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Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza has added to the positive noises that an Errol Spence Jr-Terence Crawford fight will take place this year. The titanic Undisputed Welterweight clash is near the top of every boxing fan’s 2022 wish list and both men have already gone on record believing it will happen. During an appearance on […]
Undisputed Super Welterweight champion Jermell Charlo will defend his four world titles against Tim Tszyu on January 28, 2023. The news was broken yesterday by leading Australian boxing commentator Ben Damon who had Tszyu, and his brother Nikita, as guests on the latest episode of the Main Event Boxing Podcast. Damon tweeted that Tszyu had […]
Any rumours of a fight happening between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr are “wild speculation” according to Kalle Sauerland. Since January 2021 Sauerland has promoted Eubank Jr and the 32-year-old has won three from three against Marcus Morrison, Wanik Awdijan and last time out against Liam Williams. The 32-year-old Middleweight has been linked to […]
After beating Kubrat Pulev at the weekend Dereck Chisora was honest enough to admit he only had a couple of fights left in his career. The 38-year-old had just gone 12 rounds for the fourth consecutive time and in his DAZN post-fight interview made it clear he only wants big fights and big pay days. […]
Teofimo Lopez will make his Super Lightweight debut on August 13 against Pedro “Roca” Campa over 10 rounds. The fight goes down at the Resorts World Centre at Resorts World Las Vegas. Super Welterweight rising star Xander Zayas takes the co-feature slot against Elias “Latin Kid” Espadas over eight rounds. The return of ‘The Takeover’ […]
One of boxing’s most controversial figures Adrien Broner will make his return to the ring on August 20 against Omar Figueroa Jr at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. The 32-year-old will be having just his second fight since January 2019 when Manny Pacquiao bested Broner in a defence of his WBA […]
The World Boxing Association (WBA) have ordered their champion Dmitry Bivol to defend his Light Heavyweight title against Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez. In a statement on their website the sanctioning body revealed communication on the matter had been sent to each team explaining they will have until August 10 to successfully negotiate the fight. Should that […]
David Haye was one of the world’s most dangerous punchers in his prime and become a two-weight World Champion during his career. ‘The Hayemaker’ cleaned out the Cruiserweight division before moving up to Heavyweight winning the WBA title against Nikolay Valuev. In doing so Haye almost knocked down the 7ft giant such was his devastating […]
2022 sensation Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (16-0, 11 KOs) will continue his rapid rise to stardom on September 17 taking the co-main event slot to Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin 3. The 22-year-old will make the second defence of his WBC World Super Flyweight title against Israel Gonzalez (28-4-1, 11 KOs). The challenger, 25, hails from Cabo San […]
Tyson Fury wants a fight between himself and Anthony Joshua to be made available for free to the British public. A showdown between the two British heavyweights would sell out in minutes and see hundreds of thousands try to get a ticket. On August 20 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Joshua has a chance to become […]
The now retired Mikey Garcia was in London this past weekend and gave his prediction on the September 17 fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin. Last month the former four-weight world champion made one small change to his Instagram bio which read ‘Retired World Champ’. Confirmation soon came that the 34-year-old had indeed hung […]
Andy Ruiz Jr hopes to one day fight for the World Heavyweight title that he never won and is keen on taking on an ex-champion should he come through his next test. The 32-year-old makes his first appearance of 2022 on September 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles against fellow contender Luis Ortiz. […]