Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford face off to crown a four-belt undisputed welterweight champion on July 29 in Las Vegas. Such is the intrigue surrounding the two undefeated champions finally fighting, there are predictions coming from fans, pundits, fighters and legends of the game. Three-division world champion, James Toney, has weighed in with his pick. […]
Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford will face off on July 29 in Las Vegas to crown the first four-belt undisputed welterweight champion. The two titleholders – Spence the WBA, IBF and WBC, Crawford the WBO – finally put pen to paper after years of failed talks. What they’ve signed is being regarded by many […]
The upcoming Tyson Fury versus Tyson Ngannou crossover bout has been met with strong criticism from some in the sport of boxing. Fury spent time following the collapse of his undisputed negotiations with Oleksandr Usyk entertaining talk from heavyweight contenders, but ultimately landed on a fight with Ngannou, who will make his boxing debut. Writing […]
Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Dillian Whyte is set to be preceded by plenty of heavyweight action on August 12 at London’s O2 Arena. The pair will fight again after their 2015 British title bout which saw Joshua emerge victorious via highlight-reel knockout. There’s more on the line this time, with the winner staking a claim […]
Oleksandr Usyk will defend his unified heavyweight titles against 25-year-old Daniel Dubois on August 26 in Wroclaw, Poland. The Ukrainian, who was previously undisputed in the cruiserweight ranks, will enter the ring a heavy favourite to keep his belts against the Brit, who bounced back from a loss against Joe Joyce with four straight stoppage […]
Devin Haney moving up in weight to challenge for Teofimo Lopez’s 140lbs world title seems like a realistic option now that the latter has confirmed the WBO that he is officially out of a very short-lived retirement. Lopez won the belt in fantastic fashion against formerly undisputed Josh Taylor, but promptly announced he was leaving […]
Teddy Atlas has hight praise for a welterweight contender that recently moved to 31-0 in his professional career. Atlas trained with legendary Cus D’Amato as an amateur before an injury saw him move to coaching. His greatest achievements in the corner came with Michael Moorer, and he also worked with Barry McGuigan and Alexandr Povetkin. […]
Tyson Fury versus Francis Ngannou is happening, and many have expressed distaste at the idea of the world heavyweight champion facing an unranked debutant from the world of MMA. Ngannou’s power is undeniable, but rarely have boxing fans seen a successful transition from that side to this – and the 36-year-old has perhaps the toughest […]
Boxing Social predicts three fights from this weekend’s action, starting in Newcastle for Josh Kelly’s defence of his WBO International belt against unbeaten Gabriel Alberto Corzo, followed by a British title fight on the undercard and ending up in Detroit for Alycia Baumgardner’s latest undisputed outing. Josh Kelly vs Gabriel Alberto Corzo Josh Kelly continues […]
Chris Eubank Jr has suffered more postponements in the space of a year than many fighters do in their entire career. After his October 2022 bout with Conor Benn was pulled due to the latter’s failed doping test, Eubank fought domestic rival, Liam Smith, in a middleweight contest in January this year. It was his […]
Devin Haney was arrested in Hollywood and booked for possession of a concealed weapon, as per TMZ. Haney was a passenger in his car, and was pulled over around midnight on Wednesday July 12. It’s reported that the police found a firearm, and the boxer was arrested since it was his vehicle and nobody claimed […]
Andy Ruiz Jr and Deontay Wilder are doing a lot of talking, but seem to have made little progress towards a fight since their order to do so last November. As the number one and two ranked contenders with the WBC, the sanctioning body invited the pair to negotiate a final eliminator bout that would […]