By: Sean Crose Tank Davis proved once again on Saturday that he’s one of the most explosive and exciting individuals in the fight game. Facing the talented Frank Martin, Davis remained poised through some challenging rounds to flatten his man in the eighth in knockout reel fashion. It was, without doubt, a classic Tank Davis
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By: Sean Crose He was 23 years old at the time, with a record of 25 wins and no losses. He was a former Olympian, talented, good looking, and in possession of that rare trait known as the “it factor.” Yet “Sugar” Ray Leonard had yet to truly prove himself in the professional rankings. In
By: Sean Crose July 20th 2024 was supposed to be the day of the biggest novelty fight since Conor McGregor slipped in between the ropes to face Floyd Mayweather in 2017. For on that night, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington Texas, social media influencer turned popular boxer Jake Paul was to face former all rime
By: Sean Crose At 92 years of age, Bob Arum is still going strong. Speaking with Fight Hype on a video posted Wednesday, the legendary promoter opened up about his fighter Vasyl Lomachenko fighting PBC fighter Gervonta Davis in the near future. “We know that both fighters want the fight,” said Arum, “so when that
By: Sean Crose Ryan Garcia, the most controversial man in boxing, has declared he’s out of the boxing business. “I’m officially retired,” the popular Californian stated on social media Wednesday evening. The fact that Garcia made such a declaration on the eve of an important ruling from the New York State Athletic Commission has raised
By: Sean Crose Yesterday was most distinctly not a good day for Ryan Garcia. The controversial 25 year old fighter nearly had the book thrown at him by the New York State Athletic Commission as a result of testing positive for the banned substance ostarine before and after his huge win over Devin Haney in
By: Sean Crose “It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be,” Tyson Fury recently stated on the Furocity podcast. He was referring, of course, to the man who handed him his first defeat, Oleksandr Usyk. Although Usyk earned a decision win, he almost put the the towering Fury to the mat
By: Sean Crose “WBC Super Lightweight World Champion Devin Haney requested to be placed in the status of Champion in Recess,” the World Boxing Council announced on Monday via a press statement. “The WBC Board of Governors unanimously granted Champion Haney’s request and has declared him WBC World Champion in Recess.” And so, Haney, fresh off
By: Sean Crose It was fun while it lasted. Sadly, the world no longer has an undisputed heavyweight champion. In a video message released on Tuesday, Oleksandr Usyk announced that he was vacating the IBF heavyweight title, leaving him in possession of the WBA, WBC, and WBO heavyweight titles, impressive to be sure, but not
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz By: Sean Crose With Oleksandr Usyk giving up his IBF heavyweight title this week, former IBF titlist Anthony Joshua will battle Daniel Dubois (the current titlist by virtue of having been the number one contender) for the belt. A scheduled 12 rounder between the two Englishmen will take place
During today’s final press conference for this weekend’s fight between Gervonta Davis and Frank Martin, Mayweather promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe took to the podium to explain to the public why Martin might be in over his head against Davis. “Two things that kind of stand out to me over the last week or so that’s
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Gervonta “Tank” Davis returns to the ring on Saturday to face Frank Martin in a Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view main event. Tank will be defending his WBA lightweight title in the fight, and we’ll also have plenty more action this weekend. We’ve got our predictions in for Tank vs
With David Benavidez set to take on Oleksandr Gvozdyk this weekend in a light heavyweight fight, Benavidez’s father and trainer talks to Fight Hub about their mindset heading into this fight and why they’re looking to win in style. Benavidez Sr on moving on from their focus on a Canelo fight “I believe that there’s
Chris Billam-Smith and Richard Riakporhe meet for a second time on Saturday in London, nearly five years after their first meeting. Riakporhe won the first meeting by split decision over 10 rounds. This time around, Billam-Smith (19-1, 13 KO) is defending the WBO cruiserweight title on the back of 10 straight victories, while Riakporhe (17-0,
David Benavidez says he’s no longer concerned about Canelo Alvarez, as he’s focused on his move up to the light heavyweight division and Saturday’s fight with Oleksandr Gvozdyk on the Tank vs Martin PPV undercard. “I really don’t care about Canelo,” he said at today’s press conference. “If he didn’t want to get the fight
Naoya Inoue’s planned September return will see him face arguably his best remaining foe at 122, as the WBA has ordered him to meet former unified champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev by September 25th. The pair have until July 14th to come to terms and avoid a purse bid. Most expected Inoue (27-0, 24 KO) to face
Drama is in the air over at Mayweather Promotions — at least so it would appear from a unexpected turn of events. Just a couple of hours ago Floyd Mayweather’s Instagram page had a new post announcing that one-time Golden Boy promoter Richard Schaefer has now taken the role of CEO at his promotional company,
With Errol Spence putting his promoter’s cap on ahead of this weekend’s PPV fight between Gervonta Davis and Frank Martin, Spence explains why Martin can’t let Tank psyche him out under the bright lights of the event. Spence on pre-fight build up to Tank vs Martin “(Martin) just got to be focused, got to be