Future hall of famer and former 4 division world champion Roy Jones Jr, now 47 is approaching the end of his legendary boxing career. Jones fights this weekend against Rodney Moore in what is expected to be a showcase fight for his home town fans in Pensacola, Florida. Roy has hinted that this could be…
Rising prospect Adam Lopez (15-0 7KOs) hopes to once again shine on ShoBox this Friday when he faces off with Roman Ruben Reynoso (18-1-1 7KOs). This will be Lopez’ fourth appearance on the ShoBox platform and with an impressive win he can move one step closer to a world title shot. In this special “On…
WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman is looking to continue his momentum in his division, as he is coming off an impressive win over Shawn Porter in June. Thurman hopes that performance can launch him into a big fight with one of the superstars of the sport, as both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao…
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder is set to make his 4th defense of his belt when he faces former title challenger Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola. The fight will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, and it be the third time Wilder has defended his belt in his home state. Deontay hopes to make an…
Former IBF welterweight champion, ‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter is coming off of a twelve round decision loss to reigning world champion, Keith Thurman. The bout was a close and competitive fight of the year candidate and while most fans would love to see an immediate rematch, that is a fight that is not likely to place…
‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter is coming off one of the best performances of his career as he took on the undefeated WBA welterweight champion, Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman, in a fight of the year candidate. The fight was was closely contested and at the end of the twelfth round, all three judges scored it the same,…
Boxing trainer, Abel Sanchez, is hoping for a mega event for the biggest name in his stable of fighters, IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. The most anticipated fight in boxing is Golovkin vs. Alvarez, and while fans want to see the match happen, it seems more and more unlikely after Canelo vacated his WBC belt….
WBC super middleweight champion, Badou Jack, is looking to unify the super middleweight division. The last unified champion of the weight class was Carl Froch and Jack will need to defeat the fighter that took Froch’s vacant title, James DeGale in order to achieve his goal. The two fighters fought on the same card last…
Boxing trainer, Abel Sanchez is the head corner-man of one of boxing’s biggest stars, IBO Middleweight champion, Gennady Golovkin. Sanchez has seen Golovkin rise from promising contender, to one of the most feared fighters in the sport. Golovkin has won his last twenty fights by knockout and has managed to become a unified champion, winning…
The British boxing landscape has been on the rise in 2016. This year has seen the continued rise of fighters from the UK, with boxers like Anthony Joshua, Kell Brook and Amir Khan getting worldwide attention in their fights. James DeGale is among those fighters, as he has been fighting over in the US and…
IBF super middleweight champion, James DeGale recently defended his belt in a closer than expected encounter against Rogelio Medina. DeGale won the fight by unanimous decision, but it was a competitive match. With the win, he set up a unification fight with WBC champion Badou Jack. In part 1 of my “On The Ropes” boxing…
Badou Jack is the reigning WBC super middleweight champion who now has defended his world title belt two times. Jack won the belt by defeating Anthony Dirrell last April and most recently retained his title with a controversial draw against former champion, Lucian Bute. With the defense, Badou Jack has now set the stage for…
The third fight between Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao is now just one day away. Both fighters know there is a lot on the line with this fight, as Manny Pacquiao has stated this could be his last bout and for Timothy Bradley, this trilogy bout is about his legacy and how his fights with…
Timothy Bradley is widely considered as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world and on this Saturday night, he gets a shot to add to his ranking as he will have his third fight with Manny Pacquiao. Bradley, 32, hopes he can secure a convincing win over Pacquiao and finally close this chapter in…
Andre Ward returned to the ring last Saturday night in his debut appearance at light heavyweight when he faced number one IBF contender, Sullivan Barrera, who was undefeated in seventeen fights. Ward who turned 32 this year, showed no signs of decline as he easily out boxed, knocked down and won a wide decision over Barrera….
The fight the world wanted to see did finally happen on May 3rd of last year. Mayweather vs. Pacquiao broke every box office and PPV record, made the fighters more money than any fighters had been paid for a fight in history and it had the sports world’s attention for that night. Sadly the event…
The one question fans have asked the most since Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired is, “Will he come back?” It has now been over six months since Mayweather’s last fight and so far the retirement has stuck. Recently Floyd has been making headlines for his comments about Gennady Golovkin, saying that if he had continued to…
Boxing trainer Abel Sanchez is one the most respected corner men in the game and he has IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin on the verge of becoming a superstar in the sport. Golovkin is set to face Ring/WBC middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in the fall and a win in the fight could see the…
Floyd Mayweather Sr. is one of the most well known and out spoken trainers in the sport. He has taken several boxers to world titles, but is mostly know for his work with his son, Floyd Mayweather Jr. Senior has been the primary trainer of his son since 2013 and he has seen his son…
Abel Sanchez is coming off of an impressive 2015 as not only did he take IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin to a unifying title win, but he also came away with a personal award, being named 2015 trainer of the year. This year Sanchez has an opportunity to rise even higher as one of his…
“On The Ropes” Boxing Radio returns this week with host Jenna J to talk about all the latest news and stories in the sport of boxing. In this episode I will recap Saturday night’s HBO double header card which included a bout between Jessie Vargas and Sadam ‘World Kid’ Ali for the vacant WBO welterweight…
The boxing schedule in 2016 has gotten off to a slow start, as the first two months of the year have not seen much in memorable fights and has seen large gaps between meaningful TV bouts. The fights this weekend in which HBO and Showtime had competing cards marked the real start of the boxing…
Showtime boxing commentator, Steve Farhood has been covering the sport for almost 40 years and is widely regarded as one of the best analysts, working on ShoBox, Premier Boxing Champions and Broadway boxing. Farhood serves as researcher and ringside scorer for PBC and has seen his role expand to many of the networks the series…
Trainer Freddie Roach is already in the Hall of Fame, has been named trainer of the year sevem times and has amassed great wealth during his career, so now at age fifty five, many wonder if Roach will follow Manny Pacquiao into retirement. But with Roach still at the top of his game as a…
‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter has a very big fight in front of him on March 12th, as he will be taking on undefeated WBA welterweight champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman. The fight has more on the line than just the title belt at stake, as the winner will likely be considered the #1 welterweight in the…
