ANTHONY Joshua and Daniel Dubois will fight in Wembley Stadium on September 21 in a giant all-British heavyweight dust-up. Dubois enters as the full IBF champion after his interim status was upgraded. Early forecasts suggest that over 90,000 spectators will pack into the venue to witness the spectacle as Matchroom and Queensberry once again combine
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As Shakur Stevenson readies for his July 6 fight against Artem Harutyunyan, he speaks to Fight Hype about he thoughts on Liam Paro’s big upset win over Subriel Matias and if he now views him as a potential opponent going forward. Here’s some of what Stevenson had to say on the subject. Shakur Stevenson on
Sunny Edwards is coming off his first career defeat, but he has implied that the experience has only focused him for Saturday’s return at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. To hear him talk, in fact, he’s expecting a night of easy work. Edwards (20-1, 4 KOs) most recently took on Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez in a
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 25, 2024, 06:44 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Oleksandr Usyk announced via Instagram on Tuesday that he is vacating
Eric Armit scoops up all the results from around the world. June 22 in Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina Lucien Bastida WON TKO 8 Nahuel Gonzalo Bastida stops Gonzalo in the eighth round in an Argentinian title defence. Bastida was letting his punches fly from the start. Taller southpaw Gonzalo was using his jab to push
Eric Armit profiles one of the early heavyweight destroyers, raised in an era of racial segregation, who was forced to fight the same men time and again. Elmer “Violent” Ray Born: 3 March 1911 in Federal Point, Florida Died: 20 May 1987 in Hastings, Florida, aged 76 Division: Heavyweight Record: 133 fights, 96 wins (69
IT came as a surprise at the end of 2023 when Robeisy Ramirez was dethroned by unheralded challenger Rafael Espinoza following 12 rounds of intensely exciting action. Robeisy had seemingly shaken off the shock of a debut defeat to get back on track. Losing a fight was, for the Cuban, supposed to be an anomaly…and
Super middleweight Lester Martinez hopes victory over Carlos Gongora will establish him as a top contender. Martinez and Gongora will co-feature on Friday night’s card in Washington, D.C., headlined by Lamont Roach Jr. against Feargal McCrory, broadcast on ProBox TV. Martinez, who trains with the “three-headed monster” team of Brian “Bomac” McIntyre, Red Spikes and
By: Sean Crose It was fun while it lasted. Sadly, the world no longer has an undisputed heavyweight champion. In a video message released on Tuesday, Oleksandr Usyk announced that he was vacating the IBF heavyweight title, leaving him in possession of the WBA, WBC, and WBO heavyweight titles, impressive to be sure, but not
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 25, 2024, 08:02 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Former flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez was suspended for nine months
A day before the expected announcement of Matchroom’s and Queensberry’s September 21st megashow at Wembley, undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk announced via Twitter that he’s vacating his IBF title to allow Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois to fight for it. This is not an unexpected outcome, as the IBF made clear before Usyk’s (22-0, 14
Julio Cesar Martinez has reportedly been issued with a nine-month ban for failing a drugs test. The Mexican, 29, according to the Ring Magazine, tested positive for S5 diuretics and other masking agents in a test conducted after his majority decision victory over Angelino Cordova at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 30,
According to a report from Sky Sports, light heavyweight fighters Joshua Buatsi and Willy Hutchinson are basically set to face one another for an ordered WBO interim title fight in the 175 lb division. The fight had been ordered to purse bid which has since been put to the side as both have reportedly reached
Ryan Farrag moves up to #4 and Quaise Khademi drops to #5 in the Boxing News British rankings after their fight in York Hall. Our man, Eric Armit, watched the action. RYAN Farrag won the vacant Commonwealth title via unanimous decision over Quaise Khademi. Khademi brought some classy skills, and Farrag brought plenty of aggression
By Oscar Pick BLOCKBUSTER shows in Japan await the winner of this Saturday’s WBC and Ring Magazine super-flyweight clash between Juan Francisco Estrada and Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez. Estrada returns to the ring in December 2022 following an epic trilogy decider against Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez, putting his belts on the line in Phoenix, Arizona. Stepping up
Junior featherweight Elijah Pierce, who bounced back from a knockdown to knockout Arthur Villanueva in his last fight, is targeting the top contenders in his division, including unified titleholder Murodjon Akhmadaliev. Pierce, 27, will headline OTX8, presented by OTX Boxing, in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday (June 28), facing Jose Sanmartin, 31, of Colombia, in a
By Paul Webb in Wolverhampton GULLY Powar put in another assured performance with a shutout points win against Joshua Ocampo in the main event at the Hangar Venue in Wolverhampton on BCB Promotions’ Pride of the Black Country. The 21-year-old from Wolverhampton is one of the most active prospects in the Midlands. His eleventh win
Devin Haney is officially the WBC’s champion in recess at 140 lbs after making the request to the sanctioning body, who approved the move today. With Haney officially removed for the time being, the sanctioning body has elevated Alberto Puello to full champion and have ordered him to make a mandatory defense against top contender
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