The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) have ordered negotiations to begin between parties representing Jermell Charlo and Tim Tszyu. Charlo became undisputed super welterweight champion with an emphatic 10th round knockout win against Brian Castaño in their rematch earlier this month. The victory gave the fourth and final piece of the title jigsaw to Charlo and […]
The world heavyweight title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua will not take place on July 23 according to The Telegraph. With updates on the when and where for the rematch being reported each week fans have been patiently waiting for the big announcement. And now it seems like they may have to hold […]
Michael Hunter has dismissed any threat that Hughie Fury has to offer ahead of their fight on July 2 at The AO Arena in Manchester. The WBA heavyweight title final eliminator was announced yesterday with the winner going on to meet the victor of the June 11 meeting between Trevor Bryan and Daniel Dubois. Hunter, […]
Anthony Joshua will be reportedly trained by the highly respected Robert Garcia for his next fight. The former two-time heavyweight champion will look to reclaim his three belts (WBA, IBF, WBO) against Oleksandr Usyk with the combatants set to face one another for a second time on July 23 in Saudi Arabia. ESPN’s Mike Coppinger […]
After a recent award success Hamzah Sheeraz will look to maintain the feel-good factor when he fights on July 16. The 23-year-old recently won the Boxing Writers’ Club Young Boxer of the Year and now can look forward to facing Francisco Emanuel Torres on the Queensbury Promotions bill. The 32-year-old Argentinian picked up a draw […]
Ryan Garcia (22-0, 18 KOs) may have one eye on a fight against Gervonta Davis but first he will have to get past Javier Fortuna. ESPN boxing writer Mike Coppinger reported the news earlier with the lightweight fight set to go ahead on July 16 at the Crypto.com Arena (formerly known as Staples Centre) in […]
Their first fight was a thriller, but Nonito Donaire believes his rematch against Naoya Inoue will be even better. In November 2019 the two bantamweights met in the final of the World Boxing Super Series and produced a battle for the ages that would be hard to top. Donaire is ready to go again and […]
Hughie Fury will fight Michael Hunter on July 2 at the AO Arena in Manchester. The announcement came today via the Sky Sports Boxing Twitter feed which added that the heavyweight bout would also be a WBA eliminator: ?????????! @HughieFury and @MichaelHunterII will face off in a WBA world heavyweight title eliminator on July 2, […]
George Kambosos Jr and Devin Haney met for the first time yesterday ahead of their fight this Sunday and the American was accused of being a ‘rat’ and an ‘informant’ by the Australian. Kambosos, the WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight champion, and Haney, the WBC title holder, meet to crown an undisputed king at Marvel […]
Joe Cordina would relish the opportunity to take on Shakur Stevenson in a world title unification if he gets past Kenchi Ogawa on Saturday. The Japanese super featherweight is in Wales this week to make the first defence of his IBF belt which he won impressively against Azinga Fuzile in November. And while Cordina is […]
Gervonta Davis (27-0, 25 KOs) silenced the trash-talking of Rolando Romero with a sixth-round stoppage win in Brooklyn on Saturday night. Their WBA lightweight fight which was originally scheduled for December had to be put back, but to simply added to the tension and disdain that each man had for the other. Romero (14-1, 12 […]
Tonight, a lightweight division grudge match will take centre stage Stateside. Gervonta Davis and Rolando Romero will leave their verbal exchanges behind and throw leather with a slice of humble pie ready for the loser. The secondary WBA 135lb title is also on the line which represents Davis’ third defence. But after everything that has […]