Lawrence Okolie will take on Krzysztof Glowacki for the vacant WBO cruiserweight world title on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev at The O2 in London on Saturday December 12. Okolie (14-0, 11 KOs) claimed the EBU European cruiserweight title with a seventh-round stoppage of the previously unbeaten Yves Ngabu in October last year, capping a successful 2019 […]
Following the cancellation of their scheduled unification bout, Bob Arum says that unified bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue could still meet WBO ruler John Riel Casimero in 2021. “My Japanese partner said they would like to get Inoue back in action by February or March,” Arum said to Josef Ramos of the Business Mirror. “The first […]
DAZN will expand to more than 200 countries and territories beginning on December 1, with American dynamo Ryan Garcia’s clash against 2012 Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell On December 5 now confirmed to be the global launch event. On Saturday, December 12, unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will defend his world titles against Bulgarian mandatory […]
Billy Joe Saunders will make the second defence of his WBO super-middleweight title against Martin Murray at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Friday December 4, live on Sky Sports in the UK. Hatfield’s Saunders (29-0, 14 KOs) became a two-weight champion with a shutout points win over Shefat Isufi in May 2019 to add the WBO super-middleweight crown to his collection. The former […]
Matchroom Boxing have announced Betfred as the official title partner for Oleksandr Usyk’s highly-anticipated heavyweight clash with Dereck Chisora at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday October 31, shown live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and DAZN in the US. Pound-for-pound star Usyk (17-0, 13 KOs) made the move to heavyweight after […]
Carlos Cuadras has been waiting patiently for his shot at revenge against WBC super-flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada and that moment will finally arrive when they clash at the TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City on Friday. Cuadras (39-3-1, 27 KOs) and Estrada (40-3, 27 KOs) first met in September 2017 in Los Angeles. With the […]
Liverpool light-heavyweight Thomas Whittaker-Hart has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will face Bradford’s Jermaine Springer over eight rounds on Saturday November 14, live on Sky Sports. Whittaker-Hart (4-0, 2 KOs), a former England and Team GB man who was planning on staying in the amateur game until the Tokyo Olympics, trains with Joe McNally at […]
WBO welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford will defend his title against former welterweight world champion Kell Brook on Saturday, November 14 at a venue to be announced. In the world championship co-feature, Joshua “El Profesor” Franco will defend his WBA regular super flyweight title against former world champion Andrew “The Monster” Moloney in a rematch of their June bout, […]
Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will defend his IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO titles against mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev at The O2 in London on Saturday December 12, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on DAZN in the USA. Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) recaptured his belts and position as the unified […]
Chris Billam-Smith will take on Deion Jumah for the vacant British cruiserweight Title on the undercard of Alexander Povetkin’s rematch with Dillian Whyte on Saturday November 21, shown live on Sky Sports Box Office. Commonwealth champion Billam-Smith (11-1, 10 KOs) retained his belt in emphatic style last time out at Matchroom Fight Camp in August, […]
Savannah Marshall’s vacant WBO middleweight title clash with Scotland’s Hannah Rankin has been cancelled following news that trainer Peter Fury tested positive for Covid-19. Marshall – known as ‘The Silent Assassin’ – was due to fight for world honours for the first time under the tutelage of Peter Fury on Saturday’s Matchroom bill, though the […]
Conor Benn faces the toughest test of his career on Saturday November 21 when he clashes with Sebastian Formella on the Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte 2 undercard, shown live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK. Benn (16-0, 11 KOs) scored two big knockout wins in 2019, firstly obliterating Jussi Koivula with a brutal second-round stoppage in […]