Any ideas Naoya Inoue may have of becoming a four-weight world champion would be ended dramatically if he faced Stephen Fulton Jr, according to the American. Fulton, the WBO super-bantamweight champion, is targeting unified success when he takes on WBC champion Brandon Figueroa on September 11. ‘Cool Boy Steph’ was a guest recently on Brian […]
Yesterday former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin announced his retirement from boxing. The 41-year-old Russian made the announcement via social media bringing the curtain down on a 16-year career which finished with a record of 36 wins, 3 losses and one draw. The 2004 Olympic gold medallist began his career in Germany on June 11, […]
Josh Warrington’s shot at redemption could be heading outdoors after all. In April Headingley Stadium had been ruled out of hosting the rematch between the Leeds warrior and Mauricio Lara when Leeds city council refused a licence application for the rugby and cricket stadium to stage the fight. Local councillor John Illingworth cited fears surrounding […]
IBF No.1 contender George Kambosos believes undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez has a glass jaw and that he will test it severely when the duo square off at the LoanDepot Park in Miami next weekend. Australian Kambosos (19-0, 10 KOs) has emerged as one of boxing’s most engaging and quotable fighters of recent times, but […]
WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury plans to pass on his knowledge to the next generation of fighters after his own ring career has finished. Fury has targeted retirement after a maximum of five more fights including his trilogy clash with Deontay Wilder on July 24 and that elusive two-fight series with WBA Super, […]
Undefeated heavyweight contender Joe Joyce is being lined up for a clash against former world title challenger Carlos Takam on July 24. Joyce impressed with a 10th round dissection of the heavily-hyped Daniel Dubois last November, with the Greenwich man staying down after taking a stiff jab to a fractured left eye socket. Rio 2016 silver […]
Shakur Stevenson had far too much skill in his locker for Jeremiah Nakathila, dropping the Namibian outsider in the fourth before cruising to a landslide points victory to earn the WBO Interim super-featherweight title at the Virgin Hotels resort in Las Vegas on Saturday night. All three judges scored 120-107 for the unbeaten New Jersey […]
From the first bell to the last blow of a breathless encounter, Argentine whirlwind Jeremias Ponce never stopped throwing leather, eventually overwhelming local favourite Lewis Ritson in the 10th round of a final eliminator for the IBF 140lbs title at the Eagles Community Arena in Newcastle on Saturday night. Ponce’s feverish workrate and ceaseless body-punching paid […]
Many have dubbed American quartet Teofimo Lopez, Gervonta Davis, Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney as the new ‘Four Kings’ of boxing, but gifted 130-pounder Shakur Stevenson insists he holds the keys to the throne room. Despite a glittering amateur career, which culminated in silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics, and a world title already banked […]
Battle-tested Philadelphian Gabriel Rosado says he will derail blue chip super-middleweight prospect Bektemir Melikuziev when they meet in a crossroads bout at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso next Saturday, broadcast live worldwide on DAZN. Rosado (25-13-1, 14 KOs & 1 NC) has mixed it with the best but been written off a number of times […]
WBO No.1 super-middleweight contender Zach Parker will meet experienced Uzbek Sherzod Khusanov at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on July 10. The 41-year-old Khusanov (22-2-1, 10 KOs) previously won World Amateur bronze and silver medals as an amateur though that was in 2001 and 2003 respectively. He is noted for his durability despite his advanced […]
WBC super-featherweight champion Oscar Valdez will meet undefeated Brazilian Robson Conceicao in a voluntary title defence in Arizona in September. Valdez (29-0, 23 KOs) produced one of the performances of 2021 to dismantle long-time WBC king Miguel Berchelt before scoring a ‘knockout of the year’ contender in February. Promoter Bob Arum has told ESPN.com that […]