Janibek Alimkhanuly proved he was levels above Danny Dignum by knocking the Brit out in the second round of their fight in Las Vegas last night. The unbeaten Kazakh didn’t play with his food in the WBO Interim Middleweight title bout putting the number two and three contenders together. And while they may have been […]
Joshua Buatsi is another step closer to a world title shot after beating Craig Richards in a WBA light-heavyweight world title eliminator at The O2, London on Saturday night. In a tense yet engrossing battle the two South Londoners gave those watching plenty to talk about as each played their part in a highly competitive […]
This weekend at London’s O2 Arena Joshua Buatsi (15-0, 13 KOs) faces the sternest test yet of his credentials. The Rio 2016 Olympic Bronze Medallist faces fellow South Londoner Craig ‘Spider’ Richards (17-2-1, 10 KOs) in a WBA world light heavyweight title eliminator. Richards boxed the champion Dmitry Bivol one year ago. Despite losing on […]
Joe Smith Jr has made it clear his ambitions lie beyond beating Artur Beterbiev on June 18. The two powerful light heavyweights collide at the Madison Square Garden Theatre, New York with three world titles on the line. However, Smith won’t stop at trying to add the WBC and IBF championships to the WBO he […]
Brad Foster suffered his second successive loss last night after Ionut Baluta got the better of him at York Hall. In a scrappy and disappointing affair, the two super bantamweights went the ten-round distance, but Baluta had his hand raised at the end with the three judges giving him a unanimous decision (97-93, 98-94, 97-93). […]
James Metcalf made sure there was no magnificent seven of wins against British fighters for Kerman Lejarraga. A career best showing from the Liverpudlian saw him leave Bilbao with the WBA Continental super-welterweight belt after defeating the local favourite over ten rounds (97-94, 96-95, 96-94). Six Brits before him since 2016 had faltered but Metcalf […]
Unified super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor has written to the World Boxing Association (WBA) explaining why he has vacated their title. Earlier in the week there appeared to be confusion over whether the 31-year-old had been stripped or if he had given the belt up. In the letter, Taylor writes: “I have been a proud WBA […]
David Benavidez believes he has two advantages over David Lemieux going into their fight on Saturday night. The two super-middleweights square off at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona for the WBC Interim title taking the winner a step closer to a fight against undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez. Benavidez (25-0, 22 KOs) revealed he […]
Sam Eggington (31-7, 18 KOs) returns to Sky Sports on June 25 when he challenges for the vacant IBO super-welterweight title at the Coventry SkyDome. The all-action 28-year-old faces Poland’s undefeated Przemyslaw Zysk (18-0, 6 KOs) as part of the Boxxer promotion. Today’s announcement also revealed a host of other fighters on the card including […]
Another fight night at Falls Park, Belfast awaits Michael Conlan on August 6. Since 2019 the spectacular venue has hosted a fight night three times for the 30-year-old. A crowd of 12,000 is expected for Conlan’s return following his dramatic fight against Leigh Wood in March. Having dominated large portions of the fight the Northern […]
The world heavyweight title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua may have to be pushed back from its original July 23 date. Jeff Powell for The Daily Mail reports that the schedule will have to be altered if contracts are not signed next week. However, Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn revealed to Boxing Social that […]
Billy Joe Saunders could make his return to the boxing ring later this year. The former two-weight world champion has spent a year away from the sport after his loss to Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez. That night in Arlington, Texas saw the Brit surrender his WBO super-middleweight title after retiring on his stool the eighth […]