In an entertaining battle, unbeaten Magomed Kurbanov narrowly prevailed on the cards against former WBO 154lbs champion Liam Smith at the KRK ‘Uralets’ in Ekaterinburg, Russia, on Friday night. Scores were 115-113 (twice) and an insulting 117-112 card. The victory is set to propel Kurbanov (22-0, 13 KOs) towards a WBO title eliminator against highly-rated Australian and […]
Respected trainer and analyst Teddy Atlas believes Canelo Alvarez is a beatable fighter but Billy Joe Saunders isn’t the man to do the business in their WBC, WBA and WBO super-middleweight title match on Saturday. Alvarez and Saunders lock horns at the AT&T Stadium, Texas, tomorrow in a unification bout that has gripped the boxing […]
Canelo Alvarez believes the vast majority of fight fans want to see him deliver a crushing KO of Billy Joe Saunders in their world super-middleweight title unification at the AT&T Stadium in Texas on Saturday. The Mexican star is highly motivated by Saunders’ long history of trash talk, which dates back to their days as […]
WBA Super and WBC super-middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez remains receptive to a third fight with old nemesis Gennadiy Golovkin. Having already engaged in 24 intense rounds against the Kazakh puncher at middleweight, there is still a sense of unfinished business between the bitter rivals though Canelo insists ‘GGG’ must follow him to 168lbs for the […]
After an eventful fight week, the super-middleweight unification between rival world champions Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders is poised to break the US indoor attendance for a boxing match. The 168lbs showdown at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, has currently shifted over 65,000 tickets and is on course to handily eclipse the 63,352 fans who […]
Leading heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte has targeted a fight with the battle-tested Chris Arreola as he seeks a grudge match with former unified champion Andy Ruiz later in the year. The gritty Arreola floored Ruiz and gave his fellow Mexican-American all he could handle in the former title holder’s comeback fight in California last weekend. […]
Former world champion Amir Khan knows exactly what it’s like to face Canelo Alvarez on hostile territory. The Bolton man jumped two weight divisions to face the popular Mexican in front of a pro-Canelo crowd in Las Vegas in May 2016 and boxed well early on before suffering a brutal KO in the sixth round. […]
WBO super-middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders feels his boxing smarts can lead him to victory against WBC and WBA Super title holder Canelo Alvarez in their unification clash at the AT&T Stadium in Texas on Saturday. Saunders’ natural boxing skillset certainly has the potential to pose Canelo problems and the Hatfield southpaw believes glory is […]
Former world champion turned boxing analyst Paulie Malignaggi believes Billy Joe Saunders faces two battles in Texas on Saturday. Should the slick Saunders somehow manage to upset the formbook and outfox boxing’s pound-for-pound number one Canelo Alvarez at the AT&T Stadium, he also needs to sufficiently impress the judges. Past history shows that’s an obstacle […]
Felix Verdejo is still a contracted Top Rank fighter, even if there is almost no chance he will ever box for the US promotional giants again. Verdejo (27-2, 17 KOs) is the chief suspect in the murder of Keishla Marlen Rodriguez, a mistress of the married lightweight contender who was apparently one month pregnant with their […]
After a surreal Tuesday where this weekend’s super-middleweight unification fight between WBO king Billy Joe Saunders and WBC and WBA Super champion Canelo Alvarez was reportedly in jeopardy over a disagreement over the ring size, Saunders has unsurprisingly confirmed the bout will go ahead. Saunders (30-0, 14 KOs) and father Tommy had threatened to fly […]
In a packed domestic heavyweight division, Nathan Gorman is waiting on the status of the British title as he ponders his next move. Gorman is in good form, having blitzed Pavel Sour in two rounds in March and outpointed Richard Lartey last October. He is in pole position to fight for the British heavyweight crown […]