Sep

10: Notable flyweight title fights

From Sept. 5-10 all five world flyweight titles – THE RING championship and the four major sanctioning bodies – will be on the line in three excellent matchups. In honor of the often over-looked division, Lee Groves presents 10 of the most notable 112-pound championships of all time.

Apr

Giovani Segura entertains with 10th-round KO of Felipe Salguero

by Francisco Salazar

Giovani Segura’s fan-friendly style was again in full effect this past Saturday night in Tijuana as he broke fellow Mexican Felipe Salguero down and stopped the two-time title challenger in the 10th and final round.

Nov

Dougie’s Friday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Readers share their emotional thoughts on the condition of Magomed Abdusalamov and professional boxing, the appreciation of defensive fighters and ring warriors, Gennady Golovkin’s “hype” and potential fights, and the Segura-Marquez war in this week’s Friday mailbag.

Nov

Ring Ratings Update: Giovani Segura crashes flyweight rankings

by Doug Fischer

Former junior flyweight champ Giovani Segura broke into THE RING’s flyweight rankings by stopping No. 3-rated Hernan Marquez in the 12th round of a Fight of the Year candidate.

Nov

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Read on for a ton of fan feedback on Gennady Golovkin’s eighth-round stoppage of Curtis Stevens in this week’s Monday mailbag. Some fans were impressed with GGG, others think he’ll prove to be vulnerable against elite boxers such as Sergio Martinez and Andre Ward. Enjoy!

Nov

Segura stops Marquez in Mexico firefight

by The Ring

The flyweight battle between former titleholders Giovani Segura and Hernan Marquez lived up to the expectations of hardcore fans, with Segura scoring the KO in the waning moments of the 12th round.

Nov

Giovani Segura-Hernan Marquez may outdo Golovkin-Stevens in action

by Doug Fischer

The flyweight title elimination bout between former champs Hernan Marquez and Giovani Segura, which takes place tonight in Hermosillo, Mexico, hasn’t received a fraction of the attention Golovkin-Stevens has but it might produce more action than the middleweight showdown. UniMas will televise in the U.S.

Aug

Lem’s latest: Shafikov, Diaz, Ramirez win

by Lem Satterfield

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.

Jul

Segura-Gonzalez on tap for Aug. 17

by Lem Satterfield

Giovanni Segura could return to the ring against unbeaten Jonathan Gonzalez on Aug. 17.

May

Ring Ratings Update: welcome back Guillermo Jones

by Doug Fischer

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.