Harvey Horn (9-0, 2 KOs) is promising a “masterclass” when he meets Fadhili Majiha (27-14-4, 13 KOs) at Wasserman Boxing’s ‘The Development Series’ event on Thursday November 25 at London’s iconic York Hall, live on Boxing Social in the UK and Ireland and FITE TV in all other territories worldwide. Horn has had to prepare for a new opponent for the second […]
Pound-for-pound sat Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford knocked out ‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter in the 10th round to retain his WBO welterweight world title last night at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) made the fifth defence of the title he won in June 2018 and was presented with the stiffest test of his illustrious […]
Wasserman Boxing launch ‘The Development Series’ on Thursday November 25 at London’s iconic York Hall and are excited to announce Boxing Social as the exclusive broadcast partner in the UK and Ireland for the first event. “We’re delighted to be partnering with Boxing Social to give fight fans in the UK and Ireland the chance […]
British, Commonwealth and European bantamweight champion Lee McGregor has signed a multi-fight co-promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing. The undefeated 24-year-old Scot’s career is now in the hands of co-promoters Probellum and Eddie Hearn. McGregor’s Matchroom debut takes place on December 18 in Manchester when he makes the second defence of his title against Armenia’s Narek […]
2021 continues to be a year to remember for Jason Cunningham. The 32-year-old from Doncaster put in a dominant, one-sided performance back in May when he upset the odds to beat Gamal Yafai and become European bantamweight champion. And just last month ‘The Iceman’ took Brad Foster’s British and Commonwealth titles when he edged out […]
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford says he will prove to be a level above Shawn Porter when they meet in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Crawford, who was undisputed champion at super-lightweight, aims to make his fifth successful WBO welterweight title defence against two-time world champion Shawn Porter. “I respect everything that Shawn does,” Crawford […]
British light-heavyweight Callum Johnson will get a second world title opportunity in January. The 36-year-old, trained by Joe Gallagher, will challenge WBO champion Joe Smith Jr, according to ESPN’s Mike Coppinger. Johnson, who re-signed for Frank Warren in April, has picked up two wins under the Queensbury Promotions banner since then against Emil Markic (W […]
Four-weight world champion Canelo Alvarez is aiming to earn honours at a fifth weight after it was revealed yesterday that he will challenge WBC cruiserweight title holder Illunga Makabu. WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman granted the request by Alvarez’s team at the governing body’s convention in Mexico City. “The WBC has approved unanimously Canelo to fight […]
Tyson Fury’s expected WBC heavyweight title clash with Dillian Whyte has been left up in the air after the World Boxing Council did not officially order the bout at their annual WBC convention. Fury was widely expected to be ordered to face ‘Interim’ champion Whyte during the convention, but the WBC says it cannot make […]
Jason Quigley believes he’ll have the crowd on his side as he expects his Irish fans to roar him to victory when he challenges Demetrius Andrade for the WBO middleweight title on Friday in Manchester, New Hampshire. Quigley (19-1, 14 KOs) is the second Irishman to try to take the crown from Andrade (30-0, 18 KOs) after Luke […]
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s pugilistic CV is an impressive one, incorporating a professional ledger of 57-1-2, ‘world’ titles in four weight classes and – at present – the undisputed crown at super-middleweight. Now 31, the Mexican appears to be at his peak and although he is not unbeaten – Floyd Mayweather having made sure of that […]
Mexican prodigy Jaime Munguia (38-0, 30 KOs) extended his unbeaten record against battle-hardened Gabriel Rosado (26-14-1, 15 KOs) in a breathless twelve round encounter last night in Anaheim. The fight lived up to even the loftiest of pre-fight expectations, with both men trading heavy leather from the first bell to the last and putting on […]