The World Boxing Council has made a decision to add a picture of Floyd Mayweather to all of their world titles belts. Mayweather won the WBCworld title in five weight divisions – super featherweight, lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight and super welterweight. He also won a variety special titles from the WBC – like the ‘money’
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Canelo Alvarez Takes On Avni Yildirim On February 27th At The Hard Rock Stadium In Miami Florida Posted on 01/20/2021 By: Hans Themistode As expected, WBA, WBC and Ring magazine super middleweight belt holder Canelo Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) has agreed to terms with Matchroom Boxing for a February 27th, mandated title defense against Avni
4:59 PM ET Unified super middleweight world titlist Canelo Alvarez will put his belts on the line against Avni Yildirim on Feb. 27, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. While it is refreshing to see Alvarez (54-1-2, 36 KOs) back in the ring so soon after his recent demolition of Callum Smith in December,
Jake Paul will be returning to the boxing ring on April 10, and while he hasn’t named an opponent, he had plenty to say as he walked around in public with a bunch of dudes surrounding him and confirming to him that he is cool. Paul says the fight will be another pay-per-view event through
With a mandatory challenger defined, WBC flyweight world champion Julio Cesar Martinez (17-1, 13 KOs) is ready to take his career to the next level. Under the tutelage of his promoter, the Guadalajara trainer Eddy Reynoso, Martinez assured that he hopes to secure the best possible fights, despite the obstacles that other champions have put in order to
Posted on 01/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode While Mauricio Sulaiman might be sitting comfortably in his palatial estate, the WBC President can still hear the nonstop criticism. Most of the condemnation stems from the “Franchise” title Sulaiman recently added to the gluttony of belts already circulating in the sport of boxing. Even though Sulaiman understands the
8:57 AM ET A potential Anthony Joshua heavyweight unification bout against Tyson Fury could be the biggest fight of the year, but will it happen? When? And what should be next for lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez? A rematch against Vasiliy Lomachenko? A unification fight against Devin Haney? While these fights have all the ingredients to
Staten Island native Marcus Browne defeated a bloodied Badou Jack by upset unanimous decision for the Interim WBA Light Heavyweight belt. The scores were 119-108, 117-110, 116-111. Jack suffered a gruesome five-inch cut to his forehead after an accidental clash of heads in the seventh round of the fight. The former Olympian Browne told Gray
Chris Eubank Jr in an interview with BT Sport issued a challenge to the public to demand a fight between himself and Liam Williams. He insists that Williams is not an elite fighter and was keen to dismiss talk of all-British middleweight clash. Eubank Jr did not entirely close the door on the potential match-up
Tonight starting at 9 pm ET on Showtime, the 20th anniversary year of ShoBox: The New Generation kicks off with a triple-header, featuring junior welterweights Yeis Solano and Mykquan Williams in a 10-round main event. Solano, 28, is a Colombian southpaw who had his first 12 bouts in his home country, then two at the
Feature • Issue • Premium Scott Heavey/Getty Images Now Dave Coldwell is one of the leading trainers in the country. But it was a long road to get there. In his own words he describes just what he had to go through I was born in Calcutta, my mum’s Indian, my dad’s English. So I
Opinion Mikey Williams/Top Rank How should a failed drug test affect a boxer’s reputation? Barry JonesFormer WBO championIt always makes you wonder how long they have been using PEDs and if they have actually ever fought without them. So it certainly tarnishes their reputation, but also as the punishments are so soft, you start to
UFC two-division champion Conor McGregor will be back in the octagon on Saturday night when he faces Dustin Poirier in a rematch, as the pay-per-view main event at UFC 257 on Fight Island. Should McGregor win, he wants to finalize a deal to have a boxing match with eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao. The MMA superstar appears confident the contest
Posted on 01/19/2021 By: Hans Themistode NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 20: Shakur Stevenson punches Christopher Diaz during their featherweight fight at Madison Square Garden on April 20, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) The big punchers are normally the ones that everyone is afraid of. The reason is simple,
History Floyd Mayweather drops Diego Corrales five times to score emphatic victory FLOYD MAYWEATHER w rsf 10 DIEGO CORRALESJanuary 20, 2001; MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NVDIEGO CORRALES’ post-fight complaint that his fight with Floyd Mayweather was stopped too soon even though he’d been dropped five times seemed like hot air. The pair of them didn’t
David Morrell’s super middleweight title may not be particularly legit, but his next challenge certainly will be. The WBA today elevated the 23-year-old Cuban from “interim” to “world” champion, a largely meaningless distinction that nonetheless comes with orders to fight John Ryder. As always, the pair have 30 days to negotiate. Morrell (4-0, 3 KO)
The fight between junior lightweight world titlist Joseph Diaz Jr. and mandatory challenger Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov is back on. About a week ago, Rakhimov tested positive for Covid-19 and the fight was called off. However, Rakhimov has since had additional Covid-19 tests that have come back negative, allowing the fight on Feb. 13 to move forward
Posted on 01/19/2021 By: Sean Crose “At this point it don’t matter who they get,” Adrien Broner told Brian Custer on Tuesday’s Last Stand Podcast. “I’m in shape and I’ve been training my ass off.” Broner was supposed to face Pedro Campo on February 13th, but Covid-19 knocked Pedro Campo out of the fight. Still,