Anthony Joshua, MBE, expects the toughest test of his professional career on July 12 when he faces Matt Skelton at the Echo Arena in Liverpool live on Sky Sports. Joshua has raced to 6-0 with all six wins coming inside the first two rounds and now the Olympic gold medal star steps into his first…
Tony Bellew insists he is not thinking about Nathan Cleverly as the pair share top billing on July 12 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, live on Sky Sports. Promoter Eddie Hearn has billed the night ‘Collision Course’ as Bellew and Cleverly look set to renew their bitter rivalry later in the year, and they…
With consecutive victories over Ricky Burns and Yuriorkis Gamboa, is America’s Terence Crawford now the top man in the lightweight division? Crawford, 24-0 (17), fresh off Saturday night’s dismantling of Gamboa in a homecoming clash at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, burst onto the world stage this past March after six years of toiling on…
Most eyes will, of course, be on Ruslan Chagaev and Fres Oquendo on July 6 in Grozny when the two ring veterans meet for the vacant WBA world heayvweight championship. But there is another big name in the co-feature who wants to get back to old stardom: “The Black Panther” Juan Carlos Gomez faces unbeaten…
Saturday night in the Dominican Republic, Gary Shaw Productions and Thompson Boxing Promotions lightweight Darleys Perez (30-1, 19 KOs), captured the WBA Interim Title with a hard fought victory against Argenis Lopez (19-1, 7 KOs), who was fighting in his home country. From the opening bell, Perez was the busier fighter as he threw more…
Omaha, Nebraska returns to the world title spotlight after four decades as favorite son Terrance Crawford put his WBO lightweight title at risk against Cuban legend Yuriorkis Gamboa this evening at CenturyLink Center. For Crawford, 23-0 (16), this is the first time in his career that he’s fighting in front of his hometown while Gamboa,…
A high stakes game of Russian Roulette is scheduled for next Tuesday, July 1, before Judge Kathleen Kennedy at the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago as to the fate of the WBA Heavyweight Championship fight between Fres Oquendo and Ruslan Chagaev. Hitz Boxing and Square Ring Promotions are seeking an injunction against Oquendo to…
Stephen Simmons and Wadi Camacho renewed their rivalry and stole the show at today’s pre-fight press conference for Friday night’s bill at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, live on Sky Sports. Simmons defends his WBC International Silver Cruiserweight title against Camacho, but with their bitter feud simmering for months now, it’s the personal bragging rights…
Former world heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev is wrapping up training camp for his July 6 WBA championship bout against Puerto Rican veteran Fres Oquendo on Grozny, Russia. The “White Tyson” has done most of his preparation in the Chechen capital training not only with head coach Artur Grigorian and his manager Timur Dugazaev but also…
World champion Terence Crawford is hoping victory this Saturday night against “cocky†Yuriorkis Gamboa will kick start his path to greatness. The WBO lightweight champion got his first taste of world title success when he overcame Scotland’s Ricky Burns earlier this year, with his first title defence taking place this weekend against the unbeaten Gamboa,…
Ricky Burns says he is under no illusions that he must beat Dejan Zlaticanin in style tomorrow night at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, live on Sky Sports, in order to get back to a World Lightweight title. Burns faces Zlaticanin for the vacant WBC International title and the first step on a path to…
Before he steps into the ring to face Mexican-superstar Canelo Alvarez, WBA Super Welterweight Champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara worked out for the media and talked about his upcoming PPV main event on “Honor & Glory”. Lara on if he was surprised that Canelo took the fight: “Originally I thought he would never take…