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Posted on 04/16/2024 By: Sean Crose Some people feel there’s far too many belts in professional boxing. It’s hard to argue against the WBC’s new belt, however, which has been made to commemorate the 18th of May’s undisputed heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. Why? Because the new belt has literally received
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Posted on 04/16/2024 By: Sean Crose “I had my first sparring session yesterday,” said super welterweight Justin Figueroa at the start of our phone interview. The 8-0 New Jersey native was already preparing for his next ring battle, which will go down May 11th in Atlantic City as part of Boxing Insider’s card, hosted by
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Posted on 04/10/2024 By: Sean Crose “Wow – What a signing!” says Matchroom honcho Eddie Hearn now that IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis has signed with his promotional outlet. “I’ve watched this young man for many years, and I always believed he would become a pound-for-pound great, and I have no doubt he is already
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Posted on 04/02/2024 2024 RING MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS: ROAD TO THE GARDEN New York’s Premier Amateur Boxing Tournament  New York, NY, April 2, 2024 –The 2024 Ring Masters Championships: Road to the Garden, New York’s premier amateur boxing tournament, will arrive at the Mecca of Boxing on Thursday April 11, 2024. After eight weeks of competition
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Posted on 04/07/2024 By: Sean Crose Undefeated Brooklynite Richardson Hitchins took on Gustavo Lemos in a scheduled twelve round IBF junior welterweight title eliminator Saturday night in Las Vegas. The fight was the main event of a DAZN broadcast card. First, however, super middleweights David Pacheco and Shawn McCalman battled in a match scheduled for
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Posted on 04/08/2024 By: Sean Crose “I’m closing out my career,” former WBO featherweight titlist Heather Hardy tells me over the phone. “I really wanted to make the most of my last year of fighting.” Hardy, who has been at the forefront of women’s boxing for a decade now, is certainly finding new worlds for
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Posted on 03/26/2024 By: Sean Crose And so it seems Tyson Fury is taking his May 18th undisputed heavyweight title fight against Oleksandr Usyk seriously. The truth is that, brilliant though he can be, WBC and lineal heavyweight champion Fury is an enigma, a top fighter who always seems to keep the public guessing. While
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