U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis is eager for a world title opportunity, but first he'll need to get past a two-division world champion. Davis will take on Jose “Sniper” Pedraza in a 10-round lightweight battle on Thursday, Feb. 8 at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Davis-Pedraza will serve as the co-feature to ...
Ryan Garcia took the time to compare Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the most diplomatic way possible. Garcia, the junior welterweight star from Victorville, Calif., has had a bumpy few weeks stemming from a longstanding, ongoing feud with his promoter, De La Hoya of Golden Boy. To compound matters, Garcia has publicly touted his friendship with ...
Johnny Fisher is ready to kick off a big year in style against Dmytro Bezus at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas on Saturday February 3, live worldwide on DAZN – and the Brit banger wants to add to his KO streak to set up more title fights in 2024. Fisher (10-0 9 KOs) makes his American debut in ...
On March 30th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, WBA middleweight world champion Erislandy Lara will defend his belt against mandatory challenger Michael Zerafa. Their fight will be part of the first Premier Boxing Champions on Amazon Prime pay-per-view event. The card will be headlined by a junior middleweight fight between WBO world champion Tim Tszyu and veteran Keith ...
John Ryder had the type of story that movie scripts are made out of. He was never the most talented guy around, but he worked harder than most. That work ethic allowed him to win his first 15 fights. However, when he was asked to step up, he often failed. A loss to Billy Joe Saunders was nothing to ...
The co-promoter of Emanuel Navarrete is far from sold on a matchup involving his charge and ace southpaw Shakur Stevenson. Fernando Beltran, who promotes Navarrete with Top Rank, was recently asked about a hypothetical fight pitting Navarrete, a titlist at 130 pounds, against current 135-pound champion Stevenson, and his response was one of visceral distaste, comparing a Stevenson fight to ...
When you reach a certain point, you can pretty much do whatever you want. For Canelo Alvarez, that’s exactly what he’s done. There simply isn't anything that he hasn’t accomplished. Win a world title? Check. Become a multi-division champ? Check. Grab a spot on virtually every pound-for-pound list? Check. How about the rare goal of becoming an undisputed champion? Check. ...
The ladies finally won. Or so they thought. Austin Trout’s mom, Minnesa, and wife, Taylor, had hoped that the former world junior middleweight champion’s unanimous decision win over Jose Sanchez Charles in December of 2022 was going to be his last one. Frankly, there was nothing left to prove. Trout had been to the top of the mountain, beat the ...
Prizefighter is back and heading to Japan as a new, re-imagined world-class international tournament. In partnership with Rakuten Ticket and Never Say Never (NSN), Matchroom today confirmed at a press conference in Tokyo that a blockbuster $1 million battle will begin at the Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, on March 31 – live on Abema in Japan and DAZN worldwide (excluding ...
The EBU had set today (Jan 30) at noon as the deadline for purse bids for the fight for its vacant heavyweight title between German Tom Schwarz (29-1) and Belgian Ryad Merhy (32-2). However, a few hours before the deadline Schwarz withdrew. The Belgian was for a few hours alone as challenger but then Daniel Dubois (20-2) stepped in and ...