Both Natasha Jonas and Mikaela Mayer had questions to answer in tonight’s IBF welterweight title fight in Liverpool. Having competed as a super featherweight for so long, how would Mayer handle a physically strong welterweight? Since losing to Alicia Baumgardner in their unified 130lb title fight back in October 2022, the American has moved up steadily towards the welterweight division, ...
Jack Cullen’s British and Commonwealth super middleweight title fight defense against his former opponent Zak Chelli always looked like being a potential show stealer. Unfortunately, it didn’t pan out like that, at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The two boxed to a draw back in August 2020, with many feeling Chelli deserved the decision. Cullen’s results may have been mixed ...
At the Echo Arena in Liverpool, Stephen Clarke (1-0, 1 KO) made a winning start to his professional career by stopping Vasif Mamedov (3-47-5) in the third round in front of his home fans at the Echo Arena. As you would expect from a fighter making their debut on such a high profile bill, Clarke started the four round middleweight ...
Flyweight Mikie Tallon kicked off tonight’s seven fight card at Liverpool’s Echo Arena and notched up his fourth professional win in just three months against Tanzanian visitor Adam Yahaya (23-12-2, 12 KO’s). 19 year old Tallon (4-0) is managed by Natasha Jonas - whose IBF welterweight fight with Mikaela Mayer headlines the card later on - and ‘The Omen’ has ...
Natasha Jonas has no doubt that she is at the fighting weight where she belongs. The two-division and reigning IBF welterweight titlist is equally confident that she will one day truly rule the roost at her current address. “Undisputed champion for sure,” Jonas told BoxingScene.com of where she sees herself a year from now. “By this time next year, you ...
Promoter Frank Warren is intrigued by the new wrinkles Francis Ngannou may or may not show against Anthony Joshua. The head of Queensberry Promotions is helping promote another crossover boxing event on March 9 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between former UFC champion Ngannou and former boxing heavyweight champion Joshua. That will mark the fourth major boxing event the oil-producing region ...
Mikaela Mayer was always prepared to take on anyone with a belt. Her upcoming bid to become a two-division titlist comes with its advantages, given the matchup. The former unified junior lightweight titlist travels to jolly old England, where she will challenge two-division titlist Natasha Jonas for her IBF welterweight title. The battle of Olympians and perennial weight jumpers marks ...
British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Jack Cullen believes that he is only just getting started. Last September, Cullen (22-4-1, 10 KO’s) won the titles in sensational fashion, knocking out his North West rival and former gym mate Mark Heffron with a big left hook in the third round. On Saturday night the 30-year-old crowd pleaser from Little Lever defends ...
MP Promotions President Sean Gibbons, who promotes tough Mexican boxer Isaac Cruz, believes his fighter should get the next crack at junior welterweight star Ryan Garcia. Cruz and Garcia have traded words for some time. In the past, Garcia called for a showdown with Cruz, but the contest never came together. At the moment, Garcia is focused on securing a ...
The road to titles can travel a lot of paths. In women’s boxing, those paths can go in some wild directions. Amanda Serrano, currently the featherweight champion of the world, has won titles in every weight class from junior bantamweight (115 pounds) to junior welterweight (140 pounds). She won her title in the latter one fight before the former, moving ...