Heavyweights Derek Chisora and Joe Joyce meet this Saturday night, July 27, in a twelve-round contest at the O2 Arena in London. The aging fighters are in a position where it will be difficult for the loser of the match to come back from the…
What should we make of heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk’s co-trainers talk of his charge possibly taking a bare-knuckle fight after his return fight with Tyson Fury? Sergey Lapin put it out there that Usyk is interested in taking a fight with Conor McGregor once he…
In sad news, it has been reported – by Bruce Trampler – that former WBA bantamweight champ Richie Sandoval has passed away at the age of 63. Trampler writes:
“Boxing and the Top Rank family lost one of our own last night with the passing…
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Gennadiy Golovkin says he’s still not retired and will return to the ring “if something comes up.” The former unified middleweight champion (42-2-1, 37 KOs) looked excellent in his last two fights, two years ago, against Canelo Alvarez and Ryota Murata…
Light welterweight contender Richardson Hitchins will return to the ring in October in New York City.
The opponent for #1 IBF, #3 WBO, and #5 WBC-ranked Hitchins (18-0, 7 KOs) remains to be seen. He must fight someone popular to headline because he’s not considered…
Promoter Eddie Hearn predicts an early exit for IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois if he comes out firing with both barrels against Anthony Joshua on September 21st in their headliner at what is expected to be a jam-packed Wembley Stadium in London.
Hearn is convinced…
Some fights, some match ups, they seem inevitable. Some of these inevitable, they-simply-have-to-happen fights, take time to grow, to build, to “marinate,” as Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum might say. Right now, in terms of the little guys, the little giants of the sport,…
Jake Paul got the win last night, with him dropping former UFC fighter Mike Perry three times en-route to a sixth round stoppage win. Paul is getting, well, let’s say mixed reviews for his latest winning performance. But the big talking point regarding Paul is,…
Terence Crawford’s trainer, Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre, is confident that his fighter can move up three weight classes to fight Canelo Alvarez after their match against WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov on August 3rd in Los Angeles.
BoMac states that it won’t be a problem…