Month: August 2024

MATCHROOM have announced a return to Monaco, which will take place on December 14. Eddie Hearn shows have become a fixture on the sporting calendar in the Principality and this will be the fifth time he has promoted there. Last time out, Welshman Joe Cordina controversially defended his IBF super-featherweight title via a razor tight
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Three-time cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis announced on Twitter that he’s calling it a career after nearly 15 years in the ring. The Latvian spent his first six years as a big fish in a small pond on the Euro circuit before moving up to heavyweight to destroy Mahmoud Charr with a single punch. Two years
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THREE-TIME world cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis has announced his retirement from boxing. The 39-year-old, who will celebrate his 40th birthday next January, brings the curtain down on a professional career which began in his native Latvia on October 11, 2009. His four-round points win against Raulis Racilauskas kicked off a 15-year professional career which culminated
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Luis Alberto Lopez is a great fighter – there, we said it – but if you prefer a little flair, let’s call him the “Boo-Loving Brawler” instead of the “Road Warrior”. The featherweight’s 10th-round knockout loss to Angelo Leo in Leo’s hometown of Albuquerque, N.M., adds another tough opponent to his collection. It proves one
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