There isn’t much that unites everybody in the partisan world of boxing, but Eddie Hearn’s announcement that Matchroom are considering the idea of starting main events at 9pm caused a joining of hands across the divides. No more 10.45pm video montages selling and promoting a fight you are already tuned in to watch. No more
Month: October 2024
JANIBEK Alimkhanuly travels to Sydney, Australia, on Friday to defend his IBF middleweight title against little-known challenger Andrei Mikhailovich. Alimkhanuly’s WBO belt will not be on the line. Interestingly, the IBF operates a 10-pound rehydration clause, so Alimkhanuly will hope the weight issues that hindered the first attempt of this fight do not return. Arriving
WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr’s team tells Dan Rafael that their charge, slated to meet Derrieck Cuevas on November 8th, is done for the year after injuring his left hand. The bout is now targeted for “early 2025.” Norman (26-0, 20 KO) rocketed into the welterweight elite by smoking Giovani Santillan in May, earning
By: Sean Crose “The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has granted special permission to super featherweight world champion Lamont Roach Jr. to move up in class to face Gervonta Davis for the lightweight championship on December 14.” And so, with the above statement, it seems the hard hitting, popular and undefeated Gervonta Davis has
Chris Colbert has a plan to become a world champion, by moving down in weight to 130lbs. The Brooklyn native, 28, is scheduled to fight on ProBox TV for the first time, against the 24-year-old Omar Salcido Gamez of Mexico, in a lightweight contest 10 months after suffering a sixth-round knockout loss to Jose Valenzuela.
Krystal Rosado, the first fighter signed by Puerto Rican future-Hall-of-Famer Amanda Serrano, will head up the undercard of Most Valuable Prospects 9 in Caguas on October 11. Rosado (4-0, 2 KOs) will take on Mexico’s Perla Lomeli (6-2) in a six round junior featherweight clash on a card headlined by a featherweight contest between Jan
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 1, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn’s defamation lawsuit against Jake Paul is proceeding
By Ruth Raper OVER the last weekend, we saw three shows headlined by female main events. A few years ago, if you had told me this would be happening, I’m not sure I would have believed you. In New York, Mikaela Mayer took on WBO welterweight champion Sandy Ryan in a clash that will undoubtedly
As we inch closer to one of this year’s most highly anticipated fights — a light heavyweight showdown between world titleholders Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol on October 12 — Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season has released an epic cinematic trailer previewing the impending battle in grand fashion. Most of boxing’s pre-fight promotional activities are quite
By Ben Palmer “I’ll enjoy my victory and see what comes next”. That was Saul ‘Canelo’ Álvarez’s somewhat terse response when asked what his future holds after a unanimous decision victory over the resolute Edgar Berlanga. It was business as usual at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, September 14th. Another hungry young
Birmingham, England, is Galal Yafai’s hometown – and it’s where the Olympic gold medalist will face former flyweight titleholder Sunny Edwards on Nov. 30. But don’t tell Edwards that the Resorts World Arena is the so-called lion’s den. “I disagree,” Edwards told iFL TV. “I know I’ve got more people in Birmingham than him, in
Oct 1, 2024, 03:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former WBO welterweight champion Sandy Ryan has called for an immediate rematch against Mikaela Mayer after Ryan was attacked with a can of paint before their fight Friday. Ryan was leaving her New York hotel to travel to Madison Square Garden on Friday evening when a
DEVIN Haney has filed a lawsuit against Ryan Garcia regarding the ongoing fallout from their controversial April 20 clash in Brooklyn. The lawsuit alleges that Garcia is guilty of breach of contract, purposely missing weight, battery, and fraud. Golden Boy Promotions, headed by former multi-weight world champion Oscar De La Hoya, has also been named.
By: Sean Crose “I didn’t think he beat me last time,” Tyson Fury recently said to IFL, “and I’m damn sure not going to let him beat me this time.” Fury, for those who don’t know, lost a war to Oleksandr Usyk last May on the cards in Saudi Arabia. He doesn’t want things to
Teofimo Lopez Sr took some time to talk to Fight Hub TV about a number of topics, including the recent news of Devin Haney suing Ryan Garcia. As Lopez Sr views it, Haney is attempting to restore his image both in and out of the ring, but he’s not at all buying into the notion
For a coach, perhaps the only thing better than a fight going exactly as expected is for the same fight to end up being even easier than they expected, or indeed hoped. That was the experience of Don Charles and Kieran Farrell the night their man, Daniel Dubois, took on Anthony Joshua in front of