David Morrell Jr. has a familiar opponent for his next fight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the unbeaten Cuban southpaw will oppose Sena Agbeko in a 12-round, 168-pound title fight December 16 at The Armory in Minneapolis. The WBA world super middleweight championship bout between Morrell (9-0, 8 KOs) and Agbeko (28-2, 22 KOs) will be the final main event Showtime ...
WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is hoping that his undisputed clash with WBC champion Tyson Fury will land in the month of February. Their fight was being pegged to land on December 23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, last month, Fury took more punishment than expected in a crossover boxing match with former UFC world champion Francis ...
Before there was an Errol Spence Jr., a Jaron Ennis, or a Terence Crawford - Andre Berto was the man to beat at 147 pounds. The former Olympian had it all. Speed, power, an incredibly high ring IQ, and the swagger that made all the pieces fit together perfectly. In 2011, however, things came crashing down. The proud Haitian native ...
Benavidez To Charlo: Just Don’t Bring Up Your Mental Illness, P-ssy! I Got Shot, I’m Still Fighting!
Jose Benavidez Jr. mocked the mental health issues that have partially prevented Jermall Charlo from fighting for more than two years during a virtual press conference Tuesday. Not to be outdone, Charlo belittled Benavidez for getting shot seven years ago and assured his upcoming opponent that he is in the right frame of mind to beat him November 25 in ...
Eddie Hearn realizes that the highly competitive nature of the Joe Cordina-Edward Vazquez fight warrants an immediate rematch. Cordina’s promoter would prefer, however, to match Cordina (17-0, 9 KOs) against a former featherweight champion from England in a more marketable bout or a fellow 130-pound champion in a more significant title unification fight. Hearn mentioned Leigh Wood and WBC super ...
A smile passes over Cheavon Clarke’s lips when he feels like he’s solved the problem in front of him. We are beginning to see that smile more and more. After notching up a valuable ten rounds with Israel Duffus in February, the unbeaten 32 year old cruiserweight dismantled David Jamieson with a fearsome display of inside fighting in June and ...
Former two division world champion Anthony Joshua is still very much interested in winning gold for a third time. His first reign came to an end in 2019, when he was shockingly stopped in six rounds by Andy Ruiz. Six months later, Joshua reclaimed his belts with a dominant twelve round decision win in the contracted rematch. The second title ...
Callum Walsh will fight for just the ninth time as a professional Thursday night in New York. The Irish southpaw’s opponent, Ismael Villarreal, has displayed power, but he is not ranked in the top 15 among junior middleweight contenders by the IBF, WBA, WBC or WBO. Walsh’s Hall-of-Fame trainer nevertheless believes that his ambitious 22-year-old prospect will accomplish one of ...
Jamel Herring ended his brief retirement and picked up his quickest win in more than a decade. The former WBO junior lightweight titlist scored two knockdowns en route to a first-round knockout of Nicholas Molina. Herring floored Molina midway through the opening round and again within the final 20 seconds to force the stoppage at 2:49 of round one in ...
UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley has revealed that the UFC is open to the idea of a pay-per-view boxing match with Ryan Garcia. Back in August, O’Malley became the UFC’s bantamweight champion when he knocked out Aljamain Sterling in two rounds. After the win, O'Malley quickly called for a boxing match with Gervonta 'Tank' Davis. A few weeks later, he ...