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Junior middleweight titleholder Brian Castano jumped from No. 3 to No. 1 in The Ring’s 154-pound rankings by holding Ring/unified champ Jermell Charlo to a draw on July 17. One week later, Joe Joyce moved up one spot, from No. 10 to No. 9, in the heavyweight rankings following a sixth-round stoppage of battle-tested gatekeeper The post Ring Ratings Update: Castano climbs to No. 1 at 154, Joyce advances at heavyweight appeared first on The Ring.

ESSEX, England – Leigh Wood slayed “The Monster”. The Nottingham man, a hefty pre-fight underdog against The Ring’s No. 3 featherweight Xu Can, produced the performance of his life to stun and then knockout the feared Beijing man, stopping him with 17 seconds remaining in the 12th round. Wood was outstanding. He tried to work the The post Leigh Wood produces thrilling upset over Xu Can, scores 12th-round stoppage appeared first on The Ring.

Chris Billam-Smith is now the British, Commonwealth and European cruiserweight champion after a hard-fought 12-round split decision win over Belfast’s Tommy McCarthy. The Bournemouth man won by margins of 114-115, 115-114 and 116-112 to add McCarthy’s European strap to his collection of hardware. It was a close, hard fight and there would be few complaints The post Chris Billiam-Smith wins split decision over Tommy McCarthy, picks up European 200-pound title appeared first on The Ring.

Najee Lopez woke up the morning after his second U.S. Olympic trials bout in December of 2019, and knew it wasn’t even worth getting out of bed. His right eye, which had been cut due to an accidental headbutt against Darius Fulghum, was completely shut, and he knew there was no way he would ever The post Najee Lopez puts trials disappointment behind him, turns pro on August 14 appeared first on The Ring.