The British Boxing Board of Control has assigned a judge apiece from the home countries of Zhilei Zhang and Joe Joyce and a judge from neither fighter’s homeland to their heavyweight championship rematch Saturday night. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that South Africa’s Deon Dwarte, China’s Mark Leong and England’s Marcus McDonnell will work their second 12-round fight for the WBO interim ...
The latest night of action on Dana White’s Contender Series saw four more prospects earn UFC contracts, including one fighter who didn’t pick up a win on the night. Flyweight Igor da Silva, lightweight Kaynan Kruschewsky, and heavyweight Shamil Gaziev all picked up stoppage wins to earn contracts from UFC CEO Dana White, while Stephanie Luciano’s late surge to earn ...
Robeisy Ramirez will make the second defense of his WBO featherweight title against a hard-hitting contender who will take a huge step up in competition. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Ramirez has been scheduled to meet Mexican challenger Rafael Espinoza in a 12-round, 126-pound title fight November 4. Their promoters, Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. (Ramirez) and Zanfer Boxing (Espinoza), have ...
Promoter Bob Arum has a hard time envisioning Terence Crawford pulling out a win over Canelo Alvarez. Asked to offer his opinion on the hypothetical match-up recently, the Hall of Fame promoter said he just feels that Alvarez’s size and strength would carry him to a win over Crawford, a former client of Arum’s Top Rank. As the undisputed 168-pound ...
Shakur Stevenson remains befuddled as to why Frank Martin decided to pass up an opportunity that he says would have netted Martin a career high payday and title shot. The skilled southpaw and two-division titlist from Newark, New Jersey, figures the prospect of losing had Martin paralyzed with the heebie-jeebies. Earlier this month, Stevenson and Indianapolis' Martin narrowly avoided a ...
After falling at the final hurdle of her first ONE atomweight MMA world championship bid, Stamp Fairtex has gotten back on her feet, dusted herself off, and created an undeniable aura around herself. The former atomweight Muay Thai and kickboxing champion is gearing up for the most pivotal matchup of her career on Saturday, September 30, when she faces Ham ...
Tyson Fury has weighed in on this weekend’s WBO Interim heavyweight title fight between Zhilei Zhang and Joe Joyce. Zhang comprehensively beat Joyce in April, stopping the Londoner in six rounds. Joyce seemed totally bemused by Zhang’s southpaw style and was unable to build any momentum. The fight was officially stopped due to damage around Joyce’s right eye but he ...
Eduardo Nunez will await further instructions on his path toward his first career title shot. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that a previously ordered semifinal title eliminator is no longer in play between the Mexico’s Nunez and England’s Zelfa Barrett. A purse bid hearing scheduled for Tuesday was canceled when the sanctioning body was informed that Barrett was no longer interested in ...
It was fun at first. The chance to face a fighter as great as Terence Crawford? For Canelo Alvarez, he sat back and fantasized about it before shaking his head and snapping back to reality. It didn’t make sense to spend a ton of time on that subject. Crawford has all of the skills in the world but he fights ...
Former world champions Yordenis Ugas and Mario “El Azteca” Barrios showed off their skills and previewed their upcoming showdown for the Interim WBC Welterweight Title during a media workout in Las Vegas Tuesday before they meet on the Canelo vs. Charlo SHOWTIME PPV undercard on Saturday, September 30 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo Promotions will present the Premier ...