
'Beating Joeshon James puts me closer to a world title,' says Lester Martinez
Lester Martinez has been scheduled to fight Joeshon James three times and is completing his third training camp for the same opponent

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Lester Martinez has been scheduled to fight Joeshon James three times and is completing his third training camp for the same opponent


Lopez suffered a brain bleed after his August 2024 knockout loss to Angelo Leo and is returning to the ring less than eight months later.

Joeshon James has had to wait to face Lester Martinez in a super middleweight bout which will take place on Saturday at the Orange Show Events Center, in San Bernardino, California. The fight reminds him of a previous bout against another undefeated fighter from his past, when he knocked out Richard Brewart Jnr.

Long before Chordale Booker was a junior middleweight title challenger, he passed his trainer's first test: He showed back up.

Eimantas Stanionis, the WBA welterweight titleholder, wants the IBF welterweight champion Jaron Ennis’ spot in the division. Not just to be a unified champion, but to be seen as the best at 147lbs

Callum Walsh will fight Dean Sutherland at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, but promoter Tom Loeffler, envisions Walsh competing in the big arena against other up-and-comers – including Xander Zayas.

Amado Vargas might have been tested, but he won his junior welterweight main event bout against Eduardo Hernandez Trejo on Saturday at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California.

Ireland's Callum Walsh and opponent Dean Sutherland have made weight for Walsh's third appearance at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York CIty, where he will again fight on St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

Jamaine Ortiz has been in a rebuilding phase since his close loss to Teofimo Lopez in February of 2023, but that may just be part of being a veteran boxer.