John “Hands of Stone” Lineker is on a crusade to silence the critics, and he’ll get his chance on Friday, February 24. The former ONE bantamweight world champion will face his rival and #1-ranked contender Fabricio “Wonder Boy” Andrade for the division’s vacant title in the main event of ONE Fight Night 7, which emanates from Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in ...
The quarter-finals are over, and we have the guaranteed medalists confirmed, with the semi-finals set to take place tomorrow. Spartak Mikayelyan [Armenia] made history as he secured Armenia’s first-ever spot on the podium at an IMMAF Junior & Senior World Championships. Mikayelyan burst onto the IMMAF scene by defeating Gimbat Magomedov [Bahrain] in his maiden appearance. He followed up the ...
Jermaine Franklin has questioned Anthony Joshua’s decision to hire Derrick James, his third coach in as many fights, ahead of their April 1 clash. Despite suffering a points defeat to Dillian Whyte in November, Franklin got the call to be Joshua’s opponent at the o2 Arena in the Londonder’s comeback fight. AJ has not boxed since he was beaten for ...
Leigh Wood didn’t need a sanctioning body resolution to feel like a reigning champion. He just needed the ruling to clear the path for the fights he truly desired—and for any shot at carrying over any momentum gained from his biggest career highlight to date. An alarming portion of what should have been a breakout 2022 campaign for Wood was ...
The promoter of Oleksandr Usyk isn’t convinced that Tyson Fury deserves a bigger slice of the financial pie. Fury, the WBC titlist from Manchester, England, and Usyk, the WBO, WBA, IBO, IBF champion from Ukraine, are in deep talks to fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship in the spring. Their negotiations recently reached a roadblock after an apparently failed attempt ...
John Fury, father and trainer of light heavyweight prospect Tommy Fury (8-0, 4 KOs), has issued a big warning to upcoming opponent Jake Paul. Paul (6-0, 4 KOs) will face Fury, the younger brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, on February 26 in Saudi Arabia. Fury will be the first actual boxer that Paul will face in a boxing ...
Kazuto Ioka is prepared to abandon one title to chase another. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Ioka—Japan’s only-ever male four-division titlist—will move forward with a desired rematch with San Antonio’s Joshua Franco. The two met in a WBA/WBO junior bantamweight title unification bout which ended in a draw last New Year’s Eve in Tokyo. The rematch will only come with Franco’s ...
Hometown hero Leigh Wood puts his WBA featherweight world title on the line against big-punching Mexican Mauricio Lara as Matchroom’s 2023 schedule in the UK begins with a bang. (photos by Mark Robinson) Dalton Smith will make the second defence of his British Super-Lightweight Title against Billy Allington, Irish Lightweight hope Gary Cully, returns to the scene of his impressive ...
Joe Cordina has the opportunity to become a two-time IBF Super-Featherweight World Champion when he faces current belt-holder Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov in what promises to be an electric night of boxing at the Cardiff International Arena on Saturday April 22, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand). “I saw Rakhimov in Abu Dhabi and he’s certainly a good fighter,” ...
TGB Promotions will remain in the IBF junior bantamweight title fight business for at least one more fight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that TGB has secured the rights to the previously ordered Fernando ‘Puma’ Martinez-Jade Bornea mandatory title fight. The company submitted a $25,000 offer as the only bidder during a purse bid hearing held Tuesday at IBF headquarters in Springfield, ...