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Promoter Eddie Hearn is confident that Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams will score an upset knockout victory over Queensberry captain Hamzah Sheeraz (19-0, 15 KOs) on Saturday night in their middleweight fight on the ‘5 vs. 5’ event, live on DAZN PPV in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The…

This Saturday’s DAZN PPV main event between Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang is truly a winner-moves-on and loser-go-home scenario. Both fighters are clearly on a downslide in their respective careers. Both fighters recently lost to Joseph Parker. Zhang did show more spunk, scoring two knockdowns.…

The official weights are in for tomorrow night’s big heavyweight clash between Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang. And massive, as in a massive weight advantage for Zhang, is the operative word here. On the scale today, Zhang tipped-in at 282.8 pounds, while former WBC heavyweight…

Saturday night’s fight between Filip Hrgovic (17-0, 14 KOs) and Daniel Dubois (20-2, 19 KOs) will have the IBF interim heavyweight title at stake in their contest on the ‘5 vs. 5’ event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The winner of the Hrgovic-Dubois fight could be…

Is Deontay Wilder aiming to score a stunning first-round knockout when he fights Zhilei Zhang tomorrow night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia? Wilder has said more than a few times – at yesterday’s final presser ahead of tomorrow’s massive ‘5 Vs. 5’ card, and also when…

By James Slater - 05/31/2024 - Comments As fight fans are no doubt aware, Tim Tszyu has been forced to pull out of his Aug 3 fight with Vergil Ortiz Junior.  The nasty cut to his forehead that Tszyu picked up in his upset loss to…

Tim Tszyu will not fight Vergil Ortiz Jr. on August 3rd at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs) can’t take the fight because his cut from last March is still healing and will not be ready by August. It will take…

Promoter Eddie Hearn states that Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams will be a “nightmare” for Queensberry captain Hamzah Sheeraz on Saturday night due to his punching power and the pressure that he’ll put on the younger fighter in their middleweight contest in Riyadh. Hearn notes that Sheeraz…

Zhilei Zhang got a laugh out of the crowd today during the final press conference when he said that the only reason promoter Eddie Hearn chose Deontay Wilder as his Team captain for his Matchroom stable is to “kiss his a**” so that he’ll sign…