Kazakhstan sensation Tursynbay Kulakhmet will now go up against experienced Aleksei Evchenko when MTK Fight Night heads to Almaty this month. The event takes place on Saturday 10 July, and will be broadcast on ESPN+ in association with Top Rank in the US, on SportTimeKZ in Kazakhstan, and on IFL TV for the rest of
Posted on 06/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode It was somewhat ironic to have both Gervonta Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko compete on the same night. The pair have had a long feud with one another but have yet to settle their differences in the ring. This past weekend at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta Georgia, Davis
7:45 AM ET Former pound-for-pound king and lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko returned to the ring for the first time since losing to Teofimo Lopez in October 2020 and reminded the boxing world that he’s still one of the best fighters in the sport. Lomachenko scored a dominant ninth-round TKO victory over Masayoshi Nakatani on June
It’s abundantly clear that the big undisputed heavyweight title unification between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury won’t be coming off next — that much we know — but Top Rank promoter Bob Arum tells Sky Sports that the fight could still happen in the future as he says there were absolutely no breakdowns in those
Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who co-promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes a potential unification with IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO champion Anthony Joshua could actually happen in the UK. The fight was in play to take place on August 14th in Saudi Arabia – but then an arbitrator ordered Fury to honor a rematch
Posted on 06/30/2021 By: Andrew Johnson David Morrell (5-0, 4 KOs) flattened Mario Cázares (12-1, 5 KOs) in front of a standing-room-only crowd in his adopted hometown of Minneapolis on Sunday night. The underdogs had fared well on the evening’s undercard, but Cázares’ hopes of an upset were erased by two straight left hands from
A possible fight between Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Ryan Garcia may not be as dead an issue as you’d think. Garcia (21-0, 18 KO) and Davis (25-0, 24 KO) have had some back-and-forth with one another, not even terribly smack talk-y or anything, really. In January, days after Garcia beat Luke Campbell, the two agreed
Two weeks ago in Guadalajara, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. stepped in the ring for the final time when he took part in a four round exhibition clash with Hector Camacho Jr. Chavez Sr. is widely regarded as the greatest Mexican fighter of all time. Sitting at ringside for that event was four division world champion
Posted on 06/30/2021 By: Hans Themistode If you were to ask long-time trainer Robert Garcia where Gervonta “Tank” Davis ranks at 135 pounds just last year, there’s a good chance Garcia would have placed him roughly third or fourth behind Teofimo Lopez and Vasiliy Lomachenko. Garcia’s thoughts were never meant to be a slight to
5:42 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold looks forward to the day when she can tell her daughter that she got in the Olympic ring with sport’s highest court — and won. The 11-time national flyweight champion has won her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, allowing her to
#AllRivera (22-5, 18 KOs) defeated #OmarJuárez (11-1, 5 KOs) by majority decision in 10-round attraction, giving Juárez the first loss of his professional career. Rivera scored a knockdown in the ninth frame, which proved to be the difference in the contest as judge Scott Erickson scored the fight a 95-95 draw, but judge Octavio Rodriguez
Anthony Yarde’s trainer Tunde Ajayi explains why James Cook MBE has been embedded into Team Yarde. He insists the experience Cook brings will improve Yarde as a boxer. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our BT Sport Boxing Facebook Group ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BTSportBoxing/ Follow
Jazza Dickens has a big fight coming against Kid Galahad on Aug. 7, headlining a Matchroom Fight Camp show with the vacant IBF featherweight title on the line. The two have met before, with Galahad beating Dickens via 10th round TKO in 2013, and Dickens, now 30, says he always figured he’d get another fight
The fighting pride of West Belfast, Michael “Mick” Conlan, is primed for a summer homecoming for the ages. Conlan, the WBO No. 1 junior featherweight contender, will defend his WBO Intercontinental title against former world champion TJ Doheny in a 10-round showdown Friday, Aug. 6 at Falls Park in Belfast as part of the Féile
Posted on 06/29/2021 By: Sean Crose Floyd Mayweather can smile. It appears he may have added another one hundred million dollars to his bank account. “I’m the only person you know who can do a fake fight and get a hundred million,” he claims in a video posted on social media. “I can do some
Former welterweight titleholder Keith Thurman chats a bit with Fight Hype about some up-and-coming welterweights who would be interested in facing him with Thurman essentially saying he thinks Vergil Ortiz and Jaron Ennis still need to build themselves up a bit while he’s looking towards bigger fights. On being called out by Vergil Ortiz Jr
According to Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, former undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will be trained by Anatoly Lomachenko for his upcoming showdown with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Joshua’s fight with Usyk is slated for the likely date of September 25 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Usyk was prepared by
Posted on 06/29/2021 By: Hans Themistode Fans were none too pleased when Jermall Charlo vs. Juan Macias Montiel was announced. The prevailing thought process surrounding their contest was that Charlo would simply bulldoze right over his man. Despite those thoughts, both Charlo and Montiel actually produced a fan-pleasing fight as the two went to war