Frank Warren believes there is a lot of pressure on former world champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. The two punchers will appear in separate fights, on the same card, on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia. Joshua will headline the card, in a battle with top contender Otto Wallin. Wilder will return to the ring for the first time in ...
Former unified Heavyweight king Anthony Joshua has heaped praise on his new gym mates at the Ben Davison Performance Centre in Harlow, Essex ahead of his blockbuster showdown with Sweden's Otto Wallin in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this Saturday December 23. The British star headlines a historic night of boxing this weekend at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh - ...
Marlen Esparza and Gabriela Alaniz have been granted a few more days to finalize terms for their forthcoming rematch. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBO has accepted a request by Golden Boy Promotions to extend the negotiation period by one week for the re-ordered Esparza-Alaniz rematch. A five-day negotiation period was previously assigned to the December 12 ruling but the ...
Top Rank president Todd DuBoef, who promotes WBO, IBF middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly, is ready and willing to finalize a defense against British star Chris Eubank Jr. A few days ago, Eubank took to social media to complain that his promoter, Kalle Sauerland of Wasserman, was trying to get him in a fight with another opponent instead of Janibek. Eubank ...
Dmitriy Salita, promoter for heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller, explains that his boxer must make good on his big moment on Saturday in Saudi Arabia, where he faces top contender Daniel Dubois. Dubois, a former WBA 'regular' champion, was knocked out in August by unified champion Oleksandr Usyk. Miller has been rebuilding his career since 2019 - after losing out on ...
Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela was a hot-shot lightweight prospect before Edwin De Los Santos got his hands on him. In September of 2022, both men hit the canvas in the second round. With De Los Santos having his legs underneath him a bit more, he sent Valenzuela to the pavement once more in the third before closing the show just a ...
Top Rank boss Bob Arum said in August that a potential pitting between Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr. was "nonsense." At the time, Loma had opted not to fight for the rest of the year, eventually passing on negotiations for a potential Shakur Stevenson fight. After undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney vacated his 135-pound titles in November, Arum now ...
Peter Kahn, President of Fight Game Advisors, has signed Uzbek prospect Dilshodbek Ruzmetov of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The 24-year-old light-heavyweight turned professional in December 2021 following a heralded amateur career. A member of the acclaimed Uzbekistan 2020 Olympic Team in Tokyo, Ruzmetov was also a Gold Medalist at the 2021 Asian Championships in Dubai, UAE and a Silver Medalist at the ...
Promoter Eddie Hearn is expecting fireworks when super middleweight contender Padraig McCrory steps in the ring for the biggest opportunity of his career. On February 24, McCrory will face undefeated puncher Edgar Berlanga in Orlando, Florida. According to Hearn, a win over Berlanga will immediately have McCrory in the running for big money fights with Jaime Munguia and Saul 'Canelo' ...
Top Rank will be leveraging the week leading up to the Super Bowl to stage a super twin billing showcasing some of the top stars from its stable. The NFL’s marquee championship matchup will take place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, Feb. 11, and Top Rank will be presenting a show on Thursday, Feb. 8 on ESPN, ...