By: Sean Crose Ryan Garcia may not be having a planned exhibition bout with Rukiya Anpo, although the fight was just announced. Indeed, a press conference was held today in Los Angeles by RIZIN, which is one of the entities organizing the exhibition. Golden Boy honcho, Oscar De La Hoya, however, was quick to weigh
By: Sean Crose “I know he’s a very smart fighter,” Oleksandr Usyk said of arch rival Tyson Fury on TNT Sports, “and recovers very fast.” The WBC and WBO heavyweight champion knows that which of she speaks. Usyk fought his way to a a very close decision win against the then-undefeated Fury back in May
By: Sean Crose It’s official. WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis will defend his crown this March 1st in Brooklyn against Lamont Roach. The scheduled 12 rounder, which will go down at Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, will highlight a PBC pay per view event. It will be Davis’s first fight since he knocked out Frank Martin
By: Sean Crose “I’ve always said I’ll fight anybody and I remained true to my word,” Vergil Ortiz Jr, posted on social media Saturday. “Every single person that I have been offered to fight I said yes. It takes 2 to tango in boxing, so if I’m not in that ring fighting someone, know it’s
Acclaimed director and producer David Serero is set to bring Muhammad Ali’s legendary life to the Off-Broadway stage this December 2024 with his new one-man play, “THE ONE.” This powerful production explores the iconic boxer’s life, struggles, and triumphs, tracing his journey from Cassius Clay to becoming a global symbol of resilience, activism, and the
By: Sean Crose “After next year I’m out of it,” lightweight king Gervonta “Tank” Davis said at a Tuesday press conference to promote his March 1st fight against Lamont Roach. The 30-0 Davis is one of the most well known fighters in the sport of boxing. Still, fans have been waiting a long time for
NEW YORK CITY (December 4, 2024) – The holiday season won’t be quite the same this year in historic Times Square on Tuesday night, December 17, when Boxing Insider Promotions returns to Sony Hall’s intimate surroundings for a special evening of professional Boxing on Broadway. Several of the Big Apple’s most promising and popular fighters will
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz By: Sean Crose In what should come as a surprise to no one, Manny Pacquiao, known as PacMan has been voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Pacquiao who, along with Floyd Mayweather, represented the pinnacle of boxing in his era, was always a shoe in. It would
Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez unified the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles today in Riyadh, beating Chris Billam-Smith in a rugged main event that deserves major credit on both sides. Ramirez took the fight on scores of 116-112, 116-112, and 116-113, a clear win in a very competitive fight where Billam-Smith, as always, simply would not go
Tuesday, Nov. 19 TrillerTV+, 8:00 pm ET, CountryBox: Where Music Meets Boxing. THIS IS NOT A JOKE: 59 year old Oliver McCall, the same one that turned pro in 1985, who won the WBC heavyweight title over 30 years ago against Lennox Lewis and famously had a mid-fight emotional breakdown in the ring during their
While doing live coverage for this past weekend’s boxing card headlined by Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, more fans complained of buffering and crashing issues with Netflix than ever before as we deduce that the streaming company was ill-prepared for the demand on their servers. Netflix has announced that the fight was a massive hit
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn takes some time to talk to Fight Hub TV about his thoughts on the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson card, including his fighter Katie Taylor who edged a close decision over Amanda Serrano in the main event. While Hearn lauded the performance of both women in their fight, it also plainly
As expected, WBA super flyweight champion Fernando Martinez and former titlist Kazuto Ioka will run it back on New Year’s Eve at Tokyo’s Ota-City Gymnasium. Martinez (17-0, 9 KO) took a competitive decision over four-division champ Ioka (31-3-1, 16 KO) when they met in July, building up an early lead and fending off a late
Boxing’s slop ecosystem remains healthy after last Friday’s Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson debacle, as Tommy Fury will meet former UFC title challenger Darren Till in a January 18th DAZN main event at Manchester’s Co-op Live. As far as I’m aware, it’s an exhibition. Fury (10-0, 4 KO) spent 2023 establishing himself as the king
WBO president Gustavo Oliveiri announced today that top-ranked middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz has withdrawn from his ordered title shot against Janibek Alimkhanuly just before the purse bid. Per Jake Donovan, Sheeraz (21-0, 17 KO) will “most likely” parlay his number-one spot with the WBC into a February 22nd shot at Carlos Adames (24-1, 18 KO)
Japanese kickboxing ace Rukiya Anpo will parlay his unexpectedly strong performance against Manny Pacquiao into another payday, as Fanmio announced that he’ll meet Ryan Garcia in an exhibition as part of a December 30th PPV. I’ve seen a few places claim it’ll be eight two-minute rounds as opposed to Japan’s usual 3×3 for these things,
The path that middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz will choose to fight for a world title seems to be becoming clearer, after he was withdrawn from purse bids today to fight Janibek Alimkhanuly. The Kazakh southpaw defeated New Zealand’s Andrei Mikhailovich last month but the man who holds the WBO and IBF middleweight titles will have
Chris Billam-Smith has spoken of his disappointment at losing his WBO cruiserweight title to Gilberto Ramirez, but praised his opponent for his class. Ramirez won a good if one-sided bout on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on points, adding Billam-Smith’s belt to his own WBA title, and moved closer to a unification fight with IBF
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