Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo have both displayed granite chins even against dangerous punchers during their careers. One respected trainer still expects their 12-round super middleweight title fight to end in a knockout September 30. Bob Santos predicted during a recent virtual trainers’ roundtable discussion hosted by Showtime and Premier Boxing Champions that Alvarez or Charlo will lose inside the ...
Edgar Berlanga is still willing to fight Jaime Munguia next. The unbeaten Berlanga just wants to make sure that he will be paid appropriately for what on paper would be the most difficult fight of the super middleweight contender’s seven-year professional career. Berlanga denied during an interview with BoxingScene.com on Thursday that he has turned down the seemingly fan friendly ...
Richardson Hitchins isn’t the jealous type but he does believe he’s been a bit overlooked. For the most part, Hitchins (16-0, 7 KOs) has sat back and watched as Shakur Stevenson, Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, and a long list of others, all of whom are around his age, grabbed most of the attention. Pound-for-pound rankings, world titles, trucks full of ...
Lineal & WBC heavyweight boxing champion Tyson "The Gypsy King" Fury and lineal heavyweight MMA king Francis Ngannou met face-to-face today at the kickoff press conference for the most anticipated combat sports event of the year. (photos by Mikey Williams) Fury and Ngannou will collide in a 10-round boxing match on Saturday, October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in an ...
The UFC’s Octagon heads Down Under for UFC 293, where the city of Sydney, Australia plays host to a big pay-per-view with the middleweight title on the line in the main event. Reigning middleweight king Israel Adesanya is making a swift turnaround from the summer to put his belt on the line after recapturing the title against Alex Pereira. And ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn is not confident in Errol Spence's abilities to change the tide in a rematch with Terence Crawford - even at the junior middleweight limit of 154-pounds. Back in July, Crawford dominated and stopped Spence in nine rounds to become the undisputed welterweight champion. Spence went down three times in the fight. Last week, Spence exercised his contractual ...
IBF featherweight world champion Luis Alberto “El Venado” Lopez looks to kick off Mexican Independence Day weekend with an emphatic defense of his title. Lopez will defend his crown against two-time world title challenger Joet Gonzalez on Friday, September 15 at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Lopez-Gonzalez, Xander Zayas-Roberto Valenzuela Jr., and the return of lightweight sensation Emiliano ...
While he understands, everyone needs to slow down with all of this talk of a Jermell Charlo vs. Terence Crawford clash. (photo by Ryan Hafey) It simply doesn’t make any sense. Sure Crawford stopped his good friend Errol Spence Jr., and of course, Charlo is the reigning undisputed champion at 154 pounds but there are a few obvious roadblocks in ...
PATERSON, New Jersey – Zhilei Zhang understands why Tyson Fury has embraced what the huge Chinese heavyweight considers a complete mismatch against Francis Ngannou. Zhang would happily accept a boxing match with an inexperienced mixed martial artist for even a fraction of the purse Fury will be paid to face Ngannou on October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The WBO’s ...
Sean Strickland is turning the volume up to 11 ahead of his middleweight title tilt against Israel Adesanya at UFC 293, but he warned people not to let his noise distract them from his fighting abilities. Strickland stepped in to face Adesanya in Sydney after South African contender Dricus du Plessis declared himself unable to be ready in time for ...