Issue • News • Premium Bob Arum and Eddie Hearn give their takes on making the Joshua-Fury fight, while Sulaiman does the WBC few favours with his championing of Conor McGregor, writes George Gigney in his weekly round-up of the boxing media YouTube FOR boxing, 2021 could be off to an encouraging start. We appear
Issue • News • Premium But Tony Bellew has committed to the sport in a new way. He tells Chris Walker how he went from retired fighter to one of the sport’s most passionate managers TONY BELLEW had firmly slammed the door shut on boxing, or so he thought. His unsuccessful attempt at overthrowing Oleksandr
SHO, 9:00 pm ET, ShoBox: The New Generation. This was originally meant to be a quadrupleheader, but a lot of ShoBox cards are meant to be quadrupleheaders, and rarely make it all the way there. The original main event between Patrick Cora and Hurshidbek Normatov is off, and neither of them are on the card
Fred Levin, the Pensacola attorney who with his brother Stanley guided Roy Jones through the glory years of Jones’s ring career, died on January 12, 2021, of complications from COVID-19. He was 83 years old. Levin, like Jones, was born and raised in Pensacola. After graduating from the University of Florida School of Law in
Bernard Hopkins: “GGG Declines Every Year, Oscar Would Win By Unanimous Decision” Posted on 01/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode The laughs were both loud and immediate. The mere thought of Oscar De La Hoya being competitive with anyone in the top ten of the middleweight division, let alone someone the likes of Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) was
One For All Promotions in association with Team Havoc have announced their second event which will take place on February 20, at Orlando’s 5 star Caribe Royale Resort. Topping the action will be undefeated Melissa Oddessa who goes on the hunt for her first world title in just her fourth professional outing. Joining Melissa at the
Gervonta Davis Make It Clear He Wants Ryan Garcia: “I’m Pushing For It For Sure” Posted on 01/17/2021 By: Hans Themistode At one point in time, Gervonta Davis believed a showdown with lightweight contender Ryan Garcia was a bit too early. Now, however, it appears Garcia has come of age as Davis isn’t only interested
During a conversation with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, the legendary Bernard Hopkins gives his take on the talk of a potential fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Gennadiy Golovkin. Hopkins and De La Hoya obviously work together at Golden Boy, and although they haven’t specifically discussed a Golovkin fight, Hopkins wouldn’t be
Lennox Lewis had the one punch knockout power, but Wladimir Klitschko in 2011 was capable of putting on a boxing clinic. We asked a panel of boxers who they’d expect to win, if Lewis had fought Wladimir after Vitali. The Brit said he’d have knocked him out in the middle rounds. A lot of our
Feature In a special edition of The Opening Bell, Boxing News is proud to bring you a rarely heard interview with Muhammad Ali from 1972 TO celebrate what would have been the 79th birthday of Muhammad Ali, we bring you a rarely heard interview with ‘The Greatest’ from 1972. In March of that year, Ake
As many in the industry officially welcome Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to the super middleweight division, Caleb Plant is already thinking of ways to put together a going away party. Mexico’s Alvarez—who has won major titles in four weight divisions—has firmly planted his fighting flag at 168 pounds, which the pound-for-pound king insists is his optimal
Bob Arum On How Much He’s Willing To Pay Shawn Porter In Possible Terence Crawford Clash: “I’m Not Guaranteeing More Than A Million Dollars, I’m Just Not” Posted on 01/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode Regardless of how much Shawn Porter believes he should be paid to face WBO welterweight belt holder Terence Crawford, promoter Bob Arum
Dec 12, 2020 Anthony Joshua did not let his mind wander ahead of his bout against Kubrat Pulev. He’d tripped over hurdles before, failing to anchor himself in the present. But all week he refused to look beyond Pulev, and that unwavering focus led him to a ninth-round stoppage Saturday in front of 1,000 fans
According to Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn, nearly all negotiation points to stage an heavyweight showdown between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have been agreed, with Hearn saying the fight is a done deal although still formally unsigned. “The deal is done, really — without being signed. The financial elements of the deal are done. We’re
Matt Christie reflects on past Las Vegas Fight Weeks to reveal exactly what it’s like to be a boxing reporter in Sin City IF you’ve been to Las Vegas, you’ll know the drill. Step off the plane. Walk through the long airport corridors decorated with promises that the greatest time of your life is nigh.
In March 1972, Swedish traveller Ake Sintring was in Tokyo while Muhammad Ali was there preparing for his upcoming bout with Mac Foster. Sintring, without an appointment, turned up at Ali’s hotel early one morning and conducted an interview with ‘The Greatest’. Listen and read it here IT was the age of the hippies and
If Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis has his way his next fight will be against fellow lightweight star Ryan Garcia. “I’m pushing for it for sure,” Davis told BoxingScene in an interview. “Everybody said they’re on board with it so it shouldn’t be that hard (to make). I just keep asking them over and over, (promoters) Leonard
Bernard Hopkins On Canelo Alvarez: “There’s One Fighter I Want To See Him Fight, Jermall Charlo” Posted on 01/16/2021 By: Hans Themistode David Benavidez? Nope. Caleb Plant? Nope. Demetrius Andrade? Nope. Billy Joe Saunders? Nope? Not even a third contest with Gennadiy Golovkin would truly pique Bernard Hopkin’s interest. If it was up to the