George “Ferocious” Kambosos Jr. wants to make it clear that he still has plenty of fight left in him. The former unified 135-pound champion suffered a pair of one-sided, unanimous decision defeats to Devin Haney last year. In June, he lost his titles, and in October, failed to win them back in a rematch. After the losses, Kambosos (20-2, 10 ...
Anthony Joshua may have been just as surprised as the person next to him at how effective Jermaine Franklin was against Dillian Whyte in their heavyweight bout last November. Franklin was essentially unknown going into that fight and Whyte is a known veteran of the British heavyweight scene. But Joshua, the former heavyweight champion from London, however, thinks it is ...
Local boxing fans are expected to turn out in force to support top Indian boxers who will be going for gold at the upcoming International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023 in New Delhi. India will have competitors in all 12 weight categories at the highly anticipated event, which will take place from 15-26 March 2023 and offer ...
NEW YORK – Gervonta Davis arrived almost two hours after the press conference for his showdown was scheduled to start Wednesday at Palladium Times Square. (photo by Ryan Hafey) Their fight itself, however, couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time for boxing. In the aftermath of the Terence Crawford-Errol Spence Jr. fight falling apart last fall, the sport desperately ...
One of the most quietly intimidating figures of his time, Kostya Tszyu wasn’t one for nonsense, either in or out of the ring. So when he talked, you listened. And even though a table full of reporters wanted his take on his upcoming junior welterweight title defense against Oktay Urkal and a highly anticipated showdown with Zab Judah, in June ...
Former WBO Super Middleweight World Champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (44-1, 30 KOs) hosted a special Los Angeles media workout at Brickhouse Boxing Club today in anticipation of his showdown against Philadelphia’s former world title contender Gabriel “King” Rosado (26-16-1, 15 KOs). (photos by Cris Esqueda) The fight of year contender will also feature an action heavy co-main event as former ...
Undefeated boxing superstars Gervonta “Tank” Davis and “King” Ryan Garcia went face to face for the first time at a press conference in New York on Wednesday as they previewed their highly anticipated 12-round showdown that headlines a pay-per-view event on Saturday, April 22 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (photos by Amanda Westcott, ...
NEW YORK – Ryan Garcia revealed during their press conference Wednesday afternoon that there is a rehydration clause in his contract for his showdown with Gervonta Davis. Garcia informed BoxingScene.com afterward that he cannot weigh more than 146 pounds, 10 more than their contracted catch weight of 136, when he enters the ring for his 12-round fight versus Davis the ...
This will be a battle of power punchers, as 20.9 of their 24.8 combined landed punches (84.3%) are power shots. Less is more for Gervonta Davis, who threw 34.2 punches per round, fewest among champ caliber opponents and landed 47.6% of his power punches - #1 among champ caliber opponents. 31.3% of Davis' landed punches are body shots (CompuBox average ...
The promoter of Oleksandr Usyk has revealed that his charge was willing to accept a smaller portion of the revenue from a potential fight with Tyson Fury but that the latter rejected that proposal. Alexander Krassyuk informed talkSPORT during a phone call on Wednesday that the holdup in negotiations for the undisputed heavyweight championship is on Fury’s end, not Usyk’s. ...