Don King’s one and only champion, WBC cruiserweight titlist Noel Mikaelian, will meet Ryan Rozicki atop a September 28th show in King’s usual haunt of Casino Miami Jai Alai. Would-be viewers can catch the show “on Pay Per View via Triller TV, DonKing.com and Itube247.com” Mikaelian (27-2, 12 KO) has fought just four times since
Month: August 2024
As we near the end of the 2024 Paris Olympics, four Olympic gold medals were handed out in the men’s welterweight, women’s flyweight, men’s heavyweight and women’s welterweight on Friday. Khelif claims gold for Algeria Algeria’s Imane Khelif has added a new title to her name – Olympic gold medalist – a distinction that will forever
Aug 8, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IBF featherweight champion Luis Alberto Lopez defends his belt against Angelo Leo in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card at Tingley Col iseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET). Lopez’s last loss was in May 2019 and he
By Elliot Foster Lucas Biswana has been rewarded with a lucrative promotional deal after winning an ABA title. The Liverpool fighter struck gold in this year’s senior elite tournament in the unpaid code and will now be given the chance to showcase his talents on the biggest of stages. Biswana, who was a national amateur
Ahead of Saturday’s super middleweight fight between Vergil Ortiz and Serheii Bohachuk, both fighters appeared at a final press conference to discuss their impending battle with prospects of an even bigger fight on the horizon. Neither Ortiz nor Bohachuk are known to be big talkers so much of what was said came from their respective
Oleksandr Usyk is open to a third fight with Anthony Joshua if Joshua beats Daniel Dubois in September. Usyk first fought Joshua in 2021, when the Ukrainian inflicted his second defeat and took the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles. They fought again a year later, when Usyk was again victorious. Joshua has since returned
IT’S one thing being described as a “Road Warrior” in boxing but it’s another to do so and be a world champion at the same time. Mexico’s Luis Alberto Lopez is a shining example of both. On Saturday night (August 10), Lopez takes his IBF Featherweight title into challenger Angelo Leo’s backyard in Albuquerque. It’s
Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya takes some time to field some questions on the recent big Riyadh Season card headlined by Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov, an upcoming show in Canelo Alvarez vs Edgar Berlanga, and his willingness to make a Shakur Stevenson vs William Zepeda fight. Check out some excerpts of what
LAS VEGAS — Oscar De La Hoya holds Terence Crawford in high regard, an opinion that didn’t change following Crawford’s close decision victory over Israil Madrimov. “Crawford I love because he’s probably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. His style is fan-friendly. He’s a tremendous boxer. Undefeated,” De La Hoya said on August 7,
Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Hasanboy Dusmatov held up two fingers and let out a triumphant scream after his hand was lifted in victory on Thursday evening in Olympic boxing. The Uzbek fighter was an Olympic champion for the second time after winning a tough, back-and-forth gold
BRIGHTON EBA member Rob Benson contacted me to say that their Summer Barbecue takes place on Sunday, August 11 at their HQ – The Romans Pub, 35 Manor Hall Rd, Southwick. Start time’s 12 noon, and, says Rob, “All welcome, of course.” This is always a good afternoon, and I hope it’s well-attended. Rob kindly
Last Saturday’s Riyadh Season show in Los Angeles was, on the whole, a decent card. Andy Cruz delivered, Bakole vs Anderson was what promoters want us to think all heavyweight fights are like, and the main event turned out to be a very competitive and tactical clash of high-level fighters. That said, the moment that
Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez have been the talk of the boxing world over the last week. First, Crawford beat Israil Madrimov in a narrow unanimous decision to claim the WBA junior middleweight title on Saturday and become a four-division champion. On Monday, the super middleweight king Alvarez kicked off the promotional tour for his
By: Sean Crose For a split second, it looked like the world of boxing was being turned on it’s head. There was Oleksandr Usyk, the walking, talking skill set from Ukraine, the holder of numerous heavyweight belts, the man who bested Anthony Joshua not once, but twice, writing in pain from a body shot delivered
Connor O’Halloran Aug 8, 2024, 05:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The Refugee Olympic Team waited eight years for its first Olympic medal before boxer Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba guaranteed at least a bronze earlier this week. That medal has now been awarded as Ngamba lost in her women’s 75kg semifinal. The Refugee
CINDY NGAMBA had to settle for Olympic bronze after she was edged out by Atheyna Bylon in their 75kg semi-final on Thursday night. Ngamba dropped the first round on all five scorecards but came storming back in the second. It looked as though she might be on her way to Saturday’s final when Bylon was
Jarrett Hurd is well aware of what people have been saying about him. The reader comments under the Boxing Scene article from last week announcing his next fight, on Aug. 21 on ProBox TV against fellow former titleholder Jeison Rosario, offer a representative sample: “This, like the Joyce-Chisora fight, is a fight to see who
During a recent video interview Terence Crawford speaks about not being able to secure the fight he was looking for against Canelo Alvarez. Crawford gives his reaction and points out the hypocrisy and excuses coming from Canelo — all of which he takes as a sign of respect. “To be honest, that was my motivation
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