Adrien Broner (34-4-1, 24 KOs) is set to face Omar Figueroa Jr on July 23 in Chicago at super-lightweight. The controversial 32-year-old hasn’t boxed since a hard-fought points win against the unheralded Jovanie Santiago in February last year. Both men were due to fight one another on April 21, 2018, at the Barclays Centre, Brooklyn […]
Danny Garcia will end an 18-month break from the sport on July 30. The 40th fight of the 34-year-old’s career is to take place Jose Benavidez Jr at the Barclays Centre, Brooklyn according to Mike Coppinger. Facing Benavidez will mark the beginning of Garcia’s stint at super welterweight after unifying the super lightweight division in […]
Joe Cordina (14-0, 8 KOs) believes taking on the challenge of Kenichi Ogawa this Saturday will bring out the best in him. The Welshman will have the home advantage when he fights the Japanese super featherweight for the IBF world title at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. Cordina has yet to face someone of Ogawa’s (26-1-1, 18 […]
The Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua world heavyweight title rematch will take place at the 40,000 capacity Jeddah Super Dome in Saudi Arabia. Sky Sports reported the news describing the venue as a ‘Record-breaking state of the art arena’. The highly anticipated return of both fighters is still to be officially announced with reports earlier in the […]
WBC Middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs) would like to match his twin brother’s achievement of becoming undisputed but knows there is a future at super-middleweight as well. In the meantime, the 32-year-old Texan will make the fourth defence of his green and gold title in Houston on June 18 against Macej Sulecki. And […]
Danny Roman (29-3-1, 10 KOs) believes every man has a weakness and will look to exploit any he finds in Stephen Fulton this Saturday night. The pair will throw down in what could be a fight of the year contender at The Armory in Minneapolis. Roman, a former unified super-bantamweight champion, is tasked with trying […]
The highly anticipated debut of Ben Whittaker will take place at Manchester’s AO Arena on July 2. After much fanfare and hype following his signing with BOXXER and Sky Sports Whittaker carries a weight of expectation on his shoulders. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Silver Medallist will form part of the support card for Hughie Fury’s […]
Michael Conlan (16-1, 8 KOs) will look to get back to winning ways when he faces Miguel ‘The Scorpion’ Marriaga on August 6. The 10-round featherweight fight goes ahead at Belfast’s SSE Arena as part of the city’s annual Féile an Phobail festival. Colombia’s Marriaga (30-5, 26 KOs) will look to put a sting in […]
The build-up to a fight can often involve the past being brought up and Trevor Bryan decided to choose the worst moment from the career of Daniel Dubois. The two heavyweights meet on June 11 in Florida for Bryan’s WBA belt. A win for either would put them within touching distance of a shot at […]
When George Kambosos Jr accused Devin Haney of being a ‘rat’ and an ‘informant’ on Monday the American tried his best to get a word in. The press conference for this weekend’s undisputed lightweight title fight in Melbourne gave Kambosos the opportunity to lay into his opponent. Prior to beating Teofimo Lopez last year to […]
Matchroom Director Eddie Hearn gave fans a number of updates on his fighters during an Instagram Q&A yesterday. The 42-year-old was joined on the chat by some of his own stable who themselves were looking for news and fight dates with UK summer shows set to be announced. Boxing Social dug out all the news […]
“It’s time to show the world Ryan Garcia as an elite level fighter.” Golden Boy Promotions Chairman and CEO Oscar De La Hoya wants ‘KingRy’ to prove to everyone that his name belongs at the highest echelons of the lightweight division in his next fight. It was confirmed yesterday that Garcia (22-0, 18 KOs) will […]