Wilky Campfort’s message to Jermall Charlo: You better be ready to fight, champ
Looks like Jermall Charlo won’t have to hire a private investigator to find Wilky Campfort when he defends his 154-pound title on Saturday afternoon in Dallas.
Pass the big bowl of nothing: PBC fighters talk sticking to training around the holidays
Boxing and Thanksgiving go hand-in-hand. Why else would Adam Sandler name-check Mike Tyson in his “Thanksgiving Song?” And who could forget Paulie chucking the Thanksgiving turkey in the alley because Adrian wouldn’t go out with Rocky?
Erislandy Lara storms past Jan Zaveck on a soggy night to retain his 154-pound title
Erislandy Lara had to wait out a rainstorm Wednesday night before he could get in the ring with Jan Zaveck. Once there, though, the Cuban star didn’t waste any time defending his 154-pound world title in South Florida.
Having fullfilled his dream by winning a world title, Jermall Charlo now focused on keeping it
The word used to be half-filled, attached to him not because of who he was, but what he had the potential to become: “Champ.” Jermall Charlo’s heard if for much of his life, but it has a new ring to it these days, one as sweet to the ear as the sound of all those clinking glasses from the celebratory toasts in his honor. Now, “champ” is a title, not a promise.
After a breakout year, 126-pound champ Lee Selby eyes homecoming bout, potential unification fight with Leo Santa Cruz in 2016
It almost sounds as if he’s speaking of another man’s life instead of his own, like he’s narrating a movie instead of starring in it. And yet, here's Lee Selby, the leading man in the role of a lifetime thanks to 12 transformative months.
Erislandy Lara ready for Miami homecoming against Jan Zaveck
Erislandy Lara might not be long for the 154-pound ranks. Jan Zaveck is just getting started there.
Errol Spence Jr. champing at the bit for shot at top of the division
Before Errol Spence Jr. took on Phil Lo Greco in June, he was scheduled to fight Roberto Garcia. It was going to be the stiffest test to date of his young career, but Garcia was forced to withdraw, and Spence did what he does: He stopped Lo Greco in three.
Thanks to youth boxing program, Wilky Campfort is making as much of an impact out of the ring as in it
When Wilky Campfort welcomed an 18-year-old Victor Ruiz into his Florida-based youth boxing program, he saw a timid teenager. Two years later, he sees a confident and determined young man.
