VIDEO: TEOFIMO LOPEZ STRUGGLES IN DECISION WIN OVER MASAYOSHI NAKATANI
There weren’t the usual fireworks from Teofimo Lopez, but he did enough Friday night to beat the tall and lanky Masayoshi Nakatani in his first bout to go the 12-round distance.
There weren’t the usual fireworks from Teofimo Lopez, but he did enough Friday night to beat the tall and lanky Masayoshi Nakatani in his first bout to go the 12-round distance.
Boxing’s only eight-division world champion, Senator Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao dropped Keith “One Time” Thurman in round one and won a close split decision to earn a welterweight world title in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View event Saturday night from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
It’s fight night! Both Philippine Senator and boxing icon Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao and undefeated WBA Super World Welterweight Champion Keith “One Time” Thurman looked ready for war at Friday’s weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Like the rest of the boxing world, Ghana’s Azumah Nelson was saddened by the news that fellow Hall of Famer Pernell Whitaker died last weekend after being struck by a car.
Eight-division champion Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao and unbeaten welterweight world champion Keith “One Time” Thurman went face-to-face Wednesday at the final press conference before their blockbuster showdown that headlines the Premier Boxing Champions on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View this Saturday night from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez on Wednesday announced he will not fight on Mexican Independence Day weekend in September, a time when he usually boxes. However, he will fight for a second time in 2019.
Dillian Whyte will face Oscar Rivas for the number one heavyweight spot in the WBC at The O2 in London on Saturday July 20, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Kenya Defence Forces Amateur Boxing Association (DEFABA) team are set to make a comeback to the third leg of the Boxing Federation of Kenya (BFK) national league for the first time this season.
If every great fighter has one last great fight left in them, then Manny Pacquiao should beat Keith Thurman on Saturday night. But that isn’t always the case.
Boxers billed to fight at the GOtv Boxing Night 19 on Sunday have worked themselves into a war mood, as they conclude their training for the event, which holds at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium.