IBF middleweight king Gennadiy Golovkin and WBA Super champion Ryota Murata have agreed in principle to face one another in a 160lbs unification clash in Tokyo on December 28, live on DAZN. The rival champions will both have one further fight in the interim, possibly on the same card, according to Mike Coppinger of The Athletic. […]
Unbeaten Kazakh contender Janibek Alimkhanuly believes he is ready for the cream of the middleweight division. The Top Rank-promoted Alimkhanuly plans to put down a marker for a future world title challenge when he meets former WBA Regular champion Rob Brant (26-2, 18 KOs) at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on June 26 The […]
Two-weight champion turned boxing analyst Paulie Malignaggi believes Deontay Wilder has taken a big gamble by jumping into an immediate third fight with old rival Tyson Fury. Back in February 2020, Wilder was dropped twice, dominated and demolished by the ‘Gypsy King’ in seven rounds, but the ‘Bronze Bomber’ never let revenge drift far from […]
WBC bantamweight champion Nordine Oubaali firmly believes he is the best 118-pounder in the world and is eager to prove it. The unbeaten Frenchman is targeting the ‘Monster’ Naoya Inoue and other title holders should he derail Filipino veteran Nonito Donaire at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, on Saturday evening. WBA Super and IBF champion […]
Despite making her Las Vegas debut in just her third pro fight, Ramla Ali is happy to take her time before moving into world title contention. The marketable featherweight, who has a successful modelling career outside of boxing and is managed by heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and 258 MGT, has looked on as other women […]
Nonito Donaire has spent 20 years in boxing daring to be great. On Saturday, the four-weight champion will attempt to add more history to his celebrated career when he takes on WBC bantamweight champion Nordine Oubaali at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. It’s a tough challenge, but Donaire is no stranger to confounding […]
Undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez has fuelled a potential grudge match with world 140lbs king Josh Taylor by claiming the Scot is planning an escape route to welterweight rather than fight him. Taylor underlined his supremacy at super-lightweight by twice dropping and outpointing rival champion Jose Ramirez to become the undisputed ruler of the 140-pounders […]
Three-weight champion Jorge Linares feels that WBC lightweight title holder Devin Haney will be stepping into deep waters when they meet at the Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas this Saturday. Venezuelan Linares (47-5, 29 KOs) has mixed it with the best in an almost 19-year pro career and believes this experience […]
WBA Regular light-heavyweight title holder Jean Pascal believes he will prove his supremacy when he resumes hostilities with two-weight champion Badou Jack in their eagerly-awaited rematch at Miami Gardens on June 6. Pascal withstood a late rally and 12th round knockdown to pip Jack via split decision in Atlanta in December 2019. A rematch was agreed almost […]
WBC super-lightweight champion Chantelle Cameron intends to make Puerto Rican challenger Melissa Hernandez pay for her trash talk when they collide at the Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, on Saturday evening. Northampton’s Cameron (13-0, 7 KOs) was forced to withdraw from an original date with Hernandez in March after suffering whiplash in a […]
The Scottish Football Association has put forward Hampden Park as a venue to stage Josh Taylor’s first world title defence. The undisputed super-lightweight champion from Edinburgh looks set to defend his WBO title against long-time mandatory challenger Jack Catterall later this summer. Taylor now holds all four world titles, as well as the Ring magazine […]
Sunny Edwards promoter Frank Warren has revealed the identity of the opponent the new IBF flyweight champion will face in the first defence of his title. Writing in his regular column which was published on the BT Sport website Warren says Filipino Jayson Mama (16-0, 9 KOs) will be the man tasked with taking the […]