Teofimo Lopez is none too pleased with Top Rank after last week’s purse bid debacle, which saw the promoter come in third behind Triller and Matchroom for the rights to his clash with IBF mandatory challenger George Kambosos Jr. He tells Sirius XM’s “Ak and Barak” that he sees himself becoming a free agent “within
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It’s been a pretty tough time getting to the rematch between Alexander Povetkin and Dillian Whyte, with the latest delay moving the fight from March 6 to March 27, but Russian veteran Povetkin tells Sky Sports he’s stayed sharp and ready to go: “I feel fine. I’m ready to fight. The team and I are
WBC junior lightweight titlist Oscar Valdez put in a high-level contender for performance of the year — and knockout of the year — when he upset Miguel Berchelt in their highly-anticipated Feb. 20 fight, and now he says he’s seriously ready to go right in with Shakur Stevenson. Interviewed by Max Kellerman on Max on
Rankings go up on Mondays at Noon ET. We won’t do an update next Monday unless Marie-Eve Dicaire upsets Claressa Shields. In that case, we will, because obviously it would lead to a big rankings change, but otherwise there’s just the one fight this week with a ranked fighter in action, and we can just
With Canelo Alvarez now having blown past Avni Yildirim and officially announced a May 8 super middleweight unification fight with Billy Joe Saunders, we’re all free to move forward to a much more interesting matchup — and it’s one where the underdog Saunders believes he’s the only man who can beat Canelo. “Canelo, I’m ready
Following Joseph Parker’s Saturday win over Junior Fa in New Zealand, it’s looking more and more likely that we’ll see former heavyweight titleholder Parker face Derek Chisora next, with Matchroom Boxing teasing the idea on social media today: This has seemed like the most likely next fight for Parker (28-2, 21 KO) for a bit
Thursday, March 4 UFC Fight Pass, 8:00 pm ET, John Vera vs Cleotis Pendarvis. RJJ Boxing show from Mississippi. Vera is once-beaten at middleweight, but he’s 31 and you wouldn’t really call him a prospect. Pendarvis has lost his last three fights, he’s been around for years at a certain level. There are some prospects
Canelo Alvarez came, saw, and rather easily conquered in Miami on Saturday night, stopping Avni Yildirim after three rounds of one-way traffic to retain the WBC and WBA super middleweight titles. If you missed the fight, highlights from the entire short night are up above. Canelo (55-1-2, 37 KO) is now headed for the anticipated
It looks like Triller is really looking forward to making a run in this boxing thing. Mike Coppinger’s sources say that former junior welterweight titleholder Regis Prograis (25-1, 21 KO) will be taking on Ivan Redkach (23-5-1, 18 KO) on the April 17 Triller PPV card, which will be headlined by Jake Paul vs Ben
Canelo Alvarez makes a quick turnaround back into the ring tonight against Avni Yildirim, with the full card starting around 7 pm ET streaming live on DAZN. The ring walks for the Canelo-Yildirim main event are being advertised for around 10 pm ET. Wil Esco will be on the round-by-round call for the evening’s featured
Mikaela Mayer may have her next fight lined up, as the WBO junior lightweight titleholder posted on social media that she’s returning June 19, with an “opponent in the works.” Mayer (14-0, 5 KO) got two fights in during Top Rank’s “bubble” run in Las Vegas last year, beating Helen Joseph in July, and then
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
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