Shakur Stevenson vs. Joe Cordina is now off for October 12th due to the WBC lightweight champion Shakur suffering a hand injury during training that required immediate surgery.
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There’s no word yet whether the co-feature for the undercard PPV fight between…
Super middleweight Lester Martinez has withdrawn from his scheduled bout against Joeshon James due to an illness, as announced during the ProBox TV telecast.
The 28-year-old Martinez (18-0, 15 KOs), who hails from Guatemala, had successfully made weight at 167 pounds but was cited…
LAS VEGAS – Saul "Canelo" Alvarez admits something has changed.
For so long, he pushed to test himself against more experienced fighters such as Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto.
Or he would press to accept a bout against a foe…
In the co-main on the Canelo Alvarez vs Edgar Berlanga card, former two-division world champion Danny Garcia will challenge the reigning WBA world middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (30-3-3, 18 KOs) on September 14th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, live on Amazon Prime Video…
Edgar Berlanga says “it means everything” to be headlining a major Las Vegas fight card for the first time, even though he acknowledges that he will be a huge underdog in his challenge of unified super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at T-Mobile Arena in…
Eddie Hearn says he and his fighter Edgar Berlanga aren’t coming to “roll the dice” against Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night. They’re coming to unseat the unified super middleweight champion Canelo and take his belts home to Brooklyn, New York.
The Matchroom promoter Hearn says…
Note: This story has been updated to include comments from promoter Eddie Hearn about Shakur Stevenson's injury and what's next for Joe Cordina.
Shakur Stevenson’s next defense of his lightweight world title – his first fight as part of the Matchroom Boxing roster –…
Canelo Alvarez explained to the media today at the final press conference why he picked Egar Berlanga as his opponent for September 14th, saying that he wanted him to become of the “Mexico vs. Puerto Rico” rivalry.
Alvarez felt that Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs), an…
Eddie Hearn told promoter Leonard Ellerbe that he wants the Shakur Stevenson vs. Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis fight to happen in 2025.
Matchroom boss Hearn wants the Tank-Shakur match to happen within three fights, and he’s not interested in waiting to let it marinate to make…