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Jessica McCaskill is still the undisputed welterweight champion.

Kyoguchi (15-0, 10 KO) was making Matchroom debut and also fighting for the first time in the United States, and he was the clear favorite in this fight. But the 20-year-old, 4’10” Vega (14-4-1, 8 KO) gave him some real trouble, bringing aggression and having some success in close quarters, with the Japanese champion seeming to struggle a bit to figure out how to fight someone that much shorter. Had he pulled off the upset, Vega would have been boxing’s shortest champion ever, or at least...

Claressa Shields dominated once again, returning home to Flint, Mich., to win a wide unanimous decision over Marie-Eve Dicaire, unifying all four belts at 154 lbs and becoming a two-eight undisputed champion. Shields (11-0, 2 KO) won on scores of 100-90 from all three judges. Bad Left Hook was slightly more generous to Dicaire (17-1, 0 KO), which is to say we nicked her the ninth round and had it 99-91 for Shields. Shields, 25, looked like she wanted the knockout, but as usual it never came and...

Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos/Ring City USA Brandon Adams looked like he might have been fading out of the fight against Serhii Bohachuk, but then he shook Bohachuk with a big shot in the eighth round, and finished him off with a monstrous left hook, rallying for a come-from-behind knockout win. The Ring City USA main event was the good matchmaking we hoped and expected it would be, and the veteran Adams (23-3, 15 KO) became the man to sort of “find out” the previously unbeaten Bohachuk (18-1, ...

Jerry Forrest looked headed for an early loss to Zhilei Zhang, but rallied and forced a draw over 10 rounds.

There appeared to be at least some minor concern on the Berchelt (37-1, 33 KO) side about his weight, but he made it on the first go, the first time he’s actually made a 130-pound limit in 15 months, though he did have an unsanctioned fight last summer in Mexico. “I don’t feel like a favorite. I’m not going to step in the ring that way,” Berchelt told Bernardo Osuna, who translated. “All I know is I’m gonna go in there and give everything. You’re going to see all the hard work I...

NOW Magazine The best fried chicken sandwiches in Toronto Toronto is pivoting to fried chicken. Here are 15 sandwiches that will satisfy purists and decadent diners alike By Kelsey Adams, Richard Trapunski and Kevin Ritchie Feb 19, 2021 Samuel Engelking Aunty Lucy’s Nima sandwich is a variation on chef Adrian Forte’s grab-and-go Top Chef Canada challenge. Fried chicken sandwiches are everywhere right now. Comfort food in general is high on our list of cravings, but fried chicken s...

Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME Janelson Figueroa Bocachica stayed unbeaten with a majority decision win over Mark Reyes Jr in tonight’s ShoBox: The New Generation main event, edging scores of 96-94 and 97-93 on two cards, with the third even, 95-95. Bad Left Hook scored the fight 96-94 for Bocachica (17-0, 11 KO), with a good handful of swing rounds at the very least in what was a close, interesting fight that both young welterweights should learn from in the end. Bocachica may have gotten a boost ...

Tom Hogan-HoganPhotos/Golden Boy Promotions Joseph Diaz Jr missed weight on Friday and couldn’t retain his IBF junior lightweight title, but Shavkat Rakhimov didn’t get the judges going his way to take it for himself either, leaving the 130-pound belt vacant after a majority draw on DAZN. Judges had the fight 114-114, 114-114, and 115-113, the last card for Diaz. Bad Left Hook scored the bout 116-112 and 116-112 on separate cards, both giving the fight to Diaz, for what that’s worth. DAZN...

Britain Hart proved she was no "opponent" for Paige VanZant’s BKFC debut at KnuckleMania.