The IBF has ordered Martin Bakole vs. Agit Kabayel to negotiate a fight for a final eliminator to determine a challenger for heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois’ world title.
#4 Kabayel (25-0, 17 KOs) has looked outstanding recently, stopping Frank Sanchez in the seventh round last…
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Lawrence Okolie vacated his “bridgerweight” belt ahead of a purse bid with Kevin Lerena After allegedly agreeing to defend his “bridgerweight” title against interim champ Kevin Lerena and subsequently heading to a…
The super middleweight Giovanni De Carolis has announced his retirement at the age of 40.
Italy’s De Carolis (33-11-1) turned professional in 2007. In 2015 he lost a close, controversial decision to Vincent Feigenbutz, then the WBA interim champion, but he beat him in a…
Janibek Alimkhanuly satisfied his IBF mandatory obligation by stopping Andrei Mikhailovich over the weekend Unified middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly’s tiff with the WBO won’t cost him that belt, but he’ll have to defend it soon, as the sanctioning body officially ordered him to face…
On this day (October 8) two years ago Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jnr were supposed to fight each other at The O2 Arena in London. To try to imagine this now, one can’t help but think a venue like that, which holds just shy…
Eddie Hearn says Dmitry Bivol can defeat Artur Beterbiev by jumping out to an early 6-2 lead and then using movement to win on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Watch the fight live on ESPN+ in the USA and live on DAZN outside the…
Dmitry Bivol doesn’t believe the aging and oft-injured Artur Beterbiev has lost a step.
Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) will finally find out Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia when he faces Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) for the undisputed light heavyweight title.
“I feel amazing…
Zhilei Zhang advises that Anthony Joshua avoid taking a “career-ending rematch” with IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois. The two-time Olympian Zhang says it won’t be a “good thing” for Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) to tangle with Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) a second time after being…
In what could prove to be exciting news for the middleweight division, reigning WBO and IBF 160-pound champ Janibek Alimkhanuly and fellow unbeaten Hamzah Sheeraz have been ordered to fight by the WBO. Alimkhanuly, 16-0(11), saw action last week, when the Kazakhstan warrior retained his…