Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov is official. Crawford, the 147-pound champion and pound-for-pound king, will be moving up in weight to challenge the WBA 154-pound beltholder on Aug. 3 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, it was formally announced on Wednesday. The (...)
Ryan Garcia's dominating victory over Devin Haney on Saturday created a tricky situation here. On one hand, Garcia turned in arguably the best performance of the year so far, putting his No. 10-ranked pound-for-pound opponent down three times and winning a majority (...)
Jaime Munguia was in the right place at the right time when Jermall Charlo fell out as Canelo Alvarez’s expected opponent and the young Mexican, the next best choice, was selected to face his superstar countryman on May 4 in Las Vegas. Munguia’s mission now is to take (...)
FIGHT WEEK Junior welterweight contender Jose Ramirez is set to return from a 13-month layoff against veteran Rances Barthelemy on Saturday in Fresno, California. JOSE RAMIREZ (28-1, 18 KOs) VS. RANCES BARTHELEMY (30-2-1, 15 KOs) (...)
A critical look at the past week in boxing BIGGEST WINNER Ryan Garcia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPuGVHsTMn0 We don’t know whether or to what extent Garcia is off his rocker. He exhibited signs of serious issues in the lead-up to his fight against Devin Haney on Saturday, (...)
Ryan Garcia delivered one of the most significant upsets in years, putting 140-pound champ and pound-for-pounder Devin Haney down three times and defeating him by a majority decision Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Here are images from the fight. All photos by Al (...)
A good left hook can take a fighter a long way. Even if his skill set is limited. Even if he’s crazy. Ryan Garcia was as good in the ring on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn as he was whacky leading up to his fight against Devin Haney, putting the 140-pound champ down (...)
Ryan Garcia served up one last bit of weirdness. The 140-pound contender, who is scheduled to face Devin Haney on pay-per-view Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, lost the right to fight for Haney's WBC belt when he came in 3.2 pounds over the division limit (...)
The drama continues. Ryan Garcia on Friday came in 3.2 pounds over the 140-pound limit for his pay-per-view fight with titleholder Devin Haney on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The fight will go on but Garcia will be $1.5 million poorer, as his team has indicated he (...)
Devin Haney on Thursday said what everyone was thinking after the final news conference to promote his 140-pound title defense against Ryan Garcia on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “Something is wrong with this m-----f-----,” Haney said near the (...)
