In what was very much a low-key, stay-busy fight, unbeaten Australian heavyweight Justis Huni banged out a game but over matched, and overweight, Leandro Daniel Robutti of Argentina earlier today in Brisbane, Queensland. Huni, a strong, aggressive and exciting to watch fighter, chucked a lot…
David Benavidez vs. David Morrell clash in 52 days on February 1 will be a WBC light heavyweight final eliminator to decide the mandatory for the February 22nd rematch between undisputed 175-lb champion Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
There’s a load of money at stake…
Terence Crawford is eyeing a fight with fellow four-division champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and he’s not shy about explaining why he thinks it’s the defining legacy moment in boxing. He’s laid it all out during the World Boxing Council Convention, spelling out why fans should…
Turki Alalshikh and WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman are planning a major shakeup in boxing next year, and they’re not holding back. Calling it “the World Cup of the sport,” they’ve unveiled the WBC Boxing Grand Prix, a tournament designed to bring an old dream into…
Fight fans will get some bonus Sunday night action at the weekend, this when former world heavyweight title challenger Dillian Whyte returns to the ring live on DAZN. Whyte, who has boxed just twice since being KO’d by Tyson Fury in April of 2022, will…
Caroline Dubois has been elevated to the status of WBC lightweight champion after Katie Taylor vacated their title. Dubois will make the first defence of her title – she was the interim champion – against Canada’s Jessica Camara, 36, at the Canon Medical Arena in…
Mauricio Sulaiman finds a reason to create another new belt. | Photo by Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman and Turki Alalshikh announce their big plans for the coming year with Grand Prix tournament. …
HAMBURG – On Wednesday morning, at the always-popular ratings committee, fighters, agents, managers and promoters all fought their corners, trying to move up the ladder with the WBC at the sanctioning body’s 62nd Annual Convention.
A rundown of some of the highlights follows.…
Caroline Dubois is now a full world champion who will have to defend her belt against Jessica Camara in January. | Photo by Charlotte Tattersall/Getty Images
Caroline Dubois has been named the WBC’s lightweight world champion after Katie Taylor…