The winner of the Josh Taylor-Teofimo Lopez title fight has one less option to worry about for the time being. Back-to-back failed efforts by the World Boxing Organization to produce a sanctioned junior welterweight title eliminator has prompted the sanctioning body to momentarily abandon the process. The latest effort saw Australia’s Liam Paro bail on negotiations for an ordered fight ...
Star Boxing's "Rockin' Fights" 44 is just under 6 days away at The Paramount! An 8 round welterweight featured bout gets a second chance on May 13, as former Irish prospect of the year Ryan O'Rourke (Dublin, Ireland, 9-0 2KO’s) will step up against southpaw Dashuan Johns (Brooklyn, NY, 4-2 3KO’S). The previously scheduled O'Rourke-Johns bout was set to take ...
It’s good to be Canelo Alvarez. Still. Not only does the cinnamon-haired Mexican star have a trophy room full of title belts and all the financial bells and whistles that come with it, he’s got a certain amount of career control, too. As a four-belt champ at 168 pounds with a long-time claim to the sport's undisputed pay-per-view title, he ...
DiBella Entertainment has signed 19-year-old junior welterweight "Dynamite” David Lopez (3-0, 2 KOs) to an exclusive promotional contract. Coming from a family of fighters, Lopez, a southpaw who is of Black and Filipino heritage, is trained by his father and former pro boxer, Kris Lopez. In addition to his father, David’s older brother, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather were all boxers. When ...
Keyshawn Davis is very much enjoying his time on the fast track. Touted as a highly publicized prospect with an Olympic silver medal dangling from his neck, Davis (8-0, 6 KOs) has refused to take the slow and steady approach. Anxious to prove that he’s one of the best fighters around, Davis brazenly took on Anthony Yigit in just his ...
Heavyweight contender Joe Joyce is now going for a second fight with Chinese giant Zhilei Zhang. According to Joyce’s manager, Shane Watson, the British Olympian has activated his immediate rematch clause to force a repeat contest with Zhang. Last month, Zhang pulled off a shocker when he stopped Joyce, who suffered his first career defeat. Joyce had issued with the ...
Light heavyweight contender Joshua Buatsi is still very much interested in a domestic showdown with rival Anthony Yarde. This past Saturday night in Birmingham, Buatsi returned for the first time in 350 days to pick up a one-sided unanimous decision win over unbeaten Pawel Stepien. It was Buatsi's first bout of his promotional deal with Boxxer. The Olympian parted ways ...
Junior welterweight contender Steve Spark is furious with a last minute decision to switch two of the judges for last Saturday's fight with hometown boxer Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela at Akron Stadium in Mexico. The fight took place on the undercard to Canelo Alvarez's super middleweight title defense against John Ryder. After ten rounds, Valenzuela was handed a split decision win ...
The return of Conor Benn may be rife with snags but that does not mean he or his promoters intend to stop trying. After weeks of talk suggesting that the embattled British welterweight would return to the ring on June 3 in Abu Dhabi, it appears the new working date is June 17, according to Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn of ...
Eddie Hearn acknowledged that rival promoter Top Rank offered Regis Prograis more money to sign with the company that represents many of the opponents Prograis has said he wants to fight. Ultimately, though, Prograis picked Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, which offered a three-fight deal. The WBC super lightweight champion will make his Matchroom debut on June 17 in his hometown of ...