BoxingScene’s 2023 prospect of the year Ernesto “Tito” Mercado signed with Matchroom Boxing in August and was supposed to make his promotional debut in November, but opponent Jesus Saracho tipped the scales seven pounds over and the fight was called off. Eddie Hearn is…
Natasha Jonas played down the prospect of her fighting Lauren Price when on Thursday she came face to face with Ivana Habazin ahead of their WBC and IBF welterweight unification fight on Saturday in Liverpool, England. The 40-year-old Jonas, fighting in her home city, can,…
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Promoter Frank Warren reportedly sees the Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury trilogy to happen ahead of a clash between Fury and Anthony Joshua, provided the Gypsy King is victorious on December 21st.
Warren told talkSport that he expects the…
Former IBF and WBA champion Daniel Roman has announced plans to continue his career. Roman last boxed in June 2022 when he challenged Stephen Fulton for his WBC and WBO belts in Minneapolis. The 34-year-old “Baby Faced Assassin” made his debut…
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Conor Benn’s manager, Keith Connolly, will be negotiating with Eddie Hearn to setup a fight with WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios next, and then head towards a pay-per-view clash against Gervonta Davis in the States.
Connolly feels there’s more…
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Promoter Eddie Hearn is picking Oleksandr Usyk to defeat Tyson Fury in nine days on December 21st in their second fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Hearn says he’d like Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) to win, but he just can’t…
Some heavyweight upsets stay in the mind. The one that took place on this day back in 1986 might not rank up there with earth-shattering stunners such as Buster Douglas KO Mike Tyson, Hasim Rahman KO Lennox Lewis, or Muhammad Ali TKO Sonny Liston, but…
Daniel Dubois is set to defend his title against Joseph Parker in February. | Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images
Daniel Dubois believes he’s hit his stride as he aims for future fights against Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. …
The here-and-now nearly always comes off second best when boxing fans start comparing it with eras gone by. Everyone does it, in fact, about almost everything. Whether sport, literature, music, films, television, clothes, relationships, or the circumference of our stomachs, yesterday trumps today. Or…