Monthly Archives: November 2024

A potential slugfest is brewing under the surface of Saturday night’s “Latino Night” as junior welterweight puncher Oscar Duarte faces Batyr Akhmedov, a late replacement for Duarte’s original opponent, Kenneth Sims Jnr. The two will clash in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with DAZN broadcasting the…

Shakur Stevenson has described the much-anticipated slugfest between Terence “Bud” Crawford and Jaron “Boots” Ennis as the fight he doesn’t want to see happen. Crawford, 37, has yet to announce his next opponent after snatching Israil Madrimov’s WBA junior middleweight title in August. Crawford,…

Dalton Smith may have to move on from his long-planned EBU title fight with Jon Fernandez but the undefeated junior welterweight is determined to remain positive.  The vacant title fight with Fernandez, 26-3 (22 KOs), was initially scheduled for September but Smith was ruled…

Chris Billam-Smith’s trainer, Shane McGuigan, has described the night that the Bournemouth man was crowned WBO cruiserweight champion as ‘the proudest moment as a coach.’ In May 2023, Billam-Smith condensed years of determination and desire into 12 gritty rounds of concentration and hard work…

Jai Opetaia is targeting the winner of Saturday’s unification cruiserweight title fight between Gilberto Ramirez and Chris Billam-Smith. “Zurdo” and Billam-Smith contest their respective WBA and WBO titles at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aware that Australia’s Opetaia remains most widely regarded…

Jesse Hart will face Ricardo Luna in an eight-round light heavyweight bout on Friday, November 22, at the Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia.  The card features five Philadelphia fighters, two from Pennsylvania, and three from nearby New Jersey. Hart, 31-3 (25…