Carlos Toro

Jose Ramirez vs. Jose Zepeda Averages 655,000 Viewers For Entire ESPN Telecast

Top Rank’s latest boxing card on ESPN did not produce strong viewership numbers.  According to Showbuzz Daily, the February 10 Top Rank Boxing on ESPN broadcast averaged 655,000 viewers (233,000 viewers in the 18-49 demographic) and drew a 0.44 household…

Fightful Boxing Rankings (2/12): Busy Weekend Shakes Up Several Divisions

The Fightful Boxing Rankings are compiled by lead boxing writer Carlos Toro. *** Fightful Boxing Rankings: Pound-for-pound Vasiliy Lomachenko Terence Crawford Naoya Inoue Oleksandr Usyk Canelo Alvarez Mikey Garcia Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Gennady Golovkin Leo Santa Cruz Gervonta Davis Heavyweight…

Errol Spence Jr. and Mikey Garcia To Hold Press Conference Live On Fox

In a rare moment for Premier Boxing Champions, Fox will air a live press conference for PBC’s next pay-per-view event. On February 16, Errol Spence Jr. and Mikey Garcia will have a press conference to talk about their upcoming pay-per-view…

Floyd Mayweather: There’s No Rush For Gervonta Davis To Fight Vasiliy Lomachenko

Although Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko are champions in different weight classes, calls for the two of them to fight each other from the boxing community continue to persist. After Davis knocked out Hugo Ruiz in the first round of their WBA…

Report: Yuriorkis Gamboa Signs Multi-Fight Deal With PBC

Former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa is coming to Premier Boxing Champions. According to Mike Coppinger of Ring Magazine, Gamboa signed a multi-fight deal with PBC with the idea of lining him up with a major fight in the second fight of…

Joseph Diaz Jr. Open To Going Back To 126 Pounds For Title Fights, Prefers Boxing At 130 Pounds

Joseph Diaz Jr. was victorious in his first fight moving up to super featherweight, but is still open to the idea of going back down in weight only for title fights. After Diaz defeated Charles Huerta on the undercard of the…

Fight-size Boxing Update: Billel Dib’s Next Fight, Inoue vs. Rodriguez, Briedis vs. Glowacki

Your fight-size boxing update: – Billel Dib will return to the ring on March 30 at the Seagulls Stadium in Tweeds Heads, NSW Australia. Dib will take on Rey Juntilla and fight for the second time under trainer Angelo Hyder. Hyder is known…

Jose Ramirez Narrowly Beats Jose Zepeda, Retains WBC Junior Welterweight Title

Jose Ramirez had perhaps his toughest title defense to date in front of perhaps his largest audience yet. In the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card from Fresno, California, Ramirez retained his WBC junior welterweight title against…

Ishe Smith Retires After Latest Loss On February 9

After a career that included fights against numerous world-class boxers and a title reign of his own, Ishe Smith calls it quits. Smith went to Twitter to make the announcement shortly after getting stopped by Erickson Lubin on the undercard…

Jose Ramirez vs. Jose Zepeda Weigh-In Results

Jose Ramirez had no problems making weight for his upcoming 140-pound title defense. Ramirez came in more than a pound below the junior welterweight limit for his WBC title fight against Jose Zepeda, set for February 10. Ramirez will defend…