Following the home-run success of their stadium event at KSW Colosseum 2, Polish promotion KSW has confirmed two of their big guns for a pair of their upcoming shows this summer. KSW 84 is scheduled to take place on July 15 in Gdynia, Poland, with the promotion’s heavyweight title on the line in the main event. England’s Phil De Fries ...
The latest elite-level talent off the amateur production line joins the professional ranks at Brave CF 72 on Friday, June 23 as wrestling phenom Rasul Magomedov makes his pro debut for Brave Combat Federation. Dagestan-born Magomedov, who has represented Bahrain in MMA, is a two-time IMMAF world champion, and also has a wrestling victory over Olympic and world champion Kyle ...
Rising prospect, Bryce Mills (12-1, 4 KOs), managed by Home Team Management, is looking toward a productive rest of 2023 as he continues to make his way in the super lightweight division. He’s secured his sixth consecutive victory in dominating fashion against Jonathan de Pina (12-2, 5 KOs), a 6-round bout that took place at the esteemed Hall of Fame ...
There was a point barely a week after his last fight where Anthony Joshua believed he would have to forgo an August fight for a far-more lucrative year-end opportunity. That reality is once again in play, though not from a lack of effort by his supporting cast. Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s career-long promoter, recognizes the possibility of not getting his star ...
They danced around each other, barked from behind closed fences, and pointed a blaming finger in the other’s direction for a number of years. Still, after making the boxing world wait for what felt like forever, both Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. will finally square off on July 29th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thanks to ...
Tarik Zaina (12-0, 8 KOs), of Tijuana, Mexico, is looking forward to his upcoming fight with Jesus Saracho (13-1, 11 KOs) of Guanajuato, Mexico, on Thompson Boxing’s “Locked 'N Loaded” card. The WBO Latino Super Lightweight title will be on the line in 10-round main event bout. “Locked 'N Loaded” will take place at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA ...
The carousel of potential opponents continues to spin around the contract negotiations table for Canelo Alvarez. As a rematch against Dmitry Bivol heads in the opposite direction, and days after a potential fight with WBC cruiserweight champion Badou Jack fell apart apparently due to an Alvarez-mandated 180-pound catchweight and rehydration clause, Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn has added a new ...
Eddie Hearn wants Anthony Joshua to fight later this summer, but it won’t be against Jarrell Miller. If nothing else, Hearn says, Joshua may not fight at all this season. Joshua, the former heavyweight titlist from London, was recently in talks to fight countryman Dillian Whyte on Aug. 12 but negotiations foundered as the sides were unable to come ...
Luis Alberto “El Venado” Lopez (28-2) picked up another big win on May 27th when he knocked out Michael Conlan (18-2) at the Odyssey Arena in his hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. With the victory, Lopez retained his IBF featherweight title. The 29-year-old Mexican captured the title in his previous fight, a majority decision over Josh Warrington. Lopez’s strength and ...
The World Boxing Association (WBA) has made it official that the WBA No. 1 world ranked light heavyweight Joshua Buatsi will face the WBA No. 2 world ranked light heavyweight Dan “Super” Azeez in the “WBA Light Heavyweight Final Eliminator.” Buatsi and Azeez have been ranked No. 1 & No. 2 since November 2022. Boxxer, the promoter of both fighters, ...