WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury could potentially return on July 22 at Wembley Stadium in London, according to co-promoter George Warren of Queensberry Promotions. "It could be. It could be," Fury stated to International Boxing News with respect to a July 22 return. Fury was in talks to have an undisputed fight with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk ...
Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway showed no signs of slowing down as he produced another top-drawer performance to defeat Arnold Allen at UFC Kansas City, then threw out the name of a fighter he’d love to face next. Holloway finds himself in a somewhat awkward position in the UFC’s 145-pound division. He’s clearly better than the rest of the ...
Olympian Frazer Clarke believes his former Team GB teammate, Joe Joyce, should avoid an immediate rematch with Zhilei Zhang. Joyce suffered his first career defeat on Saturday night at London's Copper Box Arena. He was stopped in six rounds by Zhang, who rocked the British boxer several times in the contest. Joyce was unable to adjust to Zhang's southpaw style. Zhang landed ...
Friday night in front of a sold-out boxing crowd at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, Omar Trinidad, (12-0-1, 9 KOs) of Boyle Heights kept his winning ways moving forward with an eight-round unanimous decision over Adan Ochoa, (12-3, 5 KO’s), of Downey, CA. Scores were 80-72 twice and 78-74. Trinidad used his effective aggressiveness to score over the first ...
Olympic silver medal winner Joe Joyce felt that he could have continued on Saturday night, when the ringside doctor stopped his fight with Zhilei Zhang in the sixth round at the Copper Box in London. In what was a bruising fight, Joyce's right eye was close shut by the sixth round from the heavy left hands of Zhang. After examining ...
Elijah Garcia earned some high-profile exposure when the emerging middleweight produced the most impressive victory of his career March 4. Premier Boxing Champions and Showtime announced Monday night that the undefeated, 19-year-old Garcia will encounter Kevin Salgado in the pay-per-view opener on the Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia undercard April 22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 10-round bout between Garcia ...
Eddie Hearn views Canelo Alvarez’s upcoming fight with John Ryder as an important litmus test. Alvarez, 32, is scheduled to defend his four super middleweight titles against London’s Ryder on May 6 at Azteca Stadium in Alvarez’s homeland of Guadalajara, Mexico. Ryder, 34, is no slouch and has proven himself to be a more than capable contender in recent ...
Copper Box Arena, London - Chinese southpaw Zhilei Zhang (25-1-1, 20 KOs) earned the most important victory of his career with a stunning sixth-round TKO over undefeated hometown hero Joe Joyce (15-1, 14 KOs). Zhang stunned Joyce with sharp left hands in the first two rounds. In the following round, Joyce tried to step up his offense, but his inability ...
Mikaela Mayer (18-1, 5 KOs) feels ready to take over the lightweight division. The former unified junior lightweight champion made a successful debut at 135 pounds by defeating Swedish contender Lucy Wildheart (10-2, 4 KOs) via unanimous decision Saturday night at Copper Box Arena in London. The 32-year-old was originally scheduled to face Christina Linardatou, but the former two-time junior ...
Aston Brown returned from a near five-year hiatus to keep up his unbeaten run. The middleweight made a comeback at the Glasgow Boxing Academy in Govan, Scotland, exclusively live on Fite TV +. Brown, who has teamed up with Joseph McNally and Declan O’Rourke in Liverpool for the next stage of his career, secured a six-round win at the top ...