‘King’ Callum Walsh will make his New York debut on one of boxing’s biggest stages, The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The ten-round main event on Thursday, November 9 will be broadcast globally on UFC Fight Pass, which is also making its Garden debut for boxing. “Every fighter aspires to fight at Madison Square Garden,” said Walsh. “It’s a big ...
Jaron Ennis had his way with practically everyone in the amateurs. His combination of power, speed, and endurance was deadly. So much so that essentially no one had an answer for it. Well, except for Gary Antuanne Russell. All three of his amateur losses came at the hands of Russell. Ennis did manage to pick up a win against him ...
Former EBU and Italian super welterweight champ Luigi Minchillo has passed away at the age of 68 after suffering a heart attack. Minchillo fought in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal and turned pro in 1977. In 1981 he became EBU champ after beating Louis Acaries and then made his US debut later the same year when he took on the ...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Regis Prograis has officially kicked off training camp as he gets ready to defend his WBC super welterweight title against Devin Haney. The undisputed lightweight champion Haney (30-0, 15 KOs) will be moving up to 140 pounds to fight the two-time champion Prograis (29-1, 24 KOs). Prograis, fresh off a four-mile run on Thursday, said he’s ...
Zhilei Zhang isn’t going anywhere. The hard-hitting Chinese heavyweight will remain a Queensberry Promotions-affiliated fighter for the foreseeable future, according to the British company’s founder Frank Warren. Zhang notched the biggest win of his career last Saturday night at OVO Arena Wembley in London with a brutal third-round knockout of the once highly-regarded Joe Joyce in their 12-round, contractually-stipulated heavyweight ...
Middleweight contender Michael Zerafa is still keeping a close eye on his Australian rival, junior middleweight star Tim Tszyu. According to Zerafa, he's now aligned with Premier Boxing Champions and is guaranteed a crack at the winner of Erislandy Lara vs. Danny Garcia, who are slated to collide later this year for the WBA middleweight title. Tszyu is back next ...
Terry Lane, co-manager of Chinese heavyweight Zhilei Zhang, would love to match his fighter against WBC world champion Tyson Fury. The two sides were in serious talks earlier this year, and a deal appeared to be close, but then Joe Joyce derailed those discussions by exercising an immediate rematch clause to force a second encounter with Zhang. Last Saturday night ...
The development of 2016 Olympics silver medalist and super middleweight prospect Bektemir Melikuziev will next be tested by Alantez Fox. The pair are set to square off October 7 on the Golden Boy Promotions card headlined by the cruiserweight contest between Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez and Joe Smith Jr. The event will stream on DAZN and take place at The Cosmopolitan ...
Zhilei Zhang apparently had a little bird or two in Las Vegas keeping an eye on Joe Joyce. Last Saturday night, China’s Zhang dispatched England’s Joyce with a brutal knockout in the third round of their 12-round rematch at OVO Arena Wembley in London. Five months earlier, in April, Zhang stunned oddsmakers by dominating Joyce and handing him his first ...
Jermell Charlo has stated that he will weigh in at the super middleweight limit of 168 pounds for his upcoming showdown with Canelo Alvarez. His head trainer, Derrick James, suggested again during Charlo’s open workout Monday afternoon in Houston, though, that the undisputed junior middleweight champion will come in lighter than that for the biggest fight of his career September ...