Tim Tszyu is going from losing his world title to Sebastian Fundora – a bloody battle in which Tszyu suffered a nasty injury – to taking on another world titleholder in Bakhram Murtazaliev.
Oh, and he was initially hoping to face Vergil Ortiz Jr.…
Frank Warren has stated that reigning IBF heavyweight champ Daniel Dubois will return to action in February, with the date of Feb. 22 “penciled in” for a Riyadh card. Fresh off his crushing KO win over Anthony Joshua, 27 year old Dubois is in a…
WBC ‘regular’ light heavyweight champion David Morrell has confirmed on social media that he’s in discussions for a clash against WBC interim champ David Benavidez.
If the two unbeaten newbie 175-pounders, Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) and Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs), agree to a deal, the…
David Benavidez woke up Wednesday with an epiphany.
“I don’t want to fight somebody who doesn’t mean something for my career. I only want to fight the best available. The best out there now is David Morrell.”
With that, unbeaten WBC interim light-heavyweight…
Eddie Hearn says His Excellency Turki Alalshikh wants to see a rematch between Anthony Joshua and IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois.
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Hearn states that Joshua and Dubois both want a rematch. However, Hearn isn’t sure whether Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) will…
The November 15 clash between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson will be preceded by a three-part behind-the-scenes documentary series, Netflix announced today.
Countdown: Paul vs Tyson will, says Netflix, “take viewers behind-the-scenes of Paul and Tyson’s respective training camps to capture the incredible…
The upcoming fight between Jai Opetaia and Jack Massey will indeed be allowed to be competed for the IBF cruiserweight title – in addition to Opetaia’s lineal championship – but the winner will have to defend next against the sanctioning body’s mandatory challenger.
That…
Former junior featherweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev has called on unified champ Naoya Inoue to either fight him or surrender one of his belts.
Akhmadaliev (12-1, 9 KOs) won the IBF and WBA belts with victory over Daniel Roman in January 2020 but lost them…
Alycia Baumgardner, Sandy Ryan, and Rhiannon Dixon make title defenses this weekend | James Chance/George Wood/Alex Livesey/Getty Images
Three women’s world title fights headline this weekend’s boxing action. Women’s boxing will take center stage this weekend in the sport,…