May 9, 2024 – Sugar Bert Boxing

BoxingScene May 9, 2024

Focused Fury Could Be A Different Proposition For Usyk

Heavyweight great Lennox Lewis has warned unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) to expect the best version of Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) when the pair meet at long-last in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. May 18 will see the long-awaited undisputed heavyweight title…

EastSideBoxing May 9, 2024

Naoya Inoue Dethrones Terence Crawford As Ring Magazine’s Pound-for-Pound King

Naoya Inoue has officially been chosen by Ring Magazine staff as their new pound-for-pound king, replacing Terence Crawford for the top sport. Ring Magazine’s choice is questionable because many pundits feel that Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) hasn’t beaten the level of opposition to grab the…

BoxingNews24 May 9, 2024

Lomachenko Unfazed By Kambosos’ Retirement Threats

Vasily Lomachenko is amused by his opponent George Kambosos Jr. talking about sending him into retirement on Saturday in their fight for the vacant IBF lightweight title. Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) feels Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs) is playing a game by saying outrageous stuff, but…

BoxingScene May 9, 2024

Doheny Embraces Mythical Status In Japan As He Hopes To Take The Call For Inoue

Australia-based Irishman TJ Doheny continued staking his claim for a fight with Naoya Inoue with victory in the Tokyo Dome on Monday night. The 37-year-old southpaw scored a fourth-round stoppage of Filipino Bryl Bayagos, who is now 7-1-1, in the show opener, which still…

BadLeftHook May 9, 2024

Adames vs Gausha and Puello vs Russell reportedly set for June 15

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Carlos Adames will be making his first defense as full WBC middleweight champion PBC’s June 15th Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin/David Benavidez vs Oleksandr Gvozdyk show appears to be expanding. Salvador Rodriguez announced yesterday…

BoxingScene May 9, 2024

Risk-taker Bridges Hoping A Promoter Takes A Chance On Him

Julian Bridges has risen from a regional fighter to a prospect. In his fifth pro fight, Bridges upset well-established prospect Jabin Chollet by winning a six-round unanimous decision which was the first fight of the night on the Canelo Alvarez-Jaime Munguia pay-per-view undercard last…

BoxingNews24 May 9, 2024

Naoya Inoue: Pound-for-Pound King With Ring Magazine, But Does His Record Hold Up?

Naoya Inoue has become Ring Magazine’s new pound-for-pound king, beating out Terence Crawford for the top spot. Ring Magazine’s decision to choose undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) over Crawford, Oleksandr Usyk, and Canelo Alvarez is questionable because Inoue’s wins haven’t been…

BoxingScene May 9, 2024

Change Of Opponent For Arslanbek Makhmudov

Heavyweight Junior Fa surprised the boxing world recently when he announced his retirement, thus withdrawing from his scheduled bout on May 25 against Arslanbek Makhmudov. In Fa’s place comes Serbian national champion Miljan Rovcanin who will attempt to spoil the “Lion’s” comeback at the Gervais…

EastSideBoxing May 9, 2024

Lomachenko Vs. Kambosos: Can George Force Loma Out Of Cruise Control Mode?

This Saturday live night on ESPN/ESPN+ Vasiliy Lomachenko returns to the ring versus the former undisputed lightweight champion George Kambosos. This bout will take place in George’s backyard in Australia. Lomachenko was last seen almost a year ago, losing to Devin Haney via a razor-close…

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