Joshua Buatsi and Craig Richards faced-off yesterday for the final time before the weigh in and each man was in confident mood. Bragging rights and a reward are up for grabs in Saturday’s South London derby which also doubles up as a WBA light heavyweight title eliminator. The ice cool Buatsi (15-0,13 KOs) gave little […]
Dereck Chisora could face Adam Kownacki this summer. Eddie Hearn told Boxing Social’s Andi Purewal that the Polish heavyweight is one of the names in the to face the British veteran. All that is required is the contract signature of the 33-year-old and the fight is on. Chisora (32-12, 23 KOs) has been championing the […]
David Lemieux is ready to go toe-to-toe with David Benavidez in Glendale, Arizona on Saturday night. The Canadian knockout artist (43-4, 36 KOs) will hope to turn the clock back and upset the odds by defeating the WBC Interim Super-Middleweight belt holder. “If he wants a war, he’ll get a war,” said Lemieux at yesterday’s […]
New British middleweight champion Denzel Bentley is targeting the world scene at 160lbs. ‘2 Sharp’ became a two-time holder of the Lonsdale belt after beating Linus Udofia last Friday in a highly entertaining back and forth battle. The 27-year-old Londoner who is 15th with the WBO is keen to bolster his ranking and will be […]
Eddie Hearn has told Boxing Social that an official announcement for the world heavyweight title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua will come next week. The Matchroom promoter was speaking to Andi Purewal yesterday as Joshua Buatsi and Craig Richards led public workouts for Saturday’s show at the O2 Arena, London. With the fight […]
Terence Crawford says his undisputed welterweight showdown against Errol Spence Jr will take place in Las Vegas this year. The WBO welterweight champion was a guest on former opponent Shawn Porter’s podcast The Porter Way. The 34-year-old also revealed his plans beyond the Spence showdown should he be successful. “We coming to Vegas. Gotta have […]
With 21 fights under his belt, it looks as though the time has come for Conor Benn to step into the deep end. The unbeaten welterweight had been due to fight in July with a host of names being linked to the Londoner. However, his promoter Eddie Hearn told Boxing Social’s Andi Purewal that they […]
Any possibility of Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall fighting in July are over. Both women attended each of their last world title defences and following verbal exchanges and a face off the build-up was underway. Ben Shalom, the man tasked with putting the super-fight on, says it has to be delayed. “Savannah had to have […]
Andrew Cain is growing tired of hearing the name Liam Davies. The two super-bantamweights were scheduled to meet last month but Cain had to make do with facing Pablo Ariel Gomez after Davies pulled out with an injury. Davies was placed on media duties during the weigh-in. Queensbury’s Dev Sahni brought the two men together […]
The WBC lightweight title final eliminator between Ryan Garcia and Isaac Cruz looks unlikely to go ahead. Garcia, who returned to action last month beating Emmanuel Tagoe, had been calling for a fight between himself and ‘Pitbull’ and finally got his wish when just over a week ago the WBC ordered the bout to happen. […]
Rolando Romero has made a bold prediction ahead of his fight against Gervonta Davis on May 28. ‘Tank’ Davis will be making the fourth defence of his secondary WBA lightweight title but according to the challenger, who was speaking at yesterday’s media workout, it won’t last long. “One round, I’m knocking him out. If I […]
Josh Taylor could face WBC mandatory challenger Jose Zepeda in his next fight. The champion, who also holds the WBO and IBF super-lightweight titles, is now without his WBA strap after vacating it last week despite claims from the governing body that he was stripped. Although Taylor indicated would move to welterweight following his win […]