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Oscar De La Hoya predicts his fighter, WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr, will “steal the show” on the February 22nd card by defeating ‘Little GGG’ Israil Madrimov in Riyadh. De La Hoya feels that Vergil Jr’s ring smarts will enable him to…

By Gary Cromie: Under the shimmering desert skies of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol are poised to collide once more on February 22, 2025. The rematch, set to headline Turki Al-Sheikh’s blockbuster card in Riyadh, carries all the gravitas of…

Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya says it was a little “too ambitious” for his fighter, Floyd ‘Kid Austin’ Schofield Jr., to take the fight with WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson this early in his four-year pro career. De La Hoya says Schofield’s dad,…

On December 23rd, the undefeated WBA world lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis published a post on social media stating his scheduled title defense against WBA super-featherweight champion Lamont Roach Jr (25-1-1, 10 KOs)  has been canceled. In early October, Gervonta Davis initially announced that the…

On February 22nd, the rematch between WBO, IBF, WBC, and IBO Light Heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, 21-0 with 20 stoppages of Russia and Montreal, Canada, defends his titles against former champion Demitrii Bivol, 23-1 with 12 stoppages, of Kyrgyzstan, and Indio, CA. The two fighters…

Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says Ryan Garcia will take a tune-up fight in late April or May when his suspension expires. He says it’ll be just a warmup-level opponent and not a world champion, given that Kingry will have been out of the ring…

Oleksandr Usyk will fight in July or August 2025 to defend his unified heavyweight title. He beat former WBC champion Tyson Fury by a 12-round unanimous decision in their rematch last Saturday night in Riyadh. The fight was an easier one for Usyk than their…

David Nyika has been using daily affirmations to stay focused on his task of destroying IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia in their fight on January 8th. Psychological War Nyika (10-0, 9 KOs) is committed to physically breaking Opetaia (26-0, 20 KOs) and knocking him out…

‘The Krusher’ Sergey Kovalev is leaning toward Tyson Fury defeating Anthony Joshua in the ‘Battle of Britain’ when the two former heavyweight world champions meet in 2025. “Fragile” Chin Kovalev says Joshua is “fragile” in the chin department, and that’s why he thinks Fury can…