(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
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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
The weights are in, for Sunday’s eight round exhibition clash between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and social media star Logan “The Maverick” Paul. The contest will headline a Showtime Pay-Per-View event from Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Miami, Florida. The 44-year-old Mayweather, a five division world champion who retired back in August of 2017, is
At 38-years-old, Nonito Donaire became the oldest bantamweight champion in boxing history Saturday night with a highlight reel fourth-round knockout of Nordine Oubaali to claim the WBC bantamweight world title. This marks Donaire’s third reign as the bantamweight champion of the world. Don’t talk to Donaire about Father Time. He simply refuses to acknowledge him.
WBC, IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev has no problem with Floyd Mayweather, 44-year-old, returning to the ring for a boxing match with 26-year-old Youtube star Logan Paul. The eight round exhibition fight will headline a Showtime Pay-Per-View event on Sunday night, June 6th, in Miami, Florida. Mayweather, a former five division world champion and
AVENTURA, Florida – Badou Jack is even more disgusted with Jean Pascal than he was at this time last week. Jack called for Pascal to be banned from boxing for life after learning Pascal tested positive for a fourth banned substance while training for their ill-fated, light heavyweight championship rematch. The Ring’s Dan Rafael reported
FRANK WARREN today hosted the official weigh-in ahead of Queensberry’s big card at Telford International Centre on Saturday (June 5), live on BT Sport 1 from 7pm. Top of the bill sees Daniel Dubois (15-1, 14 KOs) return after his injury defeat against Joe Joyce last November. The Londoner challenges Romanian Bogdan Dinu (20-2, 16
World ranked junior welterweight contender Petros Ananyan (15-2-2, 7 KOs) is back in the United States, training in Los Angeles, CA, and wants to take on the best in his division, including a rematch against Subriel Matias, who he defeated in 2020. Currently ranked #14 by the IBF and #15 by the WBC, Ananyan defeated