Terence Crawford has informed the WBA that he’s vacating his welterweight title and keeping his recently won 154-lb belt with the organization. The move by Crawford means WBA ‘regular’ 147-lb champion Eimantas Stanionis is the new full belt-holder
Crawford’s move to vacate his WBA 147-lb…
Back in May Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury by 12 round split decision to become the first undisputed world heavyweight champion in the modern four belt era, and he likewise became the first undisputed world heavyweight champion since the great Lennox Lewis had last held…
Diego Pacheco and Maciej Sulecki weighed in successfully on Friday for their 12-round headliner tonight at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The event begins tonight at (7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT).
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The favorite, Pacheco (21-0, 17 KOs) weighed in…
At the Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, GA, Friday over DAZN in the main event, WBO #3 ranked Elijah Pierce defeated Jose ‘El General’ Sanmartin for the vacant WBA Continental Americas Super Bantamweight title.
In the co-feature in the OTX C4 Super Welter tournament, WBA Continental…
Eddie Hearn says he’s “100%” positive that Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis will beat Terence Crawford. The Matchroom promoter Hearn feels that the 27-year-old Boots Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) is “Too good, too young, and too fresh” for the former four-division world champion Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs),…
Promoter Eddie Hearn said His Excellency Turki Alalshikh contacted him about adding former WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov to the undercard of the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk II rematch on December 21st at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Madrimov (10-1-1, 7…
In an interview today, Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis discussed his failed negotiations with WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. Ennis says he’s still hopeful the fight can be made.
Ennis wants Norman Jr. to accept his promoters’ offer for a clash on November 9th in Philadelphia.…
Eddie Hearn insists Joe Cordina is a “dangerous fight” for Shakur Stevenson in their undercard lightweight clash on the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol card on October 12th at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Rehabilitating Shakur’s Image
The public believes Hearn is scrapping…
On the undercard of the Canelo Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga event, former WBA super-lightweight champion Rolando “Rolly” Romero makes his return to the ring as he will face Manuel Jaimes (16-1-1, 11 KOs) on Saturday night, September 14th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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