By his own admission, Moses Itauma doesn’t have any idols or people who he looks up to as inspiration. But even he couldn’t help but feel a little starstruck when he was first introduced to Mike Tyson. The pair met in Saudi Arabia in October, when Itauma, who is promoted by Frank Warren, was fighting on the undercard of Tyson ...
Roy Jones Jr., Hall of Famer boxer and now trainer and promoter, will have two of his fighters headline a fight card at Legends Casino in Toppenish, Washington on January 25. The fight card will be promoted by Roy Jones Jr Boxing and streamed live on DAZN, beginning at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT. In the main event, ...
Time isn’t exactly on Zhilei Zhang’s side. Now 40, the Chinese native was given, at the time, his biggest opportunity, a showdown against Filip Hrgovic. After 12 rounds and a knockdown scored, Zhang believed he did more than enough to earn the victory. That, of course, didn’t happen. It was back to the drawing board for Zhang. Ultimately, he was ...
In an action-packed, nip-and-tuck affair that saw both men floored (Carlos Canizales from an overhand right to the top of the head in round two, Kenshiro Teraji from a right cross to the jaw late in round three), Teraji retained his WBA/WBC light flyweight titles in Osaka by majority decision. Canizales brought the pressure and was more active (80.3 punches ...
Teofimo Lopez is a bit more brazen than most. When he first popped onto the scene, he loudly shouted about his greatness. He also claimed that Vasiliy Lomachenko would be dismantled and beaten if they ever stood across the ring from one another. Once he was given his chance, he proved that he wasn’t simply bloviating, as he went on ...
Eddie Hearn, promoter for former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is not completely sure if Tyson Fury is now past his best. In last fight, back in October, Fury struggled to win a razor-close ten round split decision over MMA veteran Francis Ngannou, who was making his professional debut in boxing. Fury was dropped in the third round, sustained a ...
Newly crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Welterweight Champion, rising Irish star Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (12-0, 9 KOs), returns to action this Saturday night (Jan. 27) at Ulster Hall in Belfast to make his first title defense against Williams Andres Herrera (15-2, 6 KOs) in a 10-round fight streaming live on DAZN. Donovan, who celebrated his 25th birthday ...
Conor Benn is confident that his commercial appeal is bigger than ever. The embattled welterweight from England is poised to return to the ring on Feb. 3 against New York’s Peter Dobson at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. It will be the second fight for Benn ever since it was revealed last year that he tested positive for the banned ...
Welterweight rivals Florian Marku (13-0-1, 8 KO’s) and Chris Kongo (14-2, 7 KO’s) have agreed to fight each other next. A date and venue will be confirmed in due course. A fight between the two has been building for some time and the feud came to a head last summer at the launch press conference for the delayed fight ...
Tyson Fury turned in an abysmal performance by all accounts in October when he sneaked by with a split-decision win against Francis Ngannou. Much like many of the boxing brethren had done before him, Fury was expected to dominate and blast the MMA fighter in an entertaining showcase. But the former UFC champion put up an admirable fight, even knocking ...