Brandon Rios can resurrect career with win over Diego Chaves “I fu@%ing love this sh!*”, the classic response uttered by “Bam Bam” Brandon Rios after taking unneeded punishment against Mike Alvarado and getting chastised by his trainer Robert Garcia in between rounds. Yes, that is Bam Bam, the throwback, energetic, and charismatic brawler fighting out

Top Rank’s Bob Arum indicated that if Diego Chaves is unable to obtain a visa in time to travel to Las Vegas for his fight against Brandon Rios, unbeaten and unheralded Jose Zepeda would step in to face Rios. This is according to Fernando Paramo of Deportes Hoy. Zepeda (19-0, 16 knockouts) is unbeaten but

Mike Reed signs with Top Rank WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A. – Twenty-one year old light welterweight professional boxer, Mike Reed, has signed a promotional agreement with Las Vegas-based, boxing promoter, Top Rank. Born in Washington, D.C., Reed trains in Clinton, Maryland, at Dream Team Boxing Gym, which is owned and operated by his father, trainer, and

Guillermo Rigondeaux promises “fireworks” for world title defense MACAU, CHINA (July 18, 2014) – Undefeated unified junior featherweight world champion and Cuban sensation GUILLERMO “El Chacal” RIGONDEAUX (13-0, 8 KOs), of Miami, Florida, has promised to provide “a lot of fireworks” when he defends his titles against Top-Five contender and two-time world title challenger SOD LOOKNONGYANTOY (63-2-1, 27 KOs), of Srithep, Thailand, This Saturday! July

MACAO, CHINA (July 16, 2014) – Just 15 months and five fights removed from his professional debut, two-time Chinese Olympic gold medallist and national icon ZOU SHIMING (4-0, 1 KO),of Guizhu, China, will step up and fight in his first 10-round bout, facing off against hard-punching veteran and three-time world title challenger LUIS “Chino” DE LA ROSA, (23-3-1, 13 KOs),

Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri done for November Mitchell Abramson of the NY Daily News tweeted Tuesday evening that a deal has been reached for Manny Pacquiao to square off with Chris Algieri on Nov. 22, according to Algieri’s promoter Joe DeGuardia. Algieri would have been considered a longshot to face Pacquiao a few short months ago, but a

  WBO orders purse bid for Peter Quillin-Mat Korobov ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael reported Thursday afternoon that the WBO has ordered negotiations to begin pitting their middleweight champion Peter Quillin against Mat Korobov. That’s all fine and dandy, but Quillin (31-0, 22 knockouts) is promoted (not on paper) by Golden Boy Promotions and Korobov (24-0, 14

Rashidi Ellis fights on July 11 card in Puerto Rico Former amateur star, Rashidi Ellis ( 8-0, 6 KO’s ) from Lynn, Massachusetts will be in action on Saturday, July 11 at the Humacao Arena, Puerto Rico. The event is promoted by Miguel Cotto Promotions in association with Top Rank. The undefeated welterweight prospect, who

Terence Crawford stops Yuriorkis Gamboa in nine round thriller WBO lightweight champion Terence Crawford retained his title in front of his hometown fans in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday night. Crawford overcame early difficulties to stop Yuriorkis Gamboa in the ninth round of their anticipated clash. Gamboa caught Crawford early with his blazing speed and unorthodox

Yuriorkis Gamboa hoping to move past career speed bumps with win over Terence Crawford Cuba has produced an array of top-flight fighters on an amateur and professional level. One of the most exciting and talked about fighters, whether it’s for the right or wrong reasons, is the speedy and tough Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-0-0, 16 knockouts).