Shakur Stevenson has taken umbrage at the notion that he doesn’t merit comparison with boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. Stevenson, the highly skilled lefty from Newark, New Jersey, has been pilloried by fans and pundits in recent days after his sleep-inducing performance against Edwin De Los Santos in their vacant WBC lightweight bout last Saturday night in Las Vegas. Stevenson ...
Chantelle Cameron may be physically ready for Saturday nights rematch with Katie Taylor but her trainer, Jamie Moore, insists the undisputed super lightweight champion is also mentally prepared to produce an even better performance than she did first time around. Cameron travelled to Dublin and outpointed Taylor over ten rounds in May, destroying the Irish legend’s hopes of becoming a ...
The stage is set for another night of boxing in Bournemouth as local hero Chris Billam-Smith makes a return to defend his WBO world cruiserweight title against Mateusz Masternak on Sunday, December 10th live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and Peacock in the USA. Billam-Smith captured the WBO crown in May with a fairytale victory over countryman ...
Don’t call Diego Pacheco a prospect. Although he’s barely allowed to drink, he believes he’s more than ready to take on some of the super middleweight division’s best. It was easy for the 22-year-old to look impressive so far, but this Saturday night, he was finally thrown into the ring with a real contender. Or, at least a fringe one. ...
The IBA Junior World Boxing Championships is set to take place in Yerevan, Armenia. Scheduled from 23 November to 4 December at the MIKA Sport Arena, this event will showcase junior boxing, hosting 448 young fighters from 58 nations across 26 weight categories. IBA President, Umar Kremlev, expressed his enthusiasm for the event, saying, ‘Yerevan is on the brink of ...
LAS VEGAS – The only opponent Jose Benavidez Jr. has knocked out in the past five years was a journeyman who took a 36-15 record into their middleweight match three months ago. Benavidez is nonetheless confident that at the age of 31 he has finally developed his man strength. The Phoenix native is also sure that he has benefited from ...
Former two-time super middleweight champion David Benavidez is clamoring to reclaim the crown that current undisputed king Canelo Alvarez now owns. Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs) lost his WBC title twice for infractions outside of the ring, one due to a drug suspension in 2018, the other for missing weight in 2020, but the 26-year-old now insists that he’s a reinvented ...
Jermall Charlo was an afterthought over the last few years. The current WBC middleweight champ has been sequestered on the sidelines due to a nagging back injury but more importantly, personal issues. It may have taken two-plus years, but Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs) has finally gotten his head in the game and plans on making a return this upcoming weekend. ...
The finale of the PFL’s 2023 season will take place with a full slate of championship bouts after all 12 fighters set for action in the six million-dollar championship finals successfully made weight at the official weigh-ins in Washington DC. The event, which takes place at The Anthem on Black Friday, November 24, is headlined by a battle for the ...
Katie Taylor has broken barriers, won multiple world titles and played a major part in elevating women’s boxing to its current lofty position but if she can turn the tables and beat Chantelle Cameron in their eagerly anticipated rematch this weekend, it might just rank as her most impressive achievement. In May, Cameron travelled to Dublin and out-fought Taylor, inflicting ...