LAS VEGAS – Vito Mielnicki Jr. handled Alexis Salazar much easier Saturday than highly touted contender Xander Zayas dealt with Salazar 11 months earlier.
Mielnicki dropped Salazar three times in the first round and stopped the Mexican veteran just 2:27 into their scheduled 10-round junior…
Danny Garcia hated to admit it but even someone as mentally strong as he is felt burnt out. He didn’t make too many excuses following his 2020 loss to Errol Spence Jr. but he noticed that he was lethargic all night long.
Garcia (37-3, 21…
LAS VEGAS – Vito Mielnicki Jr. sees Alexis Salazar as the most formidable opponent of his four-year pro career.
Mielnicki feels he couldn’t be better prepared for their fight Saturday night, though, after sparring almost a hundred rounds against Jermall Charlo during his recently completed…
Hector Luis Garcia considers his lone loss an aberration.
Ten months after his ninth-round, technical-knockout defeat to Gervonta Davis, the Dominican southpaw plans to prove that he is a much more formidable fighter than he showed that night against one of boxing’s most dangerous knockout…
Time waits for no one. And it certainly didn’t wait for Jermall Charlo.
There was a point in time when it seemed like Charlo was a prominent figure and one of the best fighters in the world. He might still be that, but he has…
LAS VEGAS – David Benavidez’s promoter expects Demetrius Andrade to give his fighter more problems than Caleb Plant posed eight months earlier. (photo by Ryan Hafey)
Ultimately, however, Sampson Lewkowicz favors Benavidez to defeat Andrade by knockout before the start of the 11th round Saturday…
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Anthony Smith is stepping up on short notice to take on one of the UFC’s surging light heavyweights.
On Friday, UFC CEO Dana White announced that due to illness, Azamat Murzakanov is out of his scheduled…
Jermall Charlo either had a healthy helping of food during Thanksgiving week or his lack of preparation following a 29-month layoff contributed to him missing weight Friday for his Saturday night bout against Jose Benavidez Jr.
The 160-pound WBC champion Charlo called to negotiate a…
LAS VEGAS – David Benavidez was 19 years old the last time he encountered a southpaw in an official fight.
Demetrius Andrade is not an ordinary left-handed opponent, either, but Benavidez feels completely comfortable as their 12-round super middleweight title fight nears. Unlike many orthodox…