Former WBO 126lbs champion Shakur Stevenson will be a keen observer when Belfast star Carl Frampton eventually takes on WBO super-featherweight ruler Jamel Herring. Frampton faces late replacement Darren Traynor in London on Saturday evening, in preparation for a proposed clash with Herring later in 2020. New Jersey’s Stevenson recently vacated his featherweight crown in […]
Belfast star Carl Frampton will now fight Scotland’s Darren Traynor in a 10-round lightweight bout on Saturday (August 15) at the BT Sport studios. Frampton was originally supposed to face Vahram Vardanyan, but visa issues forced the Armenian to pull out of the fight last week. “The show must go on and Carl needed a fight […]
The WBC has reiterated that the winner of Tyson Fury’s trilogy bout with Deontay Wilder must face mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte in early 2021. Brixton’s Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) needs to first overcome former WBA champion Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs) in their heavyweight bout on August 22 at Matchroom’s Fight Camp in Brentwood. “The […]
WBC 168lbs champion David Benavidez believes that he has what it takes to defeat pound-for-pound star Canelo Alvarez at super-middleweight. Following Canelo’s venture up to light-heavyweight to knock out Sergey Kovalev for the WBO title last November, the 30-year-old made plans to fight at 168lbs in his next bout. The Mexican previously won the WBA […]
European boxing continued its revival on Thursday evening in Minsk, Belarus, as former IBF 135lbs title challenger Isa Chaniev (14-3, 6 KOs) claimed a unanimous decision over Vladyslav Melnyk (11-2, 6 KOs) at the top of Al Siesta’s ‘Kold Wars’ bill. The switch-hitting Chaniev enjoyed success from the southpaw stance in the early exchanges, as his […]
After Mike Tyson’s sensational ring return was confirmed for September 12, the former undisputed world heavyweight champion has warned fellow legend Roy Jones Jr. that he will not be taking their eight-round exhibition bout lightly. After hinting on social media for several months that he would end his 15-year ring exodus, Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 […]
WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney has predicted that former amateur rival Ryan Garcia will beat London 2012 gold medalist Luke Campbell in their expected showdown for the WBC interim title. In a muddled WBC title picture, Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) was originally set to face Javier Fortuna for the ‘full’ WBC crown before 21-year-old […]
Former unified world welterweight champion Keith Thurman has expressed his desire to take on ring legend Manny Pacquiao once more following their July 2019 encounter. Thurman (29-1-0, 22 KOs & 1 ND) took the first loss of his career via split decision that night after promising to retire the 41-year-old during the pre-fight build-up. ‘One […]
Unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will have to take risks to nullify the threat posed by IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev, Peter Fury has warned. Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) is currently awaiting a new date and venue for his postponed defence against Bulgarian Pulev, who trainer Fury faced with son Hughie back in 2018. The […]
Northampton’s undefeated contender Chantelle Cameron has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. Cameron (12-0, 7 KOs) finds herself on the cusp of world title action after winning WBC final eliminators in two separate divisions last year, securing her spot as mandatory challenger to undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor and super-lightweight ruler Jessica McCaskill. […]
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford says that despite the financial implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, he is not open to taking a reduced purse upon his return to the ring. Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) may find himself in limbo as promoters look to cut costs due to a lack of gate revenue, but the 32-year-old […]
American contender Michael Hunter says that he would beat any of his top-tier heavyweight rivals if given the opportunity, having faced several of the division’s big names as as amateur. The 32-year-old Hunter, who drew with Russia’s Alexander Povetkin last time out in Saudi Arabia, had a close encounter with WBC heavyweight king Tyson Fury […]