Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says there’s no looking back about what could’ve been, but things are looking good for an eventual meeting between Gervonta Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko. | Photo by David Becker/Getty Images
Bob Arum expects relatively smooth…
Lionell Thompson, super middleweight, predicts newly crowned WBC interim light heavyweight champion David Benavidez will be crushed when he faces Artur Beterbiev for all the belts at 175.
Thompson feels that Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) has no chance against IBF/WBC/WBO light heavyweight champion Beterbiev (20-0,…
Jaron “Boots” Ennis returns home to Philadelphia on July 13, defending his IBF welterweight title against David Avanesyan at the Wells Fargo Center, home of the Philadelphia 76ers.
Ennis (31-0, 28 KOs), 26, from Philadelphia, was originally set to face Cody Crowley for his…
Eddie Hearn believes there’s a chance that Canelo Alvarez will face Edgar Berlanga next in September.
Berlanga Emerges as a Strong Contender
Hearn says there haven’t been any negotiations taking place between undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo and his Matchroom fighter Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs).…
Buddy McGirt believes the best fight that can be made at 135lbs would pit the WBA champion Gervonta Davis against the WBC champion Shakur Stevenson.
Davis stopped Detroit’s Frank Martin in eighth rounds earlier in June, and Newark’s Stevenson is to defend his title…
Eddie Hearn says he’s interested in signing Shakur Stevenson to his Matchroom promotional stable if he’s a free agent.
Hearn says if WBC lightweight champion Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) is willing to pledge his future, he would be the type to invest in. If Hearn…
William Zepeda is now ranked #1 in all four sanctioning bodies at lightweight and is poised for a world title shot against one of the champions.
Zepeda’s Meteoric Rise
One rarely sees a fighter ranked #1 in all four sanctioning bodies, but Zepeda has accomplished…
It didn’t take Manny Robles long to figure out how he could help Sultan Zaurbek.
Zaurbek, 17-0 (12 KOs), arrived in California earlier in 2024 and the experienced trainer quickly realised that although the unbeaten Kazakh has the ability needed to rule the super-featherweight…
The WBO has ordered super featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete to begin negotiations with interim champ Oscar Valdez for a rematch of their fight last year in August. The two fighters have 20 days to hammer a deal before a purse bid.
A Questionable Decision
It’s…