Monthly Archives: December 2024

A timeline of significant happenings in the heavyweight division starting with Mike Tyson and bringing us to Saturday's undisputed fight and rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury: August 1, 1987:  Mike Tyson beats Tony Tucker on points to add the IBF title…

Dennis McCann’s promoter Frank Warren has confirmed that a “couple” of adverse substances were found in the positive test that ruled McCann out of Saturday’s fight with Peter McGrail. The 23 year old was on Monday replaced by Rhys Taylor as McGrail’s opponent for the…

If any promoter has a fight library with the quality and depth to keep a round-the-clock linear streaming channel stocked with footage, it’s Bob Arum. So it’s little wonder that Arum’s Top Rank has worked with Roku to launch “Top Rank Classics,” a 24/7…

David Nyika has replaced Huseyin Cinkara as the challenger to the IBF and Ring Magazine cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia on January 8. The New Zealander, 29, was approached after injury ruled Cinkara out, and having stopped Tommy Karpency in September enters the biggest fight of…

Blair Cobbs has never been shy about engaging in a bit of showmanship to get where he wants to go in boxing. Cobbs – the spotlight-seeking, third-person-speaking, Ric Flair woo -ing welterweight southpaw from Philadelphia now fighting out of Las Vegas – is…