Erislandy Lara is back on the hook to honor a long overdue mandatory title defense. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBA has ordered Lara to next defend his middleweight title versus Australia’s Michael Zerafa. Both parties were notified of the development on Monday via official letter, a copy of which was obtained by BoxingScene.com. “WBA rules entitle the President and ...
After the success of their stacked ‘Magnificent Seven’ show last November, Queensberry look set to continue with the winning formula by promoting another multi-title card in Birmingham on March 16th. European super bantamweight champion Liam Davies, British middleweight champion Nathan Heaney and former British super middleweight champion Zach Parker are all rumored to be in action on the show but ...
Eddie Hearn remains confident in Dmitry Bivol’s ability to defeat Artur Beterbiev, even after the British promoter watched what he called “a freak of nature” dismantle another fighter his company represents Saturday night. For Bivol to beat Beterbiev, however, Hearn understands that the WBA light heavyweight champion won’t be able to simply outbox the rugged Russian knockout artist. Bivol will ...
It’s time. It’s past time. Lineal world light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev retained history’s throne for the fifth time on Saturday, handing former WBA super middleweight titlist Callum Smith his first stoppage loss. At a perfect 20-0, all of them inside the distance, it confirmed what we already knew. The man who finally defeats Beterbiev, if age, injury, and inactivity ...
Adam Azim continues his development next month when he defends his European super lightweight title against Denmark’s unbeaten Enock Poulsen. The 21-year-old is one of the most eye-catching natural talents to have emerged in Britain for some time but even the most gifted fighters benefit from a touch of competition and Azim has a serious rivalry quietly brewing. A fight ...
While Anthony Joshua is backing Oleksandr Usyk to come away victorious next month, he admits that a showdown with Tyson Fury is more preferable. Usyk and Fury will collide in an undisputed showdown on February 17 in Saudi Arabia, with the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC titles at stake. Joshua dropped back-to-back decision losses to Usyk - but since those ...
On Saturday, February 3rd, Greg "The Villain" Vendetti challenges Chordale "The Gift" Booker for his WBC USA Super Welterweight title at Mohegan Sun Arena. It’s the perfect opportunity for the Stoneham, Massachusetts native to win a title, break into the WBC rankings and secure a more lucrative payday. "My whole career, I’ve taken it one day at a time," says ...
We all had a good laugh about it. Teofimo Lopez? Walking away from the game after bagging arguably the biggest win of his career over Josh Taylor? There was simply no way. Yet, with both the WBO super lightweight and Ring Magazine titles draped over his shoulders, Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) claimed that he was done with the sport. Practically ...
Martin Bakole has been offered assistance in an attempt to line up his next fight. A heavyweight title eliminator between Bakole and Cassius Chaney was ordered by the WBA on Monday. The two sides will have 30 days to negotiate terms for a fight that will determine the mandatory challenger position, though the sanctioning body failed to clarify for which ...
Alycia Baumgardner is cleared to fight. Sort of. A ruling from the World Boxing Council (WBC) determined that the undisputed junior lightweight champion was “not guilty of intentional ingestion or consumption of a banned substance for performance enhancement purposes” following a lengthy investigation. Baumgardner tested positive for the banned substance Mesterolone surrounding her revenge-fueled, points win over Christina Linardatou last ...