Azerbaijan’s amateur star Magomedrasul Majidov has signed a long-term promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing USA. Majidov leaves a glittering amateur career behind to try and manoeuvre himself into the heavyweight mix, with the former three-time World champion making his debut on Friday September 13 at the Hulu Theater in New York, live on DAZN in the […]
Red-hot Golden Boy Promotions prospect Vergil Ortiz Jr. (13-0, 13 KO’s) will look to continue his surge through the professional ranks this Saturday, as he takes on former WBC Silver champion Antonio Orozco (28-1, 17 KO’s) for the vacant WBA Gold welterweight strap in Dallas, Texas. Ortiz Jr., whose venomous, all-action style has seen him labelled as […]
Following a relationship that has spanned the whole professional career of Billy Joe Saunders, that has included World Titles in two weight divisions, Hall of Fame Promoter Frank Warren and Saunders have agreed terms for an amicable release from his promotional contract. Frank Warren enjoyed a successful partnership with Billy Joe in which he guided […]
Savannah Marshall, Britain’s first ever female amateur World Champion, has signed a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. The undefeated Hartlepool native, trained by Peter Fury, has cruised to six straight wins since announcing herself in the professional ranks on the blockbuster Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor bill at the T-Mobile Arena in Las […]
Amateur standout Eithan James is set to turn professional and will do so under Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions banner. The 18-year-old – winner of five National titles, gold medallist at the Commonwealth Youth Games and two-times Tri-Nations and Haringey Box Cup winner – will be trained in Bromley by Alan Smith alongside Dennis McCann, Mickey Burke […]
Just shy of eighteen months have ticked by since Edinburgh’s Jason Easton last took to the scales before a crammed conference room in Glasgow’s Hilton Garden Hotel. Weighing in ahead of the most significant fight of his career, the relieved grin of a man on-weight masked a thousand inner concerns. What played out the following evening […]
Two-time former welterweight world champion Andre Berto suffered an injury during sparring on Saturday that resulted in a torn bicep muscle, and is forced to withdraw from his bout against Miguel Cruz that was scheduled for this weekend at the Barclays Center. Berto tweaked his left bicep muscle during sparring earlier last week and tore the […]
Two-time welterweight world champion Andre Berto will return to the ring and look to make a statement on his way toward another world title when he faces Miguel Cruz on Saturday, August 3 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. “I’m at a point in my career where every time I step into the ring, I need to make a statement,” […]
Fighter management company MTK Global have announced a trio of ‘Golden Contract’ tournaments, which will feature ‘title-holders and world-ranked stars’ from all corners of the globe. The three inaugural competitions will take place at featherweight, super-lightweight and light-heavyweight, with eight fighters in each category competing for a lucrative-looking contract. The winner of each tournament will land a two-year, five-fight deal that guarantees […]
WBA Super World super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis capped off his Baltimore homecoming in empathic fashion, producing a second round technical knockout against mandatory challenger Ricardo Núñez at the Royal Farms Arena. Fighting for the first time at home as a world champion, and in the first world title fight in Baltimore in nearly 50 years, Davis […]
Heavyweight contender Hughie Fury has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, and his next fight will be announced at a press conference next week. The Manchester man has proven himself to be one of the finest technical talents the UK has produced in recent years, and now the 24-year-old is ready to mount a third assault […]
After manoeuvring his way into a career-changing mandatory slot, Panama’s Ricardo Nunez readies himself for both his US debut and maiden World title voyage this weekend when he takes on WBA super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis. Nunez – known as – ‘El Cientifico’ – is a relatively unknown quantity among boxing fans, but an impressive haul of 19 […]