Jared Anderson is exactly where he wants to be in his career. In an era where far too many fighters are eager to race to the top, the 23-year-old heavyweight contender is content to box as often as possible and collect the paychecks that come with those assignments. With that request comes his fourth fight in barely eight months, ...
Erik Bazinyan and Ronald Ellis will face off on October 11th as part of the event being staged by Eye of the Tiger at the Casino de Montreal. The NABF and NABA super middleweight titles, currently held by Bazinyan, will be at stake. This bout will be broadcast live on Punching Grace and ESPN+, serving as the co-main event for ...
The WBO Mini Flyweight World Champion Oscar "El Pupilo" Collazo (7-0, 5 KOs) hosted a press conference today ahead of his title defense against Filipino fighter Garen "Hellboy" Diagan (10-3, 5 KOs) in his native Puerto Rico. The 12-round fight will be broadcast live worldwide on DAZN and is presented in association with Miguel Cotto Promotions and H2 Entertainment. The ...
The welterweight division’s once murky waters are now crystal clear. Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford were the talk of the town. For years on end, they both claimed that they were the best 147-pounders on the planet. But someone had to separate themselves. On July 29th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the two finally squared off. ...
An intriguing heavyweight bout could possibly have an encore. For most of the past year former heavyweight titlists Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua have been rumored to be finalizing plans to meet in the ring for a high-profile fight in Saudi Arabia. Now, in an interview that was published on Thursday, Wilder, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, insisted that he is working ...
Ukraine’s unified WBA/WBO/IBF world champion, Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs), puts his heavyweight hardware on the line against London's Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) this Saturday, Aug. 26 at Tarczynski Arena Wroclaw in Wroclaw, Poland. (photos by Piotr Duszczyk) Usyk will make the second defense of his unified crown after moving up to heavyweight in 2019 following a historic run ...
Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has a very good feeling about the ongoing negotiations with former WBC champion Deontay Wilder for a showdown in early 2024. The fight is being targeted for a date in January in Saudi Arabia. "Things are positive," Joshua told Sky Sports News. "In reality I'm going to focus on the Wilder fight for now." ...
Terence Crawford has never been the talkative type but that doesn’t mean he isn’t paying attention to everything that’s been said about him. Since taking care of business against Errol Spence Jr., old clips of Gervonta Davis giving his thoughts on Crawford have resurfaced. Davis, who campaigns at 135 pounds, stated on numerous occasions that he’s more than capable of ...
Promoter Frank Warren is fully in favor of the efforts by Britain’s governing bodies to get a handle on the Conor Benn drug scandal. And if his fellow denizens of the boxing world are worth any salt, says Warren, they should feel the same way as well. Last week, United Kingdom Anti-Doping and the British Boxing Board of Control ...
Prospect Francesca Hennessy was today unveiled as the latest addition to the Boxxer ranks, joining her brother Michael on the roster and becoming part of Boxxer's stable of female boxers. Entering the professional ranks following an accomplished amateur career which saw her win two national championships, the Women’s Winter Box Cup and Sweden's Golden Girls Box Cup, the talented 18-year-old ...