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Artur Beterbiev’s next fight is already taking preliminary shape. The WBC, WBO, IBF Russian light heavyweight bruiser is coming off a thrilling eighth-round stoppage over game Anthony Yarde, the WBO mandatory challenger, last Saturday night at OVO Arena Wembley in London.
Anthony Yarde may have initially protested his corner’s decision to throw in the towel during the eighth round of his hellacious war with Artur Beterbiev, but he was more than appreciative of that gesture after the fight.
Super middleweight Edgar Berlanga was too ambitious for his own good, according to his former promoter Bob Arum. That, apparently, was the biggest reason why Arum’s Top Rank and Berlanga, the hard-hitting, popular Puerto Rican from Brooklyn, New York, decided to part ways a few weeks ago.
Oscar De La Hoya is apparently sanguine about his chances to do more business with one of his bitterest rivals in the industry. The Hall of Fame fighter and head of Golden Boy typically has not had anything much kind to say about Al Haymon, the
In a recent interview, Kalle Sauerland, the chief handler of Chris Eubank Jr, said he could offer no alibis for Liam Smith’s shocking fourth-round stoppage of Eubank in their middleweight bout last Saturday night in front of a sell-out crowd at AO Arena in Manchester, England.
A woman is suing Mike Tyson for allegedly raping her decades ago, according to an affidavit filed in Albany County Court. The woman, who is anonymous, said that she met the former heavyweight champion and controversial sporting icon at a
Promoter Ben Shalom would "love" to see Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr. run it back at one of England’s biggest soccer stadiums. This past Saturday, Liverpool’s Smith earned perhaps the sweetest victory of his career, stopping Brighton’s Eubank in the fourth round of a middleweight bout at Manchester.
Eddie Hearn adamantly believes that one of his top light heavyweight charges will soon be in a position to fight for three of the four 175-pound belts.
Conor Benn apparently has not been as forthcoming to one investigation as he has been to another regarding his two failed drug tests. In December, the embattled British welterweight had his attorneys submit a 270-page report to the World Boxing Council, in an apparent bid to get the sanctioning body to reinstate him into its welterweight rankings. The body, which is conducting its own investigation, had removed Benn from its standings after he was revealed to have tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing drug clomifene in October, a few days before his scheduled 157-pound clash with Chris Eubank Jr. It was subsequently discovered that Benn had failed a separate test for the same substance earlier in the summer. The Voluntary Anti-Doping Association administered both tests.
Artur Beterbiev finally expressed some enthusiasm for one of the most intriguing matchups in boxing. The WBC, WBO, and IBF light heavyweight champion Russia has usually responded to queries about fighting countryman Dmitry Bivol, the WBA titlist, for the undisputed championship with brusque indifference.