After a few days at home, the 11 boxers who qualified for the Tokyo Olympics will be formally unveiled as Olympians at a team media day next week. For the group, who all earned their spots via the European Olympic qualifying tournament in Paris this week, life is about to change. It is the dream
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Veteran gatekeeper Gabriel “The King” Rosado (25-13-1, 14 KOs) vows a stoppage win in his fight versus Bektemir “The Bek Bully” Melikuziev (7-0, 6 KOs), which is penciled to take place on June 19 as a part of the undercard to the Jaime Munguia vs. Kamil Szeremeta showdown. Rosado, 35, a long-time contender in the
Sky Sports has outlined the next phase of its 30-year association with the sport of boxing, bringing two new partnerships both in the UK and internationally, with the deals running through 2025. Beginning on Saturday [June 12], Sky Sports will be the UK & Ireland home to Top Rank events from the United States thanks
THE SMILE PAINTED across the face of Daniel Dubois following his resounding destruction of Bogdan Dinu on Saturday night told its own story. The usually reserved Daniel generally doesn’t give much away with words or expression, but there was no hiding his natural joy and relief over having got his career firmly back on track.
Shakur Stevenson doesn’t know much about Saturday’s opponent, Namibian puncher Jeremiah Nakathila, but don’t expect him to step off the gas. Stevenson (15-0, 8 KOs), a former WBO featherweight world champion, will battle Nakathila (21-1, 17 KOs) for the vacant WBO interim junior lightweight world title at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. (photos
WBA #10 ranked lightweight Roman Andreev (24-0, 17 KOs) is one of those fighters who impress every time they step inside the ring. The only problem for Andreev, who was once ranked #1 by the WBO, is his low activity. The Russian has fought just four times over the last three-and-a-half years, yet he was
(Video by Ryan Burton) Four-time world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis will take on a career-defining challenge as he sets his sights on capturing a title in a third weight class when he faces undefeated WBA Super Lightweight Champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios in a SHOWTIME PPV main event Saturday, June 26 at the award-winning State
As many had expected, Sunday’s pay-per-view exhibition fight, between five division champion Floyd Mayweather and social media star Logan Paul, did big business. At the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, the 44-year-old Mayweather returned to the ring and went the full eight round distance with Paul, 26-years-old and significantly bigger. While still early, industry sources
Mandatories are the name of the game, but Eddie Hearn would be lying if he didn’t feel a bit knackered by the sanctioning bodies and their seemingly ceaseless demands. The latest order for Joshua’s next fight comes from the WBO, involving the former undisputed cruiserweight Oleksandr Usyk, a somewhat unproven commodity at heavyweight but
From an early age, Shakur Stevenson craved competition. As the story goes, from the time he was a toddler he and his grandfather Wali Moses watched fight tapes together every morning right after breakfast. As a boxing coach, Wali would critique the fighters on the screen, and Shakur would imitate what he saw, shadowboxing throughout
Talks continue to progress for a heavyweight title fight between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. Both sides have acknowledged that negotiations are advanced to the point where a purse bid hearing likely won’t be necessary to proceed with the event. The WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO title fight is now being targeted for September, with Sky Sports reporting that
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida – There wasn’t a time Sunday night when Floyd Mayweather felt he was on the verge of knocking out Logan Paul. His heavier, taller, younger opponent held Mayweather whenever the favored legend landed a clean shot. That tactic mostly prevented Mayweather from capitalizing on the flush punches with which he hit Paul
Last November, former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson got the ball rolling with unexpected exhibition fights. Tyson, who retired from boxing in 2005, returned to the sport to fight four division champion Roy Jones Jr. to a draw. Their event generated a tremendous buyrate of 1.6 million pay-per-view purchases. Since then, there have been a
Miami Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida – In a middleweight contest, Luis Arias (19-2-1, 9 KOs) picked up the biggest win of his career with a ten round split decision win over former unified 154-pound champion Jarrett Hurd (24-2, 16 KOs) The scores were 95-94 for Hurd, 97-93 for Arias and 96-93 for Arias. Arias
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida – Former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs as a pro) admits he may have underestimated the in-ring abilities of Youtube star Logan Paul (0-1 as a pro). They clashed in an exhibition fight on Sunday night, with the contest going the full eight round distance. Per the
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida - In a sanctioned exhibition fight, former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs as a pro) and Youtube star Logan Paul (0-1 as a pro) went the full eight round distance. Per the exhibition rules, there was no official winner. Paul, 26, had his sole fight as a pro in
Agit Kabayel retained his WBA Continental heavyweight title with a wide unanimous decision win over veteran Kevin Johnson on Saturday at the Seebühnee Elbauenpark in Magdeburg, Germany. The undefeated German won the scorecards of 118-111, 118-111, and 119-110, which show who was better in the ring despite the entertaining bout. The champion was able to
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Telford International Centre, Telford – For the WBA’s interim-heavyweight title, Daniel Dubois (16-1, 15 KOs) came back in full force as he demolished Bogdan Dinu (20-3, 16 KOs) with a big knockout in the second round. Dubois was returning for the first time since suffering the sole