-year-old Morrison (20-1-2, 18 KOs) is best known to boxing fans for his fifth-round stoppage of Hasim Rahman Jr. in April 2022 at the Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas. The fight, billed …

With the purpose of giving a new impulse to Venezuelan boxing, the World Boxing Association will implement in the country its development program called WBA Future Of Boxing, which aims to offer a platform for young prospects in the sport.  The Turmero Centro Recreacional Yesterday will be the epicenter of …

The current Spanish light heavyweight champion, Carlos Lamela will return to the ring to face the Argentinean Camilo Castagno next Saturday, September 16 at the Club de boxa, la cubierto in Badia del Valles, Catalonia.  The duel agreed to eight rounds will be the main fight of the card under …

Heavyweight contender Jerry “Slugger” Forrest(26-6-2, 20 KOs), of Newport News, VA, returns to the ring tomorrow night near his hometown headlining an event at John Marshall Hall, in Richmond, VA. He will take on Robert Hall Jr. (14-1, 11 KOs) in the eight-round main event. The card, titled “Ritz & Rumble” and promoted …

DiBella Entertainment is proud to announce the signing of Australian heavyweight sensation “Big Bad” Joe Goodall (10-1-1, 9 KOs). With an impressive amateur record and an innate talent for the sport, Goodall brings with him world class experience and a determination to get to a world title.  The six-foot-five Joe Goodall had an …

American Ramon Cardenas will have a great opportunity this weekend to obtain the second World Boxing Association (WBA) regional belt in his career when he faces Panamanian Rafael Pedroza at the Boeing Center at Tech Port, in San Antonio, Texas.  The local fighter will seek the pioneering body’s Continental Latin …

William Zepeda visited the Ford Boulevard Elementary School & Dual Language Academy to meet with students and employees of the Los Angeles institution on the eve of his fight against Mercito Gesta this Saturday.  The Mexican will defend his belt against the Filipino at the Commerce Casinoe this weekend and …

Saul Alvarez will return to the United States as the top boxing star to face Jermell Charlo in an intriguing fight on September 30 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. With just over two weeks to go before the fight, the Mexican had a public workout that could be …

Jermell Charlo is working like never before for his September 30 fight against Saul Alvarez. The American knows that this is possibly the most important fight of his career and this week he had a public training session as part of the promotion of the fight.  Charlo will move up …