IBF bantamweight champion Ryosuke Nishida, out of action since fighting through serious facial damage to upset Emmanuel Rodriguez in May, will make his inaugural title defense on December 15th against Thailand’s Anuchai Donsua. Donsua (16-0, 7 KO) sits at no. 14 in the IBF rankings and has your prototypical Thai record; four of his wins,
Month: October 2024
It’s official: Fighters who use cannabis products will no longer be accused of doping violations in Nevada. That much had been true since 2021, when the Nevada Athletic Commission said it would no longer punish fighters who used cannabis unless they showed up impaired, and therefore wouldn’t be allowed to fight. But the commission had
Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke were expected to be set up for a second grueling fight of back-and-forth heavyweight action after what we witnessed the first time around, but what came to pass was a dominant performance from Wardley who swiftly knocked Clarke out in first round. Clarke is now tasked with going back to
By: Sean Crose While he was favored to win on Saturday, Jack Catterall nonetheless made the world of boxing take notice when he bested former world titlist Regis Prograis in a 12 round affair at England’s Co-Op Live Arena. Although he hit the mat himself at one point during the fight (actually one of his
GERVONTA Davis has addressed fight fans’ questions online about whether his scheduled December 14 date with Lamont Roach Jr. is still going ahead. Reports last week suggested it could be in danger of cancellation or postponement due to venue issues. Just like his fighting style, Davis’ tweets were direct and to the point. I’m still
Moses Itauma and Hamzah Sheeraz are among six fighters to have signed contract extensions with Queensberry Promotions. Nick Ball and Anthony Cacace, two of Queensberry’s world champions, have also extended their commitment to the promoter. Liam Davies and Sam Noakes are the two others. Itauma, 19, is widely regarded as the world’s most promising young
Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya continues to troll Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn about the tough year his fighters have had, even going so far as to say that Matchroom ruined Regis Prograis’ career, and Hearn fields a media question about De La Hoya’s comments and takes a moment to respond. “The only thing that
THE IBF has scheduled a November 5 deadline date for purse bids to determine the right to stage Martin Bakole vs. Agit Kabayel. However, the clash seems to suit all parties, so things could be thrashed out successfully before that date. Bakole has rebuilt his career well since a loss to Michael Hunter and looked
Boxing Insider Promotions brings Live Boxing back to Tropicana Atlantic City Nov 16 with a stacked card featuring national prospects Dominique Crowder, Avious Griffin, Donte Layne, Dwyke Flemmings, and Stacia Suttles. They join the 3 most popular fighters in Atlantic City Justin Figueroa, Bruce Seldon Jr, and Francisco “Sisco Kid” Rodriguez. This event will be
On Wednesday, it will be 50 years since Muhammad Ali caused a seismic shock that still reverberates through the sporting world, on grainy color tape and on the pages of magazines that have since faded to yellow. It was in Kinshasa, Zaire, Africa, that he stunned prohibitive favorite George Foreman, becoming the first man to
By Harrison Baskind IT HAS been just over two and a half years since former professional boxer, now turned promoter, Izzy Asif and GBM Sports held their first-ever promotion at the Magna Centre in Rotherham. Since then, the promotional company has grown significantly. By securing partnership deals with DAZN and Talksport, it has positioned itself
Mexico’s top amateur boxer will share a team with its top professional boxer, as Paris 2024 silver medalist Marco Verde announced that Eddie Reynoso will serve as his manager going forward, though Radames Hernández will remain his trainer. That said, he’s not confirming a pro debut yet, instead waiting until next year to find out
With Boxing Insider Promotions Returning Tropicana Atlantic City on Nov 16 for our 3rd time in 2024 what better time then to start publishing BoxingInsider’s Multi Part series on the history of Atlantic City Boxing. ——- You may not know this, but Atlantic City boxing goes back a long way Boxing in Atlantic City didn’t begin
Oleksandr Usyk—who recently arrived at the press conference for his rematch with Tyson Fury dressed as Agent 47 from the film Hitman, then convinced Fury to sign a photo in which Usyk had clocked him in the head—is on top of the world. He’s the lineal heavyweight champion and was undisputed before the IBF IBF-ed
Chris Eubank Jr says he’s looking to take on all the biggest fights possible during this next stretch of his career, and he could be in line for the biggest one possible in a prospective fight against Mexican star Canelo Alvarez. Eubank tells Sky Sports that a fight against Canelo could be one to happen
The IBF have ordered purse bids for Martin Bakole-Agit Kabayel for November 5, BoxingScene understands. Bakole and Kabayel will contest the status of mandatory challenger to the heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois. Germany’s Kabayel, 32, defeated Frank Sanchez in May on the undercard of Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Three months later in Los
A POTENTIAL fight between Canelo Alvarez and Chris Eubank Jr is back on the table. Eubank had been in the running to face the Mexican superstar in September but turned down the deal offered to him. “For a guy who’s making 35 to 50 million a fight, don’t offer me the numbers you were offering
Following his loss to Jack Catterall over the weekend, Regis Prograis says he’s well aware of where he stands at this point in his career, and is feeling all the pains from being a professional fighter. Immediately following the fight with Catterall, Prograis shares some of his immediate thoughts on what happened and where he
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