Frank Warren has told Oleksandr Usyk to vacate his WBA belt or fight Daniel Dubois following the collapse of the potential undisputed fight on April 29. Dubois is the current WBA 'regular' beltholder and is first in line for a crack at the ‘super’ champion Usyk, who also holds the WBO and IBF heavyweight titles. However the WBA were willing ...
Promoter Frank Warren doesn’t think it is out of the question that Tyson Fury could decide to retire, now that his undisputed heavyweight fight with Oleksandr Usyk is no longer in play. The head of Queensberry Promotions floated that possibility on Thursday, one day after word was relayed that protracted negotiations between Fury, the WBC titlist, and Usyk, the WBO, ...
Montreal Casino, Montreal - In a super middleweight showdown, Christian Mbilli (24-0, 20 KOs) overcame the toughest test of his career to win a ten round unanimous decision over Carlos Gongora (21-2, 16 KOs). The scores were 97-93, 98-92 and 99-91. Mbilli started faster than usual in the first round, by coming forward and taking the fight to Gongora. It was ...
Super middleweight rivals David “The Mexican Monster” Benavídez and Caleb Plant stated their intention to settle their rivalry emphatically during Thursday’s final press conference before they meet for Benavidez’s Interim WBC Super Middleweight Title headlining action live on SHOWTIME PPV this Saturday, March 25 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing ...
Super middleweight rivals David “The Mexican Monster” Benavídez and Caleb Plant stated their intention to settle their rivalry emphatically during Thursday’s final press conference before they meet for Benavidez’s Interim WBC Super Middleweight Title headlining action live on SHOWTIME PPV this Saturday, March 25 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing ...
Gurgen Hovhannisyan will take another step up in competition April 22. BoxingScene.com has learned that the huge Armenian heavyweight will face former IBF champion Charles Martin on the Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia undercard. The 10-round bout between Hovhannisyan and Martin will be one of two fights Showtime will stream on its YouTube channel before the pay-per-view portion of the Davis-Garcia undercard ...
Frank Warren, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, admits a unification with Oleksandr Usyk - at least for April 29 - is now a “dead duck.” It was confirmed on Wednesday that the potential showdown had fall apart - after both sides were unable to agree on the monetary terms for the contracted rematch. They had agreed on a 70-30 ...
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has lashed out in the direction of Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO world titles. The two beltholders were in serious negotiations to collide on April 29th at Wembley Stadium in London. On Wednesday, both sides confirmed that their negotiations had fallen apart over a disagreement regarding the monetary split for the ...
Lightweight contender Beneil Dariush hopes to share the Octagon with lightweight champion Islam Makhachev sooner rather than later, but he admitted he couldn’t help but be frustrated at the Russian’s recent callout of welterweight king Leon Edwards. Edwards defeated former 170-pound champ Kamaru Usman for the second successive time with a majority decision victory at UFC 286 in London, and ...
The event promoted by BOXXER in Manchester, England is topped by somebody's O will have to go when Lawrence Okolie and David Light battle for the WBO cruiserweight title. Okolie (18-0, 14 KOs) took charge of the WBO belt with a sixth round stoppage over Krzysztof Glowacki in 2021 and has since gone on to defend his title against Dilan ...