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…
Sergey Kovalev is picking former WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol to defeat undisputed champ Artur Beterbiev in their rematch in eight weeks [56 days] on February 22nd in Riyadh.
The former unified 175-lb champion Kovalev saw Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) win his previous fight…
IBF lightweight champion Vasily Lomachenko is dealing with a back injury and will resume his career if given the green light with tests on this issue.
Lomachenko’s Health
Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) turns 37 on February 17th and has been fighting only once a year…