Daily Archives: February 20, 2025

A drained-looking Shakur Stevenson had his first face-off with his replacement opponent, Josh Padley today during their final press conference ahead of Saturday’s card on DAZN PPV at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. Shakur Drained WBC lightweight champion Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) looked painfully thin,…

IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois is ill and will not fight Joseph Parker this Saturday night on Turki Alalshikh’s card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dubois vs. Parker is off. A replacement is being sought for Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) to remain on the card, but…

Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed how he presented Josh Padley’s name to Turki Alalshikh as a replacement option for Shakur Stevenson to fight this Saturday, February 22nd, in Riyadh. Hearn says that when he pointed out to Turki that Padley (15-0, 4 KOs) had beaten his…

Dmitry Bivol downplays Artur Beterbiev’s punching power, saying it wasn’t harder than some of the other fighters he’s faced during his career. Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) says Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) doesn’t load up on his shots and only focuses on landing them. The former…