Jono Caroll has an opportunity to get his career back on track on June 19. The former world title challenger will face 29-year-old American Andy Vences for the vacant WBC International belt at 130lbs. The bout will feature on Triller’s pay-per-view offering from LoanDepot Park in Miami which will be headlined by Teofimo Lopez defending […]
Billy Joe Saunders told fans that his surgery was a success following the injuries he sustained against Canelo Alvarez on Saturday in Dallas. Saunders trainer Mark Tibbs waved off the challenge of his charge at the AT&T Stadium when the fighter returned to his stool at the end of round eight. A powerful uppercut landed […]
With Filip Hrgovic v Michael Hunter seemingly dead in the water there may be an opportunity for Joseph Parker to step in and replace the American. Hrgovic v Hunter had been called as an IBF heavyweight title final eliminator with the winner to move on and face Anthony Joshua in the future. The deadline for […]
This weekend sees the debut of the Joshua Buatsi-Virgil Hunter partnership and the British light heavyweight is looking forward to showing the improvements he has made. The 28-year-old Londoner (13-0, 11 KOs) teamed up with Hunter in March and this weekend returns to the ring against unbeaten Frenchman Daniel Blenda Dos (15-0, 8 KOs) in […]
Will we see Anthony Joshua v Tyson Fury announced this week? Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn seems to think so. After months and months of negotiations, paperwork, signatures, tweets, videos and callouts it may just be that the undisputed heavyweight super fight will be made official before this Saturday. Hearn looked like a cat who got […]
Former WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders has undergone surgery following the injuries he sustained in his first professional loss on Saturday night. The 31-year-old lasted eight rounds against Mexican icon Canelo Alvarez in front of over 70,000 people at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Saunders was hoping to end the dominance of the […]
Sensing an opportunity, WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade interrupted Canelo Alvarez’s post-fight press conference after his win over Billy Joe Saunders to demand a fight but was given short shrift by the Mexican star. Sitting on the dais, Canelo gave a firm response to the animated Andrade, who has long petitioned for a bout against […]
A machine-like Canelo Alvarez eventually broke down the skilful Billy Joe Saunders, forcing the British southpaw to retire on his stool after a brutal eighth-round assault at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday night. Apparently well in the fight despite trailing on all three cards, Saunders crouched into a sickening right uppercut in […]
Shortly after Canelo Alvarez toppled his seventh British opponent in Billy Joe Saunders, another immediately stuck up his hand to become eighth in line. The boxing world may not exactly be clamouring for Canelo vs Chris Eubank Jr, but that didn’t stop the Brighton man throwing his name in the ring following the Mexican’s eighth-round […]
The path to undisputed is now nearing its conclusion. After WBC and WBA Super 168lbs champion Canelo Alvarez added Billy Joe Saunders’ WBO title to his belt collection with an eighth-round retirement victory, the Mexican star immediately targeted IBF king Caleb Plant. The unbeaten American holds the last remaining piece of the kingdom as Canelo […]
On Saturday night, Billy Joe Saunders attempts to defy the odds and dethrone pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez at the AT&T Stadium in Texas. Two-weight champion Saunders thirst for a career-defining fight will finally become a reality but can he upset the Mexican superstar with the eyes of the boxing world and around 70,000 fans, mostly […]
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya is considering taking his entire stable of Golden Boy Promotions fighters – including star boxer Ryan Garcia – from DAZN to upstart entertainment app Triller. According to The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger, De La Hoya has been hugely impressed with Triller’s breakthrough into boxing that started with ex-heavyweight king Mike Tyson’s high-profile exhibition […]