MIAMI – Eddie Hearn doesn’t expect Bob Arum’s antagonistic reaction to Hearn’s company bidding on the Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos Jr. lightweight championship match to negatively impact ongoing negotiations for the biggest fight in boxing.
The show goes on for McWilliams Arroyo. Less than 24 hours after watching a title fight opportunity disappear, Puerto Rico’s Arroyo will not only remain on this weekend’s show in Miami but maintain his place in line for the WBC flyweight crown. The f...
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Anthony Dirrell believes there’s too much left to accomplish to begin living in the past, never mind try to change anything about it. With that, it didn’t take very long for the former two-time WBC super middleweight titlist to come to grips with the...
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The WBA elevated Yordenis Ugas to “super” champion recently, but Shawn Porter still feels Ugas needs to legitimize himself as a welterweight champ. If Ugas attempts to do that against Errol Spence Jr., Porter predicted during a recent appearance on “...
Canelo Alvarez is looking to become the first undisputed Mexican super middleweight champion in boxing history. Boxing’s biggest superstar currently owns the WBA, WBC and Ring Magazine titles at 168 pounds. He plans on fighting the division’s other t...
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Junior Fa’s handlers expressed concern about the selection of judges for his all-New Zealand heavyweight showdown with Joseph Parker on Saturday night. David Higgins, Parker’s promoter, assured them during a press conference Monday that the judges wo...
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Pick It: TBRB #1 Saul Alvarez vs. Avni Yildirim (Saturday, DAZN, 7 PM EST) - This card took a hit on Thursday when arguably the most interesting fight on the card, a flyweight clash between Julio Cesar Martinez and McWilliams Arroyo, was called off d...
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Prince Ranch Boxing’s unbeaten featherweight prospect, Ricky "El Castigo" Medina (8-0, 6 KOs), will be making his 2021 debut on Saturday, March 6th, in Matamoros, Mexico. Medina will face Jose Alfredo Cobos (7-3-2, 2 KOs) in a bout...
WBC interim-lightweight champion Ryan Garcia is blaming eight division champion Manny Pacquiao -- claiming that it was the Filipino superstar who walked away from a potential fight. Garcia says he was ready to move up by two weight divisions to make...
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By Keith Idec - MIAMI – Eddie Hearn is baffled by Bob Arum’s anger regarding Hearn’s company simply bidding for the right to promote the Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos Jr. lightweight title fight. The British promoter was particularly surprised by Aru...
We are just days away from the all New Zealand battle pitting Joseph Parker (27-2) against Junior Fa (19-0). The action takes place at the Spark Arena in Auckland with DAZN streaming the card in the United States and several other countries around th...
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Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. is ready for more exhibition fights in the near future. Back in November the 52-year-old Jones returned to the ring and fought to an eight round split draw with 54-year-old former heavyweight champion...
Triller owner Ryan Kavanaugh made his boxing presence known in a big way Thursday when he won the IBF’s purse bid for the fight featuring Teofimo Lopez Jr. and George Kambosos Jr. The longtime Hollywood producer-turned-boxing promoter paid a premium...
The biggest fight on the New Zealand boxing calendar is officially one sleep away. Joseph Parker and Junior Fa are set to collide in their highly anticipated heavyweight showdown, which takes place Saturday evening at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zea...
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Caleb Plant is free and clear to enter a voluntary title defense for his next fight although steps are already in place to determine his next mandatory challenger. Fächer Sport Management GmbH claimed promotional rights to the IBF super middleweight...
Canelo, Yildirim Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - February will have a golden ending this Saturday with the return of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, who faces Avni Yildirim at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. The Mexican superstar will stake h...
MIAMI – Julio Cesar Martinez has withdrawn again from his mandated title defense against McWilliams Arroyo, this time two days before they were supposed to fight. Martinez pulled out of their 12-round, 112-pound title fight Thursday afternoon due to...
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Two of boxing’s biggest promoters might have a beef to settle, at least of the purse bid variety. Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn ($3,506,000) outbid Top Rank boss Arum ($2,315,000) during the Teofimo Lopez Jr. and George Kambosos Jr. IBF purse bid...
One of the most highly anticipated purse bids in recent memory culminated Thursday when the new kid on the block in Triller and its owner Ryan Kavanaugh put up $6,018,000 to stage a lightweight fight between Teofimo Lopez Jr. and George Kambosos Jr.
On Saturday night in Auckland, Joseph Parker (27-2) and Junior Fa (19-0) will collide in a highly anticipated all New Zealand showdown. The fight takes place at the Spark Arena and will be streamed live in the United States and in several other coun...
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Triller Fight Club’s Ryan Kavanaugh has secured the promotional rights to Lopez’s mandatory title defense versus Australia’s George Kambosos Jr. The Triller CEO submitted a whopping $6,018,000 during a purse bid hearing held Thursday at IBF headquart...
There was no logical reason to believe that Kyrone Davis would find himself in a title eliminator anytime soon. It’s easy to understand, therefore, why he would jump at the opportunity to participate in such a fight—even if it means moving up both in...
