11:56 AM ET Three-division titlist Claressa Shields will be returning to the ring for the first time in over a year to fight IBF Super Welterweight champion Marie-Eve Dicaire in a bout to unify the super welterweight division March 5. The fight will be the headliner of an all-women Pay Per View card on FITE
During this latest episode of Brian Custer’s Last Stand Podcast, Adrien Broner makes an appearance ahead of his scheduled return to the ring on February 13. Broner discusses his immediate future, fighting depression and weight gain, and his aspirations to win another major world title. Check out some excerpts from the interview below… Broner on
Issue • Opinion • Premium Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Now I have Roy Jones by my side I can make up for lost time says Chris Eubank Jr in his own words PEOPLE always ask me when I’m coming back to England but I can’t until the lockdowns have been loosened. Right now, out here in
A frustrated Josh Warrington says he cannot understand why Can Xu did not want to face him in an arena with no fans and has questioned why the Chinese boxer is in the sport if he doesn’t want to take a big fight. Warrington, the IBF featherweight champion, has been thinking about a fight with
Posted on 01/18/2021 By: Oliver McManus Picking prospects to watch for 2021 is a little more difficult than previous years with the pandemic continuing to throw all sorts of obstacles in the way of professional boxers. It pays to be aligned to a promoter with a lucrative broadcast deal, a fact that has been magnified
Opinion We pick a bunch of florally named boxers 1. PERNELL ‘SWEET PEA’ WHITAKERRegarded as one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time, Whitaker was a tremendous technician who claimed world titles at lightweight through to super-welterweight, as well as winning Olympic gold. 2. GEORGES ‘THE ORCHID MAN’ CARPENTIERA former world light-heavyweight champion, the
A month to the day after securing the biggest win of his professional career, undefeated super middleweight and two-time Ecuadorian Olympian Carlos Gongora has joined forces with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing. ✍️ Welcome to the team IBO Super-Middleweight champion, Carlos Gongora! Some fights to be made at 168lbs! Read more ⬇️ — Matchroom Boxing
With the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) recently re-mandating the British flyweight title fight between Tommy Frank and Sheffield rival, Kyle Yousaf – promoter Dennis Hobson has updated on the situation. Frank and Yousaf were due to contest the Lonsdale Belt on the UK’s first ever drive-in boxing show last December but, with Yousaf
Posted on 01/18/2021 By: Sean Crose As a general rule, I tend to score fights as I watch them. It’s almost a subconscious act at this point. I started scoring fights as a fan with Leonard-Hagler back in 1987, and have only become more intense in my scoring since I started actually writing about the
Top welterweight prospect Jaron Ennis missed out on a step-up fight last month, but he’s apparently already got eyes on another one. Steve Kim reports that a clash between “Boots” and former super lightweight champion Sergey Lipinets “is being discussed for April.” Ennis (26-0, 24 KO) was supposed to face Thomas Dulorme on Showtime’s December
Zanfer Promotions CEO Fernando Beltran, who co-promotes undefeated middleweight contender Jaime Munguia (36-0, 29 KO’s), says their desire to make a fight with IBF champion Gennady Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KO’s) is very real. Beltran has confirmed that both camps have been in talks about the fight, but refused to place a percentage on the probability of the contest
Bob Arum Responds To Keith Thurman’s Rant: “What The Hell Is He Talking About?” Posted on 01/18/2021 By: Hans Themistode Former unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman tore Bob Arum a new one with a seething rant recently. The Florida native had long expressed an interest in facing WBO belt holder Terence Crawford. However, talks broke
News • Premium World Series of Boxing Only two people have stopped Anthony Joshua and Solomon Dacres has beaten one of them. The new heavyweight has a date for his pro debut. He speaks to John Dennen SOLOMON DACRES, formerly a super-heavyweight on the Great Britain squad, has turned professional. He will make his pro
Caleb Truax laughs. It’s not a nervous laugh, nor one of derision to my ignorance – I mean, I have just asked him to walk me through the relatively straightforward process of ice fishing. It’s wholesome and genuine; relaxed and welcoming. There is an aura of calm exuding from the former IBF super middleweight champion
Everything about his title winning effort is a night that Angelo Leo will always remember, although he still longs for the day when he can truly celebrate the biggest achievement of his career to date. Albuquerque’s Leo (20-0, 9KOs) was blessed with the privilege of headlining the first Showtime card during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
Posted on 01/17/2021 By: Sean Crose Tyson Fury appears confident that he’s going to be facing fellow heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua in a superfight rather soon. Fury’s American promoter, Bob Arum, feels the same way, as does Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn, who is quoted by the Times as saying a “deal is done” for the
7:08 AM ET Devin Haney recites his lightweight hierarchy without hesitation. Himself, Teofimo Lopez, Gervonta Davis then Ryan Garcia. The rankings of these top four young fighters will be debated by the boxing community often throughout 2021 — until they can settle the score. There have even been comparisons to the Four Kings (Sugar Ray
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