Nick Ball made short work of overmatched Mexican Jesus Ramirez Rubio, who was stopped in 108 seconds of the first round at York Hall in London. Rubio was a late substitute for unbeaten Panamanian Rafael Pedroza and he never looked likely to put a dent in the Liverpudlian’s recent career momentum. In the brief time it lasted, Rubio was on ...
Promoter Don King signed WBC silver cruiserweight champion Noel Gevor Mikaelyan to a promotional contract. “The fantastic WBC silver cruiserweight champion, Noel, believes that there is no one out there he can’t beat," said King, who also promotes the current WBC cruiserweight world champion Ilunga Makabu. “Both of these two super great WBC cruiserweight champions feel they are the world’s ...
Jesus Arechiga is slowly emerging into a contender. The unbeaten junior featherweight returns to action tonight, facing Florentino Perez at the Gimnasio German Evers in his hometown of Mazatlan, Mexico. The 10-round bout will headline a Zapari Boxing card. Arechiga (17-0, 13 knockouts) last fought on June 24, stopping former fringe contender David Reyes Cota in the fourth round. The ...
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Claressa Shields intends to drop down to the junior middleweight limit again now that she has been crowned women’s boxing’s undisputed middleweight champion for the second time. The undefeated three-division champion would welcome fights with either British titleholder in the 154-pound division, yet Shields admitted she would rather face Natasha Jonas over Terri Harper. Jonas (12-2-1, 8 KOs) and Harper ...
Former New England Welterweight Champion Mike Ohan, Jr. (16-1, 9 KOs) is preparing for his potential career-changing fight on December 10th against 2020 U.S. Olympian Tiger Johnson (6-0, 4 KOs) at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City. (photo by Emily Harney) Johnson vs. Ohan, Jr. is a scheduled 8-round welterweight match on a Top Rank card, headlined ...
Cuban super middleweight William Scull (19-0) has been added to the AGON Sports show on Saturday (Nov 12) in Berlin. Scull is the IBF mandatory challenger, a position he reached after beating Evgeny Shvedenko in July. He is promoted by AGON. However, when IBF champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is ready to fight his mandatory challenger is an open question and ...
Two world champions and the son of a modern boxing legend hit Las Vegas for a press conference two days away from a world title doubleheader at Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort. (photos by Mikey Williams) In the main event, middleweight boogeyman Janibek "Qazaq Style" Alimkhanuly (12-0, 8 KOs) will defend his WBO world title against British champion ...
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Light heavyweight contender Callum Johnson announced on social media that he's deciding to end his pro career. The 37-year-old has been out of the ring since October of 2021, when he picked up a ten round majority decision win over Server Emurlaev. Johnson (20-1, 14 KOs) is best known for his four round scrap with world champion Artur Beterbiev. Johnson, ...
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The WBC named numerous mandatory challengers for its titles during its annual convention Wednesday in Acapulco, Mexico. Carlos Adames was not among them. The Dominican middleweight publicly petitioned the WBC to name him the mandatory challenger for Jermall Charlo’s championship, but WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman expressed patience while they wait to find out when its middleweight champion plans to fight ...
Sunny Edwards was honored with an IBF ring on the eve of the most dangerous fight of his career. The 26-year-old puts his IBF world belt on the line at Probellum Sheffield on Friday night when he faces the hard punching Felix Alvarado. And Edwards, who first won the title in April of last year, was presented with the special ...