Month: May 2024

PBC’s June 15th Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin/David Benavidez vs Oleksandr Gvozdyk show appears to be expanding. Salvador Rodriguez announced yesterday that Carlos Adames would make his inaugural WBC middleweight title defense against Terrell Gausha, while Frases de Boxeo’s Héctor Guzmán told Julius Julianis today that former WBA super lightweight champion Alberto Puello will battle
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Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr are set to meet for the vacant IBF lightweight title this weekend on ESPN+ and ESPN, live on Saturday night (U.S. time) from Australia (where it actually happens on Sunday afternoon local time). Will Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KO) find himself with a world
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After stepping aside to allow WBC super lightweight champion Devin Haney to face Ryan Garcia, mandatory challenger Sandor Martin is back at the front of the queue. Mundo Deportivo and Julius Julianis each report that the pair are officially on the clock to negotiate a title defense and avoid a purse bid. Haney (31-1, 15
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It would be rude not to start in Perth as Vasiliy Lomachenko looks to get back on the winning horse against the game home-favourite George Kambosos Jr. Both guys are licking their Devin Haney inflicted wounds having gone a combined 0-3 against the “Dream” between 2022-23, but despite being six years his senior, Lomachenko comes
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In Thursday’s episode of “Deep Waters” on ProBox TV, analyst Shawn Porter compares the profiles of 36-year-old former three-division titleholder Vasiliy Lomachenko to that of 33-year-old Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Porter says, despite recent talk of Lomachenko’s decline, that the Ukrainian lightweight “still has what it takes to become a champion.” He also has a favorite
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Three-division world champion Shakur Stevenson has reached a career crossroads.  The Newark, New Jersey native Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) will look to defend his WBC lightweight title in a homecoming fight against Artem Harutyunyan (12-1, 7 KOs) on July 6 at the Prudential Center. The fight will mark Stevenson’s last under his current contract with
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Unbeaten welterweight Conor Benn has been “provisionally suspended” by United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) following a successful appeal by UKAD and the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC). The appeal overturned Benn’s clearance to return to competition after two failed VADA anti-doping tests in 2022. Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) tested positive for clomifene twice while preparing
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In Thursday’s episode of “Deep Waters” on ProBox TV, analyst Chris Algieri discussed the possibility of a future matchup between unified junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue and former three-division titleholder Vasiliy Lomachenko, who is set to face George Kambosos Jr. in a lightweight bout Sunday in Perth, Australia. Algieri is skeptical about Inoue moving up
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