The new WBC heavyweight rankings have been released, and there is a new name in the current top 10. Britain’s Lawrence Okolie, who won the WBO belt down at cruiserweight and the WBC bridgerweight belt, a title he chose to vacate, is now ranked five…
Basing their set of rankings on the following: Overall record, titles, ability in the ring, the folks at Give Me Sport have taken on the lofty task of coming up with the ten greatest American heavyweights in history, of all time. The list, certain to…
Chris Algieri points out that Tim Tszyu is now being viewed by fans as being washed up after suffering his second consecutive defeat last Saturday night in a third-round knockout loss to IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev in Orlando, Flordia.
Algieri feels that fans…
#3-ranked contender Erickson Lubin says he’s ready to challenge IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) next. Lubin states that he was supposed to have fought Murtazaliev, but the negotiations didn’t work out. He’s now ready to fight him following his third-round knockout…
Teofimo Lopez’s promoter, Bob Arum, says Teo “makes no logical sense” with his claims that his contract with Top Rank is no longer valid. Arum states that Teofimo (21-1, 13 KOs) signed a second contract extension when he scheduled him to face Sandor Martin on December…
The Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol Rematch will happen a year from now, in October 2025, during the Riyadh Season. Promoter Bob Arum revealed that undisputed light heavyweight champion Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) and Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) will have interim fights before meeting next…
Postponed from the late summer, this Saturday night’s fight between 140-pounders Jack Catterall and Regis Prograis could prove to be a surprisingly fun affair. With precious little hype, no real trash-talk from either side, and no world title on the line, it’s probably fair to…
Top Rank boss Bob Arum reports that Naoya Inoue vs. Sam Goodman is being finalized for Christmas Eve on December 24th in Tokyo, Japan.
This is another defense for undisputed super bantamweight champion Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs), who will take on #1 IBF and WBO…
Oscar De La Hoya likes the idea of matching his fighter Vergil Ortiz Junior with Errol Spence Junior, this some time next year, the fight to take place at the Cowboy Stadium in Texas. De La Hoya took to social media to pitch the fight:…