Daily Archives: May 20, 2024

Shakur Stevenson took to social media to gripe [read: throw a hissy fit] about IBF lightweight champion Vasily Lomachenko fighting WBO champ Denys Berichyk next in a unification. Shakur’s Discontent and Desired Opponent WBO 135-lb champion Shakur (21-0, 10 KOs) wants Lomachenko (18-0, 12 KOs)…

Boxing analyst Paulie Malignaggi is in favor of the referee giving Tyson Fury a standing eight count in round nine when he’d been hit with 20 consecutive headshots by Oleksandr Usyk and ropes were holding him up. Malignaggi’s Referee Rant: Stop the Stoppages! Paulie wants…

Joe Cordina will be moving up to lightweight after losing his IBF super featherweight title to challenger Anthony Cacace by an upset eighth-round knockout last Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Courtesy: Mikey Williams/Top Rank) Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn revealed today that Cordina (17-1, 9…

Promoter Eddie Hearn is offering a way out for Tyson Fury of his rematch clause for Oleksandr Usyk by suggesting that he can fight Anthony Joshua next. This is a chance for Fury to avoid further humiliation. It’s a generous offer by Hearn, giving Fury…

Diego Pacheco (21-0, 17 KOs) is now the #1 contender for Canelo Alvarez’s WBO super middleweight title. The previous #1 WBO, Jaime Munguia was beaten last May by Canelo, clearing the way for Pacheco, 23, to take the top spot. It’s only taken Pacheco six…

Brian Norman Jr. wants a unification fight against WBC interim champ Mario Barrios next following his tenth-round knockout win over Giovanni Santillan last Saturday night in San Diego, California. Title Upgrades on the Horizon Norman Jr. (26-0, 23 KOs) claimed the vacant WBO interim welterweight…