WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk will make the first defense of his title against Keyshawn Davis in New York. Ukrainian star Berinchyk and Norfolk hero Davis meet on Friday, February 14, inside The Theater at Madison Square Garden on a Top Rank bill…
Leaked footage of Shakur Stevenson working out in camp for his fight against Floyd Schofield in 46 days showed that he’s still not using his surgically repaired right hand in training for his WBC lightweight belt title defense on February 22nd. He’s favoring his right…
David Morrell will be taking a big step up in his level of competition when he faces David Benavidez on February 1. But Morrell says the reverse is also true. “He’s never faced someone like me,” Morrell said in a press release. “Come fight…
Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will be fighting for career survival against Stephan Shaw in April on BLK Prime PPV in Atlanta, Georgia.
Junkyard Bound
‘The Bronze Bomber’ Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KOs) is badly in need of a pick-me-up to revive his sinking career,…
Deontay Wilder will be fighting second-tier heavyweight Stephan Shaw in his comeback in April on BLK Prime PPV in Atlanta, Georgia.
Many fans have never heard of the 12-year professional Shaw, but he’s known to the hardcore boxing public for his clash against Efe Ajagba.…
Tim Bradley says Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’s new look is a sign that he “doesn’t give a f***” about what people think of him. Bradley says Tank looks “real zesty”, which he sees as a positive because he feels he knows who he is now.
A leaked…
In the year-end awards issues of The Ring magazine when I was an editor, there was always a two-page spread called the “Highly Unofficial Official Awards,” a compendium of assorted bests and worsts and oddities from the year that was (and to some…
Eddie Hearn thinks Jai Opetaia can knockout David Nyika inside three rounds on Wednesday night if the challenger stands and fights when dealing with the IBF cruiserweight champion at the Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Australia.
Hearn sees the fight’s outcome up to Opetaia (26-0,…
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – Eddie Hearn is determined to deliver a unification contest with either Eimantas Stanionis or Mario Barrios for Jaron Ennis by the end of April. Ennis is widely recognised as the world’s leading welterweight, and having resisted a lucrative offer to…