Although Vergil Ortiz will have adequately trained for it, and indeed one day expected it, still nothing can fully prepare a puncher for the first time their opponent soaks up everything they throw at them and hardly blinks. It is usually in this moment the puncher confronts self-doubt and wonders if it is even possible to win a fight without having made some sort of impression on or dent in the opponent in front of them. It is during this moment, too, that we sometimes see the puncher succumb to the panic and nervous energy and either punch themselves out in an effort to punch through this anxiety or simply collapse, often dramatically.

Vergil Ortiz finds out that they don’t all just go away

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LAS VEGAS — Vergil Ortiz survived two knockdowns to squeak a majority decision win over Serhii Bohachuk and win the WBC interim super welterweight title Saturday at the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. Ortiz came out swinging to start the Bohachuk bout. He looked sharp, landed...

Vergil Ortiz, Serhii Bohachuk hospitalized after Fight of the Year

Shakur Stevenson says a lightweight unification fight between him and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis must happen because they’re the best fighters. Unfortunately, for WBC 135-lb champion Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs), a fight between them is not happening next because His Excellency wants to match him against #1 William Zepeda on a proposed card with Terence Crawford vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr.

Shakur Stevenson: Tank Davis Fight Must Happen, We’re the Best

They were born nine months apart, they turned pro three months apart, and they climbed the ranks simultaneously such that, as the 2010s gave way to the 2020s, these were indisputably the two most promising prospects in the welterweight division. Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Vergil Ortiz, Jr. were like a...

Vergil Ortiz and Jaron Ennis arriving at opposite ends of the opportunity spectrum

As expected, Terence Crawford is officially done with the welterweight division. The WBO announced today that “Bud” confirmed his intentions to stay at 154, prompting them to elevate interim champion Brian Norman Jr to full champion. This leaves the WBA “super” title as Crawford’s last remaining hardware at...

Terence Crawford vacates WBO welterweight title, Brian Norman Jr elevated to full champion

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In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

Camille Estephan’s journey to becoming the premier promoter in Canada began, appropriately enough, in a boxing gym. Estephan grew up in Lebanon where, he told BoxingScene recently, “my father – and in fact the whole family on my father's side – boxed.” But he had to put pugilism to one side when he emigrated to Canada as a teenager in 1986.

Camille Estephan: From sparring stockbroker to promotional powerbroker

Blair Cobbs sees WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol in a near-unwinnable position going up against IBF, WBC, and WBO champ Artur Beterbiev in their undisputed championship on October 12th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Beterbiev’s Power and Pressure. Cobbs feels that the short, powerful arm punches and the nonstop...

Beterbiev’s Power & Relentless Style Will Be Too Much for Bivol

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By Mohamed Bahaa Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois will be vying for the IBF World Heavyweight Title in just over a month. Both fighters have recovered from setb

Usyk Highlights Strong Contrast Between Joshua And Dubois Before Title Fight

Roman Gonzalez has hit out at speculation that he might meet fellow future International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Nonito Donaire. Over the weekend, Donaire had said there had been talks between the camps, but today Gonzalez has taken to X to say that whatever talking there had been had stopped.

Roman Gonzalez declares he has ’no interest’ in facing Nonito Donaire

Unbeaten American Terence Crawford has vacated his WBA welterweight world title, elevating compatriot Brian Norman Jr from interim to full world champion status. Crawford, 36, won a world title in a fourth division when he beat Israil Madrimov to claim the WBA light-middleweight crown earlier this month. The move signals...

American Crawford vacates welterweight world title

Los Angeles, CA

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

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Steven Nelson’s boxing journey traces back to an encounter with an 11-year-old Terence "Bud" Crawford at a park in Omaha, Nebraska. It was an experience and meeting that might just have forged Nelson’s path. Crawford, now a four-division titleholder and considered one of the all-time greats, was already...

Steven Nelson recalls getting punched by an 11-year-old Terence Crawford

Within minutes, the frontrunners for Knockout of the Year and Fight of the Year transpired inside a 575-mile radius of the southwestern U.S. as Angelo Leo and Vergil Ortiz Jr. prevailed on an unexpected and fine night for boxing. Reflecting on those events on Monday’s Pro Box TV’s “Top Stories,”...

Are frontrunners for KO and Fight of Year in line for Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford?

Former New England welterweight champion Mike “Bad Man” Ohan Jr. (19-2, 9 KOs) has stepped up once again, accepting an offer to fight undefeated, highly-touted prospect Abdullah Mason (14-0, 12 KOs), this Saturday night (Aug. 17) on a Top Rank card at Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Canada.

Beware of Mike 'Bad Man' Ohan, Abdullah Mason warned

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez has ruled out any claims of plans for a showdown with Nonito Donaire. The rumored all-legends clash made the media rounds over the weekend, but was quickly dismissed by the Nicaraguan legend. The suggested pairing of former four-division champs is not in play, nor of any interest to a fighter in search of at least one more major title.

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez Eyes Another Major Title, Dismisses Claims Of Talks With Nonito Donaire

WHEN the Beach Boys released Pet Sounds in 1966, Brian Wilson couldn’t have known that track 12, “I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times”, would bring so much comfort to the disillusioned; men and women convinced they were born in the wrong era and at the wrong time.

Pressure Fighter: How Joshua Buatsi, an old soul, deals with the pressures of today

There is no climax in sport as dramatic and violent as the one-punch knockout. Angelo Leo was the latest orchestrator of such a finish when, on Saturday night, one fateful blow ripped Luis Alberto Lopez from consciousness in the 10th round of a nip-and-tuck battle. With the upset victory, inside Albuquerque, New Mexico’s Tingley Coliseum, Leo became the IBF featherweight titleholder and the final punch, a swirling left hook, is surely destined to take its place on highlight reels for years to come.

The 20 most unforgettable one-punch knockouts

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Hey, NBC. Real Angelinos can tell Long Beach and Venice Beach are apart. Even though Los Angeles’ hosting of the 2028 Olympics was established in 2017 , news networks and media outlets proved yesterday that they still can’t tell the difference between two notable seaside cities in Los Angeles.

Five Ways L.A. Locals Knew Right Away That the Olympics Closing Ceremony Was Filmed in Long Beach, Not Venice

Heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov has been keeping a close eye on Guido Vianello’s progress in the pro ranks. Makhmudov (19-1, 18 KOs), who said he had known Vianello (12-2-1, 10 KOs) since their amateur days at international championships, described his upcoming fight with the Italian as another obstacle in the way of his world title dreams. The Canada-based Russian will continue his career resurgence if he’s able to defeat Vianello when they go head to head at Centre Videotron, Quebec City in Canada on Aug. 17.

Arslanbek Makhmudov and the lessons he learned from defeat

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Chris Algieri’s School of Thought: Vergil Ortiz Jr. is ready for Tim Tszyu after coming of age

Vergil Ortiz Jr. deserved the decision over Serhii Bohachuk. He won more rounds. He spent more time in control than Bohachuk. And he showed some good...

Chris Algieri’s School of Thought: Vergil Ortiz Jr. is ready for Tim Tszyu after coming of age

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