Yearly Archives: 2024

Dan Azeez, the former British, Commonwealth and European light heavyweight champion, will return to the ring on the June 15th undercard of Chris Billam-Smith-Richard Riakporhe II at Selhurst Park. It will mark a quick turnaround for the 34-year-old, who lost for the first time as…

By the time Terence Crawford steps into the ring to face Israil Madrimov in a Los Angeles soccer stadium on Aug. 3, he will have been inactive for 371 days. That’s one year, plus a leap day, plus five ordinary days. That’s 53 weeks. …

Former WBO featherweight champion Heather Hardy (24-3, 4KOs) is facing retirement after expressing concern regarding cumulative concussions.  Hardy, who held the WBO title from 2018 to 2019, last fought in August 2023 against Amanda Serrano - a contest that left her with blurred vision…

Manny Pacquiao’s advisor Sean Gibbons has said the Filipino legend has given himself a nine-month window to fight again before hanging up his gloves for good. The 45-year-old has not boxed since a 2021 loss to Cuban Yordenis Ugas, but the 72-fight veteran and…

Talk to enough boxing lifers and they’ll say one of the most revealing elements of a champion’s mettle is how they perform once they’re knocked to the canvas. Funny, how at the same Tokyo Dome where Mike Tyson thumbed for his mouthpiece and succumbed…