Marquis Johns
67 articles · Big Fight Weekend
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Terence Crawford-Shawn Porter Purse Bid Tuesday
Where are we at with the welterweight showdown between Shawn Porter and WBO champion Terence Crawford? Well, despite all of the conversation and chatter, we are slated to go to a purse…
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Crawford-Porter Purse Bid Pushed To September
The purse bid scheduled for WBO World Welterweight Terence Crawford and former WBC champ Shawn Porter was supposed to be resolved this weekend got an extension. Lance Pugmire of The Athletic tweeted…
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Mark Magsayo Survives Knockdown, Stops Ceja
Mark Magsayo looked to make a statement and did just that, stopping Julio Ceja in ten rounds from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Saturday night. 50 seconds of round ten was…
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Can Yordenis Ugas Beat Manny Pacquiao Saturday?
Yordenis Ugas comes into the contest against Manny Pacquiao on short order, but can the current WBA Super titleholder at welterweight pull off the win this Saturday like on pay-per-view from the…
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Rigondeaux Rides Bicycle As Casimero Retains
Showtime closed out their broadcast with a WBO World Bantamweight contest between Guillermo Rigondeaux and John Riel Casimero with Casimero winning by split decision. The official scorecards for this contest were 115-113…
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Spence Out, Ugas New Opponent For Pacquiao
Unified Welterweight Champion Errol Spence, Jr. was forced to withdraw from his blockbuster FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View showdown with eight-division and former welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on Saturday, August 21 from T-Mobile…
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Have You Seen This Pacquiao-Spence Card?
Well, Manny Pacquiao and Errol Spence Jr. are set to clash on September 18 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada but what about the rest of the card that is…
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John Riel Casimero- ‘Donaire Is Easy For Me’
On Wednesday, former two-division world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and WBO Bantamweight World Champion John Riel Casimero kicked off their war of words before their championship contest on August 14 from The Dignity…
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Brian Castano and Jermell Charlo Fight To A Draw
The four-belt era began thirty-two years ago. Brian Castano and Jermell Charlo tried to settle who would be the first person at Junior Middleweight, but in the end, it was a split…
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WBA Moves- Strips Jean Pascal, Denies Pacquiao
The World Boxing Association (WBA) did a couple of moves Friday, and stripping Jean Pascal is one of the expected, albeit pointless ones they put in motion for the boxing sanctioning body.…
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Tyson Fury Tests Positive For Covid 19- Wilder Fight Off
Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder have unfinished business but for now, that is will have to take place after July 24th. Multiple reports are out that Fury was among those who have…
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Manny Pacquiao Sued By Paradigm
Over the weekend, the management firm representing Conor McGregor got the ball rolling on a lawsuit involving Manny Pacquiao. In a report by ESPN and 1st by The Athletic, Paradigm Sports Management…
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Lomachenko Batters Nakatani- Stops Him In Nine
Any questions had about former unified champion Vasiliy Lomachenko were answered Saturday night in Las Vegas, as he came out on all cylinders against Masayoshi Nakatani, stopping him in nine rounds. The…
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Naoya Inoue Destroys Dasmarinas In Three
“The Monster” Naoya Inoue was in action Saturday night for the latest Unified World Bantamweight title defense against “Hot ‘N Spicy” Michael Dasmarinas and made short order of him to retain, stopping…
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Mayweather-Paul Exhibition Goes The Distance
So the exhibition finally took place between Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul Sunday night from the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida that ended in a draw over eight rounds. The draw…
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Nonito Donaire Makes History Stops Oubaali In Four
The King has returned, as Nonito Donaire became a three-time Bantamweight champion by stopping unbeaten Nordine Oubaali in four rounds to close out the Showtime broadcast Saturday night. The time of 1:52…
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Report- Jean Pascal Out Of Jack Fight For Failed Drug Test
Looks like the rematch of Badou Jack and Jean Pascal is going to be put on hold. Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports dropped late Friday night that Pascal (36-6-1,20 KOs, 1 NC)…
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Josh Taylor New Ruler At Super Lightweight- Decisions Ramirez
We have a new undisputed ruler at Super Lightweight as Scotland’s Josh Taylor defeated Jose Ramirez by unanimous decision to capture the IBF, WBA, WBO, WBC, and Ring Magazine titles Saturday night…
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Tyson Fury Makes Joshua FIght Offical
It looks like we may have a significant announcement this week after all regarding the mega-fight between heavyweights Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Fury announced on Sunday on his social media that…
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Canelo Alvarez Stops Billy Joe Saunders in Eight
Canelo Alvarez is now one step closer to becoming Undisputed at Super Middleweight. By the eighth round, he defeated Billy Joe Saunders in the eighth round capturing the Ring, WBC, WBO, and…