Roy Jones Jr. isn’t a fan of unfinished business. The Hall of Fame fighter and current trainer of British middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. made it clear he sorely wants his charge to revisit a fight with Liam Smith instead of entering into one with embattled welterweight Conor Benn. Liverpool’s Smith knocked out Eubank in January in the fourth round ...
Ra’eese Aleem believes he has discovered a quicker path to his first major title fight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten junior featherweight contender has accepted an invitation to participate in an IBF title eliminator. As this publication previously reported, a letter was sent to the promoters for both Aleem and former two-division titlist Luis Nery to which they were ...
Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway turned back surging contender Arnold Allen with another virtuoso performance as he outpointed the Englishman over five breathless rounds in Kansas City. Holloway settled into his rhythm early in Round 1, and by the mid point of the round he was putting flashy combinations together almost at will. Allen had successes, too, but notably ...
After a rough opening session to the third day of boxing at the 2023 Gee Bee Tournament, the four remaining men to box stepped up to take a sweep over Canada to join Morelle McCane (Cleveland, Ohio) in tomorrow’s championship bouts. Emilio Garcia (Laredo, Texas) picked up his third win of the tournament to advance to the gold medal bout ...
In a battle of Olympic silver medal winners, Zhilei Zhang pulled off a shocker on Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena in London, when he stopped undefeated Joe Joyce to capture the WBO's interim-heavyweight title. Zhang, 39-years-old, came out firing in the first round quickly began to damage the face of Joyce. The 37-year-old Joyce had issues throughout the ...
Zhilei Zhang produced one of the best performances from an overseas heavyweight in a British ring for many years to stop Joe Joyce in the sixth round. The Chinese southpaw, who is only a few weeks away from his 40th birthday, boxed beautifully to bust up Joyce so badly that referee Howard Foster had no choice but to wave off ...
Teenage heavyweight starlet Moses Itauma was taken the distance for the first time in his career by teak-tough Kostiantyn Dovbyshchenko in London. Itauma, the world youth amateur champion, took a combined total of just 58 seconds to get rid of his first two professional opponents. But Dovbyschenko, who had lost 12 before tonight without ever being stopped, was always expected ...
Mikaela Mayer always intended to hit the ground running at lightweight. The 2012 U.S. Olympian and former unified 130-pound champ refused to settle for anything less than a tough challenge that would put her on a path to challenge for a second divisional title. It came after Mayer (18-1, 5KOs) abandoned her months-long pursuit of a rematch with Alycia Baumgardner, ...
Terry Lane respects Joe Joyce and has enjoyed watching his rise in the heavyweight division. Zhang Zhilei’s co-manager is convinced, however, that “The Juggernaugt” hasn’t encountered a puncher as powerful as Zhilei in any of his 15 professional fights. Lane expects their 12-round battle to be difficult for the huge Chinese contender, too, but he predicted during a press conference ...
The final set of first-round regular season bouts in the PFL’s 2023 season took place in Las Vegas, as The Theater at Virgin Hotels played host to PFL 3, with the lightweight and welterweight divisions in the spotlight. A host of former champions were in action, with all of the promotion’s current or former champions claiming important victories to kickstart ...