The multi-champion Claressa Shields, one of the greatest female boxing exponents in the world, was honored on Sunday, June 19, by the city where she was born: Flint, Michigan. The local authorities decided to name one of the streets after the champion. During the ceremony all the neighbors showed their affection to the unified 160…
Argentine Braian Suarez is the national light heavyweight champion and the most important talent in the category for the South American country. This Friday he will have his most important fight when he faces Venezuelan Albert Ramirez for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Americas title. In an interview with Boxeo de Primera, the 30-year-old…
NEW MIDDLEWEIGHT STAR Hamzah Sheeraz is set to record another career first on July 16 when he tops the bill for the first time at the Copper Box Arena, where he takes on Francisco Emanuel Torres, live on BT Sport. Sheeraz, just 23, introduced himself to the middleweight division back in March with a resounding…
Murodjon Akhmadaliev has already traveled to San Antonio, Texas, for his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Bantamweight Super Championship and IBF belt defense against Ronny Rios at the Tech Port Arena. After a long camp in Indio, California, the Uzbek champion is ready to face the WBA mandatory fight at 122 pounds. Akhmadaliev is one…
Britain’s Jack Bateson dominated Argentina’s Diego Alberto Ruiz this weekend with a unanimous decision to win the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Intercontinental Super Bantamweight belt. The Leeds United FC Centenary Pavilion, in Leeds, was the venue where the fight took place and the city native came out on cards of 98-93, 97-93 and 98-92…
Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua will step into the ring for a second fight between the two on August 20, according to a statement made on Sunday. The fight, which will have at stake the World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Championship, the IBF belt and the WBO belt, will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. …
The XXXVIII edition of the World Boxing Association (WBA) KO a las Drogas Boxing Festival will take place in Argentina this week with several activities and two boxing events, which will be held on Thursday and Friday at the Casino Buenos Aires. Several regional championships and a world title fight will take place on the…
New York, New York (June 19, 2022) — The tremendous build-up to Beterbiev-Smith had boxing fans everywhere on the edge of their seats for the highly anticipated light heavyweight unification last night at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. It was clear that when JOE SMITH JR. (now 28-4 22KO’s), and ARTUR BETERBIEV (now18-0 18KO’s), finally met in the…
Unified Heavyweight World Champion Oleksandr Usyk will put his IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO World Titles on the line against Anthony Joshua in the coastal city of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday August 20. One of the biggest Heavyweight rematches in the history of the sport, Usyk vs. Joshua 2, billed ‘Rage on…
The announcement of the fight for the WBC, IBF and WBO belts, scheduled for today at Madison Square Garden, New York, between the undefeated champion Artur Beterbiev, who has knocked out his 17 opponents and the American Joe Smith Jr. (who defeated by KO of the legendary middleweight Bernard Hopkins, defeat that sent him to…
New York, New York (June 17, 2022) — The entire fight card topped by the highly anticipated JOE SMITH JR. (28-3 22KO’s) vs ARTUR BETERBIEV (17-0 17KO’s) three world title unification weighed in today at Madison Square Garden ahead of tomorrow nights fight that will be aired LIVE on ESPN. The undercard will begin at 6:30PM ET on ESPN+ and…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) super light flyweight champion, Japan’s Hiroto Kyoguchi, returned to the gym less than a week after his last title defense. The 108-pound champion said he felt the need to get back to training and even though he had a tough fight last Friday in Guadalajara, he is already hitting the…