Day: March 11, 2018

Hall of Fame promoter Bob rum is not impressed with Deontay Wilder’s boxing style following his recent win over Luis Ortiz. Arum is in involved in the promotion somewhat of WBO champion Joseph Parker who takes on Anthony Joshua at the end of this month in a massive unification in…

WBO world featherweight champion Oscar Valdez waked away with more than a few bumps and brusies this weekend in California. The Mexican warrior suffered  broken jaw and lost  tooth in his 12 round unanimous points win over Englishman Scott Quigg. Quigg also suffered a broken jaw in the mid rounds…

Boxing is not a sport for the faint hearted sometimes and last night Mexican Oscar Valdez and Englishman Scott Quigg suffered some of the more painful injuries seen recently in a pro boxing ring. Fighting live on ESPN the fight delivered in buckets. An action packed encounter that saw Quigg…

Scott Quigg did not hide away from the media after his loss to Oscar Vldez this weekend on ESPN. Quigg was happy to answer all questions of him after the unanimous points decision and was largely humble in defeat. Speaking to a media scrum straight after the loss, Quigg said:…

UFC president White was pictured with his son in t-shirts for his new boxing company which White plans to begin promoting boxing events with in the US in the near future. Dan White has been linked to boxing a lot in recent times following his public decision to get involved…

Promoter Eddie Hearn might be new in the US boxing market but American journalists were not letting him off the hook easily after this weekend’s world title fight. Hearn’s fighter Scott Quigg suffered a broken nose on route to a unanimous points loss to featherweight champion Oscar Valdez this weekend.…

Sergey Lipinets dropped a decision to Mikey Garcia this weekend but put on an entertaining battle for as long as the fight went. Mikey Garcia became a four weight world champion with his unanimous points win in San Antonio but paid tribute to his opponent afterwards. Following the loss, Lipinets…

Scott Quigg suffered  loss to Oscr Valdez this weekend but before the fight even happened the main story surrounded Quigg missing weight. The WBO title was not on the line for Quigg as consequence after he came in nearly 3lbs overweight on Friday. This was very out of character for…

What Oscar Valdez and Scott Quigg actually weighed at the time of their fight tonight might surprise a few and provide more insight and perspective into why Quigg came over weight at during Friday’s weigh-ins. Quigg missing weight for the WBO featherweight title contest by 2.8lbs was the big story going…

Tony Bellew trainer Dave Coldwell perhaps hit the nail on the head better than anyone tonight following a thrilling fight between Oscar Valdez and Scott Quigg. The fight almost didn’t go ahead in the end due to Quigg not only missing weight, but then refusing to do a same day…

Scott Quigg has been in the wars these past few years, to be it lightly. A broken jaw a couple of years back to Carl Frampton and now tonight – perhaps one of the worst broken noses seen for some time in boxing. Quigg as he always does, fought with…

WBO featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez defended his title tonight but was made to come through significant adversity from Englishman Scott Quigg in order to do so. The main story going into the fight was Quigg missing weight by an incredible 2.8lbs on weigh-in day. A significant amount of weight…

Scott Quigg may have missed weight considerably before his world featherweight title shot tonight, but he made up for it with a gruelling battle tonight in California. WBO featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez ultimately won a unanimous decision over Englishman Quigg to retain his title but was made work for…

Mikey Garcia became a four-weight world champion tonight with an impressive display over Sergey Lipinets in San Antonio, Texas. Garcia dropped the teak tough Lipinets on route to winning a unanimous points decision tonight and although Lipinets came in as an underdog, proved to be a very game and live…