Trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. says his son, WBC interim light heavyweight champion David Benavidez, will “hurt” WBA ‘regular’ champ David Morrell on February 1st in their last in Las Vegas. Jose Sr. states that Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs) hasn’t been on this “stage” before, whereas…
Jake Paul’s manager, Nakisa Bidarian, says they’re not interested in accepting the fight against IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois. Bidarian says Jake’s immediate goal is to return to cruiserweight to become a world champion in that weight class.
It’s not a huge shock that Jake…
Talks between Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn are reaching a critical stage, with promoter Eddie Hearn “very hopeful” an agreement to stage the controversial British showdown can be reached in the next fortnight.
Eubank and Benn were scheduled to fight in October 2022…
Jai Opetaia’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, says he wants to make the unification fight with WBA and WBO cruiserweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez after Jai defends against his IBF mandatory Huseyin Cinkara next year on January 8th.
The Matchroom boss Hearn claims Opetaia (26-0, 20 KOs)…
It is customary in combat sports for a fighter who is about to retire, and has usually just lost, to leave their gloves in either the ring or cage as a kind of symbolic gesture.
We see this often in mixed martial arts and…
Oscar De La Hoya says he can tell Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson was a scripted fight. | Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images
Oscar De La Hoya says Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor benefited most from the event. …
Lauren Price may be on a collision course with British rival Natasha Jonas, but the WBA welterweight titleholder has some business to attend to before she can focus fully on a fight with her fellow Olympian.
On December 14 in Liverpool, England, the two…
Face of boxing Jake Paul – Where does he rank amongst the heavyweight GOATS?
By Maverick Fantana: When you beat a legend, you become a legend. Jake Paul was already a legend—not just because he is the brother of Logan Paul, also a humble legend. With…
If an avid Mike Tyson fan needed to be cheered up after sitting through the dismal sight of their boxing hero labouring his way through eight awful rounds with Jake Paul last week, chances are they got the hit, the lift they needed by watching,…