WBO light heavyweight titleholder Joe Smith Jr could be on the verge of defending his title against Daniel Jacobs this fall according to what representatives for both sides have confirmed to RingTV. Keith Connolly, who manages Jacobs, says that Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn made a lucrative offer to Joe Smith for the bout, one which
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With his lengthy debacle with the Japanese Boxing Commission firmly behind him, WBO super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka is back in business. The sanctioning body has ordered him to face #2 contender Francisco Rodriguez Jr., giving them the customary 30 days to negotiate. If “Chihua” Rodriguez’s (34-4-1, 24 KO) name rings a bell, it’s either
Some fights just aren’t meant to be, I suppose. After withdrawing from a planned April 24th clash with Jaime Munguia due to injury, which ultimately moved the bout to June 19th after late replacement D’Mitrius Ballard also withdrew, former middleweight title challenger Maciej Sulecki is reportedly once again out of the fight. No reason was
Yordenis Ugas has gone public with a very personal medical struggle: an alopecia flare-up. The Cuban welterweight champion shared a photo showing him without his usual facial hair or his eyebrows. I am in a great moment of my life. However,alopecia returned to my life,I remove all my hair and emotionally I have failed again.But
Social media celebrity Jake Paul’s boxing career is looking set to continue, as Mike Coppinger reports that Paul will face UFC veteran Tyron Woodley in his next outing, with the fight set to be announced officially on Friday, two days before Jake’s brother Logan headlines a pay-per-view with Floyd Mayweather. This will be the first
Jose Ramirez lost his two 140 lb world title belts on May 22, as Josh Taylor became the new undisputed champion at the weight in a fight that pretty much lived up to the hype. There’s been a lot of question about what Taylor (18-0, 13 KO) will do now. There was some expectation that
YouTube and Facebook, 1:00 pm ET, Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul press conference. Actually, I think this is not a traditional sort of press conference but it’s some sort of media function similar to one, probably serving about the same purpose, and at any rate it will stream live for everyone from the former Versace
June has a lot of fights to choose from for a top 10 of the month’s boxing offerings. Definitely a lot of fights to choose from. Are they a good lot of fights to choose from? Well, there’s the rub. Boxing’s had a good start to 2021, believe it or not (if you don’t want
Another fight, another win that builds the legend of Nonito Donaire, as he stopped Nordine Oubaali inside of four rounds to become the oldest recognized bantamweight champion in boxing history. At 38, Donaire (41-6, 27 KO) has countryman Gerry Penalosa beaten by three years to take the record, picking up the WBC belt after a
Tonight at 10 pm ET on Showtime, Nordine Oubaali will defend the WBC bantamweight title against Hall of Fame-bound Nonito Donaire, with Donaire looking to become the oldest major bantamweight champion in boxing history at age 38. We’ll have full coverage and highlights, plus round-by-round updates for the main event, right here in this stream,
This evening at 8 pm ET streaming live on DAZN, Devin Haney returns to defend his WBC lightweight title against Jorge Linares in a main event from Las Vegas. All updates, including round-by-round for Haney vs Linares from Wil Esco, will be in this stream, which updates itself: It’s a big fight for Haney, obviously,
Kevin Iole reports that Jean Pascal is out of his scheduled June 6 rematch with Badou Jack, which was to be the key co-feature for the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul exhibition PPV, with Pascal failing a drug test for the steroids epitrenbolone, drostanolone, and drostanolone metabolite A. The 38-year-old Pascal (35-6-1, 20 KO) and the 37-year-old
Saturday night on DAZN, Devin Haney returns to defend his WBC lightweight title against veteran Jorge Linares, a four-division titlist who will be Haney’s stiffest test to date on paper. Does the 22-year-old prove out, or will the 35-year-old Linares expose some weaknesses in the young man’s game? Scott Christ (34-10-2) I’m probably about as
Saturday night on Showtime, Nonito Donaire will attempt to make further history in his already Hall of Fame-bound career, as he looks to take the WBC bantamweight title from Nordine Oubaali and become the oldest bantamweight titleholder ever. Can he do it, or does Oubaali get the win and possibly send Donaire into retirement? Scott
Top Rank has officially revealed that their June 26th Vasiliy Lomachenko-Masayoshi Nakatani card will see former WBA “world” middleweight champion Rob Brant face Kazakh Olympian Janibek Alimkhanuly in the co-feature. Brant’s roller-coaster career saw him rise through the ranks at middleweight before making a one-and-done trip to 168 for the World Boxing Super Series, where
During this media session captured by Fight Hub TV, Teofimo Lopez Sr explains how he and his son are seeking a match up against newly-minted undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor, saying Taylor is scared to face his son because he knows he can’t match up. Check out some of what Lopez Sr. had to
Former Cincinnati Bengals star Chad Johnson has long been out of the sporting world’s spotlight, playing his last game for the New England Patriots in 2011, but now at 43, he’s set to make a boxing debut of sorts, participating in an exhibition on the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul card on Sunday, June 6. Johnson will
A lot has been made of Devin Haney stepping up to a new level on Saturday, when he defends his WBC lightweight title against Jorge Linares. But not much of it has really come from the side of Linares (47-5, 29 KO), the 35-year-old Venezuelan veteran and multiple-time world champion. It seems most of the