Unbeaten Californian dynamo Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) will meet 2012 Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) on December 5, streamed live on DAZN. Full undercard and venue information is set to be announced in the near future. “For years, the world of boxing has been clamouring for a crossover star who can […]
Belfast cruiserweight Tommy McCarthy will contest the vacant European title against Belgium’s Bilal Laggoune on Saturday 31st October as part of the Usyk vs Chisora undercard, live on Sky Sports Box Office and DAZN. McCarthy (16-2, 8 KOs) edged past Fabio Turchi last October to put himself back into title contention whilst Laggoune (25-1-2, 14 KOs) has won […]
The thrice-postponed British heavyweight showdown between Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce is set for November 28, with previous plans to make the event pay-per-view on BT Sport now scrapped. The heavy-handed pair will now meet on BT Sport’s subscription-based channel, with promoter Frank Warren citing the hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic as the reason for […]
Daniyar Yeleussinov will face Julius Indongo for the IBF Intercontinental welterweight title on Friday November 27 behind closed doors at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida, live on DAZN. Yeleussinov (9-0 5 KOs) faces a test of his ambitions in the paid ranks, with the Kazakh Olympic gold medal man aiming to […]
Matchroom will promote the first ever women’s world title triple-header on Saturday November 14, with Katie Taylor, Terri Harper and Rachel Ball all starring in an historic evening of boxing shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. Taylor (16-0, 6 KOs) retained her undisputed lightweight world title with a unanimous decision win over Delfine Persoon as their highly […]
Devin Haney will defend his WBC lightweight title against Yuriorkis Gamboa on Saturday November 7 and Daniel Jacobs will clash with Gabriel Rosado on Friday, November 27, both behind closed doors at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida, live on DAZN in the US. Haney (24-0, 15 KOs) is back in action for the first time since […]
British heavyweight duo Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce have agreed terms to square off behind closed doors, Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions have confirmed. The heavy-hitting pair had previously been scheduled to meet on three separate occasions in 2020, though a deal has now been reached to stage the bout without gate revenue on a date […]
Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says that he is surprised to be in line to face WBC king Tyson Fury. Fury, though only one year Joshua’s senior, turned professional back in 2008. Joshua joined him in the paid code five years later after winning Olympic gold, but admits ‘The Gypsy King’ was never on his […]
Matchroom return to Mexico on Friday October 23 at the TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City with a world title triple-header led by champions Juan Francisco Estrada, Román ‘Chocolatito’ González and Julio Cesar Martinez. Juan Francisco Estrada (40-3 27 KOs) will defend his WBC and Ring Magazine world super-flyweight titles in a rematch with Carlos Cuadras. Estrada makes the second defense […]
Ukrainian pound-for-pound star Oleksandr Usyk will finally face British favourite Derek Chisora on Saturday October 31, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and DAZN in the US, after their original May 23 date was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Usyk (17-0, 13 KOs) made the move to heavyweight after dominating at Cruiserweight, ending his extraordinary spell at 200lbs as […]
Ramla Ali has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and will make her professional debut in October subject to licensing. Signed to unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s 258 management label, Ali is trained by her husband Richard Moore and Jobi Clayton at the BoxClever Gym in Ladbroke Grove, London, and will compete at super-bantamweight. […]
Sergiy Derevyanchenko believes that his combination of skills and experience will make him the toughest challenge that WBC middleweight Champion Jermall Charlo has faced in his career, as they near their showdown on Saturday, September 26. “I’ll definitely be his toughest test at middleweight,” said Derevyanchenko. “Jermall has never faced anyone like me. I’ll apply more pressure than […]