Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. does not believe his loss to Liam Smith was a conclusive outcome. Back in January, Eubank was knocked out in four rounds by Smith. During the fourth round, Smith rocked and dropped Eubank. It didn't take long before Smith dropped him for a second time and the contest was waved off. The rematch is scheduled ...
Amanda Serrano is on the hook to defend her undisputed featherweight championship. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBO has ordered a title consolidation bout between Serrano and interim titlist Danila Ramos. The two sided will have ten days from Monday’s notification to reach terms and avoid a purse bid hearing. Serrano is represented by Most Valuable Promotions, while Ramos is ...
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch believes the 25-year-old Daniel Dubois could still be a future force in the heavyweight division. On Saturday night in Poland, Dubois suffered the second defeat of his pro career when unified champion Oleksandr Usyk knocked him out in the ninth round. Dubois' other defeat was a stoppage loss at the hands of Joe Joyce ...
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya continues to jibe at his star charge, Ryan Garcia, in what appears to be yet another sign of their deteriorating relationship. The two figures have been feuding for the past few months, with De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions going so far as to lodge a lawsuit at the junior welterweight star from Victorville, Calif. ...
Jermell Charlo stood on the shore as the Canelo Alvarez boat passed him by. Although they both fought in the junior middleweight division at one point, a matchup between them became more and more unlikely as Alvarez began moving up in weight. The Mexican star made the middleweight division his playpen, the super middleweight division became his backyard, and the ...
Daniel Dubois’ trainer adamantly insists that his charge did not punch Oleksandr Usyk in the testicles. Ukraine’s Usyk, the unified WBO, WBA, IBO, IBF heavyweight champion, stopped England’s Dubois in nine rounds before a packed partisan crowd in Wroclaw, Poland. But controversy erupted midway through the bout, in the fifth round, when Dubois landed a hard right hand that seemingly ...
In Austria, Franz Csandl passed away at the age of 74. Csandl represented his country in the 1972 Olympics in Munich and then turned pro where he challenged twice for the European light middleweight title against future world champions Jose Duran and Eckhard Dagge but came up short. He retired in 1976 with a 23-3 record. In France, famed national ...
It was the shot heard around the boxing world when British heavyweight challenger Daniel Dubois dropped Ukrainian champion Oleksandr Usyk in Poland. The debilitating and debatable body punch that landed directly on the belt line, however, was ruled illegal and a low blow by referee Luis Pabon in the fifth round, and what originally appeared to be a knockout suddenly ...
As if the heavyweight division needed another strange controversy to create further debate about who is, or is deserving to be considered the division’s best, we were served one up this past weekend. Heading into Saturday’s bout against Oleksandr Usyk, Daniel Dubois entered as a gargantuan underdog, with many observers scoffing at the utility of the bout, aside from the ...
Russia's Muslim Gadzhimagomedov secured victory over Cuban superstar Julio Cesar La Cruz at the IBA Champions’ Night in Serpukhov, Russia that preceded International Boxing Day and its worldwide celebrations. Nine 5-round boxing contests were held last night where the boxers showed their skills and dedication on the eve of International Boxing Day. Many esteemed guests, including the IBA Board of ...