By Cliff Rold - Throughout the week, BoxingScene has provided readers their choices for the annual boxing Oscars (or Emmys, or Golden Globes, or Nickelodeon Kids or whatever trophies one most anticipa...
By Keith Idec - The overused adjective “great” doesn’t do justice to the inconceivable violence Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk produced October 9. Their unbelievable brawl included an incredible eight...
By Keith Idec - Alexander Povetkin was down twice, battered and all but out. Dillian Whyte was on the verge of finishing the Russian contender entering the fifth round August 22. The heavy-handed cont...
This past Saturday night at the MGM Grand's Conference Center, Jose “Chon” Zepeda (32-2, 26 KO’s) won an extraordinary war of attrition against Ivan Baranchyk (20-2, 13 KO’s), to lift the WBC super li...
By Dan Rafael - Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has been putting on fights for 54 years and seen many classics. He has promoted or co-promoted numerous memorable slugfests, including Marvin Hagler-Thomas H...
Ivan Baranchyk earned the win he sought, even if it didn’t officially come in the ring. The former junior welterweight titlist was given a clean bill of health upon being discharged from University Me...
Jose Zepeda knocked out Ivan Baranchyk in the fifth round of their junior welterweight instant classic Saturday evening at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Both men hit the canvas four times, but it was a lef...
Zepeda, Baranchyk Fight Photos Gallery - MGM Grand Conference Center - In a battle of top junior welterweight contenders, Jose Zepeda (33-2-2, 26 KOs) was dropped four times, but also dropped former w...
Zepeda, Baranchyk CompuBox Punch Stats - Absolute warfare between junior welterweights Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk! 8 knockdowns (actually 9) in less than 5 completed rounds. 127 of their 140 combi...
Zepeda, Baranchyk Scorecards BoxingScene Live - MGM Grand Conference Center - In a battle of top junior welterweight contenders, Jose Zepeda (33-2-2, 26 KOs) was dropped four times, but also dropped f...
By Keith Idec - Jose Zepeda’s ridiculous resilience and huge heart led to a career-defining knockout of Ivan Baranchyk in their stunning slugfest Saturday night. Barely 20 seconds after Baranchyk knoc...
Zepeda, Baranchyk Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Take two. Junior welterweight contenders Jose "Chon" Zepeda and former world champion Ivan "The Beast" Baranchyk were scheduled to fight in July, but the...
Lou DiBella envisions Ivan Baranchyk becoming a two-time junior welterweight champion. Baranchyk’s promoter is confident that his fighter learned plenty from the lone loss of his career, a 12-round un...
Jose Zepeda presents stylistic challenges for anyone he fights, including Ivan Baranchyk. Baranchyk’s promoter still can’t envision Zepeda avoiding his former champion’s power throughout their main ev...
Zepeda, Baranchyk Weights Photos Gallery - Take two. Junior welterweight contenders Jose "Chon" Zepeda and former world champion Ivan "The Beast" Baranchyk were scheduled to fight in July, but the bou...
Jose Zepeda had to strip naked, but he made weight on his second attempt Friday afternoon for his fight against Ivan Baranchyk on Saturday night. Zepeda stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission...
Zepeda, Baranchyk Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Take two. Junior welterweight contenders Jose "Chon" Zepeda and former world champion Ivan "The Beast" Baranchyk were scheduled to fight in Ju...
By Thomas Gerbasi - Far from his home country of Belarus, Ivan Baranchyk has been living his version of the American dream for years now, finding several homes along the way. From Brooklyn, New York t...