It wasn’t that long ago that Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez were as hot as anybody in boxing. Taylor won the World Boxing Super Series with a victory over Regis Prograis, snared a pair of belts at Jr. welterweight, and then completed unification of the division in 2021 with a two-knockdown decision over Jose Ramirez. Then came Jack Catterall and ...
Frank Warren has moved to sign former amateur star Sam King, who will now turn professional under the Queensberry banner. The 22-year-old middleweight, who has a National Championship and seven International titles to his name, trains out of the new Peacock Gym in Epping, to where he commutes from his hometown of Luton. “I’ve got my license and I have ...
Marc Ramsey, head trainer for WBC, IBF, WBO light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, expects a very dangerous task when they face mandatory challenger Callum Smith on August 19 at the Videotron Center in Quebec. Smith, a former super middleweight champion, suffered his only career defeat by way of a twelve round decision in December of 2020. At the time of the ...
Amir Albazi showed that he belongs in the UFC’s flyweight title conversation with a split-decision win over Kai Kara-France at UFC Vegas 74, then called for his next bout to be for the undisputed flyweight title. The main event of UFC Vegas 74 was designed to produce a clear contender to potentially challenge for the 125-pound title, but after a ...
SAN DIEGO - Angel Estrada and Cristian Dominguez fought to a No Contest in the third round of a junior welterweight contest Saturday night. Estrada (now 10-1-1 1 NC, 7 knockouts), who resides in nearby Santee, had his best moments in the opening round, although Dominguez connected with sweeping left hooks and right crosses to the head. During the second ...
The crowd loudly disagreed with two of the judges’ scores, but Ardreal Holmes Jr. escaped with a technical split-decision victory over Wendy Toussaint on Saturday night in Detroit. Holmes had a lot of trouble with Toussaint, whose grotesque cut on his forehead caused their bout to end during the eighth round on the Claressa Shields-Maricela Cornejo undercard at Little Caesars ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn, who works on a fight by fight basis with undisputed super middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, came close to exploring the possibility of a showdown with UFC superstar Conor McGregor. Back in 2017, McGregor made his boxing debut against Floyd Mayweather at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The event became a monster financial success, with a ...
KSW’s second big “Colosseum” show needed some big moments to match the event’s scale, and the fighters delivered the goods on a wild night in Warsaw. The Polish national stadium, PGE Narodowy, played host to KSW Colosseum 2, with the promotion’s two biggest names experiencing contrasting fortunes in the two featured bouts of the night. The main event saw former ...
The duel between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Devin Haney only bolstered Terence Crawford’s belief in Shakur Stevenson. Haney, the undisputed lightweight champion, retained his four 135-pound titles with a spirited effort against Vasiliy Lomachenko last month at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The thoroughly competitive 12-round bout saw Haney, 24, use timely right-hand counters in the early going ...
Krzysztof Glowacki turned a near-disastrous mixed martial arts debut into a highlight reel win. The former two-time WBO cruiserweight titlist scored a sensational first-round knockout of Patryk Tolkaczewski as part of the KSW 83: Colosseum 2 MMA event Saturday at PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland. Tolkaczewski was in full mount and on the attack as Glowacki covered up while flat ...