Sibling revelry: With his twin brother by his side, Carlos Velasquez is ready for his first title shot
You could forgive Carlos Velasquez’s opponents for seeing double even before their bells get rung like mom calling the kids home for dinner.
Javier Fortuna intent on tipping the scale in his favor in title defense against Carlos Velasquez
After Javier Fortuna knocked off Bryan Vasquez in May, he earned himself a vacant 130-pound championship in the process. Now that he’s set to take on Carlos Velasquez on Tuesday night at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, he’ll get his first taste of title defense in the division.
Intense focus has been a key ingredient to Domonique Dolton’s winning formula
Domonique Dolton was so fixated on his professional debut against Derick Minton in April 2008 that he schlepped right past his tearful mother.
The Moment: Deontay Wilder vs Johann Duhaupas
Johann Duhaupas spent much of his Saturday night serving as the proverbial punching bag against Deontay Wilder, absorbing a mutilating array of shots from the heavyweight champ.
Deontay Wilder hammers an iron-chinned Johann Duhaupas in TKO win
To say that Johann Duhaupas was a glutton for punishment would be to understate the buffet of abuse the man was force-fed at the hands of Deontay Wilder on Saturday.
Towering Dominic Breazeale proves to be a tall order for Fred Kassi in unanimous-decision win
It was that age-old battle between the squat, bowling-ball-of-a-man and the taller dude with arms as long as a giraffe’s neck.
Marv Albert returns to call first heavyweight title fight on prime-time TV in three decades
Thirty years ago in Reno, Nevada, an era ended. Tonight in Birmingham, Alabama, a new one begins. And the same man will preside over both.
Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder maintaining a contender’s hunger as he prepares to face Johann Duhaupas
It was one of those Super Glue stare downs, two large men with eyes locked as tightly as a bank vault.
