Undefeated super middleweight puncher Christian Mbilli defends his WBC Continental Americas belt in the 10-round main event against American contender Demond Nicholson this Friday, Sept. 8 at Theatre du Casino du Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Canada. Promoted by Eye of the Tiger, Mbilli-Nicholson headlines a loaded fight card streaming live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+ starting at 6:30 p.m. ...
Last month, it was announced that Ylies Djiroun would be stepping in on short notice to save the main event of Brave CF 74. He’ll be doing so against Lucas Martins, a former Brave lightweight champion, and he’ll be entering the cage with nothing to lose. Still, while some see this as a no-lose scenario, Djiroun considers it an opportunity ...
Dennis Hobson, manager of heavyweight Dave Allen, feels strongly that Olympic bronze medalist Frazer Clarke should have been disqualified last Saturday night in Manchester. Allen and Clarke were matched in a crossroads clash at the Manchester Arena as part of the undercard to the rematch between Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith. There was some controversy, with Allen complaining of ...
The rehabilitation of Erickson Lubin’s boxing career is nearly complete. On September 30, in the co-main event of one of the biggest fight cards of 2023, Lubin will face unbeaten Jesus Ramos Jr. at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It’s not for a title, it’s not a fight that will receive a ton of hype over the next month, but ...
The 2023 Last Chance Qualifier marks as boxers’ final chance to secure their spot at December’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Lafayette, La. Pueblo is poised to welcome nearly 400 boxers from various corners of the nation, with the event scheduled to start Monday, Sept. 11 at the Pueblo Convention Center. “We look forward to having USA Boxing back at ...
Kenshiro Teraji can’t help but feel even more prepared than was the case in his last outing. A dangerous mandatory title defense versus former two-division champ Hekkie Budler is next up for the reigning lineal, WBC and WBA junior flyweight king. It comes a little more than five months after his previous win, a ninth-round stoppage of unbeaten Anthony Olascuaga ...
Trainer Joe McNally contends Liam Smith was coerced into fighting Chris Eubank Jr. on a date that was clearly disadvantageous to his client. Last Saturday night in Manchester, England, Eubank stopped Smith in 10 dominant rounds in their middleweight rematch to turn back the result of their first meeting, in January, when Smith, in a huge upset, stopped Eubank in ...
Matchroom Boxing announced on Tuesday that heavyweight contender Joe Cusumano tested positive for a banned substance in connection to his June fight with Adam Kownacki. In what was a bruising encounter, Cusumano (22-4, 20 KOs) dropped Kownacki in the first round and then finished him off with a high volume of vicious punches in the eight. For Kownacki, it was ...
Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. was not paying attention to a lot of the critical comments in the aftermath of his knockout loss to Liam Smith. In January, observers were stunned when Smith knocked Eubank out in only four rounds. Eubank would quickly exercise his contractual right to an immediate rematch. Most believed Eubank was on the slide, with Smith ...
Brave CF 74 star Lucas Martins will not be short of motivation heading into his potential number-one contender matchup with Ylies Djiroun in Nantes, France, this week. On September 7, Brazil’s former Brave CF lightweight champion and French submission specialist Djiroun, will have the privilege of headlining a historic event on home soil as Brave CF 74 will confirm France ...