Josh Kelly’s comeback begins on Friday night and while his team are not looking past Xhuljo Vrenozi it is impossible to avoid talk about the future. Kelly’s promoter Kalle Sauerland along with Wasserman Boxing bring free-to-air boxing to Channel 5 on Friday night. The card not only features the return of Kelly but also the […]
Light-heavyweight Olympic Silver Medallist Ben Whittaker has turned professional and signed a long-term deal with Boxxer. The much sought-after signature has been won by promoter Ben Shalom who will showcase Whittaker on Sky Sports alongside Tokyo 2020 team-mates Lauren Price, Karriss Artingstall, Frazer Clarke and Caroline Dubois. The 24-year-old, who is a client of Anthony […]
Super-welterweight world title contender Tim Tszyu will be out of action for two months following hand surgery. The 27-year-old will be in Carson, California on Saturday night to take in the undisputed title rematch at 154lbs between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castaño. Tszyu, the WBO number one contender, could land a shot at the winner […]
Denzel Bentley will be aiming for the 14th win inside the distance when he fights Linus Udofia on Friday night. The 27-year-old’s vacant British middleweight title fight will be shown live on Channel 5 and a win for Bentley will see him become a two-time champion. In November 2020 he won the Lonsdale belt after […]
The WBC have ordered a lightweight title final eliminator between Ryan Garcia and Isaac Cruz. In the governing body’s current top ten Garcia is ranked as the number two contender while Cruz is two places below. Yesterday’s news was followed by a further three eliminators announced featuring O’Shaquie Foster v Eduardo Ramirez (super-featherweight), Noel Mikaelian […]
Any chance of Joseph Parker fighting Joe Joyce on July 2 are “slim” according to the New Zealander’s manager David Higgins. The two heavyweights are in talks to finalise a deal that would see the highly ranked contenders face one another this summer. However, despite Joyce’s promoter Frank Warren insisting the deal was “quite close […]
Frank Warren has predicted a classic heavyweight fight between Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker. The fight was announced at Wembley Stadium during BT Sport’s Box Office broadcast of the Tyson Fury-Dillian Whyte card last month. And while the two faced off for the TV cameras and later on backstage there is yet to be an […]
Zach Parker’s WBO super-middleweight interim title fight against Demetrius Andrade will be moved to an indoor venue in the Midlands should it be rescheduled. Pride Park, home of Derby County Football Club was to stage the event on May 21 but was postponed earlier this month when Andrade pulled out with a shoulder injury. Parker, […]
Despite having toppled modern-day great Canelo Alvarez, the best of Dmitry Bivol is still to come according to his promoter. Andrey Ryabinsky watched on Saturday night as his WBA light-heavyweight champion comfortably beat the Mexican which saw Bivol’s stock go through the roof as a result. Canelo’s jump in weight for a second time at […]
Jaron Ennis is willing to move to 154lbs if it means getting a fight against Errol Spence Jr or Terence Crawford. The unbeaten welterweight returns to action this Saturday night against Custio Clayton in an IBF title eliminator. Spence, the unified 147lbs champion, holds the IBF, WBA and WBC straps while Crawford is the WBO […]
Ahead of their fight on May 21 Joshua Buatsi and Craig Richards did a good job of building the tension and anticipation on Face Off, a new show from Matchroom Boxing. The two light-heavyweights meet at the O2 Arena, live on DAZN, in a clash that will see a world title opportunity draw closer for […]
Chris Eubank Jr has once again called out Gennadiy Golovkin for a fight between the two. For several years the British star has wanted to face the modern middleweight great but has yet to get in the ring with him. Eubank had been in talks for a domestic tussle with Kell Brook this summer, but […]