Matchroom’s reveal that Josh Warrington would challenge Anthony Cacace for the latter’s newly won IBF super featherweight title was perplexing for a number of reasons. Not only did Cacace have a standing order to face knockout artist Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez, Warrington was 1-3-1 in his previous five, unranked, and had yet to compete at 130.
The supporting cast is coming together for next month’s Adam Azim vs Ohara Davies show, as Boxxer announced today that Dan Azeez will meet Lewis Edmondson in the light heavyweight co-feature. Edmondson (9-0, 3 KO) will be taking a significant step up in class, having just won his first eight-rounder over Joel McIntyre in May.
Following Caleb Plant’s stoppage win over Trevor McCumby this weekend, he speaks to the media about his experience in the ring, getting this win, as well as his performance in the outing. Check out some excerpts of what Plant had to say below. “He was awkward and strong and unorthodox,” Plant said of McCumby. “He
WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios will make his second defense of the year against Abel Ramos as part of Netflix’s November 15th Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson show in Arlington, Texas. Barrios (29-2, 18 KO) becomes the latest WBC champion to get a free pass from their “the champion must face their mandatory challenger every
Joshua Buatsi and Willy Hutchinson met for a face to face meeting with DAZN and it wasn’t all that long before tensions flared between the two. Buatsi denied claims of Hutchinson supposedly handing him a beating in a past sparring session, and then Hutchinson got annoyed by Buatsi’s insinuations in return. But when asked specifically
As Anthony Joshua prepares himself to take on Daniel Dubois this weekend for the IBF heavyweight title, he’s been pretty open about wanting to fight the winner in the rematch of Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury. Usyk has already twice beaten Joshua, who still wants to avenge those shortcomings, but his Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn
As with Riyadh Season’s Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov show in July, Saturday’s Wembley card will feature a trio of fights after Wednesday’s public workout. Cameron Vuong vs Joe Underwood Hughes, Chris Kongo vs Jacob Quinn, and Aadam Hamed vs Santiago Garces all go down tomorrow evening. Vuong (5-0, 3 KO) and Hughes (8-1, 3
Pick It: Daniel Dubois-Anthony Joshua When to Watch: Saturday, Sept. 21, 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time (3:30 p.m. BST). How to watch: Pay-per-view on DAZN and PPV.com. Why to Watch: Sure, everyone knows the real heavyweight champion is Oleksandr Usyk, and that the biggest heavyweight fight on the schedule is Usyk’s rematch in December with Tyson
As we gear up for Saturday’s clash between IBF heavyweight titleholder Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium in London, it feels like the right time to take a trip down memory lane and reflect on the best heavyweights of the past 24 years. The bout, set to air on pay-per-view, might be flying
Once again, Gary Russell Jr is calling for a fight with Gervonta “Tank” Davis. “I would love to get back in the game,” Russell said in a recent interview with The Boxing Source. “I hear ‘Tank’ don’t got an opponent yet. What’s up, Tank? They say he don’t got no opponent yet. I’m open to
Is Caleb Plant inching toward Hall of Fame status? Maybe not, but he’s starting to look like more than just a former titleholder. On Saturday night, Caleb Plant stopped Trevor McCumby (28-1, 21 KOs) with just one second left in the ninth round at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, solidifying his status as more than
Kevin Lerena still wants the title fight he earned against the WBC bridgerweight titlist Lawrence Okolie. “I’m mandated to fight Lawrence Okolie, me being the WBC interim bridgerweight champion and him being the full champion,” Lerena (30-3, 14 KOs) recently told Boxing Social. But the forward momentum towards Okolie-Lerena has come to a halt – at
Moses Itauma is looking forward to a competitive, exciting fight when the IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois defends his title against the “switched on” Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night. The 19 year old heavyweight prodigy should return to the ring in November, by which point the landscape of his weight division could
Daniel Dubois will be the final man to speak at every media event all week. He will walk to the ring second on Saturday night and, when he gets there, he will be announced as the IBF heavyweight champion of the world. Dubois, 21-2 (20 KOs), will pay little attention to the pre-fight pageantry. The
Willy Hutchinson is a naturally self-assured character but only he will know whether the outrageous levels of confidence he displayed before his excellent victory over Craig Richards in June was real or a front intended to throw Richards. Whichever it was, it worked. Richards appeared baffled by the talented Scot’s behaviour before the fight and
The lightweights Joshua James Pagan and Trevor Thonson will fight at the Coca Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 18. They will fight over 10 rounds, after the 10-round light-heavyweight contest between Juan Carillo and Lenin Castillo. “This is something I’ve dreamed about since I was a kid watching fights on
In exchange for the toll of his first loss, Jaime Munguia continues to learn how greatly he cashed in so many more valuable opportunities. Mexico’s Munguia (43-1, 34 KOs) on Friday night returns from a May 4 unanimous decision defeat to boxing’s most popular fighter, countryman Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, by shifting to a new, one-fight
By: Sean Crose This weekend boxing fans are getting the fight Canelo Alvarez wanted. While it’s true fans would have been happy if Canelo had chosen to face powerhouse David Benavidez on Saturday night, this is Canelo’s world we’re living in it. Therefore, the future Hall of Famer will be facing Edgar Berlanga in a
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