Alexis Rocha fully embraced all pre-fight talk regarding a potential future showdown with Terence Crawford. It’s a conversation he is more eager to revisit as he plans his next fight, which he prefers to come sooner rather than later—and preferably with the WBO welterweight titlist standing in the opposite corner. On Monday, the World Boxing Organization officially ordered Crawford to ...
The Armory in Minneapolis - Minneapolis-native and welterweight contender Jamal “Shango” James (28-2, 12 KOs) returned from a 16-month layoff to thrill a sold-out hometown crowd and earn a unanimous decision victory after 10-rounds against Argentine Olympian Alberto Palmetta (18-2, 13 KOs). “I’m pretty sure everybody can see that layoff affected me,” said James. “I had a lot of rust ...
It may have taken a bit longer than Richardson Hitchins wanted but his career is now moving at the sort of pace he’s always envisioned. Having signed with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing in 2022, the former Olympian has entered the ring on two occasions over the span of just four months. During his most recent outing, the 25-year-old made it ...
Tim Tszyu, son of boxing legend Kostya Tszyu and an undefeated action fighter, will return to his birth place of Sydney, Australia to face former world champion Tony “Superbad” Harrison for the vacant Interim WBO 154-pound title in the main event of a SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL telecast live on Saturday, March 11 (Sunday, March 12 in Australia) on SHOWTIME®. Tonight’s ...
Wilder Embraces Middle East As ‘Hotbed’ For Boxing: ‘You Can Look Forward to Seeing Me Here As Well’
The latest boxing hootenanny in the Middle East apparently left a marked impression on Deontay Wilder. Wilder, the former heavyweight titlist from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was in attendance this past weekend, in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, for the ballyhooed Jake Paul-Tommy Fury eight-round cruiserweight bout, which saw Fury, brother of Tyson, eke out a points win over Paul. The fight, which was ...
A prior meeting between Oscar De La Hoya and Terence Crawford has now come to light. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that talks are ongoing for a WBO mandatory title fight in the welterweight division between Crawford as the defending champ and number-one ranked challenger Alexis Rocha. The sanctioning body has now done its part to help expedite matters, having formally ordered ...
Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson has climbed the heavyweight rankings with his devastating knockout power. The 6’4, 240-pound wrecking ball will face fellow unbeaten George Arias in a 10-rounder Saturday, April 8, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Anderson-Arias will be the co-feature to the WBC lightweight title eliminator between Shakur Stevenson and Shuichiro Yoshino. U.S. Olympic silver ...
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch has traded plenty of words with Youtube star turned boxer, Jake Paul, in the last few weeks. Froch was not surprised that Paul (6-1, 4 KOs) suffered his first career defeat on Sunday, when he dropped an eight round split decision to undefeated Tommy Fury (9-0, 4 KOs), who is the younger brother of ...
Bellator is all set to kick off a stellar lightweight tournament at Bellator 292 on March 10, and the organization’s president Scott Coker said his promotion’s lineup of fighters has never looked better. Speaking in Dublin after Bellator’s latest successful trip to the 3Arena, Coker broke down the upcoming Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix, and hailed the quality of the ...
The promoters for Oscar Collazo got it right the second time around. Golden Boy Promotions and Cotto Promotions have jointly gained control of Collazo’s mandatory title challenge of WBO strawweight titlist Melvin Jerusalem. The promotional partners claimed rights to the title fight after submitting $152,000 during Monday’s rescheduled purse bid hearing, outpacing Kameda Promotions’ $101,000 offer. The fight is targeted ...