If Derek Chisora is going to war, as he has told everyone who will listen, he is well prepared. The former British heavyweight champion is expecting to “eat some leather” when he faces Oleksandr Usyk at Wembley on Saturday night, it will be a case of all or nothing of he is going to claim
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Dave Allen admits he is gutted after tomorrow’s planned fight with Christopher Lovejoy was forced to be cancelled. Allen (18-5-2, 15 KOs) was due to face Lovejoy (19-0, 19 KOs) on the undercard of the heavyweight clash between Oleksandr Usyk and Derek Chisora, which is live on Sky Sports Box Office and DAZN. On Wednesday
Golden Boy is proud to announce that the highly anticipated Garcia vs. Campbell matchup is headed to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. The event will feature a stacked undercard of world class action, including a 12-round rematch between WBA Super Featherweight World Champion Rene Alvarado (32-8, 21 KOs) and Roger “The Kid” Gutierrez
Sulem Urbina will always fight the good fight, in and out of the ring. Urbina does not mince words and freely tells things as it is, which may rub people the wrong way in a male-dominated sport. That is okay with Urbina. She may be outspoken in terms of issues in the sport, but has
SAN ANTONIO – Gervonta Davis, Leo Santa Cruz and their teams are satisfied with the panel of judges and referee who’ve been approved to work their title fight Saturday night. The Texas Combative Sports Program has assigned Connecticut’s Glenn Feldman, California’s Alejandro Rochin and Oklahoma’s David Sutherland to judge their 12-round, 130-pound championship match at
Tureano Johnson is facing a younger and stronger foe in Jaime Munguia Friday night, but do not tell him he has zero chance of winning. Instead, Johnson will state he has the edge in terms of other noteworthy intangibles and plans to defeat the unbeaten former world junior middleweight titleholder and contend for a world
The idea that boxing’s best have already settled into the rearview mirror is disproven regularly. There’s always someone new, somewhere on the scale, who comes along to expand the history of where they stand. 27-year old bantamweight leader Naoya Inoue (19-0, 16 KO) of Japan is widely seen as one of boxing’s best talents. A
Fighters competing on the Gervonta Davis vs. Leo Santa Cruz SHOWTIME PPV (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) undercard previewed their respective matchups at a final press conference Wednesday before they square off this Saturday, October 31 from Alamodome in San Antonio in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. (photos by Esther Lin) The
It will have been more than a year since his last fight by the time Regis Prograis makes his way back to the ring. That means 371 days of having to sit on the lone loss of his career, one with which he still hasn’t come to grips. “I still feel like I’m the best
The ageless Mariana Juarez will get to enjoy a timeless boxing tradition for her next fight. Mexico City’s Juarez attempts the 10th defense of her bantamweight title as she faces countrywoman Yulihan Alejandra Luna (19-3-1, 3KOs) this Saturday at Grand Oasis Arena in Cancun, Mexico. The title fight will air live on Televisa and with
According to multiple reports in Russia, the next defense for International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev is being postponed to the end of January. “The fight of Artur Beterbiev has been postponed to the end of January,” a representative of the athlete’s team informed Tass. Beterbiev was
Matchroom Boxing will take over The SSE Arena, Wembley for four events in October, November and December, starting with the highly-anticipated Heavyweight showdown between pound-for-pound star Oleksandr Usyk and Derek Chisora on Saturday October 31, shown live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on DAZN in all of its nine markets including
There was never a doubt in Jason Moloney’s mind that his next fight would come against the elite of the bantamweight division. The only thing he did question was how soon that opportunity would materialize. Australia’s Moloney (21-1, 18KOs) returns to Las Vegas for his second consecutive fight, this time against one of the sport’s
Former heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (27-2) just began camp for his December 11th clash against Junior Fa (19-0). The domestic showdown takes place at the Spark Arena in Auckland and has generated a huge amount of interest in the region. They fought 4 times in the amateurs with each fighter winning twice. (photo by photosport)
Team Havoc’s Alex Vargas and Melissa (Oddessa) Parker emerged successfully from their respective bouts in Florida, in two entertaining bouts. Vargas showed that he can punch as well as box as he dominated local opposition, picking up his second career knockout. Vargas has been matched hard since turning professional, fighting 3 undefeated fighters in his
Halloween isn’t traditionally known for being a big day for the sport of boxing but 2020 hasn’t been a normal year for much of anything. The WBA’s 135 and 130 pound titles will be on the line when champions Gervonta “Tank” Davis (23-0) and Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz (37-1-1) headline a Showtime distributed pay-per-view
Floyd Mayweather has played a more active role in helping Gervonta Davis prepare for his debut as a pay-per-view headliner than he had embraced before Davis’ previous fights. The retired legend isn’t sure, however, whether he’ll actually work Davis’ corner the night the two-division champion meets Leo Santa Cruz. Mayweather plans to discuss that possibility
Sergey Lipinets had to settle for a lengthy delay in returning to the ring, along with a two-week postponement and an opponent change. By the end of the night, he also had to settle for a 12-round majority draw versus late replacement Custio Clayton in their interim welterweight title fight. Judge Glenn Feldman had Ontario’s