Life seemed simpler for Deontay Wilder 16 years ago.
He was an unexpected bronze medallist at the Beijing Olympics and turned pro as the “Bronze Bomber” to give his daughter a better life.
There was not a lot of hype. He did not…
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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…
Barry Hearn attempted to dissuade his son Eddie from making the rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves at Wembley Stadium.
Interest in a second fight between the rival super middleweights, following their thrilling first encounter at the Manchester Arena, was such that they…
Emilio Garcia, from Laredo Texas, is just one win away from qualifying to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Garcia defeated Ghana’s Joseph Commey in dominating fashion. Garcia won each of the judges’ votes in all three rounds including two 10-8 scores in the third…
Gary Antuanne Russell is picking WBC light welterweight champion Devin Haney to successfully defend against his mandatory Sandor Martin if that fight takes place next.
Russell feels that Martin, 30, is the type who tries to steal rounds by fighting hard in the last thirty…
Andres Katzourakis and Kudratillo Abdukakhorov both made weight Thursday for their fight set for Friday at Houston’s Red Owl Boxing Arena, the show’s main event and part of Overtime Boxing’s ongoing junior middleweight tournament.
Katzourakis (12-0, 10 KOs) weighed in at 153.2 pounds, while…
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 says he placed ‘The Bronze Bomber’ Deontay Wilder in the captain seat give him a psychological edge to give him responsibility as a leader for the Matchroom team for Saturday’s ‘5 vs. 5’ event in Saudi Arabia.
The hope is that the…
Whether Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is following the Saudi Arabia riches by making career moves toward a showdown with possible fellow four-division and undisputed champion Terence Crawford is yet to be confirmed.
But the idea alone stirred a series of strong opinions Wednesday on ProBox…
At Thursday's final press conference ahead of his heavyweight clash with Deontay Wilder, China’s Zhilei Zhang did his best to stir discontent within Team Matchroom.
Zhang and Wilder meet Saturday as the lead fight in the “5 vs 5” show in Saudi Arabia featuring…