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At 17, Long Beach’s Alexander Gueche already has his high school diploma and could do anything he wants to do in life. But, for now, boxing’s his path, and when asked why, he shows himself to be wise beyond his years.
Cayden Griffiths was supposed to make his professional boxing debut this past Friday night in Corpus Christi, Texas. That’s the bad news. The good news is that he got all his homework done for the week.
Errol Spence Jr. was never that good anyway. Anthony Joshua doesn’t have it anymore. Daniel Dubois could have gotten up against Usyk. Liam Smith got lucky the first time against Eubank Jr.
By Thomas Gerbasi - The rehabilitation of Erickson Lubin’s boxing career is nearly complete. On September 30, in the co-main event of one of the biggest fight cards of 2023, Lubin will face unbeaten Jesus Ramos Jr. at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It’s not for a title, it’s not a fight that will receive a ton of hype over the next month, but as far as the career of Lubin goes,
By Thomas Gerbasi - Ernesto 'Tito' Mercado isn’t breathing heavy, but you can’t miss the sound of footsteps as he conducts an interview five days before his Saturday bout against Carlos Manuel Portillo. At the time, he was already six miles into his run, with two to go. Call it attention to detail, but after going the distance for the first time in his career last month against Xolisani Ndongeni and feeling it after a few rounds, he’s leaving nothing up to chance when he faces Paraguay’s Portillo in Ontario, California.
By Thomas Gerbasi - By the end of 2018, Gor Yeritsyan had followed up a stellar amateur career with nine pro fights that left him with nine wins and eight knockouts. He had also secured the WBO youth welterweight belt with a second-round stoppage of Alvin Lagumbay to close out the year.
I know New York City in the middle of August is miserable, but you would assume that a pair of undisputed champions - super middleweight boss Canelo Alvarez and junior middleweight king Jermell Charlo - would look at least a little bit happy about their September 30 bout in Las Vegas.
It’s the age-old question in combat sports – which fighter is the most dangerous; the one who does this because they need to or the one who does this because they want to?
By the time he steps into the ring with Naoya Inoue on Tuesday morning (U.S. time), Stephen Fulton will have been in Japan more than two weeks.
It may be the worst job in combat sports. Yet Dr. Gerard Varlotta has never shied away from being at ringside for the last three-plus decades, looking out for the safety of professional fighters.