Light heavyweight puncher Anthony Yarde still intends to avenge his narrow loss to rival Lyndon Arthur, but first he’ll have to deal with unbeaten German Emin Atra on Queensberry’s April 24th Denzel Bentley-Felix Cash card. The 29-year-old Yarde (20-2, 19 KO) rebounded from his unsuccessful crack at Sergey Kovalev with knockouts of Diego Jair Ramirez
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As Liam Williams readies himself for this weekend’s middleweight title fight against champion Demetrius Andrade, Williams tells RingTV that he’s become a much more well-rounded fighter since teaming up with trainer Dominic Ingle. Williams cites his dedication and focus but also says with his personal life also in a good place, he believes everything is
YouTube star Jake Paul has been accused of forcing TikTok celebrity Justine Paradise to perform oral sex on him in 2019. Paradise released a 20-minute video to YouTube on Friday detailing her claims. Paul, who has a pay-per-view boxing fight with Ben Askren this coming Saturday, posted to Twitter to deny the accusations. His attorney
The planned fight between Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr will be officially announced this Friday, April 16, with Triller Fight Club streaming a live press conference on FITE TV one day ahead of Jake Paul vs Ben Askren. If you want to watch the presser on Friday, you can stream it here for free
Shannon Courtenay won the WBA bantamweight title in a show-stealing war with Ebanie Bridges this past Saturday in London, and was overwhelmed by emotion live in the building, and after when discussing the fight on social media. “I achieved my dream and cemented my name in the history books, and Britain crowned a new world
Remember how PBC waited to announce their December 16th Eimantas Stanionis-Janer Gonzalez card until two days before fight night? Seems like they’re at it again. Dan Rafael reports that the promotion will stage an FS1 card headlined by Frank Martin vs. Jerry Perez on April 20th. Martin (12-0, 9 KO) vs. Perez (13-0, 10 KO)
With Antonio Tarver out of this weekend’s planned fight against Frank Mir, scheduled to take place on Triller’s Jake Paul vs Ben Askren undercard, Steve Cunningham has officially stepped in to take Tarver’s place against Mir. RingTV reports Cunningham and the former UFC fighter will go toe-to-toe in eight rounds of action where Mir will
Joe Smith Jr MD-12 Maxim Vlasov Joe Smith Jr. (27-3, 21 KOs) became the new WBO light heavyweight champion tonight, in what appeared to be a controversial majority decision over Maxim Vlasov (45-4, 26 KOs) over 12 rounds of action. Official judges turned in scores of 114-114, 115-112, and 115-112 in favor of Smith. I
DAZN, 1:00 pm ET, Andrade vs Williams press conference. DAZN, 1:00 pm ET, Andrade vs Williams weigh-in. DAZN, 1:30 pm ET, Fabio Turchi vs Dylan Bregeon. Matchroom Italy are BACK! Turchi-Bregeon is for a secondary regional cruiserweight title. Francesco Patera is also in action. It’s a pretty typical Italy show. ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Danny
Jaron Ennis passed another test tonight in a Showtime main event, knocking out Sergey Lipinets in the sixth round to take another step toward a possible welterweight title fight. Ennis (27-0, 25 KO) didn’t really have much more trouble with Lipinets (16-2-1, 12 KO) than he’s had with anyone else, though he did get hit
Sonny Conto KO-1 Waldo Cortes (1:41) Tonight on ESPN+ and ESPN — as well as BoxNation in the UK — Joe Smith Jr and Maxim Vlasov headline Top Rank’s first non-bubble card in over a year, fighting for the vacant WBO light heavyweight title in Tulsa. Wil Esco will be on the round-by-round call at
With the likes of Mike Tyson and Oscar De La Hoya starting to cash nice checks by exploiting the nostalgia of aging fans yearning for their youth, it’s pretty much inevitable that 44-year-old Floyd Mayweather will be coming up with something to do. Mayweather, who hasn’t had a real fight since 2017’s win over Conor
Today at 2 pm ET streaming live on DAZN and airing on Sky Sports in the UK, Conor Benn returns in a main event against Samuel Vargas, plus we’ll see world title fights between bantamweights Shannon Courtenay and Ebanie Bridges, and middleweights Savannah Marshall and Maria Lindberg. We’ll have live updates, results, and highlights for
Before Tony Harrison takes on Bryant Perrella atop an April 17th PBC on FOX show, unbeaten cruiserweights Efetobor Apochi and Deon Nicholson will duke it out on the FS1 prelims in a WBA eliminator. The pair sit at #6 and #5, respectively, in the rankings. The Barrientes brothers, Angel and Chavez, will also be in
Showtime’s back on Saturday night with a tripleheader from Connecticut, which may wind up being their last show in the Mohegan bubble. In the main event, Jaron “Boots” Ennis (26-0, 24 KO) takes on Sergey Lipinets (16-1-1, 12 KO), and the welterweight co-feature sees Eimantas Stanionis (12-0, 9 KO) face Thomas Dulorme (25-4-1, 16 KO).
During today’s final press conference for Saturday’s Showtime main event between Jaron Ennis and Sergey Lipinets, Ennis appeared to answer media questions leading into the bout. You can catch the card’s full press conference above thanks to Fight Hub TV, with some quotes from Ennis below. Jaron Ennis on what a win over Sergey Lipinets
No matter who emerges victorious in Moruti Mthalane’s April 30th IBF flyweight title defense against Sunny Edwards, his next mandatory will be decided when former title challenger Jay Harris meets 22-year-old Ricardo Sandoval atop a May 14th MTK Fight Night in Bolton. Harris (18-1, 9 KO) demolished Paddy Barnes to set up a February 2020
Though the deal is reportedly in place for two fights between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, don’t count your chickens just yet. Fury, the WBC titleholder and considered universally No. 1 man at heavyweight (unless you’re the WBA, IBF, or WBO, but who cares?), Tweeted out this notice on Wednesday: That’s pretty clear without actually