Daily Archives: January 5, 2025

The undefeated Japanese Naoya Inoue, at 31 years old, will face the British Sam Goodman on January 24 at the Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku, in Tokyo, Japan. In a fight that looks like a formality for Inoue, and should easily win. Goodman (19-0, 8 KOs) is…

Jai Opetaia predicts he will “hurt” David Nyika and “put him to sleep” on Wednesday night in their headliner at the Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Australia. Opetaia’s Anger IBF cruiserweight champion Opetaia (26-0, 20 KOs) went from 1 to 10 on the anger scale…

Sparring partner Kevin Johnson says Shakur Stevenson will be in trouble if his surgically repaired right-hand breaks down in his fight against Floyd ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield on February 22nd in Riyadh. Johnson predicts a victory for Stevenson if he’s healthy, but he could lose if…

Devin Haney showed off his fancy footwork on social media, preparing for his comeback on March 25th on BLK Prime. Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) posted a video of him working on a grassy field, using football-like moves with his feet. The Left Hook Problem How…

Jai Opetaia says he would have liked to have seen Tyson Fury do more in his loss to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on December 21st in Riyadh. He’d hoped that the former WBC champion Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) would have shown a “different version”…

Teofimo Lopez posted on X today, asking his promoters at Top Rank what his “buyout” number is so he can get out of the remainder of his contract. Why this sudden burst of energy from Lopez asking his promoters for the buyout number?  He could…