Tyson Fury isn’t convinced that even a new head trainer will be able to rid Deontay Wilder of his old habits. (photo by Ryan Hafaey) The topic came up during a press conference held Tuesday afternoon at The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, where the pair of heavyweights were on
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Ryan Garcia is taking his movie star looks to the silver screen. Hollywood has turned to the rise of the unbeaten lightweight contender for its latest foray into boxing cinema, as One Community and Endeavor Content have agreed to greenlight a feature film about a Mexican-American boxer loosely based on and inspired by Garcia. The
Dmitry Salita has retained the promotional rights to determine the next mandatory challenger to the IBF super middleweight title. The former title contender and current promoter was the highest bidder for the IBF-ordered title eliminator between unbeaten contenders Evgeny Shvedenko and Vladimir Shishkin. Salita Promotions—Shishkin’s promoter—submitted a bid of $355,000 during a purse bid hearing
“Action” Jackson England has moved up to number 36 in the world after winning his fight against Shiva Mishra. In his first fight back in over a year, Western Australian boxer England has come out swinging. Squaring off against New Zealand fighter Mishra on May 28, England powered his way to victory to capture the
Matchroom and DAZN announced the full schedule for the second instalment of Fight Camp – a summer of boxing based at the Matchroom HQ in Brentwood, Essex – with all of the action broadcast live worldwide on DAZN. (photos by Mark Robinson) DAZN, the leading global sports streaming platform, will kick off its landmark deal
Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn has fired back at his promotional rival, Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, over some recent statements with respect to their inability to finalize the heavyweight unification between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. The two sides were close to an agreement for a date of August 14 in Saudi Arabia, but last month
EstrellaTV’s “Boxeo EstrellaTV” returns on Friday, June 25, with the WBC Fecarbox flyweight title fight between reigning champion Christian “Chicharito” Gonzalez (12-1 & 3 KO’s) vs. Saul “Baby” Juarez (25-13 & 13 KO’s), live at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT from Foro Viena in Mexico City. The venue will welcome fans, and tickets are now
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is expecting to beat Deontay Wilder in even quicker fashion than their February 2020 rematch. Last year, Fury dropped Wilder twice before stopping him in the seventh round to capture the WBC world title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Wilder would then exercise an immediate rematch clause to
Newcastle – Alen Babic blasted aside Damian Chambers with a huge left hook as the Croatian heavyweight contender added another knockout to his destructive record. ‘The Savage’ Babic produced a dramatic one-punch knockout of Chambers, sealing his seventh straight stoppage, as he returned to the ring following shoulder surgery. Babic had hoped to fight Nick
Former two division champion Ricky Hatton has warned Tyson Fury to take Deontay Wilder very seriously in their upcoming trilogy fight. Wilder and Fury fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018 – with Wilder coming close to knocking Fury out in the twelfth and final round. The rematch, in February 2020,
Teofimo Lopez Jr.’s relationship and future with Top Rank has been restored. ESPN announced during the Shakur Stevenson vs. Jeremiah Nakathila undercard broadcast on Saturday that Top Rank and Lopez have amended their original five-year contract that runs until the end of 2023, and the plan is for Lopez to return back to the platform
Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez couldn’t have dreamed up a better scenario for his first fight under the Golden Boy Promotions banner. Several options were discussed and postponed for the unbeaten former super middleweight titlist over the past few months before settling on a showdown with former light heavyweight title challenger Sullivan Barrera. The two will collide
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
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