Daily Archives: December 11, 2024

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.…

Justis Huni rounded out a successful 2024 with a straightforward second-round stoppage of Leandro Daniel Robutti at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, Queensland. The 25-year-old Australian has worked his way up the WBO and IBF heavyweight rankings over the previous twelve months but took…

As if watching a stunt performed on a talent show, with certain boxers there would always come a warning: Don’t Try This at Home. You would find yourself watching someone like Roy Jones Jnr or “Prince” Naseem Hamed assert their dominance in the ring and…

HAMBURG – Eddie Hearn expects the outcome Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury to determine Anthony Joshua’s next move. Usyk and Fury meet in a rematch in Riyadh on December 21, having contested one of the year’s best fights in May. One interested observer will be…

Light heavyweight Dante Benjamin Jnr knows what it means to fight, both inside the ring and out. Life hasn’t pulled its punches, but the 22-year-Cleveland native Benjamin has learned to absorb the hard hits and steady himself in the face of adversity. Benjamin enters…

Chris Billam-Smith lost his WBO cruiserweight title to Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in Saudi Arabia, but in doing so the Bournemouth hero won plaudits for his heart and bravery. Billam-Smith was courageous in defeat, but lost a 12-round decision with Ramirez adding to his WBA…