Yearly Archives: 2024

Headlining the event titled “Night of Champions” is a 10-round WBA Continental super lightweight title clash between Kevin Brown (4-0, 3 KOs) and Idalberto Umara (12-2, 8 KOs). In the eight-round heavyweight co-main event, Gurgen Hovhannisyan (5-0, 5 KOs) battles Luis Pascual (19-10, 17 KOs). All the action takes place at…

Carl Froch wishes his career hadn't come to be defined by his rematch at Wembley Stadium with George Groves. The super-middleweight rivals fought for a second time on May 31, 2014 when, on a then-unrivalled occasion, they attracted a post-war record crowd of 80,000…

On Saturday (June 1) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in a unique concept, promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren go head-to-head with teams of five fighters boxing against one another. Dmitry Bivol is also on the bill, defending his light-heavyweight title against Malik Zinad, but…

WBC bantamweight champion and three-weight king Junto Nakatani will defend his strap against Filipino contender Vincent Astrolabio on Saturday, July 20, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Nakatani-Astrolabio tops a world title tripleheader that also includes WBO junior bantamweight champion Kosei Tanaka against Jonathan “Titan”…

Life seemed simpler for Deontay Wilder 16 years ago. He was an unexpected bronze medallist at the Beijing Olympics and turned pro as the “Bronze Bomber” to give his daughter a better life. There was not a lot of hype. He did not…

Barry Hearn attempted to dissuade his son Eddie from making the rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves at Wembley Stadium. Interest in a second fight between the rival super middleweights, following their thrilling first encounter at the Manchester Arena, was such that they…