Oscar Rivas will now face the unbeaten Ryan Rozicki for the inaugural WBC bridgerweight title at L’Olympia in Montreal, Canada, on October 22. Canadian Rozicki is a replacement for American Bryant Jennings who refused to adhere to local Covid-19 quarantine regulations. To save the promotion, the WBC has allowed the No.18 cruiserweight Rozicki (13-0, 13 KOs) to […]
Like his father 30 years before him, Chris Eubank Junior is a fighter who divides opinions. An exciting combination puncher, the sturdy Eubank DNA is certainly evident in the younger incarnation and junior can point to some solid wins in his resume over the likes of James DeGale (W12), Arthur Abraham (W12) and Avni Yildirim […]
Former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko feels his old rival Anthony Joshua can bounce back from last weekend’s defeat to Oleksandr Usyk to win another world heavyweight title. Ukrainian Usyk overcame a rally from Joshua in the middle rounds to handily outpoint the Watford man in a masterful show of technique and tenacity at the […]
Rising middleweight star Janibek Alimkhanuly will continue his march to a world title shot with a 10-rounder against former WBA belt holder Hassan N’Dam at the Virgin Hotels resort in Las Vegas on November 5. Kazakh Alimkhanuly (10-0, 6 KOs) forced an eighth-round retirement of another ex-champion Rob Brant in June and is rated No.2 […]
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury feels Deontay Wilder’s long list of excuses for his crushing defeat in their rematch have deeply weakened the American’s credibility ahead of their trilogy clash on October 9. After their controversial draw in December 2018, an aggressive Fury dominated the return, dropping Wilder twice and forcing a seventh-round stoppage in […]
Tyson Fury has admitted he was deeply ‘wounded’ when he watched rival champion Anthony Joshua lose his heavyweight belts last weekend. The WBC king had hoped deposed WBA Super, WBO and IBF champion Joshua would prevail to keep the dream of their undisputed heavyweight title fight alive, but could only look on in disappointment as […]
WBA Regular featherweight champion Leigh Wood and No.1 contender Michael Conlan have been given extra time to agree a deal by the Panama-based sanctioning body. The WBA had ordered the terms of the fight to be decided by an original deadline of September 27 before the bout headed to purse bids, but an extension has […]
Former WBO 154lbs champion Liam Smith has never lost to domestic opposition and believes that statistic won’t change when he meets fellow Scouser Anthony Fowler in an intriguing local derby at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool on October 9. Smith recently dropped a debatable points decision to Magomed Kurbanov in Russia in May, but feels […]
WBO welterweight king Terence Crawford has vowed to prove his detractors wrong with a show-stopping performance against two-time world champion Shawn Porter after their eagerly anticipated bout was confirmed for the Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas on November 20. Due to boxing politics, Crawford has struggled to lure big name opposition into a fight since […]
On Saturday, Oleksandr Usyk became only the third cruiserweight in history to move up a division and win a world heavyweight championship after his 12-round boxing clinic against the favoured Anthony Joshua at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Having cleaned out a tough cruiserweight division during the first WBSS tournament series, the Ukrainian maestro followed in the […]
John Fury, father of WBC king Tyson Fury and a former pro heavyweight himself, has launched a staunch defence of deposed unified champion Anthony Joshua. The long-touted but unrealised undisputed heavyweight title fight between Tyson and Joshua has now disintegrated, with AJ set to face conqueror Oleksandr Usyk in an immediate rematch early in 2022. […]
Filipino fight legend Manny Pacquiao has made his retirement official as he swaps punching for politics. Last week, Pacquiao launched his long-awaited bid to become President of the Philippines, representing the PDP-Laban political party in his native land, and on Wednesday morning the eight-division champion confirmed that his incredible boxing career has now drawn to a […]