Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko has described Guillermo Rigondeaux as the most technical fighter he ever faced in his career. Back in December 2013, Ghana’s Agbeko, now 44, lost by 12-round decision to the gifted Cuban in a WBO junior featherweight title fight in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Agbeko (38-5, 28 KOs) says that even though
Associated Press Aug 16, 2024, 10:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TIARET, Algeria — With an outpouring of fans greeting her as she arrived in her hometown on Friday, Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif extolled Algeria for backing its athletes and said she hoped to again make her country proud in the future. The football-obsessed
One day after Twitter’s Boog WIlliams broke the news, ProBox TV’s Garry Jonas confirmed that former champions Nicholas Walters and Joseph Diaz Jr will headline an October 9th event in Plant City, Florida. “Axe Man” Walters’ (29-1-1, 22 KO) first major fight since his humiliating 2016 loss to Vasiliy Lomachenko saw him box his way
HEAVYWEIGHT contender Zhilei Zhang is eager to get his hands on the man who inflicted the second defeat of his career. The 41-year-old was unlucky to drop a unanimous decision to Filip Hrgovic in August 2022 but Zhang bounced back with two consecutive wins over Joe Joyce. Those victories increased his stock in the heavyweight
WHEN Turki Alalshikh speaks the world of boxing listens. His influence on the sport has rocketed in 2024 and in the February 8 issue of Boxing News he was named as the most powerful person in boxing. His methods have brought Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren out of a cold war and into a warm,
By: Sean Crose Although there’s no major fights this weekend in the world of boxing, there’s definitely going to be an interesting throwdown in Canada as the 38 year old Sergey Derevyanchenko takes on rising super middleweight Christian Mbilli at Quebec’s Centre Videotron. The bout, which is scheduled for 10 rounds in the supermiddleweight division,
Lightweight Manuel Jaimes is set to take a major step in his career as he moves up to junior welterweight for a high-stakes showdown against former titleholder Rolando Romero. The fight, which will open the pay-per-view card headlined by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Edgar Berlanga on Sept. 7, offers Jaimes, a 24-year-old from Stockton, California,
During the final press conference for this weekend’s Top Rank card, headlined by Christian Mbilli vs Sergiy Derevyanchenko, both fighters appeared to discuss their thoughts on the impending battle along with all the other fighters who will appear. Here’s some quick excerpts from the press event with the full video in the link at the
Oscar De La Hoya retired in April 2009, four months after his 2008 technical knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao. But during the fight itself, De La Hoya didn’t just want his career to end — he wanted his life over as well. Before facing Pacquiao, De La Hoya was approaching his 36th birthday and had
ELON MUSK and JK Rowling are two of the people reportedly named in the ‘cyberbullying’ lawsuit filed by Olympic champion Imane Khelif. Social media exploded earlier this month when footage of Khelif stopping Italian Angela Carini in just 46 seconds went viral. The Algerian had been disqualified from the women’s world championships last year by
During a video interview Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn revealed some news that IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis has been officially ordered to make a mandatory defense against Karen Chukhadzhian — a fighter he beat in January 2023 in a rather unmemorable affair. “The mandatory has been called, and I’m not over the moon about
THIS time last year Arslanbek Makhmudov was seen by some as a dark horse in the heavyweight division. With frightening punching power and a frightening presence to match, the Russian was not someone you would want to bump into in a dark alley let alone a boxing ring. Apart from a ten-round points victory over
When Joshua Buatsi sat back and surveyed the light heavyweight landscape after his decision victory over Dan Azeez in February, the picture couldn’t have looked much better. With the WBO, WBC and IBF 175-pound champion Artur Beterbiev set to unify the division against his WBA counterpart Dmitry Bivol, and a WBO interim title fight with
WHO were your idols when you were younger? Boxers frequently tell us it was a parent or a fighter from the past. Answers to expect, answers to respect. You wouldn’t need many digits to count how many picked historical figures or more specifically the King of an ancient kingdom over 2000 years ago. So, why
SHAKUR STEVENSON is in talks to defend his world title against lightweight newcomer Joe Cordina. The 27-year-old southpaw won the vacant title via a decision victory over Edwin De Los Santos in November and made a successful first defence against the 12-1 Artem Harutyunyan last month. And now promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed that discussions
We’re back! On this week’s show, John and Scott discuss Terence “Bud” Crawford’s title-winning debut and what could come next for him, be it this past weekend’s victorious Vergil Ortiz or somebody else. It won’t be Canelo, so what’s up with Canelo and the Saudis? And how does Ortiz project after a great fight and
By: Sean Crose There’s no doubt that the first bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk was the hardest fight of each man’s life. While Usyk walked out of the ring that Saudi Arabian night back in May as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world (the first in ages)after besting Fury, he had to
Shakur Stevenson is a champion – but not an attraction – according to boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions. “Beautiful style. Great technique. Has the punching power. Has the chin. But he needs the confidence to fight,” De La Hoya told Hall of Fame football player turned commentator Shannon Sharpe in
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