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Promoter Frank Warren insists that Tyson Fury’s shaky performance against Francis Ngannou hasn’t at all dented his confidence in his ace client ahead of a highly anticipated undisputed heavyweight championship.
Turki Alalshikh apparently has no desire to start begging the biggest American boxing star to come over to Saudi Arabia. Alalshikh, the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority in the oil-producing country, recently said in an interview that he hopes Gervonta Davis, the power puncher from Baltimore, Maryland, will fight in Saudi Arabia sometime in 2024.
The manager of unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk clearly doesn’t think Tyson Fury is trustworthy. Egis Klimas did not hold back from castigating the WBC heavyweight titlist Saturday after it was announced that Fury suffered a gruesome cut during sparring, thus forcing the postponement of the undisputed heavyweight championship set for Feb. 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ryan Garcia apparently has no plans on giving up the shoulder roll from his repertoire. The junior welterweight star from Victorville, Calif., flummoxed viewers in his last fight, in December, against Oscar Duarte, by deciding to employ the defensive technique associated with the likes of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and James
Ryan Garcia took the time to compare Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the most diplomatic way possible. Garcia, the junior welterweight star from Victorville, Calif., has had a bumpy few weeks stemming from a longstanding, ongoing feud with his promoter, De La Hoya of Golden Boy. To compound matters, Garcia has publicly touted his friendship with Mayweather, an archenemy of De La Hoya, both in the ring and beyond it.
Promoter Eddie Hearn doesn’t think he has egg on his face the way Lennox Lewis has insisted he does. The Matchroom head and the last undisputed heavyweight champion in boxing went back and forth on social media recently as it relates to the upcoming fight between Hearn’s charge, Anthony Joshua, and former UFC champion Francis Ngannou on March 8 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The co-promoter of Emanuel Navarrete is far from sold on a matchup involving his charge and ace southpaw Shakur Stevenson. Fernando Beltran, who promotes Navarrete with Top Rank, was recently asked about a hypothetical fight pitting Navarrete, a titlist at 130 pounds, against current 135-pound champion Stevenson, and his response was one of visceral distaste, comparing a Stevenson fight to a certain sleep-inducing ecclesiastical activity.
Tim Tszyu is feeling like he hit the lottery these days. The 154-pound titlist from Australia will embark on the biggest challenge of his career on March 30, when he takes on former welterweight champion Keith Thurman at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in what will be the inaugural Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view show on Amazon Prime Video.
Golden Boy’s Bernard Hopkins was as impressed with Jaime Munguia as anyone else after his performance last Saturday night. Mexico’s Munguia dominated England’s John Ryder in their super middleweight matchup at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, en route to stopping the rugged southpaw in the ninth round.
Promoter Eddie Hearn was underwhelmed by the inaugural Premier Boxing Champions on Amazon Prime Video card. Last week PBC announced its first show under the e-commerce giant featuring Keith Thurman against Tim Tszyu in the