The big-punching Edgar Berlanga is being guided to a showdown with Mexico’s pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez, according to the Puerto Rican’s promoter Bob Arum. Berlanga (17-0, 16 KOs) rose to prominence by launching his pro career with 16 straight, first-round knockouts until that improbable streak ended when Demond Nicholson rose from the canvas four times […]
The WBA has ordered an immediate rematch been Maryland’s luckless Mykal Fox and its ‘Interim’ welterweight champion Gabriel Maestre following the highly controversial decision in favour of the Venezuelan in Minneapolis on Saturday. Late-substitute Fox scored a knockdown and appeared to win with something to spare, but the Latin American sanctioning body’s three judges all […]
The August 21 welterweight title fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas between Errol Spence Jr and Manny Pacquiao is off. The American has suffered an eye injury forcing the WBC and IBF champion to withdraw from his first fight of 2021. ESPN’s Mike Coppinger has reported that the injury itself is a torn […]
On October 9 the British 154lbs scene gets a showcase at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena. Announced via their social media channels today promoter Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing have produced a stellar line-up for their show in 60 days. The headline fight sees a Liverpool derby take place when former WBO super-welterweight world champion Liam […]
Ricards Bolotniks has always believed he would fight Joshua Buatsi one day and this weekend gets to do so. The Latvian light-heavyweight clash is the headline act for the third and final week of Fight Camp at Matchroom HQ and Bolotniks wants the anticipated bout to be a bit of everything. “I want it to […]
John Riel Casimero has labelled his Filipino countryman Nonito Donaire as “scared” during the countdown to his next world title defence. On Saturday night Casimero defends his WBO bantamweight title against Cuban maestro Guillermo Rigondeaux in Carson, California on Showtime but it could have been Donaire in the opposite corner. The two had been scheduled […]
From Matchroom’s back garden to a land down under, Eddie Hearn is now marking his territory in Australia. It was announced today that unbeaten super-featherweight Brock Jarvis has become the first Australian signing for Matchroom boxing. A pro since December 2015 Jarvis is unbeaten in 19 fights and trained and managed by Australian boxing legend […]
Former lightweight king Vasiliy Lomachenko is nearing a deal for his second fight of 2021. The Ukrainian superstar is in advanced talks to face Richard Commey on December 11 at Madison Square Garden, according to ESPN. Lomachenko bounced back from his October 2020 world title loss to Teofimo Lopez comfortably halting the challenge of Masayoshi […]
The final chapter of Amir Khan’s boxing career will feature a new trainer in his corner. One bout away from his 40th the 34-year-old has been pictured sparring former foe and current WBO welterweight belt holder Terence Crawford. The three-weight world champion and Khan fought at Madison Square Garden in April 2019 with the Brit […]
Eimantas Stanionis had a night of apparent victory turn into one of frustration after a head clash cut former WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo in the fourth round and saw their bout ruled a No Decision at The Armory in Minneapolis on Saturday night. WBA No.1 147lbs contender Stanionis had impressed until the injury, softening up […]
A brutally efficient Kid Galahad systematically broke down the gallant Jazza Dickens to win the vacant IBF featherweight title after 11 punishing rounds at Matchroom’s Fight Camp in Brentwood on Saturday night. With the victory, switch-hitter Galahad became the fifth fighter to graduate with world championship honours from the late Brendan Ingle’s famed Wincobank Gym […]
WBA President Gilberto Mendoza has claimed that the under-fire Panamanian sanctioning body will finally reduce its number of world title belts. Currently, the WBA has 45 ‘world’ champions (Super, Regular and Interim) across boxing’s 17 weight divisions including two ‘Champions In Recess’ (Gervonta Davis holds WBA belts at 130lbs, 135lbs and 14Olbs). The organisation also […]