The World Boxing Organization has ordered WBO super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka to make a mandatory defense against top contender and former world champion Francisco Rodriguez Jr. The two sides have 30 days to negotiate before a purse bid is ordered. Rodriguez (34-4-1, 24 KO), a former WBO minimumweight champ, was scheduled to face flyweight
Month: June 2021
Posted on 06/01/2021 By: Steven Galeano WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney took a significant step toward divisional supremacy Saturday night after defeating former three-division world champion Jorge Linares. Haney faced adversity after being visibly hurt at the end of round 10, yet showed veteran tactics to survive and preserve a unanimous decision to defend his
10:25 AM ET Jake Paul‘s next foe will be a former UFC champion. Paul will meet Tyron Woodley in a boxing match later this summer, both Paul and Woodley told ESPN. The 190-pound match is currently slated for Aug. 28, sources say. Several host cities are still under consideration, per sources, though an official announcement
Subriel Matias improves to 17-1 (17 KOs) following his eight-round stoppage over hard-hitting Batyrzhan Jukembayev in their scheduled 12-round IBF Super Lightweight World Title Eliminator bout, live on SHOWTIME. #MatiasJukembayev Fight Recap: http://pbcham.ps/FightNight-052921 #PBConSHOWTIME Visit PremierBoxingChampions.com for more info. SIGN UP FOR FIGHT ALERTS: https://pbcham.ps/FightAlerts FOLLOW US: Tweets by premierboxing https://instagram.com/premierboxing https://www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions
Tommy Fury breaks down the two upcoming bouts at the top of the heavyweight division, with Tyson Fury set to face Deontay Wilder for a third time in July and Anthony Joshua due to take on WBO mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk, in August or September this year. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️
Some fights just aren’t meant to be, I suppose. After withdrawing from a planned April 24th clash with Jaime Munguia due to injury, which ultimately moved the bout to June 19th after late replacement D’Mitrius Ballard also withdrew, former middleweight title challenger Maciej Sulecki is reportedly once again out of the fight. No reason was
An unbeaten but unknown, unproven opponent has replaced Jean Pascal on short notice. BoxingScene.com has learned that Venezuela’s Dervin Colina will battle Badou Jack on the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul undercard Sunday night. Jack (23-3-3, 13 KOs) and Colina (15-0, 13 KOs) are scheduled to square off in a 10-round light heavyweight bout, Showtime Pay-Per-View’s co-feature
Posted on 05/31/2021 By: Hans Themistode For mostly a year and a half, Deontay Wilder has gone from loquacious WBC heavyweight belt holder to silent former champion. Following his loss to Tyson Fury in February of 2020, the Alabama native quietly worked behind the scenes with Arbitrator Daniel Weinstein. Reason being is because despite having
8:00 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Caroline Dubois was born with boxing in her blood. She comes from a family with a rich boxing history dating back centuries, but her journey to the top ranks was a fight of its own. At the age of nine she was forced to disguise herself as a boy named
Last month in Las Vegas, Josh Taylor made history when he pulled off a twelve round unanimous decision over Jose Ramirez to unify the IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO junior welterweight titles. Taylor becomes one of the few males fighters in history to unify his entire division in the four belt era. Taylor has several options
Posted on 05/31/2021 By: Sean Crose Jess Willard was big. Very big. Even by today’s standards the former cowhand would be a good sized heavyweight. Standing over six and a half feet tall, weighing close two hundred fifty pounds without an ounce of fat on him, the onetime heavyweight champion was a specimen indeed. Yet
Yordenis Ugas has gone public with a very personal medical struggle: an alopecia flare-up. The Cuban welterweight champion shared a photo showing him without his usual facial hair or his eyebrows. I am in a great moment of my life. However,alopecia returned to my life,I remove all my hair and emotionally I have failed again.But