Boxing produced one of those fights last weekend that will not only go down in history but will live long in the memory for those who watched it. While Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan spent the week recovering from their Battle of Nottingham and rightfully receiving huge plaudits the sport moved on. Another week of […]
Artur Beterbiev vs Joe Smith Jr takes the light-heavyweight division one step closer to becoming undisputed on June 18. It’s now official the WBC and IBF champion Artur Beterbiev (17-0, 17 KOs) will face WBO titlist Joe Smith Jr (28-3, 22 KOs) on June 18, at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden, New York, […]
Joseph Parker is close to signing a deal to fight Joe Joyce at Wembley Arena in June. 1news.co.nz reported the story yesterday and added that the New Zealander could also pen a one or two-fight agreement with Joyce’s promoter Frank Warren. Parker and Joyce have been linked to a fight against one another in recent […]
Rising super-middleweight star Edgar Berlanga is eager to put on a show when he faces Steve Rolls on Saturday night. The Top Rank main event at the Madison Square Garden Theatre will be Berlanga’s first fight of 2022. He signed off 2021 with a points win over Marcelo Esteban Coceres. It was his second consecutive […]
Gennadiy Golovkin has responded to comments from Canelo Alvarez that a third fight between them is “personal”. The two rivals, who have already fought twice, are believed to be fighting once again in September. To do so Golovkin must beat Ryota Murata on April 9 in a middleweight unification and Canelo will have to defeat […]
With his American debut fast approaching Tim Tszyu says he plans to take over the entire super-welterweight division. The Australian arrived Stateside this week to finish off preparations for his March 26 fight against Terrell Gausha on Showtime. The main event at The Armory in Minneapolis will give Tszyu the chance to show American boxing […]
Ben Shalom believes that the remaining fights of Anthony Joshua’s career will be shown on Sky Sports. The former heavyweight champion, promoted by Eddie Hearn, is free to explore other broadcast deals after his own contract with Sky expired recently. And while Shalom does not work directly with Joshua, he does promote his own shows […]
An undisputed female middleweight title fight between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall could be announced on April 2. That night Marshall will make the third defence of her WBO belt against Belgian Femke Hermans at Newcastle Arena, live on Sky Sports. Promoter Ben Shalom told Boxing Social’s Ryan Elliott that work is going on behind […]
Vasiliy Lomachenko will have to leave Ukraine soon if he is to secure a fight with George Kambosos Jr this summer. Lomachenko had agreed to fight the three-belt lightweight champion on June 5 in Melbourne. However, any such proposition had been put on the back burner after the Ukrainian decided to return home to play […]
Vergil Ortiz Jr has withdrawn from his fight this Saturday against Michael McKinson. The 23-year-old Texan was due to headline the DAZN card in a few days time at the USC Galen Centre in Los Angeles. However, illness has forced the unbeaten welterweight to pull out after he was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis. The condition is […]
While speculation has linked Mairis Breidis and Lawrence Okolie to a cruiserweight unification against one another the Brit’s trainer likes another option. Okolie made the second defence of his WBO belt against Michal Cieslak last month as Briedis, the IBF champion, took in the action ringside. The other two champions in the division are Arsen […]
Knockout specialist Daniel Dubois says he will take a “win by any means necessary” should he face WBA Regular heavyweight champion Trevor Bryan next. The WBA announced yesterday that the purse bids for their fight had been postponed and rescheduled for March 21. Boxing Social’s Ryan Elliott asked the Queensberry Promotions fighter if he was […]