Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr. didn’t waste any time expressing their dislike for each other during a heated and at times frenzied press conference on Tuesday, vowing to knock the other out ahead of their cruiserweight clash scheduled for eight rounds on Saturday, August 6 live on SHOWTIME PPV (9 p.m.
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Dean Longeran, promoter for newly crowned IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia, is open to the idea of matching his boxer against the winner of the upcoming clash between Chris Billam-Smith and Isaac Chamberlain. Billam-Smith and Chamberlain will collide on July 30 in Bournemouth, live on Sky Sports. Earlier this month, Opetaia shocked the division when he outboxed
Julio Cesar Martinez and McWilliams Arroyo will put aside their title consolidation bout to instead allow for the first flyweight unification bout in nearly a decade. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that terms were reached between Martinez and Arroyo that will see the two enter separate fights in lieu of an ordered WBC flyweight title fight rematch.
Two-time lightweight world champion Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy (29-1-1, 15 KOs) has reunited with his original head trainer when he turned pro in 2009, Orlando Cuellar, for his July 30th fight airing on Showtime against undefeated 2016 US Olympian Gary Antuanne Russell (15-0, 15 KOs) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. A celebrated Cuban
Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul (5-0, 4 KOs), explains that his upcoming opponent, heavyweight prospect Hasim Rahman Jr., is now looking to secure a bigger purse for their fight. Paul and Rahman are scheduled to go face to face on Tuesday, as a press conference in New York City to officially announce their showdown.
Dmitry Bivol finally has his marching orders. The leading candidate for 2022 Fighter of the Year has been summoned to next make a mandatory defense of his WBA light heavyweight title against number-one contender Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez. The bout was formally ordered by the WBA on Monday afternoon, with the two sides given until August
Josh Taylor believes he has done everything possible on his end to make an immediate rematch with Jack Catterall and that the ball is now firmly in the latter’s court. The former undisputed 140-pound champion from Scotland said he is waiting on England’s Catterall to respond to an offer but warned that he will not
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Eddie Hearn continues to take issues with Oscar De La Hoya’s continued criticisms regarding Canelo Alvarez being matched against Dmitry Bivol. Back in May, Canelo moved up to the light heavyweight division to challenge Bivol for the WBA title. The Russian boxer outboxed Canelo over twelve rounds to secure
Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas – hard-hitting former world champion Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa (23-1-1, 18 KOs) returned to the win column with a dominant sixth round TKO of Carlos Castro (27-2, 12 KOs) in their WBC Featherweight Title Eliminator. Competing in his first fight at featherweight, and first action since dropping a narrow decision
Eddie Hearn does not believe there was anything misleading about Anthony Joshua’s recent career pledge to DAZN, even though the platform will not be streaming his upcoming and arguably most important fight to date. Sky, the British broadcaster, reportedly retained rights to the Aug. 20 heavyweight title unification rematch between Anthony Joshua and WBO, WBA,
Errol Spence did his best to strictly wear his promoter’s hat this week but knew that questions about a Terence Crawford fight would soon surface. The topic came up in a hurry in between fights on Showtime’s tripleheader Saturday evening from Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Spence was on site in support of rising lightweight
SAN ANTONIO – Fabian Diaz endured about as difficult a pro debut as he could’ve expected Saturday. The young junior lightweight went toe-to-toe with rugged Mexican Julio Gomez for four full rounds on the non-televised portion of the Mark Magsayo-Rey Vargas undercard at Alamodome. Diaz, of Edinburg, Texas, won all four rounds on each scorecard,
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen “Breadman” Edwards tackling topics such as Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito, Demetrius Andrade, Janibek, Jake Paul vs. Rahman, Jaron Ennis, Joe Joyce, more How are you doing Breadman? What would you say are some of the most badass things you have seen boxers to do in the ring
Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr.’s protégé, undefeated middleweight prospect Andrew “White Lightning” Murphy (5-0, 4 KOs), will be fighting at home for the first time as a professional on July 14th in the 8-round, co-feature event on the RJJ Boxing on UFC Fight Pass card, at Yakima Legends Casino in Toppenish, Washington. Murphy, 22,
Two years ago, Youtube star turned boxer Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and heavyweight prospect Hasim Rahman Jr. were involved in a heated sparring session where they had to be separated in the aftermath. Next month, they will finally settle their difference in the ring. On Thursday, Paul (5-0, 4 KOs) announced that he was
Shakur Stevenson thinks it would be a shame for his career to end without having had a go at one of the top boxers in the world today. Stevenson, the WBO and WBC 130-pound titlist from Newark, New Jersey, also realizes that a fight with the three-division titlist from Ukraine should be relatively easy to
Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, president of the World Boxing Association (WBA), has revealed that his organization is in the process of moving its main office to the United States. The sanctioning body, which has been headquartered in Panama in recent years, will now have its main office in the city of Houston, Texas. The WBA will
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Sky Sports have reportedly won the rights to broadcast the Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua fight in the UK, beating a bid from DAZN, despite Joshua agreeing a deal with DAZN last month. The Telegraph’s Gareth A. Davies was the first to report this development. The fight, for the WBA, WBO
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