Ryan Songalia

As a trainer and manager, Bobby Rooney has a lot on his mind heading into fight night. One thing he doesn’t worry about is whether his star pupil Robert Terry is doing his roadwork. That’s because the unbeaten junior middleweight makes himself seen on the streets of Bayonne, N.J., doing his six mile runs in […]

Hiroto Kyoguchi and Vince Paras will meet a third time to settle their stalemate on October 13 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Japan. The unlikely trilogy was made possible after the Filipino flyweight contender Paras (21-2-1, 15 knockouts) pulled off the upset this past May, defeating the former two division champ Kyoguchi (18-2, 12 KOs) […]

Former two division titleholder Marlon Tapales returns to action on September 7 when he faces once beaten Indian boxer Saurabh Kumar at Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Tapales (38-4, 20 knockouts) will be fighting for the second time since losing by tenth round knockout last December to Naoya Inoue in a junior featherweight undisputed […]

QUEBEC CITY — As The Ring and WBC’s no. 1 contender at 168 pounds, it shouldn’t take much for Christian Mbilli to prove that he deserves a title opportunity. When you consider that The Ring championship and three of the four major titles are held by the biggest star in boxing, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and […]

“Slick” Michael Anderson will face an opponent to be named, while Emmanuel “Salserito” Rodriguez and Khalid Twaiti will face off in a bantamweight crossroads bout on October 12 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Anderson (24-3-1, 18 knockouts) of Newark will be fighting for the fourth time in his last five fights at Prudential Center, […]

QUEBEC CITY — Osleys Iglesias stamped himself as a legitimate contender at 168 pounds with a dominant stoppage of a former title challenger. Iglesias wasted little time getting rid of Sena Agbeko, dropping him once before pummeling him along the ropes to force a referee’s stoppage at Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The […]

QUEBEC CITY — Thomas Chabot may have been the second bout of the night, but for his fans who made the 90-minute trip from Thetford Mines, he was the feature attraction. The 24-year-old junior lightweight prospect gave his supporters something to cheer about, defeating Argentina’s Matias Ezequiel Guenemil by a unanimous decision on Saturday, August 17 […]

QUEBEC CITY — When people say that boxing is a young man’s sport, they usually have nights like tonight in mind. Christian Mbilli, a young, hungry and powerful fighter waiting for his opportunity, stalked away at a respected but aging former title challenger in Sergiy Derevychaneko. Derevyanchenko, nine years the senior of Mbilli, knew what […]

The boxing event this Saturday in Quebec City will feature fighters from all over the world, with boxers coming from as far as Germany, Argentina and the United States to show their talents at Centre Videotron. One fighter who lives driving distance away has his eyes set on stealing the show. Thomas Chabot, a featherweight […]

John Riel Casimero continued his rebuilding phase at junior featherweight, defeating Fillipus Nghitumbwa by unanimous decision on Saturday at Okada Manila Hotel and Casino in Paranaque City, Philippines. Two judges scored the bout 116-110 while the third had it 114-112, all for Casimero (33-4, 22 knockouts), the former three division champion who was fighting for […]

QUEBEC CITY — The crowd was red hot heading into the twelfth round of the WBO bantamweight title fight this past January between Jason Moloney and Saul Sanchez. A casual fan in attendance at Videotron Centre in Quebec City might be surprised to learn that neither fighter was from Quebec, let alone Canada, but when […]

“The Big Uzbek” brought a close to a big Olympics campaign in Paris for the Uzbekistan team. Bakhodir Jalolov repeated as the Olympics super heavyweight champion on Saturday, defeating Spain’s Ayoub Ghadfa by unanimous decision at Roland Garros to cap off a dominant run by Uzbekistan at the 2024 Games, tallying five gold medals. Jalolov, […]

After the decision was announced, Imane Khelif did her trademark finger gun celebration with tears in her eyes. She then hugged her trainer, Cuban legend Pedro Diaz, before being carried from the ring on the shoulders of an assistant coach as she hoisted up an Algerian flag above her head. Khelif’s unanimous decision win on […]

Eight years after his first gold medal, Hasanboy Dusmatov adds a second Olympic gold in as many weight classes. The Uzbek boxer became the latest boxer to win at least two golds on Thursday, defeating France’s Billal Bennama by a 5-0 decision to win the 51 kilogram men’s gold medal at Roland Garros in Paris, […]

Erislandy Alvarez made sure Cuba didn’t leave the Paris Olympics without a boxing gold, edging out France’s Sofiane Oumiha on Wednesday by a 3-2 decision to win the men’s 63.5 kilogram gold at the Paris Games. Cuba, a long-time Olympic boxing powerhouse, had only left one Olympics without a boxing gold since 1968, when they […]

Imane Khelif, the Algerian female welterweight who has battled gender misconceptions at the 2024 Olympics, will box for a gold medal. The 25-year-old Khelif of Tiaret, Algeria dominated Thai foe Janjaem Suwannapheng at Roland Garros in Paris, winning a 5-0 decision to advance to the 66 kilogram final on Friday, August 9. There she will […]

For the second straight Olympics, Nesthy Petecio will be leaving with a medal. The 32-year-old from Davao City, Philippines cemented herself in history as the first boxer from her country to earn two Olympic medals after defeating China’s Xu Zichun by a 5-0 score in the quarterfinals of the women’s 57 kilogram competition at the […]

Omari Jones, the men’s 156-pounder from Orlando, ensured that the United States would have at least one medalist on Saturday, August 3, defeating Bulgaria’s Rami Mofid Kiwan by a dominant 5-0 decision to advance to the semifinals of the 2024 Olympics at Arena Paris Nord. Jones is carrying a heavy weight on his shoulders as […]

American boxers Jahmal Harvey and Omari Jones scored big wins on Wednesday, July 31, advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Olympics at Arena Paris Nord. Harvey, 21, of Oxon Hill, Md. scored a narrow 3-2 split decision over Brazil’s Luiz Oliveira in their men’s 57 kilogram bout, while Omari Jones, 21, of Orlando, Fla. […]

Nesthy Petecio, the featherweight silver medalist from the Tokyo Olympics, kicked off her bid to improve off that finish in strong fashion, dominating India’s Jaismine to a unanimous decision in the 2024 women’s 57-kilogram round of 32 on Tuesday, July 30 at Arena Paris Nord. Petecio, 32, of Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur in the […]