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According to Callum Walsh, his second consecutive main event at Madison Square Garden’s Theater this Friday is just another fight. But make no mistake about it, the unbeaten junior middleweight also knows it’s a big deal.
In a welterweight main event Gor Yeritsyan (18-0, 14 KOs) won a unanimous decision over Quinton “Quickdraw” Randall, (13-2-1, 3 KOs) in a ten-round fight for the WBC Continental Americas title on Friday night at the Chumash Casino Resort. The judges scored it 99-91, 100-90, 100-90.
Freddie Roach will be working the corner of welterweight Gor Yeritsyan tonight (February 23) when the welterweight takes on Texan Quinton Randall.
Jaime Munguia demonstrated during the four-plus months they’ve worked together that he is a better fighter than Freddie Roach realized while watching him from afar.
The maiden voyage for the new tandem featuring fighter Jaime Munguia and coach Freddie Roach will hit the road Jan. 27 when the undefeated super middleweight takes on John Ryder in Phoenix.
By Keith Idec - Callum Walsh will fight for just the ninth time as a professional Thursday night in New York. The Irish southpaw’s opponent, Ismael Villarreal, has displayed power, but he is not ranked in the top 15 among junior middleweight contenders by the IBF, WBA, WBC or WBO. Walsh’s Hall-of-Fame trainer nevertheless believes that his ambitious 22-year-old prospect will accomplish one of his lofty goals within the next year.
One of the most accomplished trainers in boxing history doesn’t just think Jermell Charlo will upset Canelo Alvarez on September 30. Freddie Roach predicted that Charlo will become the first fighter in 64 professional fights to beat Alvarez by knockout.
Callum Walsh wants to face experienced, proven opponents as he attempts to make the transformation from prospect to legitimate contender by the end of 2024. The next step in that sometimes-problematic process is scheduled for Saturday night, when Walsh will square off against
The buzz and mark that Naoya Inoue is having on the sport of boxing is indelible. His legacy and eventual placement in the Hall of Fame is already cemented but the Japanese star is beginning to rewrite the history books.
The last Irish fighter Freddie Roach trained who boxed in Boston during his rise as a prospect went on to win the WBO middleweight and super middleweight titles. Dublin’s Stevie Collins beat British legends Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn twice apiece during a remarkable run in 1995