Year: 2022

Sunny Edwards aims to plead his case as the best flyweight in the world. The unbeaten Londoner is set for the second defense of his IBF flyweight title, as Edwards faces Pakistan’s Muhammad Waseem. Both fighters made weight for their scheduled 12-round fight, which headlines a Probellum card Saturday evening (local time) at Duty Free Tennis Stadium in Dubai, United ...

Undefeated Los Angeles bantamweight prospect John “Scrappy” Ramirez (8-0, 7 KOs) returns to the ring this Saturday (Mar. 19) to take on Roberto “Escorpion” Pucheta (10-20-3, 10 KOs), of Mexico, in a 6-round bout on the Blair Cobbs-Alexis Rocha card (replacing Vergil Ortiz, Jr.-Michael McKinson), presented by Golden Boy Promotions. The main card will be streamed live on DAZN from ...

World champion Sunny Edwards says attempts from Muhammad Waseem to 'play on his ego' and lure him into a war won't work. The flyweights collide in a fight for the IBF world title at Probellum Evolution on Saturday night in Dubai and both men are hugely confident of victory. Edwards and Waseem came face-to-face in the Irish Village on Thursday ...

Fighters on the Alexis Rocha vs. Blair Cobbs card on March 19 hosted their final press conference today at Golden Boy HQ in Downtown Los Angeles. The fights are set to take place at the University of Southern California's Galen Center and will be streamed. worldwide on DAZN. (photos by Tom Hogan/HoganPhotos) Hosted by Beto Duran, the event featured special ...

The stage is set for ‘The Heaviest Boxing Match in History’ between former World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall and Hafthor "Thor" Bjornsson aka ‘The Mountain’ from Game of Thrones. The fight is taking place at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium on Saturday, March 19. Almost two years in the making and over five years of bitter rivalry, it all ...

According to promoter Ben Shalom of Boxxer, heavyweight contender Hughie Fury could potentially face Robert Helenius or Michael Hunter in his next fight. Shalom was hoping to match Fury, the cousin of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, in a domestic clash against veteran Derek Chisora - but the British veteran has very little interest in facing Fury. The WBA recently ...

Three matchups have been added to the SHOWTIME PPV lineup headlined by WBC and IBF world champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. and WBA World Champion Yordenis Ugas squaring off in a welterweight title unification clash on Saturday, April 16 live from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event. The pay-per-view telecast begins at 9 p.m. ...

Jermell Charlo thinks David Benavidez, for all his ability, is a weight bully.  For that reason, Charlo, who holds three of the four major belts in the 154-pound division, is not totally sold on the idea of his twin brother, the middleweight titlist Jermall, moving up in weight to face Benavidez, the 168-pound contender. It would not be on a ...

For the last few months, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has been trying to chase down a crossover boxing match with four division world champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Usman believes the fight will be bigger than the 2017 showdown between UFC superstar Conor McGregor and five division champion Floyd Mayweather. In that matchup, Mayweather broke down and stopped McGregor in ...

Training continues in preparation for undefeated long-time lightweight prospect and hometown favorite Erick DeLeon’s triumphant return, as the Mexico-born, Detroit-raised fighter once known as “The Next Oscar De La Hoya” is in the gym working hard to get ready for his main event appearance at Salita Promotions’ next DETROIT BRAWL event on Saturday, April 2, 2022 in the Lincoln Ballroom ...