After exploring other Las Vegas venues, promoter Bob Arum has decided to bring his next two ESPN shows back to MGM Grand. BoxingScene.com has been informed that Top Rank’s cards scheduled for February...
By Jake Donovan - With the growing likelihood of only getting one fight in for the year, Teofimo Lopez Jr. was going to make it count. The unbeaten 23-year old Brooklyn native did just that, not only ...
Even with fewer categories this year, three previous honorees are in the hunt to repeat in the year-end awards. Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, Eddy Reynoso and Keith Connolly are among the 2019 year-end recip...
Light heavyweight contender Joe “The Beast” Smith Jr., the consummate everyman, spent more than a decade as a union laborer on Long Island. He now owns and operates a tree service business, chopping a...
If Top Rank chairman Bob Arum’s plan comes to fruition three of the four major light heavyweight world title belts will be unified in the first half of 2021. There is a three-fight plan in place to ma...
Light heavyweight contenders Joe Smith Jr. and Maxim Vlasov on Tuesday were ordered to meet for the vacant WBO world title. The WBO sent a letter to Star Boxing promoter Joe DeGuardia, Smith’s co-prom...
At the moment, Joe Smith (26-3, 21 KOs) is riding a very big high in his career. In January, he beat up and dropped Jesse Hart to win a ten round decision at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas....
Joe Smith Jr. hopes his foreseeable fight against Artur Beterbiev happens just as much as many boxing fans. The emerging light heavyweight contender considers a showdown with Beterbiev a can’t-miss ac...
Bob Arum always believed Joe Smith Jr. was capable of performing against a top opponent the way he defeated Eleider Alvarez last month. Now that Smith has knocked out Alvarez, Arum “absolutely” has pr...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - In case you’d not noticed already, Joe Smith isn’t your typical fighter. Case in point, just two days after the most substantial win of his pro career, the rugged Long Island nat...
Eleider Alvarez and his coach made a pact together. When he would suffer his next defeat, it was understood that the boxer had to hang up his gloves in order to leave his sport in good health. This ...
Joe Smith Jr. senses he has successfully navigated the most treacherous part of his path toward winning the WBO light heavyweight title. The heavy-handed contender doesn’t know anything about Umar Sal...
Joe "The Beast" Smith Jr. once again lived up to his moniker. The Long Island native, nearly four years since he knocked Bernard Hopkins through the ropes, knocked out Eleider "Storm" Alvarez in the n...
Alvarez, Smith Fight Photos Gallery - MGM Grand Conference Center - In a light heavyweight eliminator, Joe Smith (26-3, 21 KOs) dropped and knocked out Eleider Alvarez (25-2, 13 KOs) in the ninth roun...
Alvarez, Smith Scorecard BoxingScene Live - 4 world rated (WBO), JOE "THE BEAST" SMITH JR (25-3 20KO's) and #3 world rated (WBO), ELEIDER "STORM" ALVAREZ (23-1 13KO's) tipped the scaled today at MGM G...
It was music to Joe Smith Jr’s ears when he learned that his ordered title eliminator would land as part of Top Rank’s summer boxing series. After all, it’s a key part of his plan to run the tables at...
Smith, Alvarez Weights Photos Gallery - 4 world rated (WBO), JOE "THE BEAST" SMITH JR (25-3 20KO's) and #3 world rated (WBO), ELEIDER "STORM" ALVAREZ (23-1 13KO's) tipped the scaled today at MGM Grand...
The same could not be said for some fighters on their undercard, but Eleider Alvarez and Joe Smith Jr. met their contractual obligations at their weigh-in Friday in Las Vegas. Montreal’s Alvarez offic...
By Keith Idec - Eleider Alvarez acknowledged Joe Smith Jr.’s power and was complimentary of Smith’s performance against Jesse Hart. The hard-hitting Smith beat Hart convincingly January 11 in Atlantic...