Tony Harrison still smarting over lone loss to Willie Nelson
For the better part of nine rounds, Tony Harrison was buttery footwork and stinging jabs. He circled Willie Nelson around the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida, breaking down the taller, more experienced fighter with precision and a brainy acumen that undersold the sheer, raw power Harrison had at his disposal.
Leo Santa Cruz staying grounded as his career rockets upward
His life has been no vacation, and so after 27 years, Leo Santa Cruz is finally getting around to taking one.
Fernando Guerrero maintaining ‘warrior’ mentality at new weight
Fernando Guerrero has been close to the top of the mountain in the 160-pound division, but the climb has taken a toll on the onetime title challenger.
With each vicious knockout, Julian Williams may have done as much harm to himself as his foes
From the moment they first lace up the gloves, boxers are taught a very simple, very important lesson: If you can take your opponent out, you take him out. Julian Williams was the living embodiment of this lesson in his last fight.
Leo Santa Cruz brings the pain to Kiko Martinez in blistering title defense
It was a vintage look, the Leo Santa Cruz equivalent of bellbottom jeans, ghastly pink leg warmers or some crusty old concert tee that hipsters pay too much for at second-hand shops.
Hugo Ruiz wastes no time stopping Julio Ceja in 122-pound world title rematch
Ahead of Saturday’s 122-pound world title rematch, Hugo Ruiz insisted he’d be more aggressive against Julio Ceja than he was in August, when he was stopped in the fifth round of a thrilling, high-action bout.
Carl Frampton unifies 122-pound titles with split decision over Scott Quigg
Heading into their highly anticipated “Battle of Britain,” 122-pound champions Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg each promised to knock the other out. Neither came close to fulfilling that promise Saturday, but Frampton was at least on-point with his prediction that he’d exit the ring the victor.
Leo Santa Cruz aims to send Kiko Martinez packing in 126-pound title defense
Leo Santa Cruz is a pressure fighter. Kiko Martinez is a come-forward kind of guy. You want volume? Saturday night’s fight is going to have it at Van Halen-circa-1984 levels when Santa Cruz attempts to defend his 126-pound world title at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT).
