Promoter Eddie Hearn says the two offers he made to WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. to fight IBF champ Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis were “rejected’ without any counteroffers made to him.
Hearn says he received no counteroffers from Team Norman despite their claims that one…
Lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis and 140-lb contender Gustavo Lemos are finalizing a deal to meet on November 8th in a headliner in a Top Rank-promoted show ESPN in U.S Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn’s hometown in Norfolk, Virginia.
The fight will occur in the 135-lb division,…
Promoter Eddie Hearn revealed today that he’s signed Shakur Stevenson to a two-fight deal. The first match will be against Joe Cordina on October 12th, and the second will be against William Zepeda in February.
Hearn says if Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) is “triumphant” in…
Canelo Alvarez vows to give challenger Edgar Berlanga the “beating of his life” on September 14th to make him pay through suffering for the bad-mouthing he’s done about him since their match was signed.
Alvarez Seeks Vengeance
Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) says he wants to…
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has posted a fight poster for his rematch against former WBC champ Tyson Fury on December 21st in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Poster: A Symbolic Message
The poster picture shows Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) belting the 36-year-old Fury (34-1-1, 24…
David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) fights on December 14th. This will be the soon-to-be 28-year-old Benavidez’s first defense of his WBC interim 175-lb strap that he won on June 15th against Oleksandr Gvozdyk, and he needs an impressive performance this time to show that he’s…
Shakur Stevenson and his new promoter, Eddie Hearn, will hold a press conference next week in Los Angeles to discuss Shakur’s next fight with Matchroom against Joe Cordina on October 12th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The date will be announced soon.
A Confidence Booster and…
Canelo Alvarez says Terence Crawford’s last fight at 154 against Israil Madrimov showed that the right weight class for him is at 147.
Canelo states that Crawford’s performance at 154 was “different,” meaning he’s not the same fighter talent-wise as he was at 147. He’s…
At first glance, the training footage on social media looked like a video of Gervonta “Tank” Davis, but it’s Jursly “The Gorilla” Vargas, a 20-year-old Dominican boxer who is set to face Bryan Carrillo (3-1, 2 KOs) on Saturday night August 24th at Arena CDMX…