Year: 2022

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 ...

Undefeated middleweight prospect Joseph “Sug” Hicks of Grand Rapids, MI, moved to 4-0, 4 KOs with a second-round KO of Mexico’s Luis Solis (25-15-4, 21 KOs) to highlight the untelevised undercard of Salita Promotions’ SHOBOX: The New Generation event at Bally’s Atlantic City Casino and Resort this past Friday. Hicks, a former amateur champion, needed a round to study the ...

Mauricio ‘Bronco’ Lara has spent all of 2022 waiting on promised title shots that failed to materialize. It’s time for those fighters—Josh Warrington and Leigh Wood in particular—to pay the price. For now, all of that pent-up frustration was taken out on Colombia’s Jose Sanmartin. Two knockdowns led to his second straight third-round stoppage win in their DAZN-aired main event ...

Mauricio Lara has come to grips with not being able to challenge for his first major title. The streaking contender settled for a homecoming appearance in the aftermath of a canceled fight with secondary WBA featherweight titlist Leigh Wood. The two were due to meet September 24 in Wood’s hometown of Nottingham, England, only for the Brit to reportedly suffer ...

Leigh Wood still needs to convince the WBA that he is cleared for combat to retain his secondary title status. A reminder letter was sent to Nottingham’s Wood seeking medical proof of a biceps injury that forced him out of a September 24 voluntary WBA ‘World’ (Regular) featherweight title defense against Mauricio ‘Bronco’ Lara. The WBA requested proof of injury ...