World champions Naoya Inoue and Hiroto Kyoguchi will star in a charity event called “Legend”, to be held on February 11, in Tokyo, Japan. The two fighters will join other great Japanese boxers, who will perform different exhibition bouts for differen...
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One of the greatest in-ring action heroes of the 21st century has elected to call it a career. Former three-division champion Akira Yaegashi has officially hung up his boxing gloves, announcing his retirement on Tuesday after 14 years in the pro rank...
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Another night, another road win for Moruti Mthalane. The latest traveling adventure found the ageless South African retaining his flyweight title after stopping former three-division titlist Akira Yaegashi in nine rounds Monday evening at Yokohama Ar...
Age is one of the most imprecise ways to judge a boxer. Some fighters, even great fighters, have seen their peak come and go before their 20s are far along. Others may not be their best selves until their early 30s. Take two men with recognizable nam...
Moruti Mthalane defines the term road warrior. The South African has fought the world over, fighting all comers whilst holding both IBF and IBO versions of the world title for over a decade. The lower weights are often unsung in world boxing, but box...
All participants on Monday’s ESPN+ show did their job at the scale one day prior. The stacked title fight tripleheader goes off without a hitch, as everyone making weight for the pre-holiday show Monday evening live from Yokohama, Japan. Headlining t...
Boxing fans were elated upon the announcement of the loaded tripleheader that was announced for Dec. 23 in Yokohama, Japan. Still, you’d be hard pressed to find a happier soul than Moruti Mthalane. Long serving as one of boxing’s most avoided, the re...
It's not the traditional New Year's Eve show that regularly comes out of Japan but still a card which helps end the year with a bang. A press conference was held Wednesday afternoon in Japan to announce one of the best shows of 2019, which will take...
WBC super bantamweight mogul Rey Vargas (29-0, 22 KOs) is promising to deliver a knockout on August 26th, in Carson, California, with Ronny Rios (28-1, 13 KOs) on the receiving end. The fight will be televised on HBO. A star pupil of legendary Coach...
Naoya Inoue of Japan retained his WBO super flyweight title for a fifth time on Sunday with a third-round knockout of Ricardo Rodriguez of the United States. Inoue dominated from the outset and sent Rodriguez to the canvas with a left to the jaw befo...
A press conference was hosted by Hideyuki Ohashi, the president of Ohashi Boxing Gym in Yokohama City,at the Grand Palace Hotel in Tokyo, and it was officially announced that there will be a boxing event called "Boxing Fes 2007 Super 2 Days "on May 2...
For the first time since 2013, Akira Yaegashi began and ended a calendar year as a champion. The all-action hero successfully defended his junior flyweight title for the second time, the latest coming in a 12th round stoppage of Thailand's Samartl...
