Rising welterweight prospect Jaron Ennis appears to be a fan of Betty Hutton’s show tune “Anything You Can Do.” When it comes to comparing himself to the crème de la crème of the top 147-pounders in the world, the five-year pro Ennis (26-0, 24 KOs)...
IBF, WBA junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor is preparing for his upcoming full division unification with WBC, WBO world champion Jose Ramirez. The contest is scheduled to take place on May 22, likely at a venue in Las Vegas.
Barry McGuigan, former world champion and fight promoter, would much rather see a welterweight unification between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence. But in recent news, Spence is heading in the direction of a three belt unification with Yordenis Uga...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s a slam dunk. Or at least I thought it was. When word began circulating last week that Terence Crawford was in deep negotiation for a late-spring fight with Manny Pacquiao in Dubai, my initial reaction was that the Filipino...
Jamel Herring says that training and sparring with Terence Crawford has turned him into aa better fighter ahead of his title defense against Carl Frampton on Saturday. Herring put his WBO super-featherweight title on the line against Frampton in Duba...
Terence Crawford considers someone he has beaten to be the perfect opponent for Vergil Ortiz Jr.’s next fight. The unbeaten WBO welterweight champion doesn’t consider Ortiz experienced enough to challenge him just yet. Egidijus Kavaliauskas, on the o...
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Vergil Ortiz Jr. impressed Terence Crawford on Saturday night. Ortiz overcame some adversity in a difficult fight against one of Crawford’s stablemates and stopped Maurice Hooker. The 22-year-old Ortiz’s seventh-round, technical-knockout victory over...
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Terence Crawford was in the same building with two of his divisional peers, yet still remains unconvinced that either one serves as a realistic option for his next fight. That said, there exists greater hope of a future showdown with Vergil Ortiz Jr....
Fort Worth, Texas - Unbeaten puncher Vergil Ortiz Jr picked up yet another fantastic victory as he stopped former world champion Maurice Hooker in the seventh round of their welterweight showdown. The fight started at a rapid pace, as Ortiz (17-0, 17...
If Vergil Ortiz Jr. performs the way Oscar De La Hoya expects Saturday night, Ortiz’s promoter would be willing to put him in a much more difficult fight later this year. De La Hoya stated during an appearance Thursday on “The Ak & Barak Show” that h...
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Vergil Ortiz Jr. has never been one to look beyond the opportunity in front of him, although this next one can’t help but provide a reminder of what potentially lies ahead. Currently in his face is an all-Dallas showdown with former 140-pound titlist...
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Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao is looking to return on a date in May. Pacquiao, 42-years-old, has been out of the ring since July 2019 - when he won a twelve round split decision over Keith Thurman to capture the WBA welterweight title...
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Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who promotes WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford, is going to explore two potential opponents for his fighter. Former champions Manny Pacquiao and Shawn Porter are the names being mentioned by Arum, who wants to secure...
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Top pound-for-pound fighter and WBO welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (37-0) was in Las Vegas this past weekend to work the corner of Troy Isley, who won his pro debut with an unanimous decision over Bryant Costello. The four round fight...
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