Month: March 2022

Spain’s Kiko Martinez' first defense of his IBF Featherweight World Title against Former World Champion and Leeds Warrior Josh Warrington. (photos by Mark Robinson) All the action is shown live in the UK and worldwide on DAZN (with the exception of New Zealand and Samoa) in more than 200 countries and territories on its Global platform.  Maxi Hughes Defends his ...

Jeremiah Nakathila knew Oscar Valdez would defeat Miguel Berchelt. The Namibian junior lightweight contender considered Valdez’s style perfect for beating Berchelt, who was consistently listed as a 4-1 favorite over Valdez. Nogales’ Valdez proved Nakathila correct by battering Berchelt on his way to dropping the former WBC super featherweight champion four times and knocking him out in the 10th round ...

Pick It: TBRB #5 Kiko Martinez vs. #7 Josh Warrington (Saturday, DAZN, 3:00 PM EST) The first time they fought, in a 2017 non-title affair, Spain’s 36-year old Martinez (43-10-2, 30 KO) thought he did enough to win. The judges disagreed and Warrington went on to win the IBF featherweight belt two fights later. Things have changed. The 31-year old ...

Lewis Ritson was in great shape on the scales as he weighed in ahead of his battle with Dejan Zlaticanin on Friday night. Ritson takes on Zlaticanin in the main event of a show at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle, and will be broadcast live on Eurosport. The weigh-in took place on Thursday, with Ritson (22-2, 13 KOs) coming in ...

London cruiserweight rivals Richard Riakporhe and Deion Jumah faced off today after a press conference which featured the elite crop of today's top rising talents in British boxing, including light-heavyweight champion Dan Azeez, Caroline Dubois and the Azim brothers Hassan and Adam. (photo by Lawrence Lustig) "Yeah, it's exciting. Richard was the first fighter we signed [after the Sky deal] ...

Top super welterweight contender and rising star Tim Tszyu went face-to-face with U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha at the final press conference Thursday before they meet in the main event live on SHOWTIME this Saturday, March 26 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Armory in Minneapolis. (photos by Esther Lin) The press conference also featured rising lightweight contender Michel ...

Hall of Fame promoter Don King is not in favor of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez's decision to move up to the light heavyweight division to challenge WBA world champion Dmitry Bivol. Last year, at the WBC's annual convention, Canelo's handlers requested permission to challenge WBC cruiserweight champion Illunga Makabu - who King promotes. As the months played out, Canelo - the ...

Eumir Felix Marcial, the Philippines' 2021 middleweight Olympic Bronze medalist, will return to the professional ranks, in his Las Vegas debut, Saturday, April 9.  Marcial (1-0), from Zamboanga City, Philippines, will rumble with power-punching Isiah Hart (6-2-1, 4 KOs), who fights out of the PAL in Atlantic City, in a six-round middleweight bout -- an undercard feature attraction headlined by ...

So long as the price is right, no fight apparently is off limits for Errol Spence Jr., even if that fight happens to involve a close friend. On the DAZN Boxing Show, Spence, the IBF and WBC welterweight titleholder from Desoto, Texas, was asked if he would have any interest in fighting his fellow Texan and close training stablemate Jermall ...

The ring return of former world champion Marcos Maidana is now in serious jeopardy. Maidana was scheduled to return this coming Saturday, in an exhibition fight with Youtuber star Yao Cabrera, at the Dubai Tennis Stadium in the United Arab Emirates. Infobae broke the news on Wednesday that a judge in Argentina is not allowing Cabrera to leave the country, ...