Queensberry may have taken bragging rights by sweeping Matchroom in the recent ‘5 Vs. 5’ showdown between the two promotional giants but the rivalry shows no signs of slowing down. Rumors abound that Matchroom’s WBC featherweight champion, Skye Nicolson, 10-0 (1 KO), is being lined up to defend her title against Queensberry’s Raven Chapman, 8-0
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O’SHAQUIE Foster enters the Prudential Center ring tomorrow evening, defending his WBC super-featherweight title against Robson Conceição. The bout, against a former Olympic gold medallist, will serve as the co-feature to Shakur Stevenson’s contest with Artem Harutyunyan. While the likes of Stevenson (a three-weight world champion no less) may take these occasions in their stride,
SHAKUR Stevenson returns home tomorrow evening to defend his WBC lightweight title against Artem Harutyunyan in the Prudential Center, Newark. First and foremost, Shakur is not buying his opponent’s “stay humble” act. Harutyunyan has returned to the States using the same time-honoured strategies regularly employed by Manny Pacquiao: grinning and complimenting his opponent before unleashing
RYAN Garcia is back in the news cycle, and once again, it has nothing to do with boxing. Currently serving a ban for doping offences detected after his April win over Devin Haney, Garcia has been in hot water for damaging property at a hotel and recently fired advisor Lupe Valencia, accusing him of being
Mauricio Sulaiman today (July 4) announced that Ryan Garcia has been expelled from any WBC activity. Only yesterday, in a media conference call, the sanctioning body president voiced his support to a fighter who failed two VADA tests that resulted in his April 20 points victory over Devin Haney being changed to a no contest.
By: Sean Crose “Exercising my authority as president of the WBC,” World Boxing Council head Mauricio Sulaiman posted on social media Thursday night, “I am hereby expelling Ryan Garcia from any activity with our organization.” Garcia, a fighter now as well known for being controversial as he is for processing thunderous power, reportedly went off
ESPN News Services Jul 4, 2024, 09:37 PM ET The WBC has expelled boxing star Ryan Garcia from any activity with the organization after he repeatedly used racial slurs against Black people and disparaged Muslims in comments livestreamed on social media. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman announced the penalty Thursday on the social media platform X.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum continues to admit that he wasn’t thrilled with the official scorecards in the rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall, where Catterall took a unanimous decision on scores of 116-113 and 117-111, and 117-111. Talking to Sky Sports, Arum says he was in person for that fight and he’s convinced
This Saturday, undefeated rising star Shakur Stevenson will return to his native Newark, N.J., to defend his WBC lightweight world title against Artem Harutyunyan (12-1, 7 KOs) at the Prudential Center. The 12-round bout headlines a Top Rank on ESPN card. However, an even bigger battle looms – the battle to secure rights to Stevenson’s
Jul 4, 2024, 07:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson returns to the ring on Saturday to defend his WBC lightweight title against Artem Harutyunyan. The fight at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey (ESPN/ESPN+, 8:30 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at 6:10 p.m. ET), will be the main event of a
With Shane Mosley Jr set to return to the ring this weekend, taking on former titleholder Daniel Jacobs, he talks to boxing media about what this opportunity means for his career and his expectations for the fight. Here’s some of what Mosley Jr had to say down below. Mosley Jr on what he has to
By Elliot Worsell TWO things we know. We know, one, that Shakur Stevenson is an acquired taste, as brilliant as he is frustrating, and we know, two, that his days with Top Rank, his current promoter, are numbered on account of him being, well, an acquired taste. In boxing, you see, often to win –
By Elliot Worsell IF ever you have sauntered across a park on a Sunday morning and happened upon a football pitch and scores of screaming kids, you will know that there is no sound more terrifying than that produced by the parents watching these screaming kids from the sidelines. A blend of encouragement, negativity, and
One of boxing’s biggest feel-good stories is the hard-working fighter who receives an unexpected phone call offering them a life-changing opportunity. When, not long ago, Owen Cooper answered his phone and heard the voice on the other end offering him a July 20 fight with former British and Commonwealth champion Ekow Essuman on Queensberry’s latest
American super lightweight Brandun Lee has signed a deal with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions. The 25-year-old Lee (28-0, 23 KO) hasn’t fought in 15 months. He first started to make his mark on ShoBox cards, and then was a regular on Premier Boxing Champions shows. Most recently, he beat Pedro Campa by 10-round decision. Lee
IN the lineal era, John Henry Lewis was one of the very best world light-heavyweight champions. He dominated the division during the mid-1930s in a similar way that Bob Foster did in the early 1970s. Like Foster, he defended his title regularly and like Foster, he came unstuck when stepping up to fight for the
INDIO, California – Not far from the very gym where Terence Crawford announced his presence as a force who would dominate three divisions over the next decade, Israil Madrimov prepares to deal Crawford his first defeat. “Everything has a beginning and an end,” said Joel Diaz, Madrimov’s veteran trainer who welcomed Crawford into his gym
By: Sean Crose “I feel like me and Jack is the biggest fight you can make in the division without a belt being on the line,” former junior welterweight titlist Regris Prograis said in a press release to announce his August 24th bout against Jack Catterall. “We were actually supposed to fight a few years