Artur Beterbiev made sure to give Callum Smith some semblance of consolation after he punished the latter for seven rounds. Beterbiev successfully defended his WBO, WBC, and IBF 175-pound titles last Saturday night against England’s Smith at Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Canada, dropping Smith twice en route to forcing a stoppage in the seventh round of their scheduled 12-round ...
Serhii Bohachuk and Sebastian Fundora is a fan-friendly fight. At stake is an interim world title fight, which could make the fight more compelling. Bohachuk and Fundora will square off in a 12-round bout, with March as the scheduled date, Tom Loeffler confirmed to BoxingScene Friday afternoon. Loeffler promotes Bohachuk. “This is a great fight between Bohachuk and Fundora,” Loeffler ...
A dejected Callum Smith wasn’t trying to diminish Artur Beterbiev’s impressive victory. Smith fully credited the Russian knockout artist for his complete performance Saturday night, which led to the first knockout defeat of Smith’s 11-year, 31-fight professional career at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. Up until the point when Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) knocked Smith to the canvas twice ...
Daniel Jacobs hasn’t just had a long career but also a financially rewarding one. Some of his bigger paydays came when he took on the likes of Gennadiy Golovkin, Peter Quillin, and of course, Canelo Alvarez. Although he came up short in some of those showdowns, Jacobs fought on. He scored a fifth-round stoppage win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ...
Philadelphia might be known as the City of Brotherly Love, but it’s also a fighting town. Some of the best fighters in the history of boxing were born and raised there, including Bernard Hopkins and Danny Garcia. Nowadays, Jaron Ennis is carrying the Philadelphia mantle. But while the slick-hitting IBF welterweight champ has built a reputation of destroying his competition, ...
Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada - Super middleweight destroyer Christian Mbilli (26-0, 22 KOs) defended his regional titles tonight with a sixth-round TKO against Australian contender Rohan Murdock (27-3, 19 KOs). “Murdock is strong. He took all of my good punches. But for me, I thought I would finish him in one more round. But his team ended the fight. ...
Unified light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) defended his WBC/IBF/WBO world titles with a seventh-round TKO win against former world champion Callum Smith (29-2, 16 KOs) Saturday evening at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. Beterbiev remains boxing’s only world champion with a 100 percent knockout ratio by handing Smith his first knockdown and stoppage loss. The 38-year-old ...
Promoter Dmitriy Salita says he was thoroughly taken aback by his client Jarrell Miller’s latest snafu. Fresh off a career-worst beatdown administered by Daniel Dubois last month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Miller, the outspoken heavyweight contender from Brooklyn, New York, was arrested on carjacking and burglary charges in Florida a few days into the new year. “I’ve spoken to his ...
Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions hosted a contingent of Southern California media for Hollywood Fight Nights Media Workouts on Saturday at the famed Wild Card Boxing Gym. “We’re very pleased with this tremendous turnout and media support for our first event of 2024 on Saturday, January 27 at the Commerce Casino and live on UFC Fight Pass,” said Tom Loeffler. “This ...
Copenhagen, Denmark - Danish Fight Night and promoter Bettina Palle opened 2024 with a well attended show at the Royal Arena streamed by Pluto TV. Super welterweight Oliver Meng (12-0-1) retained the WBA Continental European title on a draw against Italian Felice Moncelli (24-8-2). It was scored 117-112 Meng, 114-114, and 115-113 for Moncelli. It was hard fought all the ...