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Posted on 10/01/2022 By: Sean Crose “I used to think it was a belt situation,” undisputed lightweight champion of the world Devin Haney says in an interview posted by FightHub, “but now that I’ve got everything they still don’t want to fight me.” Haney is referring to his peers in and around the lightweight division,

Posted on 10/01/2022 By: Sean Crose Boxing podcasts, it seems, are ubiquitous today. Everywhere you turn, it appears a podcast, previously unheard of, is popping up. These broadcasts, for those who don’t know, tend to largely be opinion outlets, with the host often letting listeners know “how it is.” In fairness, some of these endeavors

Posted on 09/30/2022 By: Sean Crose If there’s anything that sums up contemporary boxing, it may be the recent circus surrounding a potential December mega fight between WBC and undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and former multi-titlist Anthony Joshua. It’s nothing if not an appealing matchup. These two have been circling each other for years,

Posted on 09/29/2022 By: Sean Crose It’s good to be Joe Joyce right now. The Englishman has been fighting professionally since 2017, but last Saturday the undefeated heavyweight truly blasted his way onto the radar with an impressive knockout of former titlist and popular contender Joseph Parker. It was a slow, brutal fight, almost the

Posted on 09/28/2022 By: Sean Crose “Everyone knows Im coming for tank,” Ryan Garcia tweeted on Wednesday, “So just wait on that, he knows it too. We all know it.” It’s not unusual for the colorful 23-0 fighter to call out another popular, undefeated fighter like the 27-0 Davis. There may, however, have been a

Posted on 09/27/2022 By: Sean Crose He may not have been the most flashy of Canelo Alvarez’ opponents, but there was no doubt Caleb Plant was legit competition when he and Canelo squared off for the undisputed super middleweight championship of the world. Truth be told, Plant composed himself well in the bout. Canelo, however,

Posted on 09/27/2022 By: Sean Crose “I think that there’s definitely a chance of a fourth fight again,” former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder said to Sky Sports. “Boxing is a business. Many people call it a sport but it’s not a sport.” There’s little doubt that Wilder’s three bouts with arch rival Tyson Fury have

Posted on 09/26/2022 By: Sean Crose “Well, guys,” WBC and lineal heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury said on a Monday Instagram message, “it’s official. D-day has come and gone. It’s gone past 5 o’clock Monday. No contract has been signed.” Fury was referring, of course, to a potential December fight between himself and former heavyweight titlist

Posted on 09/25/2022 By: Sean Crose He may no longer fight professionally and he may be forty five years old but Floyd Mayweather proved he can still turn off the lights when he knocked out mixed martial arts notable Mikurua Asakura Saturday in Japan. The exhibition bout came as part of a multi-fight contract Mayweather

Posted on 09/25/2022 By: Sean Crose “Honestly, from a fan point of view, and a heavyweight champion myself, it was a very, very entertaining fight.” So said WBC and lineal heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury after Joe Joyce knocked out Joseph Parker in the eleventh round in Manchester, England on Saturday. “Both men

Posted on 09/24/2022 By: Sean Crose Rising heavyweight Joe Joyce improved his record to 15-0 on Saturday when he knocked out former titlist Joseph Parker in the 11th round of their hard fought battle in Manchester, England. Although he’s 37 years old, Joyce is viewed as an up and comer in the heavyweight division. And,

Posted on 09/24/2022 By: Sean Crose It appears that Jake Paul’s next opponent will be none other than Matchroom honcho Eddie Hearn. No, Paul’s scheduled bout with legendary UFC star turned pro boxer Anderson Silva isn’t in jeopardy. The match with Hearn will be going down in the world of legal proceedings rather than the

Posted on 09/22/2022 By: Sean Crose Sometimes an article requires a preamble. This is one of those articles. The truth is that Boxing Insider can’t confirm what the pay per view numbers for the third Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin pay per view card are. The reality is probably that few people can. Since we’re not sure

Posted on 09/23/2022 By: Sean Crose On Friday evening, the World Boxing Association released the following statement on social media: “The WBA Championships Committee, in another decision following the world title reduction plan, ordered the bout between Middleweight Super Champion Gennady Golovkin (@GGGBoxing) and his mandatory challenger Erislandy Lara (@Laraboxing) #GGGLara.” And so it appears

Posted on 09/24/2022 By: Sean Crose Shakur Stevenson may not have had his title belts when he stepped into the ring at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Friday night, but there was no doubt the 18-0 fighter had the hometown crowd behind him. Stevenson, who originally hailed from Newark, lost his WBO

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 09/23/2022 By: Sean Crose “He said yesterday that I am fake,” Robson Conceicao said of Shakur Stevenson after the weigh in for their Friday night fight, “so he shows to the world whose fake – it’s him.” Conceicao was understandably put off by the fact that Stevenson,

Posted on 09/23/2022 By: Sean Crose Shakur Stevenson takes on Robson Conceicao in a twelve round main event tonight at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center. The fight will be aired live on ESPN and ESPN+ starting at 10 PM eastern time. The 18-0 Stevenson was supposed to be defending his WBO and WBC junior lightweight

Posted on 09/22/2022 By: Sean Crose Earlier today, WBO and WBC junior lightweight titlist Shakur Stevenson, who is set to face Robson Conceicao tomorrow night in Newark, New Jersey, missed weight by 1.6 pounds. He was given two hours to make things right on the scale. He didn’t bother, opting instead to post the following