Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has clearly been floored by recent news of an arbitration judge ordering Tyson Fury to face Deontay Wilder next, especially after spending so much time and effort over the past few months to put together a deal for the undisputed heavyweight title with Anthony Joshua. Not to be, it would appear.
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Despite reports that last week’s announcement was premature, DAZN’s July 9th doubleheader in Los Angeles is official. Former super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez takes on light heavyweight veteran Sullivan Barrera in the main event, while recently stripped super featherweight champion Joseph Diaz Jr. moves up in weight to challenge Javier Fortuna in Ryan Garcia’s
Just when we thought we were finally on our way to an undisputed heavyweight title unification between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, an arbitration judge ruled that Deontay Wilder is still owed his third fight against Fury, which must take place before September 15. While the ruling also paved way for potential delay to Fury-Wilder
Chris McKenna of the Daily Star broke the news Monday that an arbitrator has ruled in favor of Deontay Wilder, determining that Tyson Fury is contractually obligated to face the “Bronze Bomber” for a third time. In their last match-up in Feb. 2020, Fury dominated the fight from the opening bell, dropping and eventually stopping
Showtime’s May 29th tripleheader is official. As previously established, Nordine Oubaali will defend his WBC bantamweight title against Nonito Donaire in the main event, while Subriel Matias and Batyr Jukembayev duke it out in an IBF eliminator one fight prior. “I’m very excited that this fight is finally here,” said Oubaali. “I know that fans
After months of negotiation and delays, Tyson Fury says the deal is finally done. Fury announced on social media earlier today that his highly anticipated heavyweight unification against Anthony Joshua is happening on August 14th in Saudi Arabia. It has been a long and uncertain road to this four belt undisputed heavyweight unification. Seven months
Fightzone (UK), TBA, Myron Mills vs Lucas Ballingall. Fightzone is a UK streaming service with, being honest, lower-tier fights, but lower-tier fights aren’t always a bad thing, necessarily. Look how great Jake Paul is! This is for the English lightweight title, which is a stepping stone toward a British title. You may have seen Mills
Brandon Figueroa TKO-7 Luis Nery Tonight’s Showtime main event largely lived up to Carson, CA standards with a fast-paced action fight between titleholder Luis Nery and Brandon Figueroa before Figueroa ultimately scored the stoppage to win the WBC and WBA ‘regular’ world title. Nery actually got off to a fast start in this fight, finding
Tonight at 10 pm ET live on Showtime, Luis Nery and Brandon Figueroa headline a three-fight card, with the WBC and WBA “regular” junior featherweight titles on the line. We’ll have live updates for the event, and and all of those, including round-by-round from Wil Esco, will update in this stream: Nery made a somewhat
Former WBC heavyweight champion and self-destructive cosplay enthusiast Deontay Wilder has declared Malik Scott his new trainer. The move comes 6 months after Wilder accused his former trainer Mark Breland of plotting against him, drugging his water, and scheming with nefarious accomplices in the United Kingdom. Over the past few weeks, Wilder has shared multiple
An excellent super welterweight battle is on the horizon, as promoter Sampson Lewkowicz revealed that unbeaten contenders Sebastian Fundora and Sergio Garcia have signed to square off on FOX later this year. The date and location will “be announced shortly.” The announcement doesn’t say whether it’s an eliminator of any kind, but considering the pair
Former world titleholder Danny Roman (28-3-1, 10 KOs) is set to take on Ricardo Espinoza Franco (25-3, 21 KOs) in tomorrow evening’s Showtime co-main event and during yesterday’s final press conference Roman shared his final thoughts about fight before the two square off in the ring. “I’m a former unified champion and I’m still overlooked,”
During today’s final press conference Brandon Figueroa shared his final thoughts before going head-to-head with Luis Nery this weekend in Showtime’s world title main event. Figueroa says he’s in tremendous shape for this bout and is believes that Nery is in for a tougher fight than he’s expecting. “I had what was probably one of
Dan Rafael has reported the return of rising super welterweight contender Charles “Bad News” Conwell against Mark “The Bazooka” DeLuca on the undercard of Triller Fight Club’s June 19 PPV. Conwell (14-0, 11 KO) was previously scheduled to take on Ivan Golub (19-1, 15 KO) in the main event of Ring City USA’s April 8
Last week, Bad Left Hook shared the story of DAZN’s entry into the non-fungible token (NFT) market with a limited series of Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders NFTs. DAZN originally planned to offer over 4200 NFTs based on the fight. 23 would sell at auction for a price to be determined, with 4210 listed
Two previously brewing fights are set to share a very interesting-looking card, as Mike Coppinger reports that DAZN will host a July 9th doubleheader featuring Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez vs. Sullivan Barrera and Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Javier Fortuna. Ramirez (41-0, 27 KO) will be making his first appearance since signing with Golden Boy this past
During this video interview with Fight Hub TV, former titleholder David Benavidez shares some of his thoughts on Canelo’s recent performance against Billy Joe Saunders, the prospect of Canelo fighting Caleb Plant, and why he thinks he matches up well with the Mexican superstar. Check out some excerpts of what Benavidez had to say below.
Billy Joe Saunders has a lengthy stretch of recovery ahead of him, but there’s a silver lining. Mike Coppinger reports that the former WBO super middleweight champion took home $8 million for last Saturday’s unification bout with Canelo Alvarez. Saunders (30-1, 14 KO), who vacated his middleweight title over a drug test dispute before beating