WBO junior lightweight world champion Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring hopes the wait is finally over. Herring, a decorated U.S. Marine veteran from Coram, N.Y., will make his second world title defense Saturday, Sept. 5 against Puerto Rican challenger Jonathan Oquendo at the MGM Grand Conference Center.
Former two-weight world champion Carl “The Jackal” Frampton and the unbeaten Michael “Mick” Conlan
(August 10, 2020) — Carl "The Jackal" Frampton will fight Scottish veteran Darren "Trayn-Wreck" Traynor in a 10-round lightweight bout this Saturday, August 15. Frampton was supposed to face Vahram Vardanyan, but visa issues forced Vardanyan to pull out of the fight last week.
(August 10, 2020) — Duke Ragan, the amateur fighting pride of Cincinnati, has elected to punch for pay. Ragan signed a multi-year professional pact with Top Rank, which will co-promote the 22-year-old with Antonio Leonard Promotions.
(August 10, 2020) – Midweek boxing comes to ESPN+ this Wednesday with the return of former world title challenger Jono Carroll, who will face off against veteran Maxi Hughes in the 10-round lightweight main event.
Top Rank announced today the signing of undefeated heavyweight knockout artist 6-foot-6 Efe Ajagba to a long-term promotional agreement.
LAS VEGAS — Ramirez-Postol, Take 3! The long-awaited showdown between WBC/WBO junior welterweight world champion Jose Ramirez and former world champion and WBC mandatory challenger Viktor “The Iceman” Postol will take place at the MGM Grand Conference Center Saturday, Aug. 29.
Jorge Linares is predicting a victory for Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) against Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) if the fight gets made between them this year. The former three-division world champion
Linares likes the speed and the power of the 21-year-old ‘Kingry’ Ryan, but he thinks he’s going to have a difficult time against Luke.
Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas is fighting next month on September 12th against Mikaël Zewski on ESPN at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mike Coppinger is reporting the news of the fight.
Devin Haney posted on social media on Wednesday in sending out a duck message to Adrien Broner, Vasily Lomachenko, Gervonta Davis, Teofimo Lopez, and Ryan Garcia.Haney didn’t include Shakur Stevenson on his list, which could mean that he doesn’t want any smoke from him.
Trainer Mickey Bey maintains that Devin Haney will clear out both the lightweight and light welterweight divisions without any problems.
Haney (24-0, 15 KOs) is ready to take on the best, and Bey is really predicting that he’ll beat Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.
LAS VEGAS — Leave the judges at home because Eleider “Storm” Alvarez and Joe “The Beast” Smith Jr. are coming for the knockout.
Alvarez and Smith will face off in a WBO light heavyweight world title eliminator in Top Rank’s return to the MGM Grand Conference Center Saturday, Aug. 22. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), Alvarez vs. Smith and a co-feature will stream live on ESPN+ starting at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
