In this week’s mailbag, we tackle drug testing in boxing, Caleb Plant’s pursuit of a fight with Edgar Berlanga, Derek Chisora deciding to fight on, the state of the heavyweight division today as compared to past eras, and George Kambosos signing with a new promoter…
The February 22nd card in Riyadh is considered a candidate for the best boxing event in the sport’s history. Some excellent cards in the distant past can compete with the proposed February 22nd card for quality fights.
Proposed February 22nd Riyadh Card
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WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis have a verbal agreement to fight at 154 on the February 22nd Riyadh Season card in Saudi Arabia. Vergil would have to be seen as a solid favorite going in because he’s looked…
Callum Smith returns to the ring over eight rounds against Carlos Galvan in Birmingham on Saturday amid speculation that he could fight Joshua Buatsi early in 2025.
As long as everything goes to plan, Smith, 29-2 (21 KOs), will immediately target the light-heavyweight division’s…
Promoter Eddie Hearn says nothing has been signed or agreed with the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 rematch for February 22nd.
Undisputed light heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) and Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) are being talked about as either headlining or being the…
Marco Romero took another step toward bringing big fights to Kansas with another victory on the road.
The super middleweight prospect improved to 4-0 (3 KOs) with victory in Portland, Maine, capping a 12-month period that has seen him go 13-0 in the amateurs…
George Kambosos Jr. lit into Teofimo Lopez, reacting to him saying on social media that he’d made “reasonable offers” to him and Devin Haney, and both “declined.” Kambosos says Teofimo is fake and knows nothing about PPVs or selling tickets.
When asked about the “reasonable…
Heavyweight Derek Chisora is confident of victory over Otto Wallin in their 12-round ‘Last Dance’ event headliner fight on February 8th at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England.
Fans are put off by Chisora continuing to fight at 40, and they want him gone…
David Benavidez is a slight favorite against WBA ‘regular’ light heavyweight champion David Morrell for their February 1st fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Both fighters recently made their debut at 175, but Morrell looked perfect for the weight class in his win…