Independent sanctioning body, PBA [Professional Boxing Association], have officially overturned KSI's recent victory over Joe Fournier. Last Saturday, at the OVO Arena Wembley, KSI was awarded with a second round knockout victory of Fournier. Several video replays would show that KSI landed an elbow to Fournier's jaw as the knockout blow. The impact would come after KSI had already shaken ...
LAS VEGAS – Devin Haney isn’t sure if Vasiliy Lomachenko’s last performance is a real reflection of the three-division champion’s capabilities at this point in his celebrated career. Lomachenko has turned 35 since his 12-round, unanimous-decision victory over huge underdog Jamaine Ortiz on October 29. Lomachenko himself admitted he wasn’t at his best that night, but Haney has prepared to ...
Regis Prograis believes his promotional deal with Matchroom yields the kind of flexibility and leverage he has always wanted from such an arrangement. The WBC 140-pound titlist from New Orleans made some news last week when he announced that he signed a multi-fight deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. Prograis chose the British promotional company over Las Vegas-based Top Rank, ...
Skilled 24-year-old Filipino Jayson Vayson (10-1-1, 5 KO's) of the beautiful Municipality of Veruela in Agusan del Sur, Philippines, will have the golden opportunity of climbing the square ring to battle veteran 37-year-old African 112-pounder Jackson "M3" Chauke (22-2-2, 15 KO's) for the vacant IBF Flyweight Inter-Continental Title on Saturday, May 27, at the Superbowl, Sun City in South Africa, ...
Prague, Czech Republic will play host to one of the biggest events in Oktagon MMA history as one of the promotion’s biggest rivalries comes to a head at the O2 Arena. Oktagon middleweight champion Patrik Kincl will put his 185-pound title on the line in the main event as he faces his old adversary, and current light heavyweight champion, Karlos ...
In order to take his career to the next level, Ryan Garcia was convinced that he needed a different voice in his ears. Despite praising Joe Goossen for a number of years, following his lopsided knockout defeat against Gervonta Davis, Garcia cleared the deck, canning his now ex-trainer. On Thursday, Garcia announced that he hired Derrick James, who currently works ...
Arnold Barboza (28-0) has anxiously awaited a shot at a world title. The highly ranked super lightweight contender recently bypassed a WBO eliminator against Liam Paro when Paro’s promoter, Matchroom Boxing won the purse bid with a bid much smaller than his liking. The 28-year-old Southern California native will now look to go in a different direction as he waits ...
On his historic journey to become the fastest world champion in his division, Villaba, Puerto Rico’s Oscar “El Pupilo” Collazo (6-0, 4 KOs) hosted a media workout at Wolf Elite Boxing in his native Puerto Rico. Collazo will challenge current WBO Minimumweight Titleholder Melvin “Gringo” Jerusalem (20-2, 12 KOs) of Santos City, Philippines in a 12-round fight presented in association ...
LAS VEGAS – Bob Arum could see Devin Haney or Vasiliy Lomachenko winning their lightweight title fight Saturday night. Their 91-year-old promoter considers Haney-Lomachenko a legitimate 50-50 fight that could go either way. Arum dismissed doubters who think Lomachenko is either too old to beat Haney and/or not good enough anymore after a subpar performance against Jamaine Ortiz in his ...
Tyson Fury apparently isn’t keen on waiting until December for a much-rumored career payday in the Middle East. On Thursday, the WBC titlist from Manchester, England, took to social media to implore his British promoter, Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions, to stage a “stadium fight” in the Northwest section of his homeland in the summer. Fury’s mandate comes amid fervent ...