Frank Warren is clear that there will be a world title on the line in Agit Kabayel‘s return, regardless of whether Oleksandr Usyk is standing in the opposite corner. The leading contender claimed his WBC ‘interim’ title in February 2025, when he climbed off the canvas to halt Zhilei Zhang with a vicious sixth-round body…
HOUSTON — It was the perfect time for Shohei Ohtani to step up to the plate. The Dodgers’ offense was rolling again, ready to make a statement with a third-inning rally against the Astros. They loaded the bases and turned over the batting order. Then Ohtani chased a sinker off the plate and chopped a slow bouncer…
Terence Crawford has responded to Turki Alalshikh’s request that he comes out of retirement and enters a rematch with Canelo Alvarez. The Saudi boxing chief spearheaded their first encounter in September, when Crawford moved up two weight divisions and claimed a career-defining unanimous decision victory. In doing so, the American became a three-division undisputed king…
Oscar De La Hoya had plenty to say after David Benavidez stopped Gilberto Ramirez to become a three-weight world champion on Saturday. Benavidez proved that he was capable of carrying his power up to 200lbs as he claimed the sixth round win over Ramirez to capture the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles at the T-Mobile…
Eddie Hearn believes he has the perfect ace up his sleeve, especially after Naoya Inoue went 12 rounds in a “competitive fight” with Junto Nakatani. Their super-bantamweight encounter on Saturday certainly had its competitive moments, but ‘The Monster’ ultimately showed his elite-level capabilities by claiming a unanimous decision victory. In doing so, Inoue successfully defended…
Terence Crawford hung up the gloves without suffering a defeat, but there is one former world champion who believes that he would have knocked ‘Bud’ out, if they had been able to agree to a fight. Crawford’s superstardom skyrocketed during his final fights, becoming a multi-divisional undisputed champion with a spectacular stoppage victory over welterweight…
WASHINGTON — A federal judge told the U.S. government Monday not to cut down more than 10 trees without first providing notice amid a legal dispute at a historic Washington golf course that President Trump plans to renovate. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said during a remote hearing that she wasn’t going to issue a temporary restraining…
Moses Itauma was originally set to return on July 25 in London, however the announcement of Anthony Joshua’s ‘warm-up’ fight against Kristian Prenga on the same date in Saudi Arabia has forced a change. Itauma was last out in March when he became the first man to stop American heavyweight Jermaine Franklin. It was the…
The ninth in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers. When the Dodgers drafted David Lesch in January 1980, they had visions of his fastball lighting up radar guns at Dodger Stadium. He never made it that far. Lesch never climbed above the lowest rung on…
Dodgers beat the Cardinals From Maddie Lee: Enough was enough. The Dodgers entered Sunday on a four-game losing streak, with a lack of offense undermining solid performances from the pitching staff. They were on the verge of being swept by the St. Louis Cardinals, after losing a series to the Miami Marlins in Los Angeles….