Benavidez ready to showcase his skills in 168-pound battle against Douglin
David Benavidez’s nickname—“El Bandera Roja,” or “The Red Flag”—is an homage to the red cape bullfighters use to lure their beasts. It’s an appropriate moniker, because Benavidez is on a bullish assault to take over the 168-pound division.
Still just a teenager, Benavidez powering his way up 168-pound ranks
David Benavidez was sparring with world champions by the time he was old enough to drive.
Wilder on the mend following surgeries on his arm, hand
Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is recovering in the wake of separate surgeries Thursday to repair a broken right hand and torn biceps in the same arm.
Frampton outlasts Santa Cruz to win 126-pound world title
Carl Frampton insisted that a rise in weight would greatly increase his punching power and stability against 126-pound champion Leo Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz figured his aggression and volume punching would overcome whatever the ex-122-pound champ offered.
Garcia returns with a roar, wipes out Rojas in five rounds
After 30 months without a fight, Mikey Garcia needed just two rounds before he started to look like his old self.
Santa Cruz, Frampton ready to risk unbeaten records in 126-pound title clash
Carl Frampton’s career was cruising right along until the very first round of his very first fight on U.S. soil.
Following long layoff, Garcia ‘hungry and motivated’ to face Rojas
Having last punched somebody in an actual match 2½ years ago, Mikey Garcia has developed a bit of an appetite for destruction. Actually, the former two-division champion is downright starving.
Southpaws Stevenson, Williams set to slug it out in 175-pound title bout
Adonis Stevenson has held onto his 175-pound world title for more than three years, but Thomas Williams Jr. believes it’s time for the “Top Dog” to take down the champ.
