Month: October 2022

Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweights Daniel Dubois and Joe Joyce, is willing to match either boxer against former two-time champion Anthony Joshua in 2023. Warren also co-promotes WBC world champion Tyson Fury. He tried to match him with Joshua for a year-end clash, but their negotiations fell through. Fury will now return on December 3 in a trilogy fight with ...

Luis Ortiz is still shaking his head in disbelief.  The former title challenger can’t believe that WBC/lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will face Derek Chisora in a trilogy bout that seemingly no one called for on December 3rd. Fury already owns a wide points and knockout victory over Chisora.  Ortiz was last in action in September when he lost a ...

Cromwell “Bullet” Gordon refused to listen to the naysayers. Instead, the former pro boxer turned trainer placed his head down and continued to push Rolando “Rolly” Romero, heading into his showdown against Gervonta Davis on May 28th. A fully packed crowd in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center cheered loudly as Davis landed the fight-ending blow in the sixth, sullying Romero's record. Forced ...

While a potential showdown between former world champions Andy Ruiz and Deontay Wilder is expected in 2023, there are still no details regarding the fight. Both boxers won their semi-WBC eliminators. Last month, Ruiz scored two knockdowns to secure a twelve round unanimous decision over Luis Ortiz in a WBC eliminator. And earlier this month, Wilder brutally crushed Robert Helenius ...

Croatian Ivana Habazin (21-4) headlined the Drazen Petrovic Memorial in Zabok, outscored Australian Diana Prazak (14-5) and won the WBC Silver title.  On the undercard cruiserweight Marco Calic (13-1) eased back into action with an easy stoppage over Nikola Mrda (4-8) and Greek heavyweight Marios Kollias (9-2-1) TKO'd Hungarian veteran Ferenc Zsalek in the first. .................................... Polish lightweight Damian Wrzesinski ...

The mandatory contenders in waiting for Errol Spence Jr. are eager to advance to the front of the line. Both the WBA and IBF have been met with petitions filed by the teams of Eimantas Stanionis and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, respectively, to enforce a due welterweight title shot. The moves came in the aftermath of failed talks for an undisputed ...

Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas - In the main event of Triller's "Sons of Legends" card, heavyweight Robert Simms (12-3-1, 3 KOs), 38-years-old, pulled off an upset when he outboxed Kenzie Morrison (20-1-2, 18 KOs), son of former heavyweight champion Tommy “The Duke” Morrison, to secure an eight round unanimous decision. Simms was able to take Morrison's best shots and ...

The promoter of WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk made it abundantly clear there is only one target on the hit list for his charge. Aleksandr Krassyuk, the longtime handler of the Ukrainian southpaw, was unequivocal in a recent interview that Usyk’s next fight will be an undisputed title showdown with WBC champion Tyson Fury. After Usyk ...

Bob Arum has no doubt in his mind who is to blame for the bungled Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua all-British super fight. Arum, the head of Top Rank, which acts as Fury’s US promoter, was in London recently to announce Fury’s upcoming Dec. 3 fight against Derek Chisora. The fight will be the third time the two have met ...

Hyperbole is easy to fall into when writing about boxing. It’s not hyperbole to say 2022 is the best year in the history of women’s boxing. Big fights? Check. Crowds? Check. Unifications all over the scale? Check? Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano and last week’s doubleheader featuring Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall and Alycia Baumgardner-Mikaela Mayer have been the highest profile shows in 2022 ...