Daily Archives: July 4, 2024

It promises to be a great night, not only of boxing but of football as well, this Saturday in London at an expected to be full to the rafters Copper Box Arena. The heavyweight bout/guaranteed slugfest between “Romford Bull” Johnny Fisher and “Savage” Alen Babic…

Shakur Stevenson, the WBC lightweight champion, will defend his title against Artem Harutyunyan on ESPN on Saturday night, but he’s already targeting a clash against Vasily Lomachenko. Stevenson Questions Lomachenko’s Courage Unhappy about being ignored by the popular Ukrainian talent, Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs), Shakur…

The term ‘closet classic’ refers to this fight. On this day, July 4th, 1987, in Calais, France, Kelvin Seabrooks met local hero Thierry Jacob in defense of his IBF bantamweight title. Very much the ‘away’ fighter, champ Seabrooks had to dig unimaginably deep to ensure…

Shakur Stevenson claims he’s being “blackballed” by certain people in boxing to try and freeze him out to prevent him from getting the opportunities for big fights he deserves. It’s not conspiracy being done to “blackball” WBC lightweight champion Shakur. The problem is that fighters…

Former two-time middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs believes a win over Shane Mosley Jr. this Saturday night will lead to him getting a title shot at 168. Jacobs vs. Mosley Jr. will meet in a 10-round fight at the Toyota Center in Anaheim, California. C Canelo…