Richard Riakporhe and Fabio Turchi will look to take a big step toward a possible world title fight when the cruiserweights meet in a Sky Sports main event on March 26 in London. Riakporhe (13-0, 9 KO) and Turchi (20-1, 14 KO) can get into good position with the WBC with a win in the
Month: February 2022
David Benavidez is slated to next fight David Lemieux sometime this spring in an interim WBC super middleweight championship matchup. Since the bout against the Canadian knockout artist hasn’t been officially announced yet, the former two-time WBC super middleweight titlist Benavidez (25-0, 22 KOs) is entertaining the idea of fighting Demetrius Andrade, the WBO middleweight
Posted on 02/15/2022 By: Sean Crose There’s no doubt that Eddy Reynoso is one of, if not the single, most highly regarded trainers in the boxing game today. There’s also little doubt that former heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua is at a crossroads in his career. After losing and then regaining his titles in battles against
8:08 PM ET Jai Opetaia’s date with destiny has been delayed yet again as IBF world cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis recovers from COVID-19. After months of negotiations, Opetaia’s promoter Dean Lonergan had been scheduled to announce April 6 as Opetaia’s shot at Briedis on the Gold Coast. Instead, the fight has been postponed for “three
George Kambosos Jr.’s inaugural title defense as undisputed-ish lightweight champion will come slightly later than expected. Mike Coppinger reports that the bout will take place on June 5th at Melbourne, Australia’s Marvel Stadium. Coppinger names Vasiliy Lomachenko and Devin Haney as potential foes, but notes that Lomachenko is “the clear front-runner.” Considering what we’ve heard
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ProBox Promotions will host its first event of the year as Kanat “QazaQ” Islam (28-0, 22 KOs), the two-time Olympian and 160-pound contender, faces his toughest test to date against former world title challenger Jimmy “Kilrain” Kelly (25-2, 10 KOs) in a 10-round battle for the WBO Global Middleweight Championship. The event will take place
Posted on 02/15/2022 By: Hans Themistode After sifting through various names, George Kambosos Jr. is reportedly down to just two. As first reported by ESPN, the current unified lightweight champion is still mulling over offers to face current WBC titlist Devin Haney and, in a more likely scenario, Vasiliy Lomachenko. Although nothing has been formally
5:11 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jaron “Boots” Ennis is inching closer to a title shot. The rising star and Custio Clayton have reached a deal for an IBF welterweight title eliminator that will take place in the spring in the United States, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The winner of the PBC on Showtime bout
One month after ordering #3 welterweight Jaron Ennis to face #6 Custio Clayton in a final eliminator, the IBF has scheduled a March 1st purse bid. Per its regulations, Ennis will be the beneficiary of a 60/40 split. “Boots” (28-0, 26 KO) further proved his bona fides in 2021 with crushing knockouts of Sergey Lipinets
Vito Mielnicki Jr. has reunited with the trainer he thought all along would be the perfect man for the job. Vito Mielnicki Sr. told BoxingScene.com on Tuesday that the 19-year-old welterweight prospect and Joe Goossen have agreed to work together again. Goossen trained Mielnicki in the Los Angeles area in late in 2020 and early
Posted on 02/15/2022 By: Hans Themistode The thought of training Amir Khan had never crossed Brian “Bomac” McIntyre’s mind. The renowned trainer has a long list of championship-level fighters already under his care and tutelage, including former WBO super featherweight champion Jamel Herring, 168 pound contender Steven Nelson, and of course, pound-for-pound star, Terence Crawford.
7:50 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The first two months of the 2022 boxing schedule featured returns for several notable fighters — Keith Thurman and Daniel Jacobs among them — but lacked marquee matchups. The next two months on the calendar are when boxing truly begins to heat up with some of the biggest names in
Various Aussie sources revealed this past weekend that former Olympian Jai Opetaia will challenge IBF cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis on April 6th, potentially in Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, [or] Newcastle.” The 37-year-old Briedis (28-1, 20 KO), the consensus #1 cruiser in the game, ended a 13-month layoff last October by mauling Artur Mann in three.
Rising star, lightweight Ruben “Ace” Torres (17-0, 14 KOs), is wrapping up his training camp for his upcoming fight against Cristian Mino (20-4-2, 17 KOs), an 8-round bout headlining Thompson Boxing’s “New Blood” event this Friday, February 18, 2022. Here is what Torres had to say about his recent training camp with coaches Danny Zamora
Former unified welterweight world champion Keith “One Time” Thurman is back. Thurman proved he is still an elite welterweight, winning a 12-round unanimous decision over former super lightweight world champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios in the main event of a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View event Saturday night from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort
Chris Colbert will have to fight one more WBA eliminator, as he’ll face Hector Luis Garcia in a Feb. 26 Showtime main event. Colbert was originally slated to face WBA 130 lb titleholder Roger Gutierrez on that date, but Gutierrez recently withdrew due to COVID. Colbert (16-0, 6 KO) is a rising contender in the
As BoxingScene.com first reported, undefeated rising star Chris “Primetime” Colbert will now square off against unbeaten Dominican Olympian Hector Luis Garcia in a 12-round WBA Super Featherweight World Title Eliminator headlining live on SHOWTIME Saturday, February 26 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The southpaw Garcia
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