By: Sean Crose It was pretty much a given that the heavyweight division now belonged to men between 6.5 and 7 feet tall. Lennox Lewis was the first to dominate years ago, then Wladimir Klitschko. Then came the three fighters who were seen as the division’s future: Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. All
This was supposed to be the start of a road forward for Carlos Jackson. The junior featherweight had signed with Main Events in August and landed a spot on the undercard of his promotional stablemate, Bakhram Murtazaliev, who was taking on Tim Tszyu in the headline bout. Jackson, at 35 years old, came in with
by Keith Idec Regis Prograis became consumed with the wrong things toward the end of the over-the-top promotion of his fight with Devin Haney. The former WBA/WBC 140-pound champion began to focus on what he would say to Haney and his father/manager/trainer, Bill Haney, when they talked trash during press events before their 12-round bout
With Regis Prograis looking to rebound from his last outing, a wide decision loss to Devin Haney, when he faces Jack Catterall this weekend in Manchester, he speaks a little about where he went wrong in that fight and why this fight will be different. “With the Haney fight, it was just a mind thing
Knowing the history of how dishonest aging fighters can be with themselves, it’s only natural to wonder what becomes of former two-time 140-pound world champion Regis Prograis as he stares down an overseas fight against a younger, higher-ranked opponent. Is Saturday’s match against England’s Jack Catterall in Manchester a final reckoning for Prograis? Or is
by Keith Idec NAOYA INOUE and Junto Nakatani need to keep winning. Nakatani, who owns the WBC bantamweight title, also must move up from the 118-pound division to the 122-pound weight class for them to fight. Assuming those things transpire, though, Bob Arum envisions the unbeaten Japanese champions clashing sometime next summer at Tokyo Dome
Boxing’s two most corrupt organizations, the WBA and IBA, are teaming up to pit former Olympic medalists Muslim Gadzhimagomedov and Julio Cesar La Cruz against one another to “unify” their “bridgerweight” titles. Gadzhimagomedov (5-0, 3 KO) and La Cruz (2-0, 2 KO) sport extremely impressive amateur pedigrees; the former boasts two world championships and a
Miyo Yoshida credits her success to her close-knit team, led by manager Keith Sullivan, as she prepares to defend her IBF bantamweight title this Wednesday night at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The three-time, two-division world titleholder Yoshida 17-4 will face No. 1 contender Shurretta “Chiccn” Metcalf 13-4-1 (2 KOs),
I LOVE that story about Peter Keenan fronting up to the world heavyweight champion, Sonny Liston, when the American came over to the UK in 1963. Sonny had objected to Keenan smoking a cigar in his presence and was extremely rude to the Scotsman in saying so. Little Peter, who was only a bantamweight in
By: Sean Crose Although he was in possession of the IBF junior middleweight title belt, Bakhram Murtazaliev was not a well known or highly regarded figure heading into last weekend. That all changed on Saturday night when the now 23-0 fighter battered the popular and well respected Tim Tszyu at the Caribe Royale in Orlando,
Undefeated middleweight Amari Jones is emerging as one of the division’s top prospects, but he believes many of the bigger names view him as a “high-risk, low-reward” opponent. No matter – Jones is staying active. On August 30, he and his family’s Lion’s Den Boxing Gym teamed up with Uppercut Promotions to self-promote a show
By Keith Idec TURKI Alalshikh expressed interest in working with Bakhram Murtazaliev even before the unbeaten IBF junior middleweight champion demolished Tim Tszyu on Saturday night. The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority and the emerging Murtazaliev are deeply religious Muslims. Murtazaliev also holds a recognized title within the same 154-pound division as Terence
(Photo: Mark Robinson/Matchroom) There are plenty of fighters who have been chewed up and spat out by the sport at 35, their dreams over, their ambition absent, their love for boxing – when they wore headgear and a vest and collected small trophies in victory or defeat – a distant memory. Those trophies meant the
TIM TSZYU may be down but he isn’t out. The Australian suffered a crushing defeat on Saturday night at the hands of IBF super-welterweight titlist Bakhram Murtazaliev. Tszyu entered the Caribe Royale in Orlando as the overwhelming favourite to become a two-time world champion but had those ambitions crushed in three rounds by the Russian.
Following his shocking early stoppage loss over the weekend, Tim Tszyu issues a public statement via social media about this unexpected setback and explains that it’s not over for him, as he expects to be back in big fights soon. “Look, it is what it is,” Tszyu said. “I got caught with a shot I
Bakhram Murtazaliev is hoping to form a bond with Tim Tszyu which he believes will help both fighters grow. Russia’s Murtazaliev, 31, handed Tszyu of Australia his second consecutive defeat as he defended his IBF junior middleweight title at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida on Saturday. Murtazaliev said he was willing to work together
by Keith Idec TIM TSZYU was still bewildered by his devastating defeat more than an hour after it occurred on Saturday night. The distraught Australian, seemingly concussed, couldn’t recall details from his unforeseen four-knockdown, third-round, technical-knockout loss to unbeaten Bakhram Murtazaliev. His handlers understandably ushered an emotional Tszyu away from a small group of reporters
Results: William Scull and Vladimir Shishkin square off today in Berlin with the vacant IBF super middleweight title on the line. DAZN will have the fights streaming live starting at 3 pm ET, with their coverage available to subscribers in the United States, United Kingdom, and Latin America. There will be four fights on the
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