Carlos Toro

Richard Commey vs. Raymundo Beltran Averages 490,000 Viewers On ESPN

The viewership and ratings are in for Richard Commey’s latest fight on ESPN. The June 28 Top Rank on ESPN card averaged 490,000 viewers and drew a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demographic, good for 28th on cable for the day.…

Report: Sergey Kovalev Received Low Offer For Canelo Alvarez Fight

An offer to WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev for a potential fight against unified middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez was sent, but deemed too low for the Russian and his promoter. Per a report from Boxing Scene, Golden Boy Promotions,…

Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Roman Martinez Announced For Davis vs. Nunez Card

A pair of lightweight bouts have been added to the July 27 Showtime Championship Boxing card from Baltimore. Showtime announced that former world champions Yuriorkis Gamboa and Roman Martinez will face each other in a 10-round fight. That bout will serve…

Mark DeLuca Calls Out Eddie Hearn, Wants To Fight His Best Junior Middleweights

Although not part of the main card for the June 29 Matchroom Boxing show in Providence, Rhode Island, Mark DeLuca may have been the one whose stock rose up the most out of everyone on the card. DeLuca defeated Brandon…

Column: A Look At The Current State Of Puerto Rican Boxing

I recall the last generation of Puerto Rico boxing, the birth of Miguel Cotto taking the torch from Felix “Tito” Trinidad as the island’s biggest star. It was an interesting era with Cotto leading the way and others such as…

Carl Frampton vs. Emmanuel Dominguez Set For August 10 ESPN+ Card

Carl Frampton’s opponent for his Top Rank debut has been announced. The two-division world champion will take on Emmanuel Dominguez in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN+ card on August 10. The card will take place at…

Fightful Boxing Rankings (7/2): Demetrius Andrade Rises In Middleweight Rankings

The Fightful Boxing Rankings are compiled by lead boxing writer Carlos Toro. *** Fightful Boxing Rankings: Pound-for-pound Vasiliy Lomachenko Naoya Inoue Terence Crawford Canelo Alvarez Oleksandr Usyk Gennadiy Golovkin Juan Francisco Estrada Errol Spence Jr. Kosei Tanaka Mikey Garcia Heavyweight…

Terry Flanagan To Face Jonas Sebu On MTK Global On ESPN+ Card In July

Former world champion Terry Flanagan’s opponent for his July 12 fight date has been announced. Flanagan will take on Jonas Segu on an MTK Global card from Liverpool that will be streamed on ESPN+ in the United States. This will…

WBA Rankings June 2019: Shakur Stevenson, Andrew Moloney New No. 1 In Respective Divisions

Below are the changes in the WBA rankings from May 2019 to June 2019. The new rankings can be seen at this link: Heavyweight: Andy Ruiz Jr. (formerly No. 5) drops out of the rankings Bogdan Dinu (formerly No. 14)…

Felipe Orucuta Sent Home From Hospital, Will Begin Rehabilitation Process

Felipe Orucuta has been dispatched from a Mexican hospital where he has spent weeks recovering from a blood clot on his brain.  WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman revealed on Twitter that Orucuta has now been sent home and will begin his rehabilitation.…