Ilunga Junior Makabu is ready to reclaim his old title. Any concerns of having to scramble for a replacement opponent were alleviated when the Congolese southpaw touched down in the U.S. from South Africa on Thursday. Visa issues delayed his trip by a few days but Makabu has arrived in Miami in time for his vacant WBC cruiserweight title fight ...
The two heavyweight stars at the top of the UFC Sao Paulo fight card both had no problem making weight for their main event clash in Brazil on Saturday night. Both Jailton Almeida and Derrick Lewis came in on weight and ready for their five-round heavyweight tilt at Ginasio do Ibirapuera, with Lewis the first of the pair to register ...
Mario Barrios isn’t cut from the same cloth as some of his boxing contemporaries. The 28-year-old, ever since he was introduced to the violent sport, was never interested in eschewing the best fighters around. Instead, he believed that the only way he could improve was by challenging and pushing himself to the limit. Having shared the ring with Gervonta Davis ...
Jermall Charlo will end a 29-month layoff when he returns to the ring on Nov. 25 to take on Jose Benavidez Jr. Although Charlo is the WBC middleweight champion, the fight will be a 10-round non-title tilt and serve as the co-feature to the Showtime pay-per-view event headlined by super middleweights David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade. The 33-year-old Charlo (31-0, ...
Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov was undefeated and had knocked out six of his seven prior opponents when he entered the ring to fight Joe Cordina on April 22. Cordina violently knocked out Japan’s Kenichi Igawa in the second round of the bout before he boxed Rakhimov, but the unbeaten Welshman needed to conquer Rakhimov to regain the IBF 130-pound championship that Cordina ...
There were lots of famous fighters in Saudi Arabia last weekend, the vast majority of them enjoying a lavish break in the winter sun. Frazer Clarke was there on business. British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion, Fabio Wardley, elevated himself to a different level by impressively stopping David Adeleye and Clarke decided that he needed to be a visible presence in ...
Josh Kelly fights in front of his home fans for the first time as a professional when he faces Roarke Knapp in Sunderland on December 16. Shown live exclusively on DAZN worldwide, Kelly headlines the Wasserman Boxing show against the power-punching South African at the Beacon of Light, with both men daring to put their world title ambitions on the ...
A title unification and year-end boxing tradition are both in jeopardy of not taking place. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that talks have dramatically stalled between the respective teams of Juan Francisco Estrada and Kazuto Ioka. More than a month after appearing to be on a collision course, the planned lineal, WBC and WBA junior bantamweight championship unification is now very unlikely ...
Welterweight Louis Lopez (14-2-1, 5 KOs), will be squaring off against Salvador Briceno (17-7, 11 KOs), in an 8-round bout headlining CBN Promotions' "New Blood" card at the Infinite Reality Studios, formerly Thunder Studios, in Long Beach, California, on November 4, 2023. Lopez recently wrapped up training camp with his trainer Henry Ramirez. “New Blood” will broadcast live in Spanish ...
Nigerian contender Efe Ajagba (18-1, 13 KOs) is set to face upset-minded Australian Joe Goodall (10-1-1, 9 KOs) in a 10-round heavyweight attraction this Saturday, Nov. 4 at Tahoe Blue Event Center in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. (photos by Mikey Williams) Ajagba and Goodall fought as amateurs, with Goodall earning a decision in the semifinals of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in ...