Liam Williams believes his fellow super welterweight Liam Smith is in for a tough night against the Mexican banger Jaime Munguia in Las Vegas this weekend, but suspects his old adversary has got what it takes to repel the fire of the 21-year-old and take the fight to the wire. Munguia stepped in to replace mandatory […]
The first period of ticket sales for the World Heavyweight blockbuster between Anthony Joshua OBE and Alexander Povetkin on September 22 at Wembley Stadium Connected by EE will commence at 9.00am on Monday July 23. Tickets will be available from 9.00am on Monday July 23 to Club Wembley members who can purchase tickets and packages via the Club Wembley website […]
Murat Gassiev’s coach Abel Sanchez has studied Aleksandr Usyk ahead of Saturday’s Ali Trophy Final in Moscow and predicts problems for the Ukrainian if he doesn’t improve from his performance in the semi-final against Mairis Briedis. “Usyk got skills, he is a very good fighter,” said Sanchez, known for creating and training world class fighters […]
Ukraine’s Aleksandr Usyk and Russia’s Murat Gassiev exchanged words of respect at the final pre-fight press conference ahead of Saturday’s Ali Trophy Final at the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex, Moscow. “I am looking forward to the final,” said Ukrainian Usyk. “When I was in Sochi and watched the semi-final between Gassiev and Dorticos, I met a […]
Sam Eggington will face Brandon Cook on the undercard of Dillian Whyte’s crunch Heavyweight clash with Joseph Parker at The O2 in London on July 28, live on Sky Sports Box Office. ‘The Savage’ steps up to the plate at short notice after an injury forced Sheffield’s Kell Brook to withdraw from his World Super-Welterweight title eliminator with […]
American Ryan Martin and British fighter Terry Flanagan are ready for the Season II and the quest for the Muhammad Ali Trophy in the 140lb edition. “I’m very happy to compete in the World Boxing Super Series and look forward to proving myself against the other top fighters in my division,” said Martin. 25-year-old Martin […]
WBA Super World Bantamweight Champion Ryan Burnett and bright prospect Mikhail Aloyan are ready for Season II of the World Boxing Super Series. Comosa AG is delighted to verify that Ryan Burnett – despite some media reports indicating the opposite – will be part of the outstanding Season II bantamweight line-up. “I can’t wait to […]
Aleksandr Usyk and Murat Gassiev entertained a big crowd at Tuesday’s public workout in Moscow. Usyk, however, did surprisingly not do any of the usual skipping, shadow boxing or pad work, but instead waved and bowed in front of the hundreds of fans at the Oceania Shopping Mall. Even though Usyk is fighting in his […]
Carl Frampton is embroiled in a verbal clash with big fight rival Luke Jackson after the Australian teased him over their amateur achievements. Frampton (25-1) defends his ‘interim’ WBO featherweight crown against Jackson (16-0) at Belfast’s Windsor Park on Saturday August 18 – the biggest show ever in the city promoter Frank Warren has called: “The […]
The announcement that Anthony Joshua’s WBA/WBO/IBF World heavyweight title defence against Alexander Povetkin came as of little surprise to the boxing community. Though fans of the sport had hoped that Joshua would face off against WBC World heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, his WBA mandatory defence against Povetkin had seemed, for a while, to be the most […]
Former two-time World super lightweight champion Amir Khan has once again reiterated his desire to face former stablemate and friend Manny Pacquiao. After capturing his eleventh World title this past weekend with a seventh round TKO of Lucas Matthysse in Kuala Lumpur, Pacquiao spoke of his willingness to face Khan in the post-fight press conference. […]
IBF World super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis has launched a scathing verbal assault at fellow unbeaten American Ryan Garcia on Twitter. Following Garcia’s prolonged call-outs of the Baltimore-native, Davis took to Twitter and has vowed to visit the 19-year-old at his California gym next week – a challenge that was apparently readily accepted by Garcia. https://twitter.com/Gervontaa/status/1018674324721545216 https://twitter.com/Gervontaa/status/1018674399396888578 […]