He beat one Adrian on Saturday night now Conor Benn has his eye on a fight with another. The welterweight rising star was rarely troubled in his comfortable points decision win against Adrian Granados at Headingley Stadium, Leeds which extended his unbeaten professional record to (19-0, 12 KOs). Promoter Eddie Hearn says that Benn will […]
As a new era of boxing begins on Sky Sports heavyweight Hughie Fury will aim to become one of the premier names and faces of the new deal announced last week. Fury, 26, has signed a promotional contract with Boxxer who in conjunction with Sky Sports announced a host of fighters to their roster and […]
Ten-and-a-half years since his last fight and a month away from his 59th birthday, Evander Holyfield will return to the ring to face former UFC champion Vitor Belfort at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, next Sunday. Holyfield steps in for another comebacking veteran Oscar De La Hoya, 48, who contracted Covid-19 and was […]
Irish KO artist Stevie McKenna remains in hot pursuit of Conor Benn and feels his heavy hands can derail the world title aspirations of the popular Essex puncher. Having shrugged off a recent bout with Covid-19, welterweight Benn meets Adrian Granados tonight in a rescheduled fight on the Warrington-Lara II undercard in Leeds. Next Friday, […]
Having moved back down to middleweight and earned No.1 contender status with the WBA, Chris Eubank Jr. says he would return to 168lbs for a clash against Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez. This week, former WBA super-middleweight title challenger Eubank signed on for Sky Sports Boxing’s brave new world in the post-Matchroom era after Eddie Hearn […]
With his reputation taking a battering after the drug testing controversy that has clouded next weekend’s title defence against Robson Conceição, WBC 130lbs champion Oscar Valdez has made a statement to claim his innocence in the matter. Earlier this week, under VADA testing in the WBC’s Clean Boxing Program, Valdez tested positive for the banned substance […]
The WBC has allowed Oscar Valdez to remain as its reigning super-featherweight world champion, even though the Mexican tested positive for the banned substance phentermine in both an A and B sample in the run up to a September 10 title defence against Robson Conceição. In a ruling on Friday, the WBC declared that Valdez will keep his […]
Matchroom Boxing and DiBella Entertainment have announced a four-woman tournament to unify the 140lbs division. In the semi-finals, WBC champion Chantelle Cameron will meet IBF belt holder Mary McGee and WBA/IBO queen Kali Reis will face Canadian contender Jessica Camara, with the vacant WBO title also on the line. Both fight dates and venues will be confirmed shortly. Northampton’s Cameron (14-0, 8 KOs) can’t wait for […]
Oscar De La Hoya has contracted Covid-19 and been forced to withdraw from his Pay-Per-View comeback clash against MMA fighter Vitor Belfort at the Staples Center in Los Angeles next Saturday. De La Hoya, who has been fully vaccinated, confirmed the news in a video from his hospital bed after receiving treatment. “Wanted you to […]
Philadelphia’s WBO super-bantamweight king Stephen Fulton has moved to Las Vegas early, ahead of his September 18 unification clash with WBC champion Brandon Figueroa at the Park MGM resort. Fulton is in relaxed mood as he fine tunes his preparation before the biggest fight of his career and insists he feels pressure-free despite what’s at stake. […]
Josh Warrington’s career at world level looks on the line when he meets former conqueror Mauricio Lara in an immediate rematch at the Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds tomorrow. In February, a rusty-looking Warrington saw a ticking over clash against a Mexican unknown turn into a nightmare as he was manhandled and stopped in nine relatively […]
Mexican welterweight Jeanette Zacarias Zapata has sadly passed away from the injuries sustained in her stoppage loss to Marie-Pier Houle in Montreal on Saturday. Only 18 years of age, Zacarias Zapata lost consciousness in the ring after the fight was halted in the fourth round and spent the week in the Montreal Sacred Heart Hospital, having been […]