Richard Abril (17-3-1, 8KOs) feels like he left the ring a winner on Saturday night, even after his controversial split decision loss to Brandon Rios (30-0-1, 22KOs) at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. The consensus at ringside was that Abril had done more than enough to walk out of the fight as the victor. «With all of my heart I feel that I won. The announcers on TV said I won. All of the Cubans and all of my people in Miami know I won so I feel like a winner,» Abril told read more ...

Former champion Brandon Rios (30-0-1, 22KOs) lashed out at his critics, who recently took aim at the boxer for not being able to make the lightweight limit for the second consecutive fight. This past Friday, Rios looked like a skinny ghost as he weighed in at 137-pounds, two pounds over the lightweight limit. The following day at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Rios struggled to win a controversial twelve round split decision over WBA interim-champion Richard Abril read more ...

«I tried to give it my best. It was a very close fight. I give all the credit to Richard Abril but he did not come to fight,» former world champion Brandon Rios said following his controversial split decision win Saturday night in Las Vegas. Abril was a no-show at the post-fight presser, so Rios had the media all to himself read more ...

Lightweight contender Richard Abril (17-3-1, 8KOs) was livid after losing a close twelve round split decision to Brandon Rios (30-0-1, 22KOs). The scores were 117-111 Abril, 115-112 and 115-113 for Rios. Abril believes that he clearly won the fight by at least four to five rounds. He was shocked when the judges gave the fight to Rios. Because Rios failed to make weight on Friday read more ...

Brandon «Bam Bam» Rios managed to walk away from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas with his unbeaten record intact as he scored a highly controversial split decision victory over Richard Abril on Saturday night before a crowd of 3,705. Neither Rios and Abril were impressive but most viewed Abril as having the upper hand throughout the fight as he prevented Rios from mustering up any offense while plucking away at Rios from the outside read more ...

The weights are in for Saturday night’s HBO pay-per-view. In a battle for the vacant WBA lightweight championship, interim beltholder Richard Abril (17-2-1, 8KOs) came in at 135-pounds. Former champion Brandon Rios (29-0-1, 22KOs) weighed in at 137, two-pounds over the lightweight limit. Rios struggled to make weight for his last fight in December against John Murray and initially planned to move up to 140 read more ...

Former world champion Brandon «Bam Bam» Rios,Oxnard,Ca. holds a photo of Yuriorkis Gamboa, who was a no-show during their press conferences in Los Angeles and Miami, where both fighters were scheduled to announce their upcoming World Lightweight title fight, set for Saturday, April 14 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. HBO Championship Boxing will televise read more ...

NEW YORK — Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been impressed thus far by what he has seen from Adrien Broner, the flamboyant fighter who is being groomed by his handlers as the sports next Mayweather read more ...

Marcos «Chino» Maidana made his return to BoxingScene’s official audio show, The Boxing Lab, and spoke about his upcoming fight with Devon Alexander and potential future opponents. Maidana, along with Alexander, will be venturing into the welterweight division for the first time when they face each other on February 25th. Marcos was asked if the move to 147 would be permanent read more ...

Trainer Robert Garcia told RingTV.com on Sunday that he expects Brandon Rios to return to the ring on March 3 in an HBO-televised lightweight bout. Last month weight-cutting problems cost Rios the WBA lightweight belt on the scales before the unbeaten slugger scored an 11th-round knockout over John Murray read more ...