Posted on 04/25/2024 By: Sean Crose Devin Haney took to Instagram Wednesday to declare he wants another fight with Ryan Garcia – just under different circumstances than the ones he found himself in last Saturday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. For, although he had been heavily favored walking in, Haney ended up being soundly beaten
Chris Billam-Smith vs Richard Riakporhe 2 won’t be Selhurst Park’s only solid cruiserweight showdown on June 15th, as Boxxer announced that Isaac Chamberlain will challenge Michal Cieslak Chamberlain (16-2, 8 KO) won both the British and Commonwealth belts last October with a unanimous decision over unbeaten Mikael Lawal. He declined to defend said British title
Dune Bud Another week, another megastar linked with a major debut in Saudi. This time, on Wednesday, Turki Alalshikh tweeted a picture of Terence Crawford with a shrug emoji. In the past, a Tweet like that would seem innocuous, but these days it will send the whole app into a spin. This was one of
Isaac Chamberlain will challenge Polish champion Michal Cieslak for the European cruiserweight championship on Saturday, June 15 at Selhurst Park, the home of Crystal Palace F.C, live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and Peacock in the USA. Cieslak vs Chamberlain is the first in a series of major undercard announcements confirmed for a big night of boxing celebrating 100 years of Selhurst Park
TERENCE CRAWFORD’S trainer Brian “BoMac” McIntyre had a message for the super-welterweight division when he spoke to Boxing News in New York yesterday (April 24). The 154lb class now has the former undisputed super-lightweight and welterweight champion in its ranks. And Crawford’s debut in the division comes on August 3 against WBA titlist Israil Madrimov,
THERE was an inevitable search for the best card on paper, and the best card on the night, following the big reveal of the first 5 v 5 card in Saudi Arabia. The Frank and Eddie caper has legs, as they say. There is probably not a definitive night; there are certainly nights with five
Today featured the opening press conference for the upcoming junior middleweight title fight between Terence Crawford and Israil Madrimov, with both fighters appearing to discuss the bout. Neither fighter is much for a lot of talking, so both were very respectful and straight to the point. Check out some of what they had to say
Ryan Garcia has backed Devin Haney to beat Gervonta Davis if the pair were to meet in the ring. Garcia’s comments come in response to Davis’s now-deleted comments after Garcia defeated Haney in New York last weekend. Garcia (25-1, 20 KOs) silenced his critics and won by majority decision at the Barclays Center, dropping the
Devin Haney is speaking out after his loss to Ryan Garcia last Saturday, saying that he does believe Garcia not making weight played a factor in the outcome, and that he would “love” a rematch that would “give fans a fair fight within an agreed weight.” “I came up short but this (is) boxing, and
Associated Press Apr 24, 2024, 04:50 PM ET CARACAS, Venezuela — Francisco “Morochito” Rodríguez, the boxer who won Venezuela’s first Olympic gold medal, died Tuesday at age 78. Venezuela’s Olympic Committee confirmed Rodriguez’ death on Wednesday on its social media channels but did not provide details. Local media reported he had been hospitalized in Caracas
Jai Opetaia’s rematch with Mairis Briedis comes in as the chief support for Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 18. A second fight between the cruiserweight division’s arguable top two fighters has been teased ever since their fight-of-the-year candidate nearly two years ago in Gold Coast, Australia. Opetaia (24-0, 19 KOs) came
Posted on 04/24/2024 By: Sean Crose Saudi Arabia’s Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority, Turki Alalshikh has become a top figure in the world of professional boxing over the past few years. Now the Saudi authority is introducing himself to the world of US boxing by promoting the August 3’d
EDDIE HEARN believes Israil Madrimov is the best super-welterweight in the world but understands his fighter is facing a “genius” in Terence Crawford. Madrimov, 10-0-1 (7), makes the first defence of his WBA world title against Crawford outdoors at the BMO Stadium on August 3. The card marks the first of its kind for Riyadh
CONTROVERSIAL American heavyweight Jarrell Miller still hopes to face Anthony Joshua one day. The two were due to meet at Madison Square Garden in 2019 but a fiery build-up which involved a physical altercation during one face-off proved all for nothing when Miller tested positive for a banned substance. Andy Ruiz Jr got the call
Floyd Mayweather and Bill Haney are apparently not on the best of terms, as indicated by their heated online confrontation where the pair went back and forth with one another on a number of issues, with Haney largely calling out Mayweather for being a selfish individual who likes to talk shit but doesn’t put on
Apr 24, 2024, 08:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In one of the most entertaining fights between two of boxing’s young stars this year, Ryan Garcia defeated Devin Haney by majority decision Saturday night at a packed Barclays Center in New York City. Garcia (25-1, 20 KOs) entered the fight surrounded by controversy, erratic comments
Ronny Rios will be fighting on Wednesday night with a heavy heart after the passing of his brother-in-law Juan Gutierrez. Featherweight Rios will break a near two-year layoff on ProBox TV’s Wednesday Night Fights against Nicolas Polanco in an 10-rounder at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida. Rios (33-4, 16 KOs) was close to
By Elliot Worsell MY long-held fear of ever becoming Editor of Boxing News had nothing to do with seeing Matt Christie on the phone with irate promoters berating him for allowing one of his writers to call their show a two-star show when it was “clearly a f**king three-star show”. It had nothing to do