By: Sean It’s happened many times before: A relatively unknown fighter steps into the boxing ring to take on an big name opponent and subsequently shocks the world. Twenty-nine year old lightweight Frank Martin hopes that his fight against Gervonta Davis on June 15th will end up being one of those instances. Although Martin has
By: Sean Crose He’s widely seen as one of the faces of boxing’s future. At just 26 years of age, Jaron “Boots” Ennis is a powerful, sharp and extremely fluid welterweight waiting for a big fight. Or, in this case, any fight at all. For the 31-0 Ennis was set to fight Cody Crowley for
By: Sean Crose Speaking to Fight Hub former welterweight titlist Errol Spence made it clear that he feels his fighter, Frank Martin, is going to shock the world by besting Gervonta “Tank” Davis on June 15th in Las Vegas. “I see him getting his hand raised,” Spence said of the undefeated Martin. “I feel like
By: Sean Crose It appears the show will still go on. After the July novelty bout between former heavyweight legend Mike Tyson and the brash Jake Paul was postponed due to an in-flight incident involving an inflamed ulcer Tyson was suffering from, a new date has been set. “New date, same place, same fate,” Paul
By: Sean Crose Adrien Broner returned to the ring for the first time in nearly a year on Friday night. His opponent was the widely unknown but determined Blair Cobb. The scheduled ten round affair went down at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida and was broadcast live on pay per view. The 35-5-1 Broner
Salvador Rodriguez, confirming an earlier report from Viva Promotions, brings word that former featherweight champion Mark Magsayo will meet Eduardo Ramirez in a “WBC Super Featherweight title eliminator” on PBC’s June 15th Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin show in Las Vegas. Magsayo (25-2, 17 KO) is best known for freeing the WBC featherweight title from
Well, that didn’t take long. Just three days after Christian Mbilli’s 40-second wipeout of Mark Heffron, Top Rank has officially announced “Solide’s” previously revealed August 17th showdown with Sergiy Derevyanchenko. ESPN and ESPN+ carry the broadcast in the States, Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland. As I mentioned in the post above, Mbilli (27-0,
Former undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford is another belt lighter at 147 with the WBC moving to name Crawford their champion in recess as he gets set to challenge Israil Madrimov for a 154 lb WBA world title on Aug. 3. The move presumably makes space for others to either contend or move into the
Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will meet again, with Turki Alalshikh announcing that the heavyweights will square off in their expected rematch on Saturday, Dec. 21, from Saudi Arabia. Usyk defeated Fury on May 18 in Riyadh, becoming boxing’s first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era, unifying the WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO titles.
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Heavyweight Zhilei Zhang will be back in action this weekend when he takes on Deontay Wilder in Saudi Arabia, and says he still looks as Wilder as the dangerous fighter he was known as a few years ago. But despite his expectations to face a fully motivated Wilder, Zhang
As Dmitry Bivol readies himself to take on a replacement opponent this weekend, he talks to reporters about learning the news of Artur Beterbiev’s injury which will pushed back their heavily anticipated meeting. Instead Bivol will take on Malik Zinad this weekend but is still confident that his fight with Beterbiev will take place at
Despite confronting undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue in the ring after “The Monster’s” knockout of Luis Nery, IBF mandatory challenger Sam Goodman isn’t jumping straight into a title fight. No Limit Boxing announced yesterday that Goodman will meet Chainoi Worawut atop a July 10th show in Wollongong. The plan is reportedly to face Inoue
So, remember how the WBA officially named Jono Carroll the mandatory challenger for Lamont Raoch Jr’s super featherweight title earlier this year, only to turn around and allow Roach to fight the hapless Feargal McCrory in a couple weeks? It turns out that they’ve altered the deal further, as Carroll will now face Tokyo gold
“You’re going to get put unconscious, you are,” Willy Hutchinson told Craig Richards in a fiery backstage exchange in Saudi Arabia. “You’re not a bad boy, you’re a clown,” said Richards. “I’m badder than you. You’re getting knocked unconscious.” From almost nowhere this week, the light-heavyweights have been niggling one another, and Richards believes Hutchinson
Guiding Moses Itauma to the world heavyweight title represents the biggest responsibility of Francis Warren’s career, and he has revealed the extent of the plan he has in place to take Britain’s most exciting prospect to the very top. The 19 year old, on the undercard of Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk, stopped Ilja Mezencev inside two
Junior welterweight Alberto Puello is looking to put his past behind him as he aims to “steal the show” on June 15 Puello, the former WBA junior welterweight champion who stripped over a positive drug test result, will face 2016 U.S. Olympian Gary Antuanne Russell for the WBC interim junior welterweight title at the MGM
Two proud champions who’ve conquered all challengers in the ring now find themselves sucker punched by the petty requirements of retaining their belts. On Tuesday’s episode of ProBox TV’s “Deep Waters,” Canelo Alvarez’s expected relinquishing of his IBF super-middleweight belt and heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk’s interest in preserving his status as undisputed champion were discussed.
Seeking to arrange an interim light-heavyweight title bout, the World Boxing Organization moved Wednesday to clarify the dispute between light-heavyweight Anthony Yarde and promoter Frank Warren. The WBO, in a four-page letter, ordered Yarde (25-3, 24 KOs) to inform the sanctioning body in writing by Saturday whether he’ll participate in an interim title fight against
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