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Legendary Fort Worth boxing trainer led Donald Curry and Paulie Ayala to world titles By Jeff Zimmerman Beloved, legendary boxing trainer Paul Reyes, out of Fort Worth, Texas, passed away… Read More »
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WBA #9 super lightweight Oscar “La Migraña” Duarte (28-2-1, 22 KOs) will face former two-time super lightweight world champion Regis “Rougarou” Prograis (29-3, 24 KOs) in a 12-round super lightweight… Read More »
Notes: Fury has retired before and then returned to the ring, so we’ll see if this retirement sticks…Turpin was a notorious British highway robber. The expression Dick Turpin wore a mask usually alludes to someone who feels robbed or cheated in some way.
RIVERSIDE — Vergil Ortiz expects Terence Crawford to secure a money fight or two and then retire from boxing, having already achieved so much in the sport. Crawford won his first world … Continue reading
Heavyweight boxing news
Usyk cemented his case as a first-ballot Hall of Famer with his split decision win over Fury in May. Honestly, Usyk deserved better than the split decision, having mostly dominated the fight down the stretch. While the common thinking entering that fight was that Usyk would have to be a sharp boxer to avoid the size and physicality of Fury, it was Usyk who was the dominant physical force in the fight, including when he was able to drop Fury in the eighth round. With the win, Usyk became the first fighter to unify every world title in boxing’s four-belt era. He accomplished the feat of becoming undisputed champion after previously going undisputed at cruiserweight.
“If Fury doesn’t want the fight, there’s nothing you can do. You can’t drag him into the fight. I don’t know whether this was a move to stop the flow of pressure because with AJ calling him out, pressure is mounting.”
“I believe I won that fight,” Fury said. “I believe he won a few of the rounds, but I won the majority of them, and I believe it was one of those what-can-you-do, one of them … decisions in boxing. We both put on a good fight, best we can do.
Usyk cemented his case as a first-ballot Hall of Famer with his split decision win over Fury in May. Honestly, Usyk deserved better than the split decision, having mostly dominated the fight down the stretch. While the common thinking entering that fight was that Usyk would have to be a sharp boxer to avoid the size and physicality of Fury, it was Usyk who was the dominant physical force in the fight, including when he was able to drop Fury in the eighth round. With the win, Usyk became the first fighter to unify every world title in boxing’s four-belt era. He accomplished the feat of becoming undisputed champion after previously going undisputed at cruiserweight.
“If Fury doesn’t want the fight, there’s nothing you can do. You can’t drag him into the fight. I don’t know whether this was a move to stop the flow of pressure because with AJ calling him out, pressure is mounting.”
World boxing news
David Benavidez: “I’ve been in big fights since I was 20-years-old, so to be out there representing the Mexican and Mexican-American people on this stage, it’s everything I’ve wanted out of this sport. I have to show people that I’m the real ‘Mexican Monster’…the way I fight, I always try to take my opponents out. It doesn’t mean you always get it, but we’re definitely going to be pushing for it. David Morrell has made it personal for me. I’m glad he’s confident in himself. It’s all speculation until we get in there. On February 1, I’ll show why I’m at this level…right now I’m 100% focused on February 1. After that we can talk about getting all of those light heavyweight belts.”
WBC interim light heavyweight champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez held a Las Vegas media workout on Thursday before his showdown with fellow unbeaten star David Morrell Jr. on Saturday, February 1 on a Prime Video pay-per-view event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Along with Curry and Ayala, Fort Worth produced several world champs during this time, including Stevie Cruz, Troy Dorsey, Gene Hatcher, and Bruce Curry, brother of Donald. Continue reading “Trainer Paul Reyes passes away”
David Benavidez: “I’ve been in big fights since I was 20-years-old, so to be out there representing the Mexican and Mexican-American people on this stage, it’s everything I’ve wanted out of this sport. I have to show people that I’m the real ‘Mexican Monster’…the way I fight, I always try to take my opponents out. It doesn’t mean you always get it, but we’re definitely going to be pushing for it. David Morrell has made it personal for me. I’m glad he’s confident in himself. It’s all speculation until we get in there. On February 1, I’ll show why I’m at this level…right now I’m 100% focused on February 1. After that we can talk about getting all of those light heavyweight belts.”
WBC interim light heavyweight champion David “El Monstro” Benavidez held a Las Vegas media workout on Thursday before his showdown with fellow unbeaten star David Morrell Jr. on Saturday, February 1 on a Prime Video pay-per-view event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Along with Curry and Ayala, Fort Worth produced several world champs during this time, including Stevie Cruz, Troy Dorsey, Gene Hatcher, and Bruce Curry, brother of Donald. Continue reading “Trainer Paul Reyes passes away”