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MIAMI – Julio Cesar Martinez could continue making 112 pounds without incident if it were necessary. The WBC flyweight champion can’t help but notice, though, that there are bigger, more profitable fights for him in the super flyweight division. Mexi...
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Canelo Alvarez recently was granted a promotional license, and although Eddie Hearn is doing the heavy lifting as the promoter Saturday night, the Mexican-born star still has to pump up his underqualified adversary in Avni Yildirim to make sure the p...
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Popular consensus is that Canelo Alvarez is expected to deliver a decisive beating when he faces mandatory challenger Avni Yildirim. Yildirim (21-2, 12 KOs) trainer Joel Diaz thinks his fighter will thwart the WBA and WBC super middleweight champion...
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Joseph Parker versus Junior Fa is the type of fight that has an ‘anything can happen’ type feel to it. With just over two weeks to go before the former WBO world champion and the undefeated, fast rising challenger finally face off in the ring, it is...
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Dave Coldwell was a delighted observer at Wembley Arena two weeks ago as both Leigh Wood and Hopey Price registered impressive victories. Wood, managed by Coldwell, demonstrated his much talked about power with a stunning ninth round stoppage of Reec...
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TOMMY FURY believes his Dad’s “Rocky” style training will make him a knockout in the ring after soaring to stardom in reality show Love Island. The younger brother of World Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury chases his fifth straight win as a profession...
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WBC, WBA super middleweight champion Saul "Canelo'' Alvarez is paying no attention to the critics who believe that he needs to face some of the top talents at the light heavyweight limit of 175-pounds - like WBC, IBF champion Artur Beterbiev.
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Parker, Fa Final Press Conference Photos Galleries - The final press conference was held for the blockbuster showdown between Joseph Parker and Junior Fa, with the world-ranked Kiwi heavyweights now set to clash at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Saturday,...
By Cliff Rold - Main events, especially featuring superstars like Saul Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KO), often take up all the oxygen during fight week. This week is no different. The reigning WBC/WBA super middleweight titlist is expected to win big on Satur...
Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is not ruling out the possibility of extending his working relationship with promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom. Canelo worked with Hearn for last December's fight with Callum Smith in Texas.
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WBC super featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez not interest in a rematch with Miguel Berchelt. This past Saturday night, at the MGM Grand's Conference Center in Las Vegas, Valdez pulled off an unexpected outcome when he dominated and brutally kn...
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Tyson Fury is increasingly growing frustrated waiting on the sidelines in search of a fight. The WBC heavyweight champion was last in the ring on February 22, 2020 scoring a resounding TKO win over Deontay Wilder to capture the then-undefeated Alabam...
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Promoter Eddie Hearn, who works with IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin, is very interested in matching him against undefeated contender Jaime Munguia. Munguia, who captured the WBO title at 154 and made a move to middleweight last year,...
WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says he is ready for battle with Tyson Fury, who holds the WBC world titles. Their respective teams are currently engaged in serious negotiations to finalize a fight for the summer. The location,...
Seven-division world champion Amanda Serrano will return to the ring to defend her WBO and WBC featherweight world titles against current two-division titlist Daniela Bermudez in the main attraction of a Ring City USA event from Puerto Rico on Thursd...
Michel Rivera was expecting a different date and network for his next ring appearance but will gladly settle for the contingency plan. A short notice opportunity was accepted by the unbeaten Dominican lightweight, who will face Puerto Rico’s Anthony...
Josh Kelly will need to revisit the drawing board following his first professional loss to David Avanesyan. The 2016 Olympian Kelly (10-1-1, 6 KOs) was bloodied and battered throughout his sixth-round, welterweight affair at the SSE Arena in Wembley...
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Former Adrien Broner conqueror Shawn Porter believes that his onetime adversary’s career is not broken beyond repair. Broner (34-4-1, 24 KOs, 1 NC) came off a two-year hiatus to score an underwhelming unanimous decision win over Javanie Santiago (14-...
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LAS VEGAS – The organic celebration by Oscar Valdez was a sight to see, almost as much as the moment which spawned the victory. A near-flawless performance by Valdez concluded with a highlight reel 10th round knockout of Miguel Berchelt, collecting t...
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Josh Warrington say he does not remember the punches that knocked him down against Mauricio Lara, but says that he felt clear-headed when he was allowed to continue in the fight. The former IBF featherweight champion was knocked out by Lara, a little...
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Stay in this business long enough and skepticism becomes your default mode. So, when it was announced that a new book on Joe Frazier was hitting the shelves, there was no way that Glenn Lewis’ Sparring with Smokin’ Joe was going to tell me anything n...
Hard punching Kazak heavyweight Zhan Kossobutskiy (15-0) ) won the vacant WBA International title on Saturday (Feb 20) in Hamburg with an all too easy knockout win over overmatched Nigerian Onoriode Ehwarieme (18-2), who was floored late in the third...
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