Frank Warren believes Deontay Wilder will try to bomb out Tyson Fury in their trilogy fight in Las Vegas on October 9, but insists that strategy will play into the Gypsy King’s hands. Fury’s UK promoter feels Wilder has little chance of outboxing the WBC champion and, given the beatdown the Bronze Bomber suffered in […]
Shakur Stevenson believes he will rise to the occasion and produce a dominant performance when he challenges WBO super-featherweight king Jamel Herring at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta on October 23. Victory will see the unbeaten New Jersey southpaw become a two-weight champion at just 24 years of age, but Stevenson will need to […]
Two-weight champion David Haye feels friend and nightclub owner Joe Fournier has next to no chance of beating him in their high-profile eight-round bout at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, on Saturday. A rejuvenated Haye has also teased the possibility of facing heavyweight greats Evander Holyfield or Lennox Lewis in a […]
Boxing’s most devastating adversary has struck again with the news that Covid-19 has ruled out Roman Gonzalez from his eagerly awaited trilogy fight with Juan Francisco Estrada on October 16. The clash is now likely to take place in November, according to ESPN Deportes. Nicaraguan Gonzalez originally defeated Estrada in November 2012 and seemed to have […]
WBC super-featherweight champion Oscar Valdez has admitted that the controversy surrounding his failed drug test has proved a “little difficult” but insists he and his team did nothing wrong ahead of his title defence against former amateur rival Robson Conceição in Tucson on Friday Valdez’s A and B samples both tested positive for the appetite suppressant […]
Having emphatically won their rematch in seven rounds, Tyson Fury has promised to destroy nemesis Deontay Wilder in even quicker fashion in their trilogy fight in Las Vegas on October 9. The Fury and Wilder rivalry began in December 2018 when a comebacking ‘Gypsy King’ rose from two knockdowns after appearing to handily outbox the […]
Promoter Eddie Hearn has cast doubt that WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder will take place on October 9. Fury-Wilder III has had a complicated journey with the previously contracted bout enforced by an arbitrator just as it seemed the ‘Gypsy King’ would face WBA Super, IBF and WBO champion Anthony […]
Politicians are no strangers to ringside but now one will be commentating on a fight. In a surreal bit of news, Triller has announced that the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump will be adding his insight to all four fights on the Evander Holyfield vs Vitor Belfort broadcast in a special ‘gamecast’ of […]
WBC super-bantamweight champion Brandon Figueroa has tested positive for Covid-19 forcing the cancellation of the Texan’s unification clash with WBO king Stephen Fulton in Las Vegas on September 18. The unbeaten Figueroa announced the news on his Instagram account just as training camp wound down ahead of the most meaningful fight of his career to […]
Former two-weight world champion Billy Joe Saunders has responded to Chris Eubank Jr’s comments about him in their latest round of verbal shots. Eubank Jr, who returns to the ring against Sven Elbir on October 2 on Sky Sports, told talkSPORT that his long-term rival quit in the loss to Canelo Alvarez in May and […]
If Manny Pacquiao had triumphed over Yordenis Ugas last month then a fight against Josh Taylor was at the very least an option, but now the Scot says there would be little point now in facing his hero. The undisputed super-lightweight champion was speaking to Give Me Sport and was asked about the possibility of […]
After the frustrations of not exacting revenge against Mauricio Lara there may be a silver lining for Josh Warrington. Lara and Warrington met at Headingley Stadium in an anticipated rematch but matters ended just as the fight was heating up. A nasty cut caused by an accidental headbutt to Lara brought the fight to an […]