During the final press conference for this weekend’s Top Rank card, headlined by Christian Mbilli vs Sergiy Derevyanchenko, both fighters appeared to discuss their thoughts on the impending battle along with all the other fighters who will appear. Here’s some quick excerpts from the press event with the full video in the link at the
Month: August 2024
Oscar De La Hoya retired in April 2009, four months after his 2008 technical knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao. But during the fight itself, De La Hoya didn’t just want his career to end — he wanted his life over as well. Before facing Pacquiao, De La Hoya was approaching his 36th birthday and had
ELON MUSK and JK Rowling are two of the people reportedly named in the ‘cyberbullying’ lawsuit filed by Olympic champion Imane Khelif. Social media exploded earlier this month when footage of Khelif stopping Italian Angela Carini in just 46 seconds went viral. The Algerian had been disqualified from the women’s world championships last year by
During a video interview Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn revealed some news that IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis has been officially ordered to make a mandatory defense against Karen Chukhadzhian — a fighter he beat in January 2023 in a rather unmemorable affair. “The mandatory has been called, and I’m not over the moon about
THIS time last year Arslanbek Makhmudov was seen by some as a dark horse in the heavyweight division. With frightening punching power and a frightening presence to match, the Russian was not someone you would want to bump into in a dark alley let alone a boxing ring. Apart from a ten-round points victory over
When Joshua Buatsi sat back and surveyed the light heavyweight landscape after his decision victory over Dan Azeez in February, the picture couldn’t have looked much better. With the WBO, WBC and IBF 175-pound champion Artur Beterbiev set to unify the division against his WBA counterpart Dmitry Bivol, and a WBO interim title fight with
WHO were your idols when you were younger? Boxers frequently tell us it was a parent or a fighter from the past. Answers to expect, answers to respect. You wouldn’t need many digits to count how many picked historical figures or more specifically the King of an ancient kingdom over 2000 years ago. So, why
SHAKUR STEVENSON is in talks to defend his world title against lightweight newcomer Joe Cordina. The 27-year-old southpaw won the vacant title via a decision victory over Edwin De Los Santos in November and made a successful first defence against the 12-1 Artem Harutyunyan last month. And now promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed that discussions
We’re back! On this week’s show, John and Scott discuss Terence “Bud” Crawford’s title-winning debut and what could come next for him, be it this past weekend’s victorious Vergil Ortiz or somebody else. It won’t be Canelo, so what’s up with Canelo and the Saudis? And how does Ortiz project after a great fight and
By: Sean Crose There’s no doubt that the first bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk was the hardest fight of each man’s life. While Usyk walked out of the ring that Saudi Arabian night back in May as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world (the first in ages)after besting Fury, he had to
Shakur Stevenson is a champion – but not an attraction – according to boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions. “Beautiful style. Great technique. Has the punching power. Has the chin. But he needs the confidence to fight,” De La Hoya told Hall of Fame football player turned commentator Shannon Sharpe in
In this video interview, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn talks about his position between Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh, who’s essentially been financing the biggest fights in boxing lately, and Mexican star Canelo Alvarez, who wasn’t interested in pursuing negotiations with Alalshikh at the present moment. While there’s clearly some tensions between the sides, Hearn doesn’t think
Has Devin Haney been damaged by those three knockdowns he suffered in the infamous no-contest against the performance-enhanced Ryan Garcia, or is he the same, unaffected version of the former undisputed lightweight and unbeaten 140lbs champion? The curiosity over Haney’s career is more compelling than who he fights next. But after vacating his WBC 140lbs
Associated Press Aug 14, 2024, 10:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — French prosecutors opened an investigation into an online harassment complaint made by Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif after a torrent of criticism and false claims about her gender during the Summer Games, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. The athlete’s lawyer Nabil
ONE of the most thrilling fights of 2024 will soon be revisited. Today, in the latest British Boxing Board of Control Circular, it was revealed an agreement had been reached for British heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley to defend his title for a second time against Frazer Clarke. The official wording read: “Following agreement being reached
ON A dreary Wednesday afternoon, James DeGale and George Groves sit a couple of feet away from each other in the otherwise empty upstairs function room of a west London pub. They are about to conduct a joint interview for the first time in almost a decade and the production team are putting the finishing
The first defense of IBF light flyweight champion Sivenathi Nontshinga’s second title reign will be a road game, as “The Special One” confirmed that he’ll meet former titlist Masamichi Yabuki in the latter’s native Japan. Tris Dixon reports that the bout will land on October 12th in Nagoya, six days before Yabuki rival Kenshiro Teraji’s
Frank Warren believes that an explosive clash between unbeaten lightweights Sam Noakes and Mark Chamberlain is getting bigger with every passing month. In April, Noakes, 14-0 (13 KOs), comfortably outboxed quality French veteran, Yvan Mendy, to add the European title to his British and Commonwealth belts, turning what appeared to be a calculated gamble into
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