Monthly Archives: June 2024

Junior bantamweight Daniel Barrera credits his growth from being a well-accomplished amateur into a patient professional to future Hall of Famer Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, thanks to their shared sparring sessions over the past few years. Barrera will enter his first eight-round bout as the…

The full show for the August 3 bill in Los Angeles has been announced, which is topped by Terence Crawford’s attempts at WBA champion Israil Madrimov’s WBO 154lbs title. It had been thought that Deontay Wilder might fight Jared Anderson on the show, but…

Having spent years looking down from the top of the WBO junior lightweight rankings, Archie Sharp suddenly found himself looking up at Argentina’s unheralded Reuquen Arce. Inactivity, politics and promotional changes have caused Sharp’s star to fall in recent years, and it would be…

The status of the IBF heavyweight title could yet determine Anthony Joshua’s next opponent. Joshua is expected to fight at Wembley Stadium in September, and after his fellow Briton Daniel Dubois so impressively stopped Filip Hrgovic he became the favourite to be stood in the…

Eddie Hearn, who acted as promoter for former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in his crushing fifth-round loss to Zhilei Zhang in Saudi Arabia last Saturday, witnessed a psychologically crushed fighter in the dressing room after the fight. The Matchroom Boxing boss had seen…

Junior featherweight Steve Johnson might have a modest professional record of 1-0, with one knockout, but he spent a significant portion of camp with Nick Ball, mimicking Raymond Ford. Johnson’s emulation appeared successful as Ball won a split decision over Ford to become the…