Boxing is set to lose one of its few watchdogs. After 33 years, Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission executive director Greg Sirb is retiring. His final day is on Friday, Sept. 29. “It’s time,” Sirb told BoxingScene.com, with a laugh. Sirb has the distinction of being the longest-tenured overseer of a state athletic commission, having served as executive director since Jan. ...
‘King’ Callum Walsh and The Bronx Beast, Ismael Villarreal met for the first time on Monday night for a photo and video shoot at The Mecca of Boxing, Madison Square Garden to promote their Thursday, November 9 fight showdown. They were accompanied by promoter Tom Loeffler of 360 Promotions. Walsh will make his New York debut on one of boxing’s ...
Regis Prograis promised that Devin Haney has made a huge matchmaking mistake in choosing the hard-hitting southpaw as his next opponent. Prograis respects Haney’s ambition, but he doesn’t think that the undefeated, undisputed lightweight champion will have what it takes to withstand his power in what will be Haney’s 140-pound debut December 9 at Chase Center in San Francisco. Eddie ...
Devin Haney’s ambitious move up in weight to challenge hard-hitting 140-pound champion Regis Prograis was finally officially announced Tuesday morning. Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, which will promote their fight, revealed what has long been public knowledge, that Prograis-Haney is set for December 9 in San Francisco. Their 12-round fight for Prograis’ WBC super lightweight title will be the main event ...
Ahead of the PFL Europe Playoffs in Paris on September 30, the promotion’s Head of Fighter Operations Dan Hardy chatted exclusively to Fighters Only’s Simon Head to give his half-term report on PFL Europe’s inaugural season. We’re halfway through the inaugural PFL Europe season, so now seems like the perfect time to catch up and get a half-term report from ...
Sometimes, the other guy is just better. Joe Joyce had several months to plan, adjust, scheme, to focus on one task: reverse the outcome of his first unsuccessful contest with Zhilei Zhang. Joyce came in significantly heavier and with a different approach, circling away from the southpaw left that did so much damage the first time around. For three minutes, ...
Jermell Charlo realizes a resounding win against Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night will put him in a powerful position to set up a series of more mouthwatering matchups moving forward. But first, the Houston native and betting underdog must muster off a career-defining win against the Mexican superstar and undisputed super middleweight champion at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas ...
ONE women’s strawweight MMA world champion Xiong Jing Nan has defeated everyone she has taken on in her weight bracket and has accumulated an incredible catalog of dominant performances along the way. But Xiong has something fresh, new, and unique coming up in her next outing. On Saturday, September 30, the Chinese champion will face Nat “Wondergirl” Jaroonsak in a ...
Anthony Yarde rebounded from his bruising defeat to Artur Beterbiev on Saturday night, breezing past the overmatched Jorge Silva inside two rounds. Beterbiev may have stopped Yarde in the eighth round back in January but the Londoner gave the unified light heavyweight champion all he could handle through seven exciting rounds. Yarde (24-3, 23 KO’s) was originally slated to return ...
There are always outliers. (photo by Ryan Hafey) No matter the topic, it’s never impossible to find those who insist smart money is wrong. The Earth is flat. Elvis is alive. Elections are rigged. Unless, on that last one anyway, your candidate wins. It’s no different when it comes to boxing. You’ll always encounter at least someone so in love ...