News – Page 86 – Sugar Bert Boxing

Liam Smith signs with Matchroom Boxing for a second tour

BoxingScene January 22, 2025

Former junior middleweight titleholder Liam Smith has signed with Matchroom Boxing, the promoter announced Wednesday. In a media release, Matchroom said a fight announcement is soon to follow for Smith, 33-4-1 (20 KOs), now fighting at middleweight and ranked No. 10 by the WBC…

Inoue Vs Kim: Why No Buzz?

BoxingNews24 January 22, 2025

Unified super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue’s title defense against his substitute opponent Ye Joon Kim (21-2-2, 13 KOs) is two days away, and there is surprisingly zero buzz about this fight on Friday, January 24th. (Credit: Naoki Fakuda) No Buzz It’s a signal that the…

Natasha Jonas’ trainer calls for action against Lauren Price’s ‘holding’

BoxingScene January 22, 2025

Joe Gallagher has demanded that the referee who oversees the IBF, WBA and WBC welterweight title fight between Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price on March 7 forbids Price from “holding”. Gallagher will guide Jonas, 40 years old and the IBF and WBC champion, into the…

Vergil Ortiz Jr. Expects “chess Match” Against Israil Madrimov In Title Defense

BoxingNews24 January 22, 2025

Vergil Ortiz Jr. says he expects his fight against Israil Madrimov to be a “chess match” next month when they battle in a 12-round match on February 22nd in Riyadh. Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) will be defending his WBC interim junior middleweight title that…

Prograis: Rolly’s Wildness Could Upset Ryan Garcia

BoxingNews24 January 22, 2025

Regis Prograis isn’t ruling out the possibility of former WBA light welterweight champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero beating Ryan Garcia in their fight on Times Square in New York next May. Sparring Session Flashback The former two-time 140-lb champion Prograis feels that with Rolly (16-2, 13…

Arum Says Naoya Inoue’s Career Is “Even More Legendary Than Manny Pacquiao’s”

EastSideBoxing January 22, 2025

This one is sure to divide opinion, and possibly annoy some Manny Pacquiao fans! Top Rank boss Bob Arum, in speaking once again with Sky Sports, stated that current pound-for-pound star Naoya Inoue’s career is “even more legendary than Manny Pacquiao’s.” Arum of course promoted…

Sunny Edwards hails ‘one of the best in the world’ Dalton Smith

BoxingScene January 22, 2025

Dalton Smith has been backed by Sunny Edwards to prove himself “one of the best fighters in the world”. On Saturday at the Nottingham Arena in England, Smith and Walid Ouizza of France contest the vacant European junior-welterweight title, and do so at a…

Thurman Seeks To Reclaim Past Glory In Return To The Ring

EastSideBoxing January 22, 2025

Keith Thurman is comparing himself to Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali in his comeback fight after three years out of the ring to take on Aussie Brock Jarvis in a match in the 154-lb division on March 12th at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney,…

Benavidez Sr: Bivol Takes Rematch With Beterbiev

BoxingNews24 January 22, 2025

Trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. is picking Dmitry Bivol to defeat undisputed light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev in their rematch in 31 days on February 22nd in Riyadh. Jose Sr. says he felt the former WBA 175-lb champion Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) won the first fight…

Caroline Dubois and Savannah Marshall near ‘big fights’ on March 7

BoxingScene January 22, 2025

Boxxer’s Ben Shalom is determined to deliver for Caroline Dubois a “big fight” on the undercard of Natasha Jonas-Lauren Price. Dubois, who on her 24th birthday of January 11 retained her WBC lightweight title via a technical draw with Canada’s Jessica Camara when a cut…

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