HBO’s Peter Nelson: ‘Roman Gonzalez is one of the brightest lights in boxing’
HBO executive Peter Nelson is echoing the sentiments of what many true fight fans have been insisting for years: It’s time to hail the little guys. And RING flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez leads the pack.
read moreRoman Gonzalez brings flyweight action back to HBO
On May 16, in support of the middleweight title bout between Gennady Golovkin and Willie Monroe Jr., WBC flyweight titlist Roman Gonzalez will defend his strap against Edgar Sosa on HBO.
read moreLem’s latest: Shafikov, Diaz, Ramirez win
Junior welterweight/lightweight contender Denis Shafikov, former lightweight titleholder Juan Diaz, and junior welterweight Jose Carlos Ramirez all won by knockout on Saturday night during a Top Rank-promoted event in Laredo, Texas.
read moreSegura-Gonzalez on tap for Aug. 17
Giovanni Segura could return to the ring against unbeaten Jonathan Gonzalez on Aug. 17.
read moreRing Ratings Update: welcome back Guillermo Jones
There was a lot of action this past weekend but despite a few high-profile fights not much significant movement in THE RING’s divisional ratings apart from at cruiserweight, where inactive Guillermo Jones re-entered after his 11th-round KO of Denis Lebedev.
read moreWeekend Review: Matthysse wows the boxing world
Lucas Matthysse finally claimed a signature victory by blowing out IBF 140-pound titleholder Lamont Peterson in three rounds Saturday night in Atlantic City, N.J.
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