The crowd-pleasing Sam Eggington will return to the fray on a Mick Hennessy promotion at the Coventry Skydome Arena on September 10. Birmingham’s all-action Eggington, the WBC No.15 ranked middleweight, was last seen outscoring former IBF 154lbs champion Carlos Molina in an entertaining encounter in May. Broadcast live and free in the UK and Ireland […]
Deontay Wilder has blasted Tyson Fury for his withdrawal from their trilogy fight this month before insisting their third meeting will be ‘easy’ work. Fury-Wilder III was postponed from July 24 to October 9 after the ‘Gypsy King’ tested for positive for Covid-19 earlier this month. Rumours subsequently surfaced that WBC heavyweight champion Fury had […]
A potential clash between WBA Super light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol and pound-for-pound No.1 Canelo Alvarez appears to be gathering pace. WBC, WBA Super and WBO super-middleweight champion Canelo (56-1-2, 38 KOs) was set to face IBF title holder Caleb Plant on September 18 before talks broke down earlier this week. Russian Bivol, widely regarded as the second-best […]
London Olympic 2012 gold medalist and two-time world title challenger Luke Campbell has announced his retirement. The smooth southpaw from Hull was last seen losing in seven to rising star Ryan Garcia in January, sailing close to an upset after dropping the Californian puncher in the second round. In retirement, lightweight Campbell will probably be […]
Pat McCormack and Ben Whittaker both sealed medals for Team GB after triumphs in the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. Meanwhile, the precociously talented Caroline Dubois, younger sister of pro heavyweight contender Daniel, continued her stirring run in Japan with a keenly-fought victory over American Rashida Ellis. McCormack and Whittaker’s wins both guarantee a podium finish […]
Rising heavyweight prospect Michael Coffie is expecting a tougher night’s work when he meets late substitute Jonnie Rice at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday. The Los Angeles based Rice (13-6-1, 9 KOs) steps in at four days’ notice for former WBC title challenger Gerald Washington who tested positive for Covid-19. Rice brings […]
WBA Super light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol has been contacted about the possibility of facing Mexican star Canelo Alvarez after talks broke down for the pound-for-pound No.1’s projected, undisputed 168lbs title clash with Caleb Plant, according to the Russian’s promoter Andrey Ryabinskiy. WBC, WBA Super and WBO super-middleweight champion Canelo had long seemed poised to face Nashville’s […]
Deontay Wilder’s head trainer Malik Scott believes the rumours that Tyson Fury was getting busted up in sparring, prior to the cancellation of the heavyweights’ trilogy fight earlier this month. WBC champion Fury withdrew after apparently testing positive for Covid-19, with his third meeting with Wilder bumped from July 24 to a new date of […]
Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach says the Filipino boxing legend will have two more fights before turning his attention to a full-time career in politics. Eight-division king Pacquiao, 42, faces unbeaten WBC and IBF 147lbs champion Errol Spence at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 21 in a fascinating clash that Roach believes […]
There is still a possibility that boxing’s pound-for-pound No.1 Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will face Caleb Plant next, according to the Mexican star’s promoter Eddie Hearn. Earlier this week, it appeared that the super-middleweight unification clash was dead in the water after an impasse in the latest round of negotiations. But Hearn says that Canelo-Plant could […]
Frank Warren is confident that Tyson Fury can replicate his dominant February 2020 victory over Deontay Wilder in their trilogy fight. Fury and American rival Wilder will engage a third time at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on October 9 after the clash was pushed back from July 24 following a Covid-19 outbreak in […]
Tyson Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum says that the postponed heavyweight showdown between his WBC champion and WBA Super, WBO and IBF title holder Anthony Joshua should take place in the UK in 2022. Fury-Joshua was, of course, scheduled for Saudi Arabia in August before an arbitrator ruled the ‘Gypsy King’ must first face American […]