Eddie Hearn, promoter for former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, has denied Tyson Fury's claim that contract has been sent for a September mega-fight at Wembley Stadium in London. On Friday, Fury took to social media to announce that draft of a contract had been issued to Joshua. 'A few days ago I sent a draft contract to Anthony Joshua ...
Alexis Rocha continued his ascent in the welterweight division with another knockout victory Saturday night. The strong southpaw stopped Anthony Young in the fifth round of their 12-round main event at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Rocha drilled Young with a left hand that knocked Young into the ropes and down with about 55 seconds to go in ...
Oscar Duarte returned to the site of his lone loss Saturday night and easily extended his winning streak. Mexico’s Duarte defeated D’Angelo Keyes by technical knockout on the Alexis Rocha-Anthony Young undercard at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Duarte (26-1-1, 20 KOs) dropped Keyes twice before referee Jerry Cantu stopped their scheduled 10-rounder, the co-feature of a card ...
The proliferation of lightweight titles had seemingly come to an end once George Kambosos Jr. officially stepped onto the world scene. His upset win over Teofimo Lopez in 2021, essentially netted Kambosos every major championship trinket at 135 pounds. In doing so, the 29-year-old had his pick of the lightweight litter. Originally, Kambosos (20-2, 10 KOs) selected Vasiliy Lomachenko as ...
This turned out to be a U.K. trip that Mauricio Lara would love to forget. One day after ending his title reign at the scale, the visiting Mexico City native was soundly outpointed by Leigh Wood who avenged a prior knockout defeat to regain the WBA featherweight title. Judges Victor Simons (118-109), Howard Foster (118-109) and Jose Ignacio Martinez (116-111) ...
Jack Catterall ended his second consecutive lengthy layoff with a dominant performance. The former title challenger—many who have hailed as the uncrowned 140-pound champion—backed up his claim of being levels above Australia’s Darragh Foley. Catterall scored two knockdowns en route to a lopsided decision win. Scores 99-88, 98-89 and 97-90 all landed in favor of Catterall in their DAZN-aired co-feature ...
Anthony Cacace fended off another veteran opponent Saturday night to extend his winning streak. Cacace was the busier, more effective fighter for much of his 12-round, 130-pound bout with Damian Wrzesinski, which Cacace won by unanimous decision on the Luis Alberto Lopez-Michael Conlan undercard at The SSE Arena in Cacace’s hometown of Belfast. Judges Michael Fitzgerald (116-112), Jean-Robert Laine (117-111) ...
Francis Warren has explained his move away from Queensberry Promotions after nearly 18 years working for his father’s company. Warren is now no longer employed by Queensberry after deciding to go it alone as a manager, with 10 boxers already under contract. He still works closely with the family business but only in addition to the work he does on ...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as the ongoing debate regarding the outcome of Devin Haney vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko, Shakur Stevenson, Ryan Garcia heading to trainer Derrick James, and more. Ssup Bread, What do you think should be the logical next step for Haney and Loma? I wanted Haney to win and think he ...
Lawrence Okolie could not have been more thrilled to provide a title opportunity for his former stablemate. That point was emphasized by the unbeaten WBO cruiserweight title during the final pre-fight press conference ahead of his upcoming defense versus Chris Billam-Smith. The fight represents a homecoming for the challenger, with their Sky Sports main event airing live this Saturday from ...