Kiwi lightweight star Dan Hooker suffered another injury setback when he sustained a re-broken arm as he prepared for his bout against Bobby Green at UFC Austin. Now he’s targeting the UFC’s upcoming landmark pay-per-view for his Octagon return. Chatting to Submission Radio, Hooker explained how the injury came about, and his mental state after befalling the same fate twice. ...
Former world champion Antonio Tarver is giving Demetrius Andrade a real shot at shocking David Benavidez on Saturday night, when the two super middleweight fighters collide at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Their fight will headline a Showtime Pay-Per-View event. The winner could potentially fall in line for a 2024 showdown with Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. Benavidez is ...
January 2011. Demetrius Andrade, a member of the 2008 United States Olympic team, is 11-0 as a professional and looking to take that next step in his career, but few are willing to offer him that opportunity. “I didn’t expect a lot of things outside of boxing to happen,” he told me then. “It’s crazy.” At 22, though, Andrade was ...
R and B Promotions will kick off the last month of 2023 with a big night of boxing on Friday, December 1st at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. Headlining the card will be former world champion Tevin Farmer taking on Patrick Okine in an eight-round junior lightweight bout. Farmer of Philadelphia is 32-5-1 with seven knockouts. The 33-year-old Framer defeated ...
Undefeated super middleweight superstar David “El Monstruo” Benavidez and unbeaten two-division world champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade went face-to-face Tuesday in Los Angeles at the final press conference before they headline SHOWTIME PPV (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) this Saturday, November 25 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las ...
Dangerous puncher Deontay Wilder feels his upcoming fight should be the headliner of the heavyweight-majority card on Dec. 23 in the Middle East. Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s Wilder is scheduled to take on fellow former titlist Joseph Parker in a 12-round bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, two days before Christmas. The headliner of that card is London’s Anthony Joshua, who will take ...
Cuban WBO featherweight king Robeisy “El Tren” Ramirez is ready to end the year with his second world title defense. Ramirez will put his belt on the line against unbeaten Mexican contender Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza on Saturday, Dec. 9 at Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida. In the 10-round junior middleweight co-feature, Puerto Rican sensation Xander ...
Junior welterweight contender Jack Catterall is still motivated to get some payback by securing a rematch with former undisputed champion Josh Taylor. In February 2022, Taylor won a controversial twelve round split decision over Catterall. Catterall was recently back in action, with a lopsided decision win over former champion Jorge Linares. He now hopes to get his hands on Taylor. ...
Jai Opetaia will proceed with his next and is obligated to honor an ordered mandatory title defense. Both things remain true though the unbeaten lineal and IBF cruiserweight king is not in danger of being stripped of his physical title. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that a November 21 purse bid hearing was canceled, as Sydney’s Opetaia and former three-time titlist Mairis ...
Deontay Wilder had an interesting take on a matchup that has been at least six years in the making. The former longtime WBC heavyweight titlist shared the dais with more than a dozen other fighters as part of the ‘Day of Reckoning’ kickoff press conference ahead of a December 23 super card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Among the participants was ...