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IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards has been ruled out of his world title defence against Jayson Mama this weekend with an ankle injury. “Gutted that my fight on Saturday is off,” Edwards said via Twitter. “Will have a rescheduled date ASAP. Want to apologise firstly to my opponent Jayson & his team, as I understand […]
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has laughed off unified king Anthony Joshua’s suggestion that he will ‘smoke’ the Manchester man if they eventually meet in the ring. Joshua and Fury appeared close to a two-fight deal to meet for the undisputed heavyweight crown earlier this year, before an arbitration hearing ruled that Deontay Wilder was […]
Newly-crowned IBO lightweight champion Maxi Hughes has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. In the form of his life, Yorkshire’s Hughes (24-5-2, 5 KOs) outclassed Jovanni Straffon over 12 rounds at Emerald Headingley Stadium in Leeds on Saturday to wrestle the IBO 135lbs crown from the heavy-handed Mexican. Many thought Straffon’s […]
Undisputed super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor will defend his world titles against Jack Catterall in Glasgow on December 18 as part of the newly-unveiled Sky Sports boxing schedule. Scotland’s Taylor, alongside unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, were two of the marquee names among Sky’s new schedule after parting ways with Matchroom Boxing. Joshua’s unified title defence […]
WBA regular featherweight champion Leigh Wood has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. Wood (25-2, 15 KOs) stopped Xu Can in the 12th and final round to claim the WBA World Title in a big upset at the top of the bill on the first week of Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex last month. ‘Leigh-thal’ […]
Ahead of his WBA Super welterweight title bout with Yordenis Ugas in Las Vegas this weekend, ring legend Manny Pacquiao says he still hopes to secure a big fight in the UK before retiring. Pacquiao also revealed he was close to fighting former stablemate and sparring foe Amir Khan at one stage, but refused to […]
The legendary Manny Pacquiao says he is ready to round off a glittering career in style by winning back his old WBA Super welterweight title against current champion Yordenis Ugas in Las Vegas this weekend. The eight-division world champion was scheduled to face WBC/IBF 147lbs champion Errol Spence before the American withdrew due to requiring […]
Newly crowned IBF featherweight world champion Kid Galahad has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing. The Sheffield man (28-1, 17 KOs) turned in a superb performance on Saturday as he clinically stopped Liverpool’s Jazza Dickens in eleven rounds to claim the vacant IBF crown at the top of the bill […]
Conor Benn’s scheduled welterweight bout against Adrian Granados at Fight Camp this weekend has been cancelled after the Brit tested positive for Covid-19. Benn (18-0, 12 KOs) was set to headline the first show of Matchroom’s exclusive worldwide broadcasting deal with streaming giants DAZN this weekend against the experienced Granados (21-8-3, 15 KOs). “Conor Benn […]
Canelo Alvarez’s hopes of becoming undisputed super-middleweight champion appear to moving further from reality, with ESPN reporting that negotiations with IBF 168lbs champion Caleb Plant have broken down. A deal was reportedly close for the pair to meet on September 18 in Las Vegas, live on Fox pay-per-view. At the eleventh hour, talks have collapsed […]
Promoter Frank Warren has confirmed a triple-header of title bouts to take place on August 28 in Birmingham, with Anthony Yarde and Nathan Heaney also back in action. The British Boxing Board of Control monthly circular which was released yesterday first provided the news which will see next month’s Queensberry feature the British, Commonwealth and […]
Tyson Fury’s WBC heavyweight title defence against Deontay Wilder has been moved to October 9 at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Fury’s trilogy bout with Wilder was initially scheduled for July 24 before the Brit tested positive for Covid-19 amid an outbreak in his training camp. “I wanted nothing more than to smash the ‘Big […]