Ukrainian southpaw Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs), undisputed heavyweight king of the World Boxing Association (WBA, super champion), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Organization (IBO) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) held firm for the fifth consecutive time at the top of the Pound for Pound monthly ranking prepared by ESPN, the specialized magazine The…
This Thursday was presented in Maracaibo, Venezuela, the North American Boxing Association (NABA) title fight between Roger Gutierrez and Moises Flores, which will take place on November 15. Gutierrez and his team held a press conference to make official the regional title fight that will put two veteran former world champions face to face in…
TEAM GB INTERNATIONALÂ star and 2022 Commonwealth Games heavyweight gold medalist Lewis Williams is turning professional and has signed promotional terms with Frank Warren and Queensberry. The 25-year-old from Leamington Spa in Warwickshire won bronze at the 2022 European Championships, having earlier competed and reached the quarter-final stage at the 2021 AIBA World Championships. Williams…
South Africa’s Shervabtaigh Koopman and Canada’s Brandon Cook both made weight and are ready to fight tomorrow for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Intercontinental super welterweight title at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa. Koopman weighed in at 153.9 pounds, while KmCook stopped the scales at 153.4, both below the 154-pound weight limit and…
FRANK WARREN IS delighted to announce the signing of former two-time world champion Lawrence Okolie to a promotional agreement. The 31-year-old, known as ‘The Sauce’, teams up with Queensberry in tandem with his decision to campaign at heavyweight and relinquishing his WBC world bridgerweight title he won via a first round stoppage of Lucas Rozanski…
By Frank Warren THE EARLY FORMALITIES ahead of our big pre-Christmas bash in Riyadh on December 21 are now complete. Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk did the media rounds, said a few – only a few – words at the official press conference, then squared up for the all-important face-off. It is game on for…
Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury were in London on Wednesday for the first press conference before their rematch on December 21 in another big event of the Riyadh Season. Usyk and Fury will have a rematch of their fight last May 18, in which the Ukrainian won by split decision in one of the best…
Mykquan Williams showed great superiority in the ring on Wednesday night against Lavisas Williams and defeated him by technical knockout in the eighth round to claim the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Americas Gold super lightweight belt. The Connecticut native dominated the bout from start to finish and at the time of the stoppage was…
Argentine Sol Cudos will make the second defense of her World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin minimum championship against Venezuelan Johana Zuniga on Saturday night in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cudos and Zúñiga will step into the ring of the Argentine Boxing Federation stadium as part of this weekend’s event and will have a very interesting duel. …
Fabian Maidana will return to the ring this Saturday night and will fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin belt against Francisco Mercado at the F.A.B. Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Maidana is coming off a loss to Mario Barrios in a world title fight last May in Las Vegas. Despite the loss, he…
World Boxing Association (WBA) and WBO minimum lightweight champion Eri Matsuda and WBC champion Tina Rupprecht announced their unification bout on November 23 at Olympiastuetzpunkt in Heidelberg, Germany. The Japanese will travel to the German’s home for a three-title 102-pound championship duel in a great bout whose winner will be recognized as the best in…
Segolene Lefebvre was crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Bantamweight Gold champion in a technical decision win over Juliana Basualdo this weekend. The Frenchwoman and the Argentinean fought at the Hippodrome Municipal de Douai, France, in an eventful fight that ended in the fifth round due to a cut on the forehead of the visiting…