Middleweight Jose Benavidez Jr. has been added to the undercard of David Benavidez vs. David Morrell on February 1st at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The event will be shown live on PBC on Prime Video PPV.
The opponent for Benavidez Jr. (28-3-1, 19…
Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury II might not have been a heart-stopping fight, but it was a fight between the two best heavyweights in the world, which is exciting, and creates buzz and anticipation. Both fights were very tactical. Neither are candidates for the fight of…
Dmitry Bivol says his rematch with undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev on February 22nd will be “more open” because he’s familiar with his former conqueror. Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) doesn’t say what he means by “more open,” but for his sake, he needs to be…
Eric Priest returns to the ring on January 23 in Golden Boy Promotions’ first show of the New Year. Kansas-based middleweight prospect Priest, 26, meets Tennessee’s 20-2 (11 KOs) Tyler Howard over 10 rounds at the Commerce Casino and Hotel. “Headlining under the Golden Boy…
By Joseph Herron: The highly anticipated showdown to crown boxing’s next superstar, titled “The Coronation of King David: Benavidez vs. Morrell,” is set to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 1, 2025. The main event pits two undefeated fighters,…
IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia has a lot of proving to do in his next defense against David Nyika in 13 days on January 8th at the Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia.
The fans enamored of the 29-year-old Opetaia (26-0, 20 KOs) jumped ship…
When Bernard Hopkins was my age, he was not only still boxing professionally, but he was in fact winning light heavyweight unification fights. So I have no excuse. But the sad fact is, I am washed. A few weeks ago, I went to a…
Shakur Stevenson says Gervonta Davis should have picked #3 WBA lightweight contender Edwin De Los Santos as his opponent for March 1st instead of super featherweight Lamont Roach.
Stevenson doesn’t say why he thinks WBA 135-lb champion Tank (30-0, 28 KOs) selected De Los Santos…
WBC interim Junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. will face a much different test in his title defense against the technically skilled Israil Madrimov on February 22nd in Riyadh. The fight will take place in 58 days.
The powerful 26-year-old Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs)…