Canelo Alvarez and Avni Yildirim are set for tomorrow night’s DAZN main event from Miami (Feb. 27, 7 pm ET), with both looking in good shape today on the scales. Both Canelo (54-1-2, 36 KO) and Yildirim (21-2, 12 KO) weighed in at 167.6, below the fight’s 168-pound limit. Alvarez will be defending the WBC
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Before Canelo Alvarez takes over the boxing airwaves Saturday night on DAZN, the streaming service has another fight for us from Auckland, New Zealand, as heavyweight rivals Joseph Parker and Junior Fa square off for bragging rights and more. Parker (27-2, 21 KO) and Fa (19-0, 10 KO) are very familiar with one another from
No word yet as to whether Teofimo Lopez vs. George Kambosos Jr. will join Triller’s April 17th Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren card, but we do know a fight that will. Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir announced today that he’ll face 52-year-old former light heavyweight champion Antonio Carver on the undercard. I am a
Former heavyweight titleholder Joseph Parker will be back in action this weekend against fellow countryman Junior Fa, but tells Sky Sports that he has his eyes set on some bigger fights should come out victorious. Parker says his handlers have a clear path laid out for him, including a prospective bout against Derek Chisora which
During this media interview with Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn — ahead of this weekend’s Canelo Alvarez vs Avni Yildirim fight in Miami — Hearn fields questions about the importance of this fight, exposing Canelo to different territories, and why he doesn’t think Caleb Plant has much of a chance to beat Canelo if they meet
Tyson Fury, out of action for over a year and lacking a date for his planned clash with Anthony Joshua, tells ESPN that he’s fighting twice in 2021 no matter what. “They’ve had a full year to try and make this fight happen,” Fury said. “Since the last Wilder fight, even before the Wilder fight,
The IBF has yet to fill the heavyweight mandatory challenger vacancy left behind by Kubrat Pulev; considering the current push for total unification and ensuing cluster[expletive] of conflicting obligations, that’s not a huge surprise. That said, #4 contender Michael Hunter claims that with #3 Oleksandr Usyk otherwise occupied, the sanctioning ordered him to face #2
The big boys aren’t the only ones getting marching orders. The IBF has ordered a final eliminator between Wales’ Jay Harris and California’s Ricardo Sandoval for a crack at the flyweight title, which Moruti Mthalane has held since 2018. You’ll recall Harris (18-1, 9 KO), the #6 contender, from last February’s terrific scrap with Julio
As Chinese heavyweight Zhilei Zhang (22-0, 17 KOs) prepares for this weekend’s outing against Jerry Forrest (26-4, 20 KOs), Zhang and his team are looking towards bigger and better opportunities as Zhang tries to build his profile. In fact, Zhang’s advisor Terry Lane tells Sky Sports that they’re looking for a step-up fight for Zhang
Good news for boxing fans in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as the Feb. 27 fight in New Zealand between Joseph Parker and Junior Fa will be aired live on DAZN. Parker (27-2, 21 KO) and Fa (19-0, 10 KO) have amateur history, and there’s plenty of rivalry here, and a lot of pride on
It was one year ago today that Tyson Fury went into the ring in Las Vegas, destroyed Deontay Wilder as he’d promised he would, and lifted the WBC heavyweight title. Fury and Wilder had going to a controversial draw in Dec. 2018, and after spending 2019 looking to make the WBC-ordered rematch bigger, they finally
Canelo Alvarez’s next fight is just six days away, as the Mexican superstar returns to DAZN to face WBC mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim in a main event from Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KO) will be defending his WBC and WBA super middleweight titles, and while he’s heavily favored and not expected to
Miguel Berchelt no longer has the WBC junior lightweight title after a devastating knockout loss to Oscar Valdez on Saturday night, but the good news is that the 29-year-old Mexican fighter says his post-fight exams went alright, and he’s going to be back in the ring. “I want to tell you that I’m fine, thank
Conor Benn was on hand yesterday in London as David Avanesyan broke down and stopped Josh Kelly in the sixth round. Benn and Kelly (10-1-1, 6 KO) have been positioned for a possible future showdown, maybe even this year, but obviously that’s not going to be in the cards with the 26-year-old Kelly needing to
It was an eventful weekend in boxing, with Oscar Valdez staking his claim in a big way at 130 pounds, Adrien Broner returning at 140 147 pounds with a so-so performance, David Avanesyan doing what he said he’d do against Josh Kelly, and much more. So what comes now for the fighters of note? Oscar
Tonight on ESPN and streaming live on ESPN+, Miguel Berchelt defends his WBC junior lightweight world title against former featherweight titlist Oscar Valdez in the Top Rank Boxing main event. Coverage will start at 6:30 pm ET for the undercard prelim bouts on ESPN+, and then we’ll have live, round-by-round updates for the two main
Tonight at 9 pm ET on Showtime, Adrien Broner returns in the main event against Jovanie Santiago, with Broner fighting for the first time in over two years. Wil Esco will be on the round-by-round call for all three fights. Broner, 31, is the favorite here, but we’ll have to see what the former four-division
Today at 2 pm ET streaming live on DAZN (7 pm UK time on Sky Sports), David Avanesyan defends his European welterweight title against Josh Kelly in the Matchroom main event from London. We’ll have fight-by-fight results as they come in, plus live commentary and discussion in the comments section below. Avanesyan, 32, and Kelly,