Richard Riakporhe is now the highest rated world cruiserweight contender with the IBF. His eye-catching eliminator win over Fabio Turchi on Saturday took him from number 12 to 2 with the governing body. The current champion Mairis Briedis will make the second defence of his title against Australia’s Jai Opetaia on July 2 in the […]
Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez says he is in negotiations for a fight against WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol. The 30-year-old Mexican is now the number one contender with the World Boxing Association after previous top spot holder Dominic Boesel. Should the fight happen Ramirez would be chasing two-weight glory having previously been the WBO super […]
The Wasserman Boxing debut of Josh Kelly will come against Hungary’s Peter Kramer on Friday night at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena. Kelly was due to make his bow on Channel 5 last month at the Indigo at the O2 but a debacle ensued when his opponent Xhuljo Vrenozi refused to fight. With the events of […]
Anthony Joshua will no longer fight on Sky Sports after it was announced today that the 32-year-old had signed a deal with DAZN. The streaming service made the announcement today describing it as a ‘ground-breaking deal’. Joshua’s first fight on DAZN will come against current three-belt heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch on August […]
Michael Conlan says the biggest fight out there for Leigh Wood is a rematch of their classic clash in March. Fighting in front of his home fans at the Nottingham Arena Wood knocked Conlan out in a dramatic 12th round ending having been dropped himself in round one. It was the first defence of the […]
Joseph Parker’s new UK backers are confident they can secure another world title opportunity for the New Zealander. On Saturday night during Sky Sports broadcast of the Richard Riakporhe-Fabio Turchi card from Wembley Arena, BOXXER CEO Ben Shalom revealed he had signed the New Zealand heavyweight. The former WBO world champion, trained by Andy Lee, […]
Mairis Briedis promoters Sauerland are interested in making a fight between the Latvian and Richard Riakporhe. On July 2 the IBF champion will make a rearranged mandatory defence of his title Down Under against Australian Jai Opetaia. Briedis had been rumoured to be moving up to heavyweight and there had also been speculation linking him […]
This time next week Artur Beterbiev could hold three of the four world light heavyweight titles and Britain’s Dan Azeez will have played a part in helping him get there. The British light heavyweight champion worked with Beterbiev during preparations for his next fight against WBO world title holder Joe Smith Jr in New York. […]
For four rounds Jimmy Kelly (26-3, 10 KOs) gave Jaime Munguia (40-0, 32 KOs) something to think about but a disastrous fifth dashed any dream of an upset of the year contender. During the build-up Munguia had been criticised for fighting Kelly, a mismatch deemed by many. The Mexican’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya revealed […]
Liam Davies (12-0, 5 KOs) became the new British Super Bantamweight champion in Telford on Saturday night. The unbeaten 26-year-old made it a tasty dozen victories beating Marc Leach (18-2-1, 4 KOs) to end the Salford man’s three-month reign as title holder. After a minute of round one the fight was turned on its head […]
As soon as Daniel Dubois (18-1, 17 KOs) landed a meaty right hand in round one against Trevor Bryan it felt like when not if. Inside the surreal surroundings of Don King’s promotion at the Casino Jai Alai in Miami it soon became target practice for Dubois who knocked Bryan (22-1, 15 KOs) out in […]
Richard Riakporhe (15-0, 11 KOs) is making a mockery of supposed tests being placed in front of him. The 32-year-old cruiserweight needed less than five minutes to dismiss the threat of Fabio Turchi (20-2, 14 KOs) at Wembley Arena tonight in their IBF world title eliminator. The Italian should have caused a few problems. He […]