Eddie Hearn says that he and Canelo Alvarez will work together for a third fight at the end of the year. It was made official earlier this week that the undisputed super-middleweight champion would return to Matchroom and DAZN in a money-spinning two-fight deal. First up Canelo will face Dmitry Bivol for the Russian’s WBA […]
Chris Colbert’s world title aspirations suffered a massive blow last night in a huge upset loss to Hector Garcia. The blue-haired super-featherweight was dropped for the first time in his career in round seven after Garcia connected with a big left hook. That was the icing on the cake for the Dominican who ran out […]
In what was meant to be a celebratory homecoming Josh Taylor’s reign as undisputed super-lightweight champion carries on after a night of controversy inside The SSE Hydro, Glasgow. Taylor now goes back home to Edinburgh with all four belts once again following a highly contentious split-decision win over Jack Catterall. Judge Howard Foster scored it […]
It has been a busy old week for boxing. Fury-Whyte has been made official as has Canelo’s May 7 return against Dmitry Bivol. This weekend we have Josh Taylor defending his undisputed super-lightweight crown against Jack Catterall, Lawrence Okolie looking to prove he and his latest world title challenger Michal Cieslak are Poles Apart and […]
Lawrence Okolie aims to show in his next world title defence that the entire cruiserweight division will not be able to compete with him. ‘The Sauce’ defends his WBO world title against Michal Cieslak at the O2 Arena, live on DAZN this Sunday. The challenger faced Illunga Makabu for the vacant WBC strap two years […]
Canelo Alvarez has signed a two-fight deal with Matchroom and DAZN. The news comes following recent speculation that the undisputed super-middleweight champion would reunite with Eddie Hearn after their successful three-fight stint between December 2020 and May 2021. Fight number one will see Alvarez will move up to 175lbs to challenge Dmitry Bivol, also promoted […]
Tyson Fury’s world title defence against Dillian Whyte has been made official. The WBC heavyweight champion will be aiming to maintain his unbeaten record against his mandatory challenger on April 23 at Wembley Stadium. Confirmation of the news brings to an end a drama which began at the purse bids meeting last month. Queensberry, who […]
Chris Eubank Jr is adamant that any fight against Kell Brook must happen at the middleweight limit of 160lbs. The world title contender was in Manchester last weekend to take in Brook’s emphatic win over old rival Amir Khan, which took place at an agreed weight of 149lbs. Eubank told Sky Sports of his interest […]
Promoter Eddie Hearn remains intent on getting his WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie a unification bout before the Londoner moves to heavyweight. Okolie will make the second defence of his title on Sunday, live on DAZN, against the WBO’s number two contender Michal Cieslak. It had been hoped that the unbeaten champion would face IBF […]
The WBO Interim super-middleweight title fight between Zach Parker and Demetrius Andrade will be staged in the UK. Queensberry Promotions beat Matchroom Boxing for the second purse bid in a row with a winning offer of $1,834,050.00 which was over $80,000 more than the $1,750,00.00 submission from the runners up. The split will be 65-35 […]
Josh Taylor’s trainer Ben Davison has called on his fighter to be cool headed and calm during the first defence of his undisputed super-lightweight titles on Saturday night. Taylor faces WBO mandatory challenger Jack Catterall at the SSE Hydro, Glasgow which will see the Scot fight in front of home fans for the first time […]
After being written off in some quarters Kell Brook is now a man in demand. His thumping victory over Amir Khan last weekend not only gave him the most satisfying win of his career but also resurrected his future. Chris Eubank Jr, who was working for Sky Sports on fight night, immediately called out Brook […]