The undisputed light heavyweight championship fight between WBA champ Dmitry Bivol and IBF/WBO/WBC unified champion Artur Beterbiev was announced last Saturday night for October 12th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Beterbiev’s Injury Concerns
Assuming Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) doesn’t suffer a setback in training coming off…
Former trainer Teddy Atlas says Deontay Wilder’s technique betrayed him last Saturday night, leaving him open to a big shot from Zhilei Zhang that led to him being knocked out in the fifth round in their heavyweight crossroads fight in Riyadh.
Atlas notes that Zhang…
Promoter Frank Warren is excited about his fighter Daniel Dubois potentially fighting Anthony Joshua next following Dubois’ victory over Filip Hrgovic last Saturday night to win the IBF interim heavyweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
It’s still too early to know whether Joshua and his…
When considering the Matchroom versus Queensberry 5v5 event, the wider boxing public considered every match-up on the card to be a 50/50 affair. All, that is, except for the light-heavyweight showdowns.
Of course, Dmitrii Bivol (23-0) versus Malik Zinad (22-1) could not be counted, as…
Daniel Dubois says Anthony Joshua is his “next step,” and he’ll “do it” after his surprise eighth-round TKO victory over Filip Hrgovic (17-1, 14 KOs) to win the IBF interim heavyweight title on Saturday night in Riyadh. Dubois is confident that he’ll defeat Joshua.
Joshua…
Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed that his team captain, Deontay Wilder, was upset about his fight against Zhilei Zhang being stopped in the fifth round. He felt that it shouldn’t have been.
The referee, Kieran McCann, didn’t give Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KOs) a chance to see…
In the Queensberry vs Matchroom 5v5, Frank Warren’s Queensberry team was dominant as Zhilei Zhang knocked out the former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in the fifth round of the main event and completed the sweep of Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom squad.
The inaugural 5v5 event…
Promoter Eddie Hearn says Daniel Dubois, the new IBF interim heavyweight champion, could be next for Anthony Joshua to fight in September at Wembley after Dubois’ eighth-round technical knockout of Filip Hrgovic on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
Hearn’s Meeting with Turki…
At Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, over DAZN, ESPN+ “Queensberry vs Matchroom 5” with promoters Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Boxing) vs Frank Warren (Queensberry Promotions), who presented WBA Super World and IBO World Light Heavyweight champion Dmitrii Bivol who was to fight Artur Beterviev who…