Celebrity Boxing founder Damon Feldman has revealed to TMZ Sports that he finalized an exhibition fight between Lamar Odom and former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe. The 6’10”, 41-year-old former NBA All-Star will collide with the 53-year-old retired pugilist on October 2 from the James L. Knight arena in Miami, Florida. Feldman indicates that Fite TV
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MMA legend Vitor Belfort has praised Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya for accepting a fight with him. On September 11 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, De La Hoya will enter the ring for the first time since December 2008 – when he was battered and stopped by Manny Pacquiao. De La
Devon Alexander (27-6-1) will return to the ring for the first time in over two years when he faces Lucas Santamaria (11-2-1) on August 7th. The fight will be part of a Premier Boxing Champions on FOX all welterweight tripleheader that will also include Cody Crowley-Gabriel Maestre and Eimantas Stanionis-Luis Collazo. The action takes place
With the Tokyo Olympics finally here, Hurshid Tojibaev shares his thoughts after competing at the Olympics on two occasions, first in 2008 in Beijing, and then in 2016 in Rio. Can you describe what your Olympic Journey was like, and how did you feel after you were picked? Tojibaev: “In 2007 I was number one
Oscar De La Hoya refrained from talking trash to Vitor Belfort during their press conference Tuesday in Los Angeles. The 48-year-old De La Hoya realizes he is in for a difficult fight September 11, when he’ll battle Belfort in an eight-round cruiserweight boxing match that’ll count on the six-division champion’s record. De La Hoya expressed
Joe Joyce was honest. The big British heavyweight definitely felt some of those right hands Carlos Takam landed Saturday night. The 35-year-old Joyce, who is known for his iron chin, even acknowledged that Takam managed to hurt him slightly during an action-packed fight Joyce won by sixth-round technical knockout at Wembley Arena in London. “Yeah,
Split-T Management has signed heavyweight Devon Young to a managerial contract. The 22 year-old Young is from Aiken, South Carolina, and compiled an impressive 42-12 mark as an amateur. “I think this is great. Dave McWater is one of the top managers in boxing, This will put me in a great position to get to
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Freddie Roach, the Hall of Fame trainer for Manny Pacquiao, is still offering sparring partners a fee of $1,000 if they are capable of knocking down the Filipino superstar. Pacquiao is currently training for a highly anticipated pay-per-view showdown with IBF, WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence – which is
LOS ANGELES — Joseph Diaz Jr. recently secured the WBC interim lightweight title by scoring a unanimous decision win over Javier Fortuna. It was an opportunity originally pegged for fellow Golden Boy stablemate Ryan Garcia, who was supposed to fight Fortuna but ultimately pulled out due to mental health issues. Diaz ended up seizing the
USA Boxing team captain Virginia Fuchs of Houston defeated Svetlana Soluianova of Russia by 3-2 split decision in the first round of the women’s boxing flyweight division at the Tokyo Olympics. “I’m just proud of myself and I’m glad the training I’ve done paid off,” Fuchs said. Fuchs, a southpaw, nullified Soluianova’s significant height and
Eddie Hall has suffered a serious injury during training, meaning his planned September showdown against strongman rival Thor Bjornsson has been put on temporary hold – but the rest of next month’s card will go ahead as planned. Hall suffered a detached bicep and has already undergone surgery for the injury. MTK Global are acting
Each of Jake Paul’s three opponents have yet to hear the final bell or subsequently appear in another pro fight. Tyron Woodley looks to buck the trend on every level when he faces the social media influencer and current cruiserweight contender later this summer. The former UFC welterweight champion has turned to boxing to further
Imam Khataev kept the momentum going for independent Olympic team ROC, blowing past Morocco’s Mohamed Assaghir to win via RSC (Referee Stops Contest) in the third round. Khataev was credited with knockdowns in all three rounds. Assaghir was issued two standing eight counts in the opening round, was forced to a knee in round two
THE IBF WORLD flyweight champion Sunny Edwards will make a first defence of his title against the unbeaten Filipino Jayson Mama at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday September 11. For ‘Showtime’ Sunny, 16-0, this mandatory challenge for his belt comes just over four months after his exquisite skills proved simply too much for the
The last trip to the United Kingdom was a memorable one for Carlos Takam. A knockout win over Senad Gashi helped bring a two-fight losing streak to a halt, while also serving as the first of four consecutive victories that the 40-year-old heavyweight brings to the ring this weekend. It came in December 2018 at
Aliaksandr Radzionau (Belarus) proved to be too much for Necat Ekinci (Turkey), prevailing by split decision in the Round of 32 competition at welterweight Saturday afternoon in Tokyo. Ekinci—who suffered a cut in round two and lost one point in round three—won by scores of 29-27 on two scorecards, with Radizionau winning by the same
Veteran trainer Buddy McGirt is impressed with his newest student, former super middleweight champion Callum Smith. Smith lost his title, and his unbeaten record, when he lost a twelve round unanimous decision to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in their super middleweight unification. The once-beaten boxer was handled by longtime trainer Joe Gallagher. McGirt was approached by
LOS ANGELES — The 42-year-old Manny Pacquiao was last in the ring in July 2019 in a fight against Keith Thurman, doing just enough to sneak by with a split decision win despite being outpunched 210 to 195, per CompuBox. Thurman even landed 79 more power punches, but it was Pacquiao’s singular punch in the