Light heavyweight veterans Robin Krasniqi (52-7) and Nadjib Mohammedi (45-9) are set to collide on August 5 in Pristina, Kosova, with the vacant WBC Silver title at stake. Krasniqi is now trained by former world champ Juergen Braehmer and is on the comeback trail after losing to Dominic Boesel in 2021. Mohammedi has won four of his last five, with ...
Antwun Echols, a dangerous middleweight contender in the 90s and early 2000s, has passed away. Echols, who was known as Kid Dynamite, died Sunday in Davenport at the age of 52, according to his former trainer, Leonard Overstreet Sr. “He had the hardest punch,” Overstreet said to the Moline Dispatch & Rock Island Argus “Antwun and I go way back. ...
Robeisy Ramírez, the World Organization (WBO) featherweight world champion is going to Japan to defend his belt for the first time against another fighter who is also a two-time Olympian. The Cuban (12-1, 7 KO) will face local Satoshi Shimizu on Tuesday, July 25 at Tokyo's Ariake Arena as the co-main event of the Top Rank undercard for the world ...
Longtime UFC lightweight contender Dan Hooker plans on propelling himself back up the rankings and right into the lightweight championship picture, starting with an attention-grabbing victory at UFC 290. Hooker takes on Jalin Turner in a lightweight main card bout that he sees as a big opportunity to thrust himself back into the discussion at the sharp end of the ...
For the majority of his career, Rashidi Ellis was able to skate by on pure skills and athleticism. Against Roiman Villa, however, the 30-year-old welterweight contender was forced to go to plan B. On January 7th, at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., Ellis attempted to use Villa as a springboard to bigger and better things. But, after hurting ...
After going toe-to-toe with Devin Haney for 24 rounds and suffering two unanimous decision losses, George Kambosos Jr. is convinced that his conqueror is the best lightweight in the world. “Devin Haney has the belts. He's proven. He's got everything. Yeah, Tank has beaten some good guys. But he hasn't beaten the guys that Haney has beaten. We've seen a ...
The full card for Wasserman Boxing’s July 15 event in Newcastle, can now be revealed. Josh Kelly faces off against Argentina’s Gabriel Corzo in the headline fight of the scheduled show, delivered in association with William Hill, and staged at the Vertu Motors Arena. Kelly, ranked at number two by the WBO at 154-pounds, knows victory over the unbeaten Corzo ...
Promoter Ben Shalom of Boxxer is standing firm that light heavyweights Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez will collide in a WBA world title eliminator. BoxingScene.com reported last month that Buatsi and Azeez would face each other in a high-stakes fight in the fall. But, rival promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom would later state that he was advised that Azeez was ...
Making his way to the ring for this fight has always been the priority for Eimantas Stanionis. Where that ring is located and whose fans arrive for the event were—and never are—a concern. The three-month delay to proceed with his mandatory title defense versus Vergil Ortiz Jr. resulted in a change of hosting city but Stanionis still travels to his ...
Junior featherweight Jesus Arechiga remained unbeaten in his hometown of Mazatlan, Mexico Friday night, after Mario Diaz was disqualified for repeated low blows at the Gimnasio German Evers. Arechiga improved to 20-0, 13 knockouts. From the opening bell, Arechiga was the superior fighter, utilizing his speed and punch accuracy to outland Diaz. Arechiga dropped Diaz during the second round, and ...