Daily Archives: May 11, 2024

Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom hopes the pace-setters for the heavyweight fight of the year will meet again before the end of 2024. In March, British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Frazer Clarke and Fabio Wardley shared 12 memorable rounds at the O2 in London and,…

Junior middleweight Jordan Panthen is scheduled to take on the also-undefeated Miguel Angel Hernandez at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California, on June 20, in another quick return to the ring. Panthen (8-0, 7 KOs), who will face Hernandez (8-0, 6 KOs) in an…

Yamileth Mercado will defend her WBC junior featherweight title against Ramla Ali at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 29. They will meet on the card topped by the blockbuster clash between Juan Francisco Estrada and Jesse Rodriguez for the WBC and Ring Magazine junior bantamweight titles. Mercado…

All of the championship fighters have made weight in Perth, Western Australia head of Sunday’s Top Rank bill, with headliners Vasiliy Lomachenko and vacant IBF lightweight title co-challenger George Kambosos both came in under the 135lbs limit. (Vacant IBF Lightweight World Title - 12 Rounds) Vasiliy Lomachenko 134.9lbs.…

Featherweight titleholder Rafael Espinoza will make his first defense against Sergio Chirino at Fontainebleau Las Vegas in Las Vegas on June 21. Espinoza (24-0, 20 KOs) earned his belt last December, upsetting Robeisy Ramirez in a Fight of the Year contender. Despite being knocked…

Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury have both arrived safely in Saudi Arabia. In just over a week’s time, one of them will fly home as the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world since Lennox Lewis outpointed Evander Holyfield in 1999. The meeting of…