Tim Tszyu posted on social media today a message to the fans, saying that he’ll be coming back to be in big fights despite losing to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) by a third-round knockout last Saturday night in Orlando, Florida.…
Bob Arum says his fighter, WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez, “acts like he’s got a screw loose” with him believing that his contract with Top Rank is invalid. Promoter Arum states that the two-division world champion Teofimo (21-1, 13 KOs) signed an extension for…
Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue vs. Sam Goodman is being finalized for December 24th in Tokyo, Japan. Promoter Bob Arum says the Japanese superstar Inoue’s title defense against #1 IBF and WBO Goodman (19-0, 8 KOs) will come on Christmas Eve.
Arum told Dan…
Artur Beterbiev’s promoter, Bob Arum, says he and Dmitry Bivol Will be taking interim bouts before meeting in a rematch in October 2025 for the opening of the Riyadh Season.
Top Rank promoter Arum told Dan Rafael on X about undisputed light heavyweight champion Beterbiev…
Fans want to know if Terence Crawford will be interested in facing IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev in a unification fight following his third-round obliteration of Tim Tszyu last Saturday night at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
(Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing)
Crawford (41-0,…
Erickson Lubin says he wants to challenge IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev next. The #3 ranked Lubin (28-2, 16 KOs) revealed that Tim Tszyu already had plans to fight him next if he’d beaten Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) last Saturday night, but with him…
Jaron ‘Boots’ is doing well as the IBF welterweight champion, facing nondescript opposition for Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom, but I don’t think he’s got a chance if he chooses to move up to face Bakhram Murtazaliev for his IBF junior middleweight title.
Ennis (32-0, 29 KO)…
Bill Haney lit into Ryan Garcia today on social media about his bold talk despite never having captured a world title to back it up. Papa Haney says Ryan is “yapping” but hasn’t signed up for random drug testing. He sees Ryan as a “fake.”…
Commentator Shawn Porter believes that Tim Tszyu (24-2, 17 KOs) came into his fight against IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazliev (23-0, 17 KOs) with an “arrogant” mindset, which led to his quick exit, losing by a third-round knockout on Saturday night at the Caribe…