RIYADH – Queensberry promoter Frank Warren has dismissed Anthony Joshua’s hopes of fighting the winner of Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk later in 2024.
Joshua’s stoppage of Francis Ngannou in March means he is on course to fight whichever of Fury and Usyk emerges as the winner…
Jai Opetaia was quietly relieved when his rematch with Mairis Briedis was rescheduled earlier this year because the Australian had torn a calf muscle.
Any decision to try and recover before his February date with Briedis was postponed and taken out of Opetaia’s hands…
“Little Hands Of Stone” Michael Carbajal waved his fists in the air to salute the crowds that surrounded him on Tuesday as a street sign was unveiled in his name in downtown Phoenix.
Several hundred clapped and cheered as the fighter, who won silver…
Tuesday, May 14
Instead of writing at length about how soulless a place Riyadh is, and how equally soulless is the unfortunately spelled BLVD City – the relatively remote entertainment* centre at which Tuesday’s far-from-grand grand arrivals were held – it seems more appropriate, given…
His promoter Frank Warren has detailed the extent to which Tyson Fury continues to be influenced by his struggles with his mental health.
On Saturday at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Fury contests the undisputed heavyweight title against Oleksandr Usyk in a…
Abass Baraou will make the first defense of his European super welterweight title against Macaulay McGowan on Friday June 14. The fight will be promoted by Wasserman and televised by Channel 5.
The world ranked Baraou, 15-1 (9 KOs), won the vacant belt in…
H2O Sylve (11-0, 9 KOs) will face fellow undefeated starlet Floyd “Kid Austin” Schofield (17-0, 12 KOs) in a clash of two of boxing’s best lightweight prospects.
The 10-round lightweight battle will take place on the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson and Katie Taylor…
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will return to the boxing ring after a three-year absence to fight former UFC product Darren Till July 20 on the undercard of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul event at AT&T Stadium outside Dallas.
Two boxing officials connected to the deal…
Quite apart from the vastly different rule sets, it has always struck me that one of the biggest differences between boxing and grappling is the swiftness at which punishment is handed out.
Whereas boxing can provide an instant penalty for dropping a hand or…