Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya, 47-years-old, admits he was heavily inspired to return to the ring after watching Mike Tyson’s performance in November. Tyson, 54-years-old and a former undisputed heavyweight champion, retired from the sport in 2005, and returned battled to an eight round draw with Roy Jones Jr. He plans to fight
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Joseph Parker (27-2) was understandably frustrated when his December 11th showdown against domestic rival Junior Fa (19-0) was postponed due to Fa needing to have a medical procedure performed. The highly anticipated clash of New Zealand heavyweights was scheduled to take place at the Spark Arena in Auckland. However, he was able to use the
Back in November, Youtube star Jake Paul (2-0, 2 KOs) scored a brutal second round knockout of NBA veteran Nate Robinson. In the last few months, Paul has been calling for a fight with several MMA fighters - especially Conor McGregor – to a boxing match. But veteran Ben Askren has accepted Paul’s challenge and he’s willing
In a recent interview, World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman was pressed about the confusing situation in the lightweight division – where currently there are three WBC champions. Teofimo Lopez, who holds the WBA, WBO, IBF titles, is also recognized as the WBC’s Franchise champion. In the same division, Devin Haney is the WBC’s regular
Promoter and former champion Barry McGuigan was ringside in Dallas, Texas, and watched rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia score a knockout win over Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell to capture the WBC interim-title. Campbell is trained by Barry’s son, Shane McGuigan. Garcia was dropped down hard in the second round, when Campbell landed a
Camille Estephan, promoter for undefeated heavyweight puncher Arslanbek Makhmudov (11-0, 11 KOs), would like to match his dangerous fighter against another big banger in the division, Olympic silver medal winner and EBU champion Joe Joyce. There is interest in go straight to a fight with Joyce in the coming months. Joyce is coming off the
Ryan Garcia and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis even have the former baddest man on the planet in on the act. The pair of unbeaten boxers continue to circle one another as interest grows over the thought of a superlight between two of the sport’s brightest young stars. That energy spilled over into a recent edition of ‘Hotboxin’
Only a travel visa stands in the way of a heavyweight pairing more than two years in the making. Manuel Charr is on target to make the first defense of his secondary WBA heavyweight belt, as he is due to face interim WBA titlist Trevor Bryan in a long-overdue title consolidation match. The fight is
UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic has issued a very firm warning to Youtube stars Jake and Logan Paul. In recent years, the two brothers have turned to the sport of boxing and both have gone pro. Both brothers have been calling out numerous MMA fighters to face them in either boxing exhibitions or fully sanctioned matches. Logan
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman believes the critics are being too harsh when discussing the mandatory fight between champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and challenger Avni Yildirim. Most observers regard the contest as a mismatch and expect Yildirim to get knocked out in the early rounds. Sulaiman does not agree with that position. “I think Yildirim
Steven Ward is still having to pinch himself as he prepares to take on former World’s Strongest Man Hafthor ‘The Mountain’ Bjornsson in an exhibition bout next week. The clash between Ward and Bjornsson will see the strongman get some rounds under his belt as he prepares for his showdown with bitter rival Eddie “the
IBF, WBC Franchise, WBA, WBO lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez has lashed out at his main rivals in the weight class. The lightweight division is really heating up in the last few months. Lopez shook up the weight class back in October, when he won a twelve round decision over Vasiliy Lomachenko. Lopez has thrown the
Mauricio Sulaiman, president of the World Boxing Council, openly admits that it’s very confusing to fans when there are three WBC champions in a single weight division. Teofimo Lopez is the WBC’s ‘Franchise’ champion at lightweight, Devin Haney is the WBC’s full champion, while Ryan Garcia recently captured the WBC’s interim-title this past Saturday with a knockout
Lee McGregor is trying to stay positive as he knows he has what it takes to become European champion – following the news that his fight with Karim Guerfi would have to be postponed. Following a ruling by the British Boxing Board of Control on Sunday, all boxing events throughout January have had to be
LAS VEGAS, NV – Undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion, Caleb “Sweethands” Plant (20-0, 12 KOs), speaks on having his 1964 Chevy Impala Convertible featured in Lowrider Magazine. “As a kid me and my dad always loved old school cars, classic and muscle so I knew one day when I got to a good place in
Puerto Rican welterweight prospect Xander Zayas is getting tough training work from former world champions Adrien Broner and Robert Easter, who are both getting prepared for their ring returns in the coming months. Zayas is hoping to have a busy scheduled in 2021. The native of Santurce and a resident of Florida, Zayas trains at full
Knockout specialist Edgar Berlanga is making mince meat of the opponents that have thus far been put in front of him, but he has a potentially more sturdy option for his harried matchmakers to consider: Fellow Puerto Rican and 168-pounder Gabe Rosado. “Shoutout to Gabe Rosado,” Berlanga said on a recent Instagram Live session. “We
Former two division world champion Ricky Hatton was very impressed with Saturday’s performance by Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs). The 22-year-old rising lightweight knocked out 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell in seven rounds to capture the WBC’s interim-world title. Garcia had to overcome adversity, when he was dropped for the first time in