According to various reports, New Zealand cruiserweight David Light is recovering at an Auckland hospital after suffering a mild stroke, according to separate statements from his promoter and management team. Light is said to have become unwell after returning to New Zealand following his twelve round decision loss to WBO cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie, which took place in Manchester on March ...
Hall of Fame fighter turned ESPN commentator Timothy Bradley believes Ryan Garcia should have shown more grit in his fight against Gervonta Davis, which ended due to a debilitating body shot in the seventh round. “He quit. I’m just like any other fighter out there. There’s no doubt about it,” Bradley said on the ESPN show “Max On Boxing” hosted ...
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, the date and the next opponent of Arslanbek Makhmudov have been finalized. The current NABA and NABF heavyweight titleholder will face undefeated Nigerian boxer Raphael Akpejiori on July 1st in the co-feature of Top Rank's card, which features Jared Anderson against Zhan Kossobutskiy. The event, which takes place at the Huntington Center in Toledo, will ...
Unbeaten light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev’s co-promoter won the right Tuesday afternoon to promote his WBC-mandated title defense against Callum Smith. BoxingScene.com has learned that Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. offered slightly more money than Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing at a purse bid conducted by the WBC in Guadalajara, Mexico. Top Rank’s winning bid was $2,115,000, just $15,000 more than ...
Richard Riakporhe has signed a new contract extension with BOXXER and Sky Sports - and has now set his sights on becoming a world champion. Ranked at number 2 by the WBO and IBF, whilst rated at number 4 by the WBC, London fighter Riakporhe (16-0, 12 KOs) is hoping huge fights on the horizon. ‘The Midnight Train’ will have ...
Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson will collide against Kazakhstan’s Zhan Kossobutskiy in a 10-round main event Saturday, July 1, at Toledo’s Huntington Center. Anderson will fight for the first time as a pro in his hometown, just a few days shy of the 104th anniversary of Jack Dempsey’s historic win over Jess Willard on July 4, 1919, at Toledo’s ...
WBA Intercontinental Super Lightweight Champion Kenneth “Bossman” Sims, Jr. (Chicago, Ill.) is entering the ninth year of his professional career and the former amateur standout is just now getting the opportunity he’s been dreaming of since he entered the paid ranks. He will fight Turkish Olympian Batyr Akhmedov in a 12-round super lightweight WBA title eliminator on May 13 in ...
Jose Benavidez Sr. has shouted from the mountaintops that no one, absolutely no one, will defeat his son, David Benavidez. Thus far, Benavidez Sr.’s bravado has been proven true as the current WBC interim super middleweight title holder has sliced through his competition. Most recently, despite making it look relatively easy in the ring, the 26-year-old knockout artist was given ...
Normally, turning 35 years of age would signal the end of a great fighter's once promising career. Their reflexes slow just a tad, the footwork isn’t as crisp, and their once granite chin has deteriorated considerably. Be that as it may, Terence Crawford is keeping Father Time at bay. Although the dust on his birth certificate continues to build, Crawford ...
American Alyse Anderson has a big matchup on home soil at ONE Fight Night 10 on Friday, May 5 when she takes on former ONE atomweight Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion Stamp Fairtex in Broomfield, Colorado, and she says her well-rounded skillset will be the key to victory over the elite Thai striker. Speaking ahead of fight night in ...