The long-gestating rematch between Leo Santa Cruz (33-1-1, WBA Super) and Abner Mares (30-2-1) is about to get underway. According to the Los Angeles Times, both Santa Cruz and Mares will be featured on an PBC on FOX card taking individual tune ups ahead of their inevitable rematch from their memorable, albeit one-sided first encounter in 2015. Back then, Santa Cruz was … [Read more...]
Wilder, Hurd, Breazeale Deliver KOs on PBC Triple-header
It may not have been easy, but Deontay Wilder successfully defended his WBC Heavyweight title after knocking out Gerald Washington in five rounds. Wilder was making his first appearance in the ring since last summer when he suffered hand and bicep injuries which required surgery, and looked slow to the trigger for the first four rounds of the fight. Washington, who took the … [Read more...]
Prime Time Has Finally Come For Gerald Washington
One could imagine that Gerald Washington was taken by surprise when the call came nearly one month ago with the offer to sub in for a shot at the Heavyweight title. Washington, who will face off against undefeated Deontay Wilder this weekend in the main event of PBC on Fox, was already set on the undercard until Andrezj Wawrzyk tested positive for a banned substance and … [Read more...]