Former world champions Antonio Tarver and Steve Cunningham exchanged heated words today on a routine media conference call that escalated into a back-and-forth dialogue about mutual respect and ring generalship. Both Tarver and Cunningham joined the call following a much friendlier media interview featuring the televised undercard fighters Marco Huck and Krzysztof Glowacki.
IBF/WBA/WBO Light Heavy Championship, 12 rounds: Sergey Kovalev: 174.5 lb Najib Mohammedi: 173 lb Cruiserweights, 10 rounds: Jean Pascal: 178 lb Yuniesky Gonzalez: 177 lb Light Heavyweights: 10 rounds Sullivan Barrera: 174.5 lb Hakim Zoulikha: 175 lb
Knockout king Sergey Kovalev has labelled Adonis Stevenson as “not a real champion†and dreams of capturing his WBC belt. The unified WBA, WBO and IBF light-heavyweight champion has conquered all before him, including wins over the legendary Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal, but a showdown with 175-pound rival and current WBC champion Stevenson has…
British middleweight champion Nick Blackwell and unbeaten challenger Damon Jones both weighed inside the middleweight limit this afternoon in Derby ahead of their highly-anticipated title clash tonight, live on Channel 5. Twenty-two-year-old Jones, unbeaten in 13 professional fights, tipped the scales at 11 stone 5lbs 5oz [159.25 lb], while 24-year-old champion Blackwell, 17-3-1 (7 KOs),…
Luke Campbell MBE and Tommy Coyle clash at the KC Lightstream Stadium on August 1 live on Sky Sports, and the pair opened up on their fiery sparring when they were amateurs. The Hull duo meet in an official eliminator for the WBC Lightweight title, but after a spicy press conference, bragging rights on home…
Stablemates Danny Roman and Isaac Zarate will headline a card this Friday July 26, from the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California, promoted by Thompson Boxing. Trained and managed by Eddie Gonzalez, two talented rising prospects, bantamweights Danny Roman and Isaac Zarate, will headline the “Locked n’ Loaded” show. Roman (14-2-1, 5 KOs) will be in…
Fighters competing in a pair of exciting cruiserweight matchups on Saturday’s Premier Boxing Champions on NBCSN event held a final press conference Thursday in advance of their July 25 bouts at The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort. Televised coverage begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and is headlined by former world champion Beibut Shumenov…
Unbeaten pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. made it three in a row when he was chosen as the Nevada Fighter of the Year once again by the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Mayweather also won the award in 2013 and 2014. The annual Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame induction gala will be held Saturday, August…
Manuel Rey Rojas is set to fight Chris Singleton for the vacant Universal Boxing Organization Latino Lightweight title on Saturday August 8, 2015 at the Waco Convention Center in Waco, Texas. Fighting out of Dallas Texas, Rojas turned professional in 2011 and racked up nine straight victories before hitting a rough patch in 2014, losing…
Dillian Whyte will face Irineu Beato Costa Junior at the KC Lightstream Stadium in Hull on August 1, live on Sky Sports. Whyte is hunting down the winner of the clash between Anthony Joshua MBE – whom he beat in the amateurs – and Gary Cornish later in the year. Those two fight for the…
By Peter Fury My son Hughie Lewis Fury has his sixteenth professional fight this Saturday night at Derby Arena and I’m looking for him to do a professional job on his opponent George Arias. Hughie is still only 20 years of age – and is therefore a work in progress – but we, as a…
The war of words continue between representatives of undefeated WBO junior middleweight champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) and former two-time super middleweight titlist Anthony “The Man” Mundine (47-7, 27 KOs). Team Andrade issued a press release last Saturday night regarding an agreement it alleged Team Mundine had reneged on for a fight…