Zaur Abdullaev is no. 6 with the IBF, Juan Javier Carrasco no. 11 RCC Boxing announced via Instagram that IBF no. 6 lightweight Zaur Abdullaev will meet no. 11 Juan Javier Carrasco in a September 6th eliminator in Chelyabinsk.
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Unified middleweight titleholder Janibek Alimkhanuly sat stoically as challenger Andrei Mikhailovich stole the show at their press conference with lively comments contrasting Alimkhanuly's typically professional, monotone responses. The two will fight for the titles on Saturday at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. …
IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis says he can’t wait to break down challenger David Avanesyan and get a stoppage this Saturday night in their headliner at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
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Ennis (31-0, 28 KOs) is…
Eddie Hearn says he’s done a better job promoting Shakur Stevenson over the last year than Top Rank has. | Photo by Henry Browne/Getty Images
Eddie Hearn says he’ll be having conversations with Shakur Stevenson about potentially bringing him…
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis denies that he was offered two fights against Terence Crawford as a welterweight in the past. Boots (31-0, 28 KOs) says he would take it if offered a match with Crawford.
Boots Ennis Responds to Crawford
Ennis states that when he was…
Before he ever laced up boxing gloves, George Foreman was emerging from childhood by taking work at the job corps in Pleasanton, California, where he sat alone after his shift, hoping he could bum a ride home off one of the older counselors and maybe…
IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ trainer & father, Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis, predicts challenger David Avanesyan won’t make it past the fourth round this Saturday, July 13th at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Avanesyan’s Aggressive Style
Bozy believes Avanesyan (30-4-1, 18 KOs) will come…
Challenger David Avanesyan and IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis met today for their final press conference to discuss their 12-round fight this Saturday night on DAZN at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Avanesyan says he’s glad to be fighting Boots Ennis, who many…
Jalil Major Hackett and Peter Dobson had to be separated when they came head-to-head before they fight for real in Philadelphia on Saturday.
After some light-hearted exchanges during today’s press conference, Hackett pushed Dobson away by the neck and Dobson tried to slap him…