Junior lightweight Chris Colbert is close to a deal to make the next defense of his WBA interim title against former unified featherweight world titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa, multiple sources with knowledge of the discussions told BoxingScene on Friday. The fight, which is agreed to but not signed, would air as part of a Showtime-televised undercard
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Rising Welterweight star Conor Benn defends his WBA Continental Title against Samuel Vargas in the main event, Watford’s Shannon Courtenay and Australia’s Ebanie Bridges clash for the vacant WBA Bantamweight World Title. (photos by Mark Robinson) Also on the card, Hartlepool’s Savannah Marshall returns after her win over Hannah Ranki , Glasgow Bantamweight Kash Farooq
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, explained the Middle East scenario for staging the full division indication with WBC champion Tyson Fury. Both boxers are on board with the fight – but there is still no concrete date or venue. According to Hearn, several offers will be presented to
Former Boxcino Heavyweight champion, and, current contender, Andrey Fedosov returns to action when he takes on Mahammadrasul Majidov on Saturday, April 17th at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Fedosov of Shuya, Russia, will be making his first ring appearance of 2021, and has a record of 31-3 with 25 knockouts.
Ring City USA today announced two compelling undercard matchups that will round out the main card for its Thursday, April 22 event from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. and live on NBC Sports Network (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT). The co-main event of the evening is a women’s featherweight world title bout
Savannah Marshall will now defend her WBO middleweight title against four-time world title challenger Maria Lindberg this weekend. The fight takes place on the undercard of Conor Benn’s clash with Samuel Vargas at the Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday, live on Sky Sports and DAZN. Marshall (9-0, 7 KOs) was originally due to
Former UFC champion Anderson Silva is willing to continue a run in boxing beyond the upcoming fight with former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Silva (34-11 MMA, 1-1 boxing), 45-years-old, will face Chavez Jr. in a ten round boxing match on June 19 at Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico. The bout will be
Joe Smith Jr. mostly received rave reviews for how he fought while defeating Eleider Alvarez. Smith was thoroughly beating Alvarez on all three scorecards before becoming the first opponent to knock out the Colombian contender August 22 in Las Vegas. His right-left combination sent Alvarez through the two bottom ropes, onto the ring apron, flat
Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is once again attempting to chase down a potential fight with former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder. Last month, Whyte stopped Alexander Povetkin in the fourth round of their rematch. With the victory, Whyte avenge a knockout loss to the Russian veteran from August of 2020. Eddie Hearn, who promotes Whyte,
Heavyweight veteran Michael Hunter does not believe the top players in the weight class are overly concerned with the abilities of Oleksandr Usyk. Usyk, who unified the entire cruiserweight division, made a move to heavyweight ranks in 2019. Usyk holds a decision win over Hunter at the cruiserweight level. At the higher weight, he’s not
As disappointing as it was for Joe Smith Jr. to leave Las Vegas without a fight to show for it, the development was an even greater letdown to the alleged offending party. Maxim Vlasov was dealt with the devastating news that he had tested positive for COVID-19, thus canceling plans for his Feb. 13th vacant
Barry McGuigan, former world champion and fight promoter, would much rather see a welterweight unification between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence. But in recent news, Spence is heading in the direction of a three belt unification with Yordenis Ugas. And there has been some chatter about Crawford colliding with eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, says his boxer has now entered full training for an expected full division unification with WBC champion Tyson Fury. The British promoter indicates that a venue announcement is very close – for a date in July. Both boxers are on board, as each man
Former world champion Sergey Lipinets shared insights into his training camp as he prepares to take on rising welterweight star Jaron “Boots” Ennis in a 12-round battle that headlines action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, April 10 from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. in a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Esther Lin) The 32-year-old
Josh Taylor continues to prepare himself for the biggest fight of his pro career, which takes place on May 22 in Las Vegas. Taylor will collide with Jose Ramirez in a battle of unbeatens – with the IBF, WBA, WBO, WBC world titles at stake. A victory would make Taylor the first Scottish boxer to
Former two division world champion Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon is determined to give himself a new opportunity in the ring even though he’s been retired from boxing since 2012. A few days ago, Calderon hinted at the probability of a ring return. Calderon assured that he still has several goals to achieve. The first is
In a perfect world, Maxim Vlasov would have been back in the ring long ago. Sadly, the universe would not allow him to fight, several times, in the last few months. The veteran light heavyweight contender continues to go with the flow, confident that through patience would come good fortune. A planned title eliminator versus
Youtuber Logan Paul believes a fight with his younger brother, Jake Paul, would be ’one of the highest grossing pay-per-view combat sports events of all time’. Both social media stars have transitioned to the sport of boxing in the last few years. Logan is scheduled to face five division champion Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition bout in