Cherneka Johnson (18-2) is the new undisputed bantamweight champion of the world. The Australian boxer dominated Shurretta Metcalf (14-5-1) at Madison Square Garden on Friday night (local time) to ...

"Is this guy for real?" That's what ESPN commentator Joe Tessitore uttered — and what the majority of viewers were likely thinking — when Dan Hennessey made the ultimate mistake as a ring announcer by ...

Hughes began to celebrate before she was called back to the middle of the ring. Hennessey then announced Johnson as the winner. It was Hughes’ first professional loss of her career. "I just don't get ...

A ring announcer who mistakenly called the wrong winner in a women’s World Boxing Association (WBA) title fight has quit after receiving abuse on social media, adding that he will no longer be “the ...

Cherneka Johnson has a high-profile assignment to go along with the other big development in her career. Johnson, the two-division and reigning WBA bantamweight titleholder, is the latest fighter to ...

It was a boxing blunder for the ages. Boxing announcer Dan Hennessey invoked the spirit of Steve Harvey at the Miss Universe Pageant when he incorrectly announced the winner of a women's boxing title ...

A ring announcer’s error following a women’s bantamweight championship in Perth, Australia, on Sunday stunned the boxing world as reigning champion Nina Hughes ...

NEW YORK — Cherneka Johnson had her eye on Madison Square Garden ever since a bantamweight unification fight was added to this event. As the reigning WBA titlist, Johnson figured she would eventually ...

It was cooler standing outside trainer Derrick James' gym on a mid-90s afternoon in Dallas. The thermostat above the boxing ring inched past 100 degrees as fighters stepped in between the ropes to ...

The American boxing ring announcer who called out the wrong winner after a title fight last weekend has resigned. Following a boxing match between Cherneka Johnson and Nina Hughes in Australia on ...

Her world was rocked earlier this month by the violent death of her brother, but the Brisbane boxer has said she’s all ...

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