Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya, who promotes junior middleweight contender Vergil Ortiz, revealed that his boxer has no issue with traveling across the ocean to challenge WBO world champion Tim Tszyu. Last Saturday night in Las Vegas, Ortiz snapped a near two-year layoff with a first round stoppage of Fredrick Lawson. In the aftermath, Ortiz called for ...
If Rolly Romero is going to fight Ryan Garcia or anyone other than Ismael Barroso next, Kenneth Sims Jr. wants his shot at Barroso’s belt. Chicago’s Sims won a WBA elimination match on the undercard when Romero controversially stopped Barroso in the ninth round almost eight months ago. Sims, who is ranked second among the WBA’s 140-pound contenders, expects to ...
Filip Hrgovic believes he found a willing dance partner for his next targeted ring date. The unbeaten contender replied to the callout by former WBO titlist Joseph Parker, who is also equal to land another high-profile assignment. Both boxers won separate bouts on the December 23 ‘Day of Reckoning’ show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They are now on record with ...
Heavyweight great Lennox Lewis was greatly disappointed by Deontay Wilder’s latest effort in the ring. Wilder, the dangerous puncher from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, lost a wide unanimous decision to fellow former titlist Joseph Parker in their heavyweight bout last month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in what was one of the more surprising upsets of the past year. Wilder, who is known ...
LAS VEGAS - Ismael Barroso (25-4-2, 23 KOs) was all smiles on Saturday night after capturing the WBA interim super lightweight title. The 40-year-old proved he still has much to give by stopping Ohara “Two Tanks” Davies (25-3, 18 KOs) at 1:33 of the first round at The Theatre inside Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Davies came out very aggressive, ...
Hearn: If Joshua Demolishes Two People Fury Struggled With, People Start To Believe AJ Can Beat Fury
A resurgent Anthony Joshua has high hopes for 2024. After impressively beating Otto Wallin in December, the two- time unified heavyweight champion probably thought he would spend the first few weeks of the year preparing for a shootout with Deontay Wilder. Instead, Joshua is about to begin training for an equally explosive contest with former UFC heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou. ...
I WOULD LIKE to, slightly belatedly, wish you all a very Happy New Year and, boxing-wise, we have certainly got plenty to look forward to as we crack on into 2024. Already you will be aware that we are kicking off our shows with a humdinger of a middleweight fight between Hamzah Sheeraz and Liam Williams at the Copper Box ...
Canelo Alvarez is the clear-cut boss of the super middleweight division. The shiny world titles that are draped over his shoulders are one component of that statement but more than anything, whenever he enters the ring, he draws eyeballs. This year, however, has been up and down for the pound-for-pound star. His 2023 started off with a listless performance against ...
Former EBU super lightweight champ and two-time world title challenger Anthony Yigit (28-4-1) continues his busy schedule in 2024. Yigit begins the year - as previously reported by BoxingScene - with a January12th return in Stockholm. The bout is a six-rounder against Norwegian Jamshid Nazari (10-1). This fight is made at welterweight. If all goes well, then Yigit is reportedly ...
Callum Smith is going to score an explosive knockout when he faces IBF, WBC, WBA light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev, according to the challenger's older brother, retired fighter Paul Smith. Callum, a former super middleweight champion, will travel to hostile soil when he faces Beterbiev on Saturday night in Canada. The British boxer is a tremendous underdog in the contest. ...