Fight Oscar Larios W TKO 10 (12) Wayne McCullough

After several weeks of thinking it over, former two division champion Oscar Larios has announced his retirement from the sport of boxing. At the young age of 32, Larios was involved in 77 pro bouts (69-7-1, 39KOs). He last fought in March, losing his WBC featherweight title to Takahiro Aoh. After taking a beating at the hands of Jorge Linares in July of 2007 in Las Vegas, he was medically suspended from fighting read more ...

Super featherweight superstar Manny Pacquiao (42-3-2, 32 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous deciaion over game Oscar Larios (56-5-1, 36 KOs) Sunday morning at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. Larios had some good rounds early, but was cut over the left eye by a punch in round three, which bled for the rest of the fight. By round four, Pacman was in command and the bout became one-sided in his favor after that read more ...

Mexican Oscar Larios arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday afternoon in an upbeat mood. He will square off with Manny Pacquiao on July 2 at the Araneta Coliseum, site of the 1975 Thrilla in Manila between Ali and Frazier. Larios was joined by trainer Edison Reynoso, while agent Rafael Mendoza came in much earlier on board Philippine Airlines. Larios and Reynoso flew in from Los Angeles via EVA Air. They came all the way from read more ...

The Mexican media reported on Wednesday that Manny Pacquiao will clash with Oscar Larios sometime in May this year in Manila, Philippines. When Fightnews contacted Pacquiao over the weekend, the Filipino southpaw revealed that it looks like Larios will be coming over to Manila to test him in a brawl. Pacquiao is priming up for a third fight with Erik Morales in September in Las Vegas following his sensational 10th round kayo of the Mexican grand champion over two weeks ago read more ...

It was hardly scintillating, but Jermain Taylor (25-0, 17 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Bernard Hopkins (46-4-1, 32 KOs) to retain his WBC/WBA/WBO middleweight world championship Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. A lot of posing early on, but Taylor seemed slightly better. As the fight progressed, Taylor became more and more in control. Like their first fight, the tide began to turn around round read more ...

After two fights and two knockouts, Oscar Larios and Israel Vazquez, the two premier super bantamweights in the world, still stand at a stalemate, with neither fighter able to fully claim superiority over the other. So what are two Mexican warriors to do? They fight for a third time read more ...

Oscar Larios of Mexico survived an early onslaught and dominated late, retaining his WBC super bantamweight title Thursday with a unanimous decision over veteran Wayne McCullough at the Palace Indian Gaming Center. The 28-year-old Larios (55-3-1) made his eight title defense another successful one, surviving early offense from McCullough (27-5). The 34-year-old McCullough pressed... read more ...