The updated August 3rd Riyadh Season card was released today for the Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov event at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. There were some surprises and dispointments.
Vergil Ortiz Jr.’s Absence: A Disappointment
One disappointment is that junior middleweight Vergil Ortiz…
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Martin Bakole has won nine straight since a TKO loss to Michael Hunter No word yet as to whether Vergil Ortiz Jr will face a replacement foe on Los Angeles’ August 3rd Terence Crawford vs…
A fired-up welterweight Adrien Broner passionately addressed those who had left him in the past then singled out his current promoter, Don King, as the only one willing to help him secure fights.
Broner returns after nearly a year-long layoff to face Blair Cobbs,…
Jack Catterall’s next fight is being planned for late August in Manchester against possibly former WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis or Arnold Barboza Jr.
Avoiding Matias: A Strategic Move?
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn is interested in using one of those two contenders for Catterall…
Eddie Hearn believes that 25-year-old heavyweight Johnny Fisher, 11-0 (10 KOs), is on target to challenge for the British title if he beats Alen Babic on July 6 at the Copper Box Arena in Hacney Wick, London.
Southern Area champion Fisher is yet to compete…
Eddie Hearn says he hasn’t decided who Anthony Joshua’s opponent will be for his fight on September 21st at Wembley Stadium.
The one that fans would like the former two-time heavyweight champion Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) to face is Daniel Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs), but…
Will Deontay Wilder retire from boxing after his crushing, sad to see KO defeat at the hands of Zhilei Zhang? A better question, perhaps, is should Wilder retire? Two very poor showings back-to-back, one that led to a heck of a nasty KO defeat. It…
Thursday’s purse bid has been postponed to June 13th for Canelo Alvarez’s IBF super middleweight mandatory against little-known contender William Scull.
The extra week gives undisputed 168-lb champion Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) a little more time to consider what he wants to do, according to…
Paul Stevenson has been the head trainer at the Everton Red Triangle gym for years and has overseen a conveyor belt of quality fighters and respected champions. Finally, one of his fighters has brought a world title belt back to the famous old Liverpool gym.…