Chris Algieri: record, next fight and profile →
When you reach a certain point, you can pretty much do whatever you want. For Canelo Alvarez, that’s exactly what he’s done. There simply isn't anything that he hasn’t accomplished.
Artur Beterbiev is making the sort of noise that has everyone noticing. The IBF, WBO, and WBC light heavyweight champ doesn’t just win, he dominates. But, there’s a difference between beating bottom-feeders and the opponents you're supposed to walk over and doing the same to elite-level competition. But whether they marched to the ring with poor records or held world titles, none of it mattered.
Conor Benn is coming for his critics. The embattled welterweight recently took to social media to personally address some of his harshest detractors after news broke on Wednesday that the World Boxing Council had determined that it could not conclude that Benn had knowingly ingested a banned substance. The verdict means that Benn will return to the WBC’s welterweight rankings.
The signs were all there, according to Chris Algieri Jr. In response to the news of Conor Benn’s recent positive drug test, the longtime 140-pound contender from Long Island revealed that he had plenty of suspicions that the hard-charging welterweight was skirting the rules ahead of their own match-up last December at Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.
Last December in Liverpool, rising welterweight star Conor Benn picked up one of his biggest career wins when he brutally knocked out former WBO junior welterweight champion Chris Algieri with a single punch.
Former world champion Chris Algieri believes a welterweight unification between Errol Spence and Terence Crawford must happen this year. Algieri was stopped by Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) in five rounds back in 2016.
Rising Florida star Dominique Francis is excited to continue his progression as a professional, with the former amateur standout looking to stay undefeated in the pro ranks on January 8 at the Delray Beach Boxing Club in Delray Beach, Florida.
On Saturday night in Liverpool, rising welterweight contender Conor Benn (20-0, 13 KOs) continued his unbeaten streak and secured the biggest win of his career with a brutal fourth round knockout of former world champion Chris Algieri (25-4, 9KOs).
Benn, Algieri Fight Photos Gallery - Liverpool - In a crossroads welterweight clash, Conor Benn (20-0, 13 KOs) got the biggest win of his career with a brutal fourth round knockout of former world champion Chris Algieri (25-4, 9KOs). (photos by Mark Robinson)
Conor Benn produced a huge right hand to knock Chris Algieri cold in the fourth round in Liverpool to continue his impressive march to the top of the welterweight division.