With Artur Beterbiev claiming the undisputed light heavyweight championship with victory over Dmitry Bivol, unbeaten WBC interim champion David Benavidez officially stands as mandatory challenger, WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman confirmed to BoxingScene Tuesday. The issue – as it was while Benavidez waited three years as top-ranked and mandatory contender to undisputed super middleweight champion Saul
Month: October 2024
We are, as of this article’s publication on October 15, exactly one month away from Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson. As hardcore boxing fans, we dream of the occasional moments when the whole world stops and pays attention to our sport. Paul vs. Tyson represents such a moment. There is always, however, a “be careful
Middleweight Alexandre Gaumont, headlining his first event in front of his home crowd, will face Andres Viera on Thursday at Casino du Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Gaumont, 11-0 (7 KOs), a 29-year-old from Gatineau, says he has added new elements to his team and training regimen in anticipation of a moment like this one.
Chris Colbert is set to make his ProBox TV debut when he headlines a 50-50 bout against Omar Salcido tomorrow on “Wednesday Night Fights” at the ProBox TV Events Center in Plant City, Florida. Colbert tipped the scale at 136.8lbs, the heaviest of his career – though it’s important to note that the fight was
Welterweight prospect Elijah Flores extended his perfect record with an impressive unanimous decision victory over Omar Rosario last Friday at the Coliseo Roger Mendoza in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Facing Rosario in his hometown, Flores secured a decisive win on the judges’ scorecards, handing Rosario his second professional loss. The card was part of MVP’s “Most
It meant so much for Canelo Alvarez to reign as an undisputed super-middleweight champion. From Vladimir Shishkin’s line of thinking, that equates to there being an obvious play should he achieve his life’s dream Saturday in Germany by becoming the IBF super-middleweight champion and defeating William Scull, the fighter who in effect forced the sanctioning
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 1 Some people think Beterbiev won Punctuated by a big finish in rounds 11 and 12, Beterbiev’s performance was one of aggression, forward motion, and heavy punches, and this, for some, was enough to earn a decision. Despite a slow start, and despite being outboxed at times, he came
By: Sean Crose WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball retained his title Saturday night by repeatedly dropping, then stopping, a very game Ronny Rios. Although the 21-0-1 Ball dominated the fight, his nose got pretty busted up throughout the bout. “My nose always goes,” he said afterward, “it’s boxing, you’re going to get a little nosebleed.
By: Sean Crose This weekend’s undisputed light heavyweight title bout between unbeatens Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol is rightfully drawing a lot of attention. While it’s true the winner will be declared the undisputed light heavyweight champion of the world, he will also enter the pantheon of all time light heavyweight greats – and that’s
By: Sean Crose “There was a lot of names on the table,” David Benavidez stated on social media Tuesday, “but I wanted to give my fans the best fight possible. I reached out to David Morrell and his team to make this happen and we got the contract done. This fight really gonna be a
By: Sean Crose “Errol Spence Jr’s return fight confirmed,” claimed Forbes, “and it could be a war.” Although not known for it’s boxing coverage, Forbes was correct. Former welterweight titlist Spence will be returning to the ring, and yes, the fight could be a war. For his opponent will be Sebastian Fundora, he of WBO
By: Sean Crose One of the most anticipated fights in boxing will finally be going down Saturday in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, fans will finally get to see the 23-0 Dmitry Bivol square off against the 20-0 Artur Beterbiev. The winner will not only become the
By: Sean Crose Artur Beterbiev is the new undisputed light heavyweight champion of the world – but not everyone agrees that should be the case. After wining a majority decision over Dmitry Bivol in a razor sharp, high end affair, Beterviev was seen by many online as having been gifted a decision he didn’t’ deserve
By: Sean Crose It was without doubt a major event in the sport of boxing. Undefeated light heavyweight titlists Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev squared off in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to find out once and for all who the king of the division truly was. And now that the fight is over and done
Liam Paro will make a first defense of his IBF super lightweight title on Saturday, Dec. 7, as the Aussie returns to Puerto Rico to meet the challenge from Richardson Hitchins. Paro (25-0, 15 KO) stunned many back in June, when he went to Manati and out-pointed Subriel Matias to take the belt in an
Naoya Inoue is reportedly finalizing a deal to defend his undisputed super bantamweight championship against Sam Goodman, according to ESPN.com’s Mike Coppinger. Inoue will face Goodman in Tokyo on Tuesday, Dec. 24, so Christmas Eve morning for those of you in the United States. Inoue (28-0, 25 KO) is coming off of a successful defense
David Benavidez and David Morrell both went up to light heavyweight after being unable to land a bout with Canelo Alvarez at super middleweight, and now they may be headed straight at one another. Salvador Rodriguez reports that “there is a lot of interest on the part of” the fighters as far as making a
Closing in on the October 12 rematch between Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke, both fighters appeared for a sit down conversation for DAZN’s Face Off. Wardley and Clarke both fought to a grueling draw in their first meeting, and are set to run it back with both wanting to ensure a conclusive ending on their