Calvin Ford was arrested and jailed in Maryland ahead of a pending transfer to Nevada where more serious charges await. The longtime trainer and staple of the West Baltimore community was detained by Baltimore police on December 29 on a Fugitive of Justice charge stemming from an outstanding arrest warrant in Nevada. Ford was arrested upon exiting his Upton Boxing ...
German heavyweight Agit Kabayel (24-0) has relinquished the EBU title. As to why, well, Kabayel and his promoter SES likely have bigger fights in sight following the impressive and on paper surprising win over Arslanbek Makhmudov December 23 in Riyadh. This leaves mandatory challenger Tom Schwarz (29-1) to fight the highest ranked available boxer for the vacant title. Who that ...
Teofimo Lopez will defend his WBO title against Jamaine Ortiz on Thursday, Feb. 8, at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Lopez-Ortiz headlines an action-packed televised doubleheader that kicks off Big Game Weekend. In the 10-round lightweight co-feature, U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis faces Puerto Rican former two-division world champion Jose “Sniper” Pedraza. ...
Filip Hrgovic sort of derailed Zhilei Zhang. Although it was controversial, the heavyweight contender was forced to stomach the first defeat of his career, despite dropping his man in the first round. Getting down on himself was an option for Zhang but he didn’t see the point. He simply dusted himself off and went back to the drawing board. Instead ...
It took us a while to get here, but Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will finally throw hands on February 17th, for all of the heavyweight marbles. Fans have been torn on who they believe will win. Make room for Anthony Joshua on the couch of indecisiveness as he’s thought long and hard on how things will play out. Fury, ...
Tunde Ajayi, who trains and manages light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde, explains that his boxer will be keeping a close eye on the upcoming domestic showdown between Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez, which takes place on February 3. A potential fight between Yarde and Buatsi has been discussed for the last few years. "Those two names have been linked for ...
Robeisy Ramirez’s optional opponent stood 6-foot-1, highly unusual for featherweights. Rafael Espinoza still wasn’t supposed to be this tall of an order for the heavily favored former WBO 126-pound champion December 9. It was evident early in their 12-round title fight, though, that the relentless Espinoza posed problems for Ramirez that the Cuban southpaw didn’t anticipate in what emerged as ...
Edgar Berlanga signed with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing for several reasons. There are too many to name them all but the longtime promoter promised to get Berlanga some gigantic fights. It might be early, but he hasn’t delivered just yet. In the first fight of their newly signed deal, Berlanga was given somewhat of a soft touch in Jason Quigley. ...
Arnold Barboza Jr. will begin the next phase of his career Saturday night in Las Vegas. The undefeated junior welterweight contender will make his debut with a new promoter, Golden Boy, and on a new platform, DAZN, when he faces South African veteran Xolisani Ndongeni. Their 10-round, 140-pound bout will be part of the Vergil Ortiz Jr.-Fredrick Lawson undercard at ...
Jarrell Miller’s 2024 has gotten off to an even worse start than 2023 ended for the heavyweight contender. Less than two weeks after suffering his first professional loss to Daniel Dubois, Brooklyn’s Miller was arrested Tuesday in Hollywood, Florida. According to an arrest report released by the Broward County Sheriff’s Department, Miller was charged with carjacking without a firearm or ...