World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has made it clear that currently there is no mandatory challenger to WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Fury will return on July 24th, when he faces former champion Deontay Wilder in a trilogy fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Last year, Dillian Whyte was getting close to
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The antiquated ways of testing for marijuana in the state of Nevada has officially gone up in smoke. A watershed moment came of the most recent monthly agenda hearing as held by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), whose five-member chairperson panel voted unanimously to no longer offer disciplinary action for combat sport athletes who
The fight reached a point where Chris Colbert knew that he wasn’t going to stop Tugstsogt ‘King Tug’ Nyambayar. That was never going to be an excuse for the unbeaten junior lightweight to stop fighting like he wanted to close the show in style. An entertaining if one-sided affair came from Colbert’s twelve-round, unanimous decision
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, will be keeping a very close eye on this month’s trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. Fury will defend the WBC title against Wilder on July 24, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The winner would certainly become a frontrunner
Unified WBC, WBA and IBF 154-pound world champion Jermell Charlo greeted fans and signed autographs at San Antonio FC game this past Saturday, before he enters the ring to take on WBO World Champion Brian Castaño in an undisputed super welterweight showdown on Saturday, July 17 from AT&T Center in San Antonio headlining a Premier
Shane Mosley Jr. (17-4) still can’t believe that he wasn’t awarded a victory when he fought Jason Quigley (19-1) on May 29th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The bout was streamed by DAZN on the Devin Haney-Jorge Linares udercard. Many ringside observers believed that Mosley had done enough to win the
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz IBF, WBA, WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo is only a few weeks away from his undisputed fight with WBO world champion Brian Castano. The Showtime televised fight will take place on July 17th from AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The undefeated Castano has barely been hurt in
Eddy Reynoso, trainer and manager of Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, says his team will do everything possible to finalize a fight with IBF super middleweight champion Caleb Plant. Canelo, who hold the WBC, WBA, WBO world titles at 168, wants to unify the entire weight class in September. Back in May, Canelo stopped unbeaten
Promoter Kalle Sauerland says fight fans will have a clear indication of what he’s been building by September or October. Sauerland and his family boxing company linked up with giant sport’s agency Wasserman earlier in the year, he has also announced the new season of the World Boxing Super Series and a partnership with social
Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. – Rising lightweight contender Michel Rivera (21-0, 14 KOs) scored a highlight-reel knockout over Jon Fernandez (21-2, 18 KOs) in the eighth round of their WBA lightweight title eliminator. “I’m so excited and beyond happy to get this win,” said Rivera. “Fernández was a strong, experienced opponent that
Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California – In a lightweight encounter, Michel Rivera (21-0, 14 KOs) got off the floor to score a sensational knockout of Jon Fernandez (21-2, 18 KOs) in the eight round. (photos by Esther Lin, Sean Michael Ham) Fernandez was pumping a stiff jab for most of the first round. Rivera
Undefeated middleweight Brad Pauls (14-0, 9 KOs) has signed a long-term promotional deal with Wasserman Boxing. Known as ‘The Newquay Bomb’, the explosive Cornish fighter is one of the UK’s hottest prospects. Unbeaten in fourteen professional contests including nine wins inside the distance, the current Southern Area Champion has already established a reputation as a
Tugstsogt Nyambayar’s introduction to junior lightweight division comes on the heels of the division’s biggest star further elevating his place in the sport. This weekend’s Showtime main event pits Brooklyn’s Chris Colbert (15-0, 6KOs) versus Mongolia’s Nyambayar. At stake is Colbert’s WBA “Interim” junior lightweight title, which—while not a true world title—does ensure the winner
Gilberto Ramirez is apparently trying to make up for lost time. The former 168-titleholder and current light heavyweight Mexican contender has seen his career go by the wayside in recent years due to promotional issues–he fought only twice in the past two years–but he has seemingly found his footing after signing with Golden Boy Promotions
Former college football star, super welterweight boxer Jimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams, recently defeated his first world champion, Yuri Foreman, and the veteran New Haven, Connecticut fighter’s boxing career has been revitalized. This past March 6th, Williams (18-5-2, 6 KOs) was originally supposed to fight Foreman, who withdrew after the weigh in due to sickness. Williams
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury believes Deontay Wilder did the smart thing by remaining quiet during their kickoff press conference last month in Los Angeles. The two boxers came together to announce their trilogy fight, which is scheduled for July 24th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Fury dominated and stopped Wilder in seven
LOGIC DETERMINED THAT it was Daniel Dubois who chose to remove himself from the firing line and take a knee in the 10th round of his huge domestic showdown against Joe Joyce in November. Joyce, quite understandably, begs to differ. The defeat of Dubois is the hallmark name on the record of the 2016 Olympic
Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, revealed that his unbeaten boxer is being tested in camp by up and coming prospect Jared Anderson. Fury is preparing for his scheduled trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder, which takes place on July 24 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Arum is pushing