Monthly Archives: May 2024

The term “loser leaves town” dates back to the territorial days of pro wrestling, when promotions stuck to particular regions and the ultimate way to finish off a long-running feud was with a loser-leaves-town match. It was a way to artificially inflate the stakes before…

Kevin Brown will take on Idalberto Umara in a 10-round junior welterweight fight to headline Boxlab Promotions’ ”Night of Champions” on Friday at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Brown (4-0, 3 KOs), the highly decorated Cuban amateur from Camaguey who is now training in…

Oleksandr Gvozdyk knows about Artur Beterbiev’s prodigious power and potential far too well. Gvozdyk, 20-1 (16 KOs), suffered the only loss of his professional career to Beterbiev in 2019 during a light heavyweight title unification fight. The former WBC champion Gvozdyk was ahead on…

Promoter Frank Warren believes the rematch between current undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will be even bigger than the first fight on May 18. Usyk won a split decision in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in a war, and Warren told the Queensberry…

Promoter Frank Warren believes the rematch between current undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will be even bigger than the first fight on May 18. Usyk won a split decision in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in a war, and Warren told the Queensberry…

Heavyweight Frazer Clarke’s swellings may have healed, but the former Olympian is still feeling the emotional pain after his attritional and thrilling encounter with Fabio Wardley on March 31. Clarke (8-0-1, 6 KOs) and Wardley (17-0-1, 16 KOs) fought each other to a split…

Zhilei Zhang still considers Deontay Wilder a dangerous prospect despite the American’s lackluster performance against Joseph Parker on December 23. Zhang (26-2-1, 21 KOs) will face Wilder (43-3-1, 42 KOs) on June 1 in arguably the highlight pick of the anticipated 5 vs 5 tournament…