Canelo Alvarez feels that he and old rival Gennadiy Golovkin have seen their careers move in vastly different directions since their last meeting in 2018. Many still hope Canelo and Golovkin will lock horns for a third time following their controversial draw in 2017 and close points win for the Mexican a year later. But […]
WBO featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete is primed for a testing encounter when he defends his crown against former world title challenger Joet Gonzalez at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego on Friday. In a division featuring WBA Regular champion Leigh Wood, IBF title holder Kid Galahad and WBC king Gary Russell Jr, the all-action Navarrete […]
WBA Regular welterweight champion Jamal James will clash with Russian contender Radzhab Butaev at the Michelob ULTRA Arena in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on October 30. Rising 147lbs star Jaron Ennis (27-0, 25 KOs & 1 NC) will also feature in a 10-rounder against former world title challenger Thomas Dulorme (25-5-1, […]
Lyndon Arthur and Anthony Yarde will recommence hostilities at the Copper Box Arena in East London on December 4. A year previously, Manchester’s Arthur upset Essex puncher Yarde via split decision, behind closed doors due to Covid-19 restrictions, as the 175lbs rivals swapped places in the world rankings. Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren said: […]
Unbeaten 168-pounder Diego Pacheco feels the sky is the limit and he can be a world champion when he hits 22. The highly-touted, 6ft 4ins Californian is still just 20, but dreaming big ahead of his clash with Brazilian Lucas de Abreu (12-0, 11 KOs) at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, California, on Saturday, live worldwide on […]
IBF super-middleweight king Caleb Plant is halfway through training camp and can’t wait to prove the naysayers wrong when he clashes with WBC, WBA Super and WBO belt holder Canelo Alvarez at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on November 6. Plant has been widely written off in the undisputed 168lbs title fight, […]
Fresh off one of the greatest heavyweight title fights of all-time, the Boxing Social team mull over its significance for the protagonists and the future of the division in the form of three questions. What does this fight do for both men’s reputations? Both men enhanced their reputations in what was truly a battle for […]
In an unforgettable heavyweight shootout that illustrated firepower and fortitude, WBC champion Tyson Fury twice rose from the canvas to gun down an incredibly game Deontay Wilder in the 11th round of a five-knockdown thriller at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Wilder was down in the third before dropping Fury twice […]
Doncaster’s Jason Cunningham continued a memorable 2021 by narrowly defeating the previously unbeaten Brad Foster on the cards to add the Lichfield man’s British and Commonwealth crowns to his European 122lbs title at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on Saturday night. Scores were 116-112, 115-114 and 114-113 as Cunningham prevailed with a stirring finish after 12 […]
European welterweight champion David Avanesyan has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren and Queensberry Promotions. Newark-based Russian Avanesyan (28-3-1, 16 KOs) said: “I am very happy to be signing with Frank and very confident that he will deliver me the world title shot I need. I want to become […]
Liverpool is arguably England’s premier fight city and tonight at the M&S Bank Arena two of its leading lights clash for local bragging rights and much more as ex-WBO 154lbs champion Liam Smith does battle with former amateur star Anthony Fowler. Smith has the professional pedigree, having given a decent account of himself against Canelo […]
After the last gasp postponement of his fight against Anatoli Muratov last weekend, WBA No.1 middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr will now meet Wanik Awidjan at the Newcastle Utilita Arena on October 16. Eubank (30-2, 22 KOs) joins a card already including heavyweight contender Hughie Fury against German campaigner Christian Hammer, WBO middleweight champion Savannah Marshall defending her […]