Jai Opetaia says he would “love to share the ring” with Dmitry Bivol if he moved up to cruiserweight for the two to fight. The IBF champion Opetaia (27-0, 20 KOs) claims he’s “chasing great fights,” and he feels that a clash against the current…
Canelo Alvarez takes on Cuban William Scull on Saturday, May 3rd live on DAZN. Mexico’s biggest boxing icon, is fighting on Cinco de Mayo weekend, right? Classic. Tradition. Viva Mexico and all that. But where’s the fight? Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and guess what? Once again,…
Terence Crawford says he wants Gervonta Davis vs. Shakur Stevenson to be the co-feature bout on his undercard for his September 13th fight against Canelo Alvarez. In other words, Crawford wants the ‘Face of Boxing,’ Tank Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs), to help him sell his…
Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz says WBO mandatory Xander Zayas could be next for WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora unless he takes a unification fight against the IBF or WBA champ.
Undisputed Dreams
Fundora’s goal is to become undisputed at 154. So, if he…
WBC interim lightweight champion William Zepeda defends against Tevin Farmer this Saturday, March 29th, in a 12-round rematch, live on DAZN in Cancun, Mexico. Zepeda (32-0, 27 KOs) already beat Farmer (33-7-1,8 KOs) on Latino Night on November 16th in Riyadh last year, but Golden…
Terence Crawford says he’s not trying to knock out Canelo Alvarez when he challenges him for his three or four super middleweight titles in September. His goal is to just “beat him.” However, he says he’s been sparring with bigger guys his entire career, and…
Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz says David Benavidez will fight for the full WBC light heavyweight title in September, possibly against Callum Smith, after the belt is vacated or stripped from current champion Dmitry Bivol.
Surrender!
Lewkowicz stated he wants Bivol to bring the WBC title back…
Promoter Eddie Hearn was furious on Saturday after being told that a critic has said Anthony Joshua isn’t credible to be fighting for a heavyweight world title next after his last disastrous showing.
Rules for Joshua
Hearn pointed out that Joshua (28-5, 24 KOs) is…
Super featherweight Maliek Montgomery (20-1, 18 KOs) was upset by Jeremy Hill (22-3-1, 13 KOs), losing a ten-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Sycuan Resort & Casino in El Cajon, California.
In the first three rounds, Montgomery outworked Hill mainly to the body.…