December 23, 2024 – Page 4 – Sugar Bert Boxing

BoxingNews24 December 23, 2024

Curmel Moton Returns On Benavidez-Morrell PPV Undercard On February 1st

Lightweight prospect Curmel Moton will reportedly be fighting on the undercard of David Benavidez vs. David Morrell on February 1st in 40 days on PBC on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Benavidez-Morrell Undercard The 18-year-old unbeaten Moton’s opponent and the…

BoxingNews24 December 23, 2024

WBO Title On The Line? Hearn’s Wish For Catterall Vs. Barboza Jr. Fight

Jack Catterall’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, hopes his WBO light welterweight title eliminator against Arnold Barboza Jr. will be for the full belt when they meet on February 15th at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England. Will Teofimo Vacate? The Matchroom promoter, Hearn, is counting on…

BoxingNews24 December 23, 2024

Shakur Stevenson: Haney An “Attraction To The Public,” Open To 140 Bout

Shakur Stevenson says he’d be open to moving up to 140 in 2025 to fight Devin Haney because he feels he’s an “attraction to the public.” The timing isn’t ideal for a fight between Haney and Shakur to go down next year. The former two-division…

BoxingScene December 23, 2024

Chris Billam-Smith and the real price of battle

BOURNEMOUTH, England – It is six weeks on since Chris Billam-Smith sipped on a coffee and destroyed a plate of eggs and halloumi in this very café. We are back in one of his regular haunts, not far from his Bournemouth home in a…

EastSideBoxing December 23, 2024

Christmas Day In 1964 – When Sonny Liston Was Arrested And Muhammad Ali Came To His Defence

Fight fans who know the Sonny Liston story know the former heavyweight champion of the world had, shall we say, a testy relationship with cops. Liston, who had himself a pretty lousy 1964 – with him shockingly losing the crown to massive, loudmouth underdog Cassius…

BoxingScene December 23, 2024

Examining the scorecards for the Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury rematch

The judges agreed on the final score in Saturday’s rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury – 116-112 for Usyk across the board – but the route each took to get there was very different. Gerardo Martinez, Patrick Morley and Ignacio Robles only agreed…

EastSideBoxing December 23, 2024

David Nyika Says He Will “Shock The World” By Beating Jai Opetaia On January 8th

Unbeaten New Zealander David Nyika will challenge IBF and Ring Magazine cruiserweight champ Jai Opetaia on January 8th, the 10-0(9) fighter stepping in at short notice after original challenger Huseyin Cinkara was forced to pull out with an ankle injury. For Nyika to be facing…

EastSideBoxing December 23, 2024

Who Wins If Fury And Joshua Fight? Usyk Says AJ “Maybe”

Even before Tyson Fury lost his return fight with Oleksandr Usyk, the man who really will go down as Fury’s nemesis, there was plenty of talk of Fury fighting Anthony Joshua – who was also twice bested by Usyk in 12 round distance fights –…

BoxingScene December 23, 2024

Jai Opetaia rules out move to heavyweight; expects Moses Itauma to reach the top

Leading cruiserweight titlist Jai Opetaia is among the names of potential opponents for world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk following the Ukrainian’s rematch victory over Tyson Fury – but the Aussie has identified Moses Itauma as the future of the division. Opetaia, 26-0 (20 KOs),…

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