The previously scheduled bantamweight confrontation between WBO champion John Riel Casimero and WBA Regular belt holder Guillermo Rigondeaux is back in business at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, on August 14. Casimero and Rigondeaux were originally due to fight on the summer date before the Cuban was replaced by WBC champion Nonito Donaire […]
Brooklyn’s skilful Chris Colbert cantered to a straightforward points victory over rugged Mongolian Tugststogt Nyambayar to retain his WBA Interim super-featherweight title at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, on Saturday night. Colbert was far too smooth for former WBC featherweight title challenger Nyambayar (12-2, 9 KOs) who stepped up in weight to take […]
WBO super-featherweight champion Jamel Herring and ‘Interim’ belt holder Shakur Stevenson are in advanced talks for a clash in the final quarter of this year, with Atlanta a possible location. Herring (23-2, 11 KOs) had prioritised a unification bout with WBC champion Oscar Valdez, another Top Rank-promoted fighter, but never discounted a showdown with former […]
Tyson Fury may have dominated a shellshocked Deontay Wilder in their February 2020 rematch, but the ‘Gypsy King’ is taking nothing for granted in their trilogy clash in three weeks’ time. After appearing to win their first encounter (D12) with his superior boxing skillset in December 2018, Fury switched tack and employed pressure and aggression […]
Should an undisputed super-middleweight title clash against Caleb Plant not take place in September, Mexican star Canelo Alvarez might be tempted to test the power of hammer-fisted WBC and IBF 175lbs champion Artur Beterbiev, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. WBC, WBA Super and WBO champion Canelo had hoped to unify the 168lbs belts against IBF […]
Former IBF super-bantamweight champion Lehlohonolo Ledwaba has passed away from Covid-19 in his native South Africa, aged 49. Ledwaba was en route to hospital before succumbing to the virus on Friday. An outstanding stylist, Ledwaba is best known for losing to the blurring fists of late-sub Manny Pacquiao (LTKO6) in the Filipino’s stunning American debut […]
Four-weight world champion turned trainer Roy Jones believes his charge Chris Eubank Jr is one of the most explosive fighters on the planet and ready for the likes of Gennadiy Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez. Modern great Jones took over training duties for middleweight Eubank last year and the duo forged an instant connection, with their […]
Promoter Eddie Hearn has teased the possibility of WBC, WBA Super and WBO super-middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez engaging in a fight at 175lbs this year should a planned unification with IBF king Caleb Plant fail to materialise. Canelo and Plant have been locked in talks for an undisputed clash in September, but negotiations are not […]
Four-division champion Mikey Garcia and former WBA 140lbs king Regis Prograis are in advanced negotiations for an intriguing battle in the autumn. The 140lbs bout would be staged in the US and streamed live on DAZN, both fighters and promoter Eddie Hearn told Mike Coppinger of ESPN.com. Having campaigned as high as 147lbs where he suffered […]
World-rated heavyweight Michael Hunter will be the feature attraction when he meets former amateur foe Mike Wilson in the first main event of a new Tuesday night boxing series promoted by Triller at the Hulu Theater inside New York’s famed Madison Square Garden. The series kicks off on August 3 and will also include former WBO […]
On a relatively quiet weekend of boxing, the flamboyant Chris Colbert will take centre stage when he collides with Mongolian contender Tugstsogt ‘King Tug’ Nyambayar at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, on Saturday. The gifted New Yorker certainly does not lack confidence and believes he has the credentials to be the “face of boxing” in […]
Former WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew feels that Anthony Joshua’s September 25 clash with Oleksandr Usyk has become an even tougher proposition after the Ukrainian enlisted Anatoly Lomachenko as his trainer. Lomachenko, coach of son and former pound-for-pound No.1 Vasiliy, is a master of strategy and technique. His addition to Usyk’s corner has bolstered the […